Bermuda Film Festival

Gems of the BIFF : "Half Term"

  Left: Steven Geller ("Mark"), and Jodie Reynolds ("Cassie") in a scene from "Half Term"  Right: Filmmaker Tony Hagger (photo by Mike Takeuchi).

Sometimes, you find a good film simply by stumbling onto it.  "Half Term" is one of these.   In less than a half an hour, Tony Hagger's  film  realistically exposes more teenage angst  than many studio films could do in four times as much time.  Each performer is identifiable, especially the lead character  who reminds this writer of a slightly less tormented and decidedly less annoying Igby in  "Igby Goes Down".  While a bit rough in some transitions, the film's worst problem had nothing to do with themselves. Unfortunately it was paired with an incredibly bad feature film.   However, festival goers were able to get beyond that, and remember this semi-short as a gem of the festival. To hear Hagger speak of "Half Term", please click the button to the right: Download tony.wav

Three Local Films Selected to Screen at BIFF 2006

Three local films will make their world premieres at the ninth Bermuda International Film Festival, March 17-25.
Feature-length documentary, Rare Bird, by director Lucinda Spurling, short documentary, Three Extraordinary Weeks, by directors Johnathan Rogers and Wendy Davis Johnson and the short film, Take a Bath, by director Vicky Zabriskie, will all screen during the nine-day festival.