By Marcy Shortuse
Eight films shown at the first Boca Grande Film Festival were well-received by Boca Grande residents
on February 8 - 10, with some topics presented that elevated discussion around the cocktail
circuit,
The festival, co-sponsored by the Boca Beacon and Gasparilla Magazine, began on the Wednesday
night before with a ‘drive-in’ presentation of the movie “Captain Ron” under the sunshade at the Boca
Grande Community Center. Surprise guests affiliated with the films were in attendance, and each
movie was sold out. Make sure next year to get your tickets early.
The list of Boca Grande Film Festival movies included:
CHEF FLYNN
USA / 2018 / 1hr 23 min / Documentary
In the public eye since the age of 12, when his supper clubs brought
his culinary delights to the world, chef Flynn McGarry has seen his
meteroic rise in the cooking world met with skepticism and resistance
at every step. Now that he’s 19, and on the verge of opening his first
pop-up restaurant in New York, we look back at this remarkable journey
(documented at every turn by his supportive mother/manager,
frequently to his annoyance), a mouthwatering portrait of perseverance
that doubles as a moving mother-son story.
THE DRUMMER AND THE KEEPER
Ireland / 2017 / 1hr 32 min / Fiction
Ordered to recover at a home for the
neurodiverse following his most recent breakdown, bipolar drummer in an
up-and-coming Dublin rock band, Gabriel is made to spend time with
Christopher, a teenager with Asperger’s syndrome and a passion for soccer.
Antipathy soon gives way to genuine friendship, as these two lonely souls
discover in one another what they’ve been missing.
The very definition of heartwarming, The Drummer and the Keeper is a
feel-good story of (bi)polar opposites connecting against all odds.