Jean F Guilleux, founder and director of the Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival, is pleased to announce the Selection Committee has screened all the registered films.
The 11th Beaufort International Festival Beefs Up, Adds a Day
Story and Photos by Mark Shaffer
The 11th edition of the Beaufort International Film Festival doesn’t get underway until mid-February, but this is a critical time in how BIFF 2017 will shape up. Entries continue to pour in while deadlines loom ahead. The festival is a part of the Beaufort Film Society, the non-profit created and run by Ron and Rebecca Tucker. In the aftermath of the 2016 festival, the Tuckers did what they always do: sit down and figure out what went right and what went not so right. As attendance pushed the capacity of the Center for the Performing Arts (it’s all under one roof), the Tuckers were faced with the happy dilemma of addressing the issue of continued growth.
When the camera rolls on the feature film Basement Bob this fall in Beaufort one lucky dog will indeed have its day. A recent Sunday in Port Royal lent credence to the old adage as nearly 200 dogs “auditioned” for a key part in the movie.
Each year for the film festival edition of Lowcountry Weekly we ask a number of the attending filmmakers to take part in a simple, slightly goofy little Q&A. It’s our way of breaking the ice with newcomers and catching up with old friends from past festivals. Out of the Features category Producer Hoyt Richards (left) and Director David Spaltro responded. Richards’ “Intersection” is a romantic thriller with a twist that’s been racking up awards all over the festival circuit.