V –0 08 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
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fesTival program direCTor WelCome<br />
10<br />
Joe Bilancio<br />
Festival Program<br />
Director<br />
<strong>Rehoboth</strong> <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Independent<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Festival<br />
the word accordIng to joe<br />
As I sit down to write this letter, I think about what is important or even profound<br />
about this year’s <strong>Film</strong> Festival and the films that are being presented. Will<br />
the films create the right mood? Will the descriptions adequately portray their<br />
breadth and scope? Will the audience be encouraged to step out of the comfort<br />
zone of their film selection tendencies to explore offerings otherwise taboo for<br />
them? Will the films entertain, educate and inform? The answer to all of these<br />
questions is “yes”, as the Festival features films that form a wide array of styles<br />
and moods and genres, and hail from many different lands.<br />
As the landscape of the world changes, and to a large extent even right here<br />
in this county, these changes are reflected in several of this year’s films. The<br />
three sidebars represent groupings of films that share a common theme. First,<br />
the Country Spotlight sidebar features a look at “New Latino Cinema” which is<br />
important not only as it is some of the finest and freshest filmmaking available,<br />
but it really speaks to a rapidly growing, new generation of the film-goers. While<br />
“war” can be an emotionally-draining topic, it is a part of world events that<br />
forever retains our interest. And so the War sidebar includes films from WWII,<br />
the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, and the Taliban. And lastly, the Regional Sidebar<br />
presents some films from the region that might otherwise be overlooked.<br />
This year’s seminars will also focus on change. As the world changes, so<br />
does the business of filmmaking as explored through the Video: Good, Bad or<br />
Indifferent seminar. This seminar will discuss the ever-changing models of<br />
film distribution which affects the way the public see films. The State of <strong>Film</strong><br />
Studies seminar will reveal how Cinema Studies at universities across the<br />
country are preparing students to challenge the status quo and dig deeper into<br />
the responsibilities of filmmakers, audiences, critics and other entities creating<br />
film, resulting in a whole new set of rules. Not only will the Festival include films<br />
from the “New Latino Cinema” movement, but we will also learn more about<br />
the causes of the rise of these films as well as their potential future through the<br />
New, Now and Latin: Latino Cinema Today seminar.<br />
I encourage you to immerse yourself in the Festival. Take this opportunity to<br />
educate yourself through films and seminars, take some risks and see/do some<br />
things that you might otherwise not see/do and by all means… enjoy the festival.<br />
joe bIlancIo<br />
Festival Program Director<br />
<strong>Rehoboth</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> Independent <strong>Film</strong> Festival
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