The Fort Myers Film Festival’s 14th annual event will include BIG ARTS this year! The festival will have select films screening May 23-May 25 in BIG ARTS Christensen Performance Hall.
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Thursday, May 23, 7:00PM
Flamenco Sevilla (60m; Documentary, Local; Spain; US)
By: John Biffar
The film features flamenco sensation Manuel Jimenez and follows two sisters, both musicians, as they work reinventing the art and music of flamenco with Captiva musician Johnny Jensen. The feature shows how for centuries, thousands of people converge on Seville on Easter week. They celebrate faith, family, and friends. Processions of the Virgin Mary crisscross the streets at all hours, orange blossoms perfume the air, delicious tapas and wine are savored in street-side cafes, and Flamenco dancers dazzle the thousands of visitors that swell this ancient city.
Friday, May 24, 7:00PM
From Laughter to Legacy: Captiva’s Jensen Family (60m; Documentary, Local, Florida; US)
By: Ken Sneeden, Captiva Island Historical Society
The Jensen brothers are beloved by Island residents and visitors and their Twin Palm Marina & Cottages was an island icon for 40+ years under the family’s ownership.
Saturday, May 25, 7:00PM
Women of The Watershed (60m, Documentary; US)
By: Scott Michael Barnett
Starring: Chloe Barnett
A young woman journeys to the source of the Everglades headwaters to better understand the historic challenges of water management and pollution that now threaten this fragile ecosystem. Along the way she will meet a new generation of advocates who are redefining the balance of women in conservation.