Roger Guenveur Smith adapted his Obie Award-winning solo performance of A Huey P. Newton Story into a Peabody Award-winning telefilm, directed by his longtime colleague Spike Lee. For Mr. Lee's Oscar-nominated Do The Right Thing, Mr. Smith created the stuttering hero Smiley...

Jordan Walker-Pearlman was born and raised in New York City. He is the co-principal of the Production Company CinEssence of which he is President and has been the Director-Screenwriter-Prod ucer, and for several Internet and Broadway ventures....

Discussion on the collaborative efforts between Actor and Director.

Panelists:

-Sara Nodjoumi
-Toni Silveri

-Rachel Sheedy

BIFF brings together CEOs and industry financiers to discuss the future of independent film financing. The discussion will cover emerging trends and financing options.

Panelists:

- Jim Browne

- Sofia Sondervan

-Sara Nodjumi, moderator

Heather Graham (Boogie Nights, Drugstore Cowboy, Austin Powers) will be honored with the prestigious Career Achievement Award at this year’s Festival. The Career Achievement Tribute ceremony will take place at the Atlantis Theater on Friday, December 2nd. Jeffrey Lyons, host of the TV show “Lyons Den”, will be moderating the evening’s conversation.

The Festival’s prestigious Rising Star Award is given to an actor or actress whose noteworthy performances have put them on the path for elite and lasting stardom in the industry. Zoe Isabella Kravitz will be on hand for the special award tribute presentation...

BREAKAWAY, is a cross-cultural hockey drama set in the Indo-Canadian community in suburban Toronto, Canada. The movie is a full action, colourful, humourous, heart-felt musical. The setting is an obstacle-strewn love story with a dramatic quest for the hero. It’s also a keenly observed cross-cultural drama in the same classification as Bend It Like Beckham and Slumdog Millionaire with a hero caught between a family’s traditional expectations and a dream to make it big in the national sport of an adopted country.

THE RUM DIARY- Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.

Live Music by emerging Bahamian artists, 4ever1 Band

Attire: Indian Style
Food & Sponsored Beverage complimentary
Bollywood Dancers & Live Music