Gary Busey, Paul Sorvino and more Guests at 11th Sun screen Film Festival

Gary Busey Starring in Candiland

Q&A with Tampa Bay Times Film Critic Steve Persall

3:15pm Saturday April 30th

Paul Sorvino Starring in Detours

Q&A with Tampa Bay Times Film Critic Steve Persall

6:00pm Saturday April 30th

Guests below are participating in these workshops and some have films screening.

15 Workshops this year!

Click here for more details. 

http://sunscreenfilmfestival.com/festival-2016/film-workshops/

1. DISTRIBUTION: Distribution (PANEL)–

2.  ACTING: Finding the Character’s Voice (WORKSHOP) –

3.  MARKETING: Hey World, I’ve Got A Movie! (PANEL) –

4.  LATINO: Film Through A Critical Lens (PANEL) -

5.  WRITING: Pitch Fest! (WORKSHOP)–

6.  VIRTUAL REALITY: Experience Anything, Anywhere! (WORKSHOP)–

7.  FILMMAKING: Women in Film  (PANEL) –

8.  PRODUCING: Seriously, What Does a Producer “Do?” (PANEL) –

9.  DIRECTING: “But, What I Really Wanna Do Is Direct” (PANEL) –

10. WRITING: Writing the Studio Feature (WORKSHOP)–

11. COMICON: Character Design Death Match: Comics vs. Animation!!!! (WORKSHOP)–

12.  CROSS DISCIPLINE: Creating Characters to Die For (PANEL) –

13.  CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mastering Shadows and Frame  (WORKSHOP)–

14.  FILM BUSINESS: How To Break Into The Business  (WORKSHOP)–

15.  FILM BUSINESS: How To Break Into The Business (WORKSHOP) -

Mara Lesemann

Writer/Producer Detours

Q&A with Tampa Bay Times Film Critic Steve Persall

6:00pm Saturday April 30th

Tara Westwood

Producer & Starring in Detours

Q&A with Tampa Bay Times Film Critic Steve Persall

6:00pm Saturday April 30th​

Jason Matthew Smith

Actor

Joanna Fang
Lionsgate

Eva Zelig

Producer/Writer An Unknown Country

6:00pm Saturday April 30th​

Jeff Benegar

Distribution Indican Pictures

Leo Partible

Writer

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Richard Wolff

Distribution Breaking Glass Pictures

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Bill Reeves

Producer

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Tom Bancroft

Animator

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Fermin Branger

Director/Producer "Dauna, Lo Que Lleva El Rio" (Gone with the River)

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John Summa

Director/Producer "The Resurrection of Victor Jara" 

Jessica Levandoski

Producer

Carolyn King

Producer/Director

Olivier Jahan

Director/Writer "Sand Castles" 

Christian D. Bruun

Director/Producer

Sean McNamara 

Director "Spare Parts"

Mark Jude Sullivan

Actor Bear With Us

Antony Francis

Social Media Marketing

William Stribling

Director/Producer Bear With Us

Additional Guests (No Photo Available) 

Linda Brown

Director/ Cinematography USC Film School

You See Me - screening at fest

Jeffrey Travis

Producer

Shaun Hill

Distribution Indican Pictures

Matthew Pickart

Distributor GVN Releasing

Robert Franke

Writer

2016 Festival Jury

Steve Persall

Jury

Tampa Bay Times Film Critic 

Paul Wilson

Jury

Actor/Producer

Eugenie Bondurant

Jury

Actor 

Bob Devin Jones

Jury

Studio 620

Gregg Perkins 

Jury

University of Tampa

Director/Writer 

Dr. Robert Nucci

Jury

 Jury (no picture available)

Aaron Walker - University of Tampa

Jennifer Closshey - Producer

Tom Flynn - Screenwriter

Latin Film Committee Jury

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Linda Friedman Ramirez (Latin Director)

Vanessa Vasquez (Latin co-Chair)
Ama Appiah 
Maria Bengono 
Lisa Lanza 
Nancy Niss 
Lisa Lanza 
Martine Wager 
Manuel Portales