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Now in its 17th year, the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival has gained a following for bringing atypical films to local audiences. This year will be no different. Moviegoers can look forward to foreign, quirky and heartfelt films and programming.
Each year the festival highlights a certain country’s cinema, and this year they chose France. Guests can see award-winning French films, such as “The Conquest,” the official selection of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Beyond that, they can sip a tour-of-France wine tasting at 6 p.m. Saturday, experience French Baraque dance at 9:15 p.m. Saturday, or learn about French cinema during a seminar at 9 a.m. Sunday.
This year’s themed programs include those that focus on the environment, Seeing Green, movies from under-represented countries, Global Lens, and offerings from the area, Regional Showcase.
Many of the movies shown have won accolades at festivals around the world. For example, “The Guard,” a caustic, Irish buddy cop comedy featuring American favorite Don Cheadle, won the best debut film award at Berlin International Film Festival, and “Take Shelter,” a psychological thriller about a man’s obsession with building a storm shelter, won the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week Grand Prize.
This may be your only chance to see most of these movies on the big screen. Many won’t guarantee a large audience in regular-run theaters so their main exposure comes at festivals such as this one.
Now in its 17th year, the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival has gained a following for bringing atypical films to local audiences. This year will be no different. Moviegoers can look forward to foreign, quirky and heartfelt films and programming.
Each year the festival highlights a certain country’s cinema, and this year they chose France. Guests can see award-winning French films, such as “The Conquest,” the official selection of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Beyond that, they can sip a tour-of-France wine tasting at 6 p.m. Saturday, experience French Baraque dance at 9:15 p.m. Saturday, or learn about French cinema during a seminar at 9 a.m. Sunday.
This year’s themed programs include those that focus on the environment, Seeing Green, movies from under-represented countries, Global Lens, and offerings from the area, Regional Showcase.
Many of the movies shown have won accolades at festivals around the world. For example, “The Guard,” a caustic, Irish buddy cop comedy featuring American favorite Don Cheadle, won the best debut film award at Berlin International Film Festival, and “Take Shelter,” a psychological thriller about a man’s obsession with building a storm shelter, won the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week Grand Prize.
This may be your only chance to see most of these movies on the big screen. Many won’t guarantee a large audience in regular-run theaters so their main exposure comes at festivals such as this one.
