
Sunbloggin’ or snowbloggin’?
forecast….guess I will have to add more layers than my usual four.
The festival kicked off with a press conference by Robert Redford and Festival director, John Cooper. Redford is enthusiatic about the festival’s “return to its roots”. In recent years, he said that there were too many celebrities and “marketers”. He hopes that the present economic situation

Robert Redford
In keeping with a more minimal approach, there is no splashy opening night
premiere of one film. Rather, to emphasize the diversity of the festival, there will be three screenings. The first is Howl, one of the buzz films – a biopic about Alan Ginsburg. The second show is

Vickie Kelber
Some facts: There were 3,724 feature-length films and 6,092 short films submitted for consideration. Of the films selected, 41 countries are represented, including first time entries from Greenland and Estonia.
Tomorrow I work an eight-hour volunteer shift and then hope to catch an evening film, followed by tickets for early morning shows on Saturday and Sunday. Give the anticipated weather, I will have to start out VERY early.
Vickie Kelber is familiar to many as an ex-City councillor as well as one who has served in many volunteer positions including work with Christmas Island Style, the Marco Island Film Festival, Citizens for a Safer Marco, the Marco Island Historical Society, and the Collier County Environmental Services Turtle Monitoring Program. Before establishing permanent residence in Marco Island with her husband George in 1999, for 25 years she was School Psychologist and Director of Special Services for the New Jersey Department of Education.
Vickie currently enjoys travel, photography, and as you can see, is an avid fan of films.
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