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advanced screening of the end is blossoming

1 Day Films and Guzzo brothers 1 and 2 are hosting an advanced screening of their new film The End is Blossoming on October 20 at 7 p.m. at Channelside Cinemas.  All event proceeds will benefit the Gasparilla Film Festival.

At 7 p.m. there will be a “Mix and Mingle” with filmmakers Pete and Paul Guzzo.  The movie will be screened at 8 p.m. and will be followed by a discussion and Q&A session.  Following the discussion, the TECO streetcar will be available to take patrons to the after party, which begins at 10 p.m. at the original Cuban Club in Ybor City.

Admission to the film ONLY is $10 in advance and $12 at the door.  Admission to the film, a ride on the streetcar and admission to the after party (which includes an open bar and free hor d’oveuvres) is $45 in advance and $50 at the door.  Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Channelside Cinemas box office.

Here’s the description of The End is Blossoming from the press release:

In 1942, a Sicilian mobster from New York City moves to Ybor City to take control of the illegal lottery, bolita, from Ybor gangster Charlie Wall.  With him, the Sicilian mobster brings his beautiful indentured servant.  A local bartender falls in love with the indentured servant and promises to do all he can to free her from the mobster’s grasp.

This film is the first in a series of fourteen fictional films called The Ghosts of Ybor City, which will tell the stories of old Ybor City during the mafia wars of 1942 to 1945. Visit http://www.yborghosts.com/ to view a trailer.

The Gasparilla Film Festival, which will be held February 28–March 4, 2007, seeks “to create a unique film showcase that has lasting and cultural impact on the Tampa Bay community and the film community at large.  The competitive 5-day festival will celebrate and showcase more than 40 films of all types — features, documentaries, shorts, comedies, music videos, thrillers, and those with a Latin beat.”

For more info, visit http://www.gasparillafilmfestival.com/ or call 813-514-9962.

(cross-posted at Sticks of Fire and Flicks on Fairbanks)