The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2013 Catalog

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SHOWTIMES

Saturday, Oct 19, 2pm, MP Sunday, Oct 20, 3:30pm, CP-H Monday, Oct 21, 7pm, CP-L

WORLD

JOSEPHINE SINGLE &

CINEMA SOUTHEAST PREMIERE

FEATURE

EAST COAST PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE FABULOUS UNITED STATES PREMIERE Agnes Obadia – France / 2013 / 88 min / FLORIDA PREMIERE DCP / French w/English sub-titles FESTIVAL WINNERS Josephine hates her job, her big ass, her married boyfriend, her job NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE and can no longer stand the pressure from her parents and perfect WORLD PREMIERES sister, who all think that at 30, it’s high time she found a suitable husband. So when her sister announces her own engagement, things – due to Josephine’s own announcement soon come crashing down. Barely scraping through a series of completely wacky adventures, Josephine at least gains a chance at finding true love, at last… This fun, breezy romp is laughter filled light entertainment. Its a screwball comedy for the new millennium...fast moving, surprising and at times, a bit risqué...JOSEPHINE, SINGLE & FABULOUS is a great date flick or a light afternoon delight.

Based on the Character created by Penelope Bagieu / Producer: Romain Rojtman – Les Films du 24 / Principal Cast: Marilou Berry, Mehdi Nebbou, Bérengère Krief, Charlie Dupont, Alice Pol, Bruno Podalydès / Contact: TF1 International, Paris

THE DIRECTOR: Agnes Obadia has eighteen films to her credit either as actress, director, writer or combination of the three. Sponsored by

Diane Sobo &

SOUTHEAST PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE UNITED STATES PREMIERE SIDE EFFECTS FLORIDA PREMIERE OF BARRY Amy French – USA / 2013 / 5 min / DVD / English Plays with FREE RiDE FESTIVAL WINNERS For many* women, Barry can PREMIERE make a difference in just one week! *Side effects of Barry may NORTH AMERICA include weakness in the knees, impaired judgment, loss of friendships, lying, cheating, trips to WORLD Vegas, missingPREMIERES work, and missing money...

Screenplay: John Charles Meyer & Etienne Eckert / Producers: John Charles Meyer & Etienne Eckert / Cinematographer: Seth Johnson / Editor: John Charles Meyer / Composer: John Ballinger / Principal Cast: Etienne Eckert, David Goryl, Nikki McCauley / Contact: Amy French facebook.com/JandEProductions twitter.com/JandEPro

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Amy French is an actress, writer and director of average height from Los Angeles, California. Her directing work began with the Elephant Theatre Company, at the helm of the cult hit 7 Redneck Chearleaders. From there, she wrote and directed an ultra low budget feature film with Executive Producer Norman Lear, a musical comedy called El Súperstar. Amy then became an AFI Directing Workshop for Women fellow, writing and directing her short film Hold For Laughs, which screened at FLIFF 2011. Amy is now directing commercials, most notably the branded web series for the Umami Burger restaurant chain.


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