The Orlando Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Orlando, Florida, for independent filmmakers to showcase their work. The festival attracts upwards of 300[1] entries from filmmakers in more than 30[citation needed] countries every year. The festival culminates in an award ceremony presenting over 40 filmmaking and screenwriting awards, with a combined value of prizes and in-kind services estimated at more than $1 million.[1]
History
The festival was established in 2005.[1]
The festival is open to film of all lengths and genres, including experimental, narrative, animation, documentary and genre hybrids.
Past celebrity attendees are Marcia Gay Harden (2006),[2] Joe Pantoliano (2007),[3] Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment and Alison Brie (2010).[4]
The 2015 festival ran from 21 to 25 October and began with the 45-minute documentary about the rise to prominence of the Orlando City Soccer Club.[citation needed]
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