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upcoming screenings of local film the ghosts of ybor:the end is blossoming

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1 Day Films and the Guzzo Brothers are pleased to announce TWO showings of their newest film, The Ghosts of Ybor: The End Is Blossoming:

1. The Sunscreen Film Festival on Sunday, April 8, at 12:30 p.m. at the Vinoy in St. Petersburg. Visit www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com for a complete list of all films at the fest.

2. The HCC Ybor Festival of the Moving Image on Sunday, April 22, at 2 p.m. at the Cuban Club, 2010 North Avenida Republica De Cuba (North 14th Street) in Ybor City.  Visit www.yborfilmfestival.com for their full schedule.

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. The Sicilian mobster brings his beautiful indentured servant with him. 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 Romeo and Juliet-themed film has thus far been accepted into six film festivals around the world and has been nominated for two awards.  In this film, 1 Day Films and the Guzzo Brothers, along with fellow producer Chris Rish, have recreated old Ybor City while showcasing such beautiful locations as the Cuban Club and the Centro Asturiano.

Chris Rish, a professor at the International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT), brought IADT’s very BEST students with him, which made such a complicated project possible.  Rex Willis, a faculty member at Manatee Community College, where he teaches guitar, composition and music theory, provided an original “classical” score for the film, hand picking some of Central Florida’s finest classical musicians for the orchestra.

This is the first of a series of films to be produced on the “Era of Blood,” the mob wars that took place in Tampa during the 1940s. Currently, the Guzzos are producing a documentary about these mob wars, with a feature film on Ybor City’s mob era in the works for 2008.

Visit www.yborghosts.com to view a trailer of the Guzzos’ newest spectacular film.

Pete and Paul Guzzo’s latest film credits include The Dance and 99, which won numerous awards at film festivals throughout the world. The Guzzos are founders of The Tampa Film Review, a monthly showcasing of local independent films. In 2005 the Weekly Planet named the Guzzos The Best Reasons to Believe the Local Film Scene is Alive. They are also on the Gasparilla Film Festival’s Board of Directors.

Congratulations, guys!