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                                                                                                                       Monday 5 October 2015

Tyrese of Fast & Furious thanks
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ORANJESTAD, ARUBA – The         of all genres,” said Ronella   claimed filmmakers will
island of Aruba will once                                      be presenting awards to
again host filmmakers           Tjin Asjoe-Croes, CEO of       competition films in the fol-
and film enthusiasts from                                      lowing categories:  Inter-
around the world during         ATA.                           national Features, DoxNfo-
the fifth annual Aruba In-                                     cus, Caribbean Spotlight
ternational Film Festival       “We encourage guests           Series, Aruba Flavor and
(AIFF), Oct. 7-11. Kicking                                     International Shorts. The
off with a short film and       to fully immerse them-         line-up of feature films and
Q&A session with actor  Ty-                                    festival events includes:
rese Gibson  (from the Fast     selves in Aruba’s dy-            SHAME, screening before
& Furious and Transformers                                     the Opening Night film The
franchises) and sponsored       namic and authentic cul-       Driftless Area.
by the Aruba Tourism Au-                                       This 23-minute exploration
thority (ATA), this world-      ture, during this popular      of a man who wants to do
class event is filled with in-                                 the right thing for his fam-
ternational and regional        festival and all around        ily was written by and stars
premieres of feature-length                                    Tyrese Gibson in addition
and short films from around     our One happy island.”         to Academy Award win-
the world, special tributes,                                   ner Jennifer Hudson, and
master classes, panel dis-        For the past four years,     was produced by Acad-
cussions and more.                                             emy Award winner Denzel
“With more than 90 on-is-       local and global audi-         Washington. Following the
land nationalities, Aruba’s                                    screening, Gibson will con-
diverse culture lends itself    ences were abuzz as AIFF       duct an audience Q&A
as the perfect host for films                                  session.q
                                welcomed film luminaries

                                such as Academy Award-

                                nominated actor Richard

                                Gere; multiple Academy

                                Award-winning editor and

                                long-time Martin Scors-

                                ese collaborator Thelma

                                Schoonmaker; Academy

                                Award-nominated  ac-

                                tress and repeat visitor Vir-

                                ginia Madsen and others.

                                  This year, a jury of indus-

                                try professionals and ac-
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