Adapting to these challenging times, we are now able to offer our unique curriculum online for students 8-14. Film educators with decades of industry experience will keep your kids learning and entertained while at home with the Sarasota Film Festival’s online virtual film camp. Our film and media program willContinue Reading
The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) announced today that Tony Rammos’ RIDE ‘TILL I DIE was the virtual festival’s Audience Award Winner. The festival also announced the winners of this year’s Hollywood Nights Short Film collection. This student-made, short-film competition was open to students ages 18 and under. It celebrates theContinue Reading
In response to popular demand from the Sarasota community and audiences around the globe for continued arts and storytelling, the 2020 virtual edition of the Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) has now extended its online edition to Sunday, May 10th. In conjunction with this extension, the festival is excited to announceContinue Reading
Our first-ever virtual festival continues with great new films you can watch. For the next two days, we are proud to offer you a special opportunity to screen the feature documentary “ruth weiss, the beat goddess”. A number of excellent short films (Still Happy, Balloon, The Geeble Show) have alsoContinue Reading
The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) is proud to offer you our first ever virtual film festival! It is starting in just a few hours, streaming from midnight 4/27 until midnight 5/3. We have an excellent program of 80+ films, selected from the in-theater Sarasota Film Festival 2020. Please check outContinue Reading
Some really exciting news for the Sarasota-Bradenton are, the Florida Suncoast, the United States and the world! The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) announced the lineup today for its first-ever virtual festival taking place Monday, April 26 – Sunday, May 3, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Sarasota Film Festival,Continue Reading
In an effort to support the social distance efforts at the time, the Sarasota Film Festival is proud to host an at home filming experience for kids to participate in creating the World’s Largest Zombie Movie! How it works Upon submitting registrations, young filmmakers from around the world receive partsContinue Reading
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic The Sarasota Film Festival, in conjunction with the arts community of Sarasota, presents the first-ever virtual film festival including feature-length films, documentaries, short films, student films, conversations, Q&A’s and other live events for the 2020 edition.A full detailed lineup of the festival, along with costs,Continue Reading
This Saturday, February 22nd at 6pm, we are showing an acclaimed classic drama that stars Sidney Poitier. “A Raisin in the Sun,” written by Lorraine Hansberry, follows the Youngers, an African-American family living together in an apartment in Chicago.
The Sarasota Film Festival has a program under it’s Education Department called “Cinematheque”. The Cinematheque program shows educational screenings of films both foreign and domestic. They have shown classics such as Casablanca and have several films lined up for the future.
The 22nd Anniversary of the Sarasota Film Festival will take place March 27 – April 5, 2020.