Goldeneye fest debuts Bond-style
Event kicked off Dec. 8 at Fleming's former estate
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| A festgoer prepares to watch a film on an outdoor screen at the inaugural Gldeneye festival at Oracabessa Bay, Jamaica. |
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Jamaica fest kicked off Dec. 8 at the former estate of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. Locale is now part of Blackwell's Island Outpost resort.
Private villas at Goldeneye included screening rooms where festgoers could watch pics from a common festival movie library.
Highlights of the lineup included current release "The Woodsman," as well as the martial arts epic "Hero" and Cannes standouts "Mondovino" and "Cronicas."
Special screenings included Perry Henzell's "The Harder They Come" and Emmett Malloy and Jack Johnson's surf pic, "Brokedown Melody."
Attendees included Newmarket Films' Bob Berney; Winnie Lau of sales banner Fortissimo; Submarine's Josh Braun; helmers Ondi Timoner, Margaret Brown and Stephen Hopkins; and rocker Jimmy Buffett.
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