The Florida Film Festival wrapped up at the Enzian in Winter Park, Florida on 22 April after 10 days showing 160 cutting-edge independent and foreign films and shorts from the last year.
First Order Historian Diars M managed to watch 14 features during the festival. Below is a list of the films he watched, with ratings (out of 4) for those which will not be reviewed. Look forward to the upcoming reviews in the coming week.
|
Title |
Country / Year |
Director |
Genre |
Rating |
| KID-THING | USA 2011 | David Zellner | Drama | |
| Monsieur Lazhar | Canada 2011 | Philippe Falardeau | Comedy / Drama | |
| Andrew Bird: Fever Year | USA 2011 | Xan Aranda | Music / Documentary / Biography |
3.5 |
The Gruffalo’s Child (Short) ![]() |
UK 2011 | Johannes Weiland & Uwe Heidschötter | Animation |
3.5 |
| A Cat in Paris (Une Vie de Chat) |
France 2011 | Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol | Animation / Comedy |
3 |
Magic Valley ![]() |
USA 2011 | Jaffe Zinn | Drama | |
| An Ordinary Family | USA 2011 | Mike Akel | Comedy / Drama | |
| The Lady | France / UK 2011 | Luc Besson | Biography / Drama |
3.5 |
| Dog Years | USA 2011 | Warren Sroka & Brent Willis | Comedy / Drama | |
| I Wish (Kiseki) | Japan 2011 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama | |
| Clown (Klovn: The Movie) |
Denmark 2010 | Mikkel Nørgaard | Comedy | |
| John Dies at the End | USA 2011 | Don Coscarelli | Comedy / Fantasy / Horror |
2.5 |
| Where Do We Go Now? | France / Lebanon / Egypt / Italy 2011 | Nadine Labaki | Comedy / Drama |
3 |
The Intouchables ![]() |
France 2011 | Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano | Comedy / Drama |

Man oh man, i didn’t realize the Andrew Bird doc played. Pissed that i missed it. Great first post. Look forward to the rest of your write up!