Festivals & Events
Florida Film Festival – 2024
The annual Florida Film Festival is put together by the Enzian theater, Orlando’s go-to theater for independent film. The Enzian is a not-for-profit cinema in Winter Park that plays independent films throughout the year. The Florida Film Festival carries out the theater’s goal of entertaining, inspiring, educating, and connecting the community through film.
The 2024 event marked the 33rd year of the Florida Film Festival and featured many notable movies and two worthwhile celebrity talks.
Notable Screenings
This year’s FFF had more than 170 scheduled screenings of films including The Beast, Wildcat (Oscilloscope), Yellow Bus, Tuesday (A24), and Lady Parts.
Special Events
Each year, the programming team features a celebrity in film to join the “An Afternoon/Evening with…” event. This special event consists of an introduction to the guest, along with a screening of an influential film and a talk or Q/A session, and the 2024 event featured two “Evening with” events.
John Cleese answered questions from the audience after a screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Natasha Lyons and Clea DuVall talked with the audience following a screening of But I’m a Cheerleader.
2024 Awards
The festival awards both jury awards and audience awards. This festival has Oscar power: A win at the Florida Film Festival qualifies a film for Academy Award consideration. The festival is also one of only a few Oscar-qualifying festival for all three shorts categories: Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, and Documentary Short Subject.
Jury Awards / Narrative
Special Jury Award for Singularity of Vision
A Perfect Day for Caribou – Directed by Jeff Rutherford
Special Jury Award for Screenwriting: Narrative Feature
Bonnie Gross, screenwriter of Lady Parts
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
All I’ve Got & Then Some directed by Tehben Dean and Rasheed Stephens
Jury Awards / Documentary
Special Jury Award for Debut Feature
Dusty & Stones – Directed by Jesse Rudoy
Special Jury Award for Excellence in Personal Filmmaking: Documentary Feature
Olivia Kuan, director of The Herricanes
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
Mediha directed by Hasan Oswald
Jury Awards / Shorts
Special Jury Award for Animation
“The Voice in the Hollow” – Directed by Miguel Ortega
Special Jury Award for Excellence in Narrative Short Filmmaking
“You’re Invited to Tuscan’s 5th Birthday Party!” directed by Lee Eddy
Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short
“Symbiotic” directed by Ariana Ahrabinejad
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short
“Something Blue” directed by Jinsui Song
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Short
“Incident” directed by Bill Morrison
Audience Awards
Audience Award for Narrative Feature
Lady Parts directed by Nancy Boyd
Audience Award for Documentary Feature
The Donn of Tiki directed by Alex Lamb and Max Well
Matthew Curtis Audience Award for Best Short Film
“LUKi and the Lights” directed by Toby Cochran
Audience Award for Best Midnight Short
“Bug Diner” directed by Phoebe Jane Hart
Audience Award for Best International Short
“VHS Tape Replaced” directed by Maha Al-Saati
Audience Award for Best International Feature
Revival69: The Concert that Rocked the World directed by Ron Chapman
Audience Award for Best Florida Short
“Unión de Reyes” directed by Danny Pino
Audience Award for Best Florida Feature
Mountains directed by Monica Sorell
Ticket Prices
Ticket prices for the 2024 event were announced as follows. Details about tickets can be found below, but all details should be checked against the information on the official Florida Film Festival website, available at https://www.floridafilmfestival.com.
The festival sells access to the festival in three ways: passes, packages, and individual tickets. Attending the festival with a pass is the most economical method for attendees who plan on watching multiple films.
PASS PRICES
- Matinee: $125
- Binge: $350
- Film Lover: $675
- Benefactor Members & Producer Members Early Bird Price: $575
- Producer: $1500
PACKAGE PRICES
- 5-Pack: $60
- 10-Pack: $115
- 20-Pack: $220
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
- Single Tickets: $13 each
Festival Ticket Types (2024)
The festival sells access to the festival in three ways: passes, packages, and individual tickets. Attending the festival with a pass is the most economical method for attendees who plan on watching multiple films.
Regular films are the normally-priced screenings, which in 2024 were priced at $13 a ticket. Regular films do not include special events like the “An Afternoon/Evening with…” celebrity events. Producer passholders are given priority seating — they can enter the theater early — followed by Film Lover passholders, Matinee and Binge passholders, and then attendees with single tickets.
Even with a pass, admission might not be guaranteed. The Matinee and Binge passes do not include early admission, and all pass holders are advised to arrive to the showing 30 minutes ahead of the scheduled start time to ensure admission.
The event website lists all the details for tickets, available at https://www.floridafilmfestival.com/attend/tickets/.
PASS Types
The Matinee pass allows entry to regular films that start at 5:00 pm and earlier. Attendees with this pass can watch movies all day long throughout the festival. This pass does not include early admission.
The Binge pass allows entry to all regular films for the nine days of the festival, along with a program and t-shirt. This pass also offers the option to purchase tickets to the Programming Announcement Party. This pass does not include early admission.
The Film Lover pass allows early entry to all regular films with exclusive access to press screenings and other special events. This pass also offers the option to purchase tickets to the Programming Announcement Party and the “An Afternoon/Evening with…” celebrity events. Film Lover passholders also have access to the pre-fest press screenings, opening night film & party, filmmaker party, and awards party. In addition, there are lots of perks to the Film Lover pass, like the program and t-shirt, but also a swag bag and recognition in the printed festival.
Benefactor Members & Producer Members can get Film Lover Early Bird pricing if they have an active membership at the appropriate level at the time they purchase their pass. Discount available until 1/15/24.
The Producer pass allows access to all films, events, and parties, and a portion of the pass price is a tax-deductible gift to the Enzian cinema. Producer passholders have access to “absolutely everything” at the festival (RSVP might be necessary). In addition to everything offered Film Lover passholders, Producers will receive early notification of programming and special events, which also includes a special pre-show luncheon with the festival’s programming director.
Packages
Attendees can buy single tickets for regular screenings in bulk to save. Tickets are sold in packs of 5, 10, and 20.
Individual TIckets
Attendees who want to purchase tickets a la carte can do so by buying individual tickets. Single tickets can be purchased in advance or on the day of the show, if available.
How to Buy
Tickets can be purchased on the film festival’s website, at https://www.floridafilmfestival.com/attend/tickets/. In-person ticket sales are possible at the Enzian’s box office, located in Maitland, Florida at 1300 S. Orlando Avenue.