Bahamas launches inaugural One World Film Festival

American director John Sayles 
PHOTO: AFP PASCAL GUYOT-STF

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

NASSAU, Bahamas: The inaugural Bahamas One World Film Festival, which will take place November 13th through the 17th on Paradise Island, will play host to the Americas Premieres - the first showing in the Caribbean, Central and South America - of 35 feature films and 20 shorts. Filmmakers John Sayles and Melvin Van Peebles are to be honored at this year's inaugural event. 

John Sayles' latest effort, Casa de los Babys, will open the festival on the 13th. Later in the week, Sayles will be honored with the Vision in Film Award for Contemporary Filmmaking. Sayles will be feted at the Gala Awards Ceremony to be held on November 15th at the Wyndham Resort and Casino.

Also being honored at the Gala are Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker behind such classics as Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song and Classified X, and Palm Pictures for "their commitment to bringing a wide gamut of films into the theatrical marketplace." 

Van Peebles will be given the Vision in Film Award as a Film Pioneer, which his son Mario will accept, and Palm will be awarded the Vision in Film Award for Distribution, which head of distribution Ryan Werner will accept.

"This Festival is a unique opportunity to celebrate film in an exotic and beautiful setting," said Monica Cooper, the Festival's executive director. 

"With the support of the Bahamas Film and Television Office, we will demonstrate that not only is The Bahamas a beautiful place to shoot one's film, but it also is a beautiful place to appreciate international film culture."

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