CLOSER... CLOSER!!

The days go by and the Florida Film Festival keeps its promise to deliver amazing films to wonderful people! We are now officially halfway through the week and the excitement has not yet left it's peak.

Tomorrow (Thursday the 15th) the Obselidians arrive. Writer and first-time director Diane Bell, producer Chris Byrne, and actors Michael Piccirilli and Gaynor Howe will all be in attendance at the festival until it closes on Sunday. They are really excited to meet with everyone at the Enzian for their second and final screening at FFF2010, which will be at 1:30 PM.

And you have to admire their endurance. Since the film premiered in late January, 2009, they have been in attendance at film festivals like Sundance, Tiburon, Ashland and Dallas. The film has received much recognition, including "Excellence in Cinematography" and the "Alfred P. Sloan Prize" at Sundance, a special screening at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. and it won "Best Feature Film" at the Ashland Independent Film Festival!

The film is finishing up in Dallas today. Here's to wishing them luck with that, and safe travels to Orlando, FL!

HEAR IT FROM DIANE...

In this interview with Sundance before Obselidia played there in January, Diane Bell talks about her inspiration for writing such a nostalgic story as well as the excitement of her first experience as a director.

Obselidia is an eminent product of the powerful handful of female directors in the world. Both in the writing of her story and the production of her film, Diane Bell represents the filmmaking experience that all aspiring writers and directors can only hope for in their career.

We cannot wait for central Florida's opportunity to see this film at the Florida Film Festival!

MORE INTERVIEWS FOR YOU!

Here is an extraordinarily in depth intervew between Diane Bell and Eric Lavallee with Ion Cinema concerning practically every aspect of Obselidia - from the wide array of issues brought up by the film to Diane's use of the Red Camera.

Don't have time to read so much? Check out Diane's interview with Indie Wire now, and go back for more later!

Here is a video interview from Indie Gogo with Diane Bell and producer Chris Byrne

... and with Gaynor Howe, Frank Hoyt Taylor & Micheal Piccirilli who played the three lead roles in the film.