The Florida Film Festival (FFF) has announced the film lineup and events schedule for this month’s 35th edition of the popular film festival, taking place April 10-19. The film event for the Central Florida-based festival will lead off with an Opening Night presentation of Adam Carter Rehmeier’s renegade road trip movie, ‘Carolina, Caroline.’

The festival will also feature a gala Centerpiece presentation of Jorma Taccone’s ‘Over Your Dead Body,’ starring Samara Weaving. Another highlight of FFF is a 75th Anniversary screening of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, ‘Strangers on a Train.’ The subjects of this year’s celebrated “An Evening With..” events will be Academy Award-nominee Paul Giamatti and ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ and ‘Beverly Hills Cop’s Judge Reinhold.

FFF will showcase 161 films (31 narrative features, 18 documentary features and 112 short films), representing 31 countries. The movies will screen at the Enzian Theater in Maitland, Florida. The ambitious lineup includes 24 world premieres. Among the premieres are Ahmed Bouchalga’s ‘The Call,’ Costa Karalis’ ‘Frogtown,’ Woodruff Laputka and Tehben Dean’s ‘The Man Whom the Trees Loved,’ Randy Moore’s ‘Return From Tomorrow,’ Paul Oh’s ‘Correspondence,’ Justin Whittingham’s ‘Welcome,’ Ellie Foumbi’s ‘Afufu,’ Faryl Amadeus’ ‘Man in Motel,’ Jessica Li’s ‘Peace Corps,’ Michael Borrelli’s ‘The Last Day of Byron Bray,’ Timothy Jacob Elledge’s ‘Neuman,’ Brooke Trantor’s ‘Nut Milk in May,’ Sterling Hampton IV’s ‘Study Hall,’ Isabel Pask’s ‘Scout’s Honor,’ Grant Swanson’s ‘Iron Lake,’ Syra McCarthy and Kyle Casey Chu’s ‘Betty St. Clair,’ Austin Cauldwel’s ‘Idyll,’ Kyle Spleiss’s ‘House Cat,’ Justice Smith’s ‘Grampa,’ Stacey Torkelson’s ‘In Lieu of Flowers,’ Mary Pilon’s ‘Screw Lucy’ and Modar Kajo’s ‘In God’s Hands.’

Highly anticipated titles from filmmakers like Steven Soderberg (‘The Christophers’), Kirk Jones (‘I Swear’), Gregg Araki (‘I Want Your Sex’), Ben Wheatley (‘Normal’), Curry Barker (‘Obsession’), Maude Apatow (‘Poetic License’), Daniel Roher (‘Tuner’) and Jeremy Workman (‘School For Defectors’) will also be can’t miss movies for Central Florida film fans to see for the first time.

Florida Film Festival Executive Director Wade Neal, said, “This Florida Film Festival will be my first as the new Executive Director, and I’m thrilled to be part of a team that has made the festival one of the most exciting, well‑curated and outrageously fun in the country for 35 years. We take the view that film is eternal, and is a supreme storytelling framework that creates deeper understanding, togetherness, and insight than other art forms. By coming together to celebrate the work and talent that each film represents, we honor extraordinary filmmakers that carry the power and magic of film forward.”

FFF Programming Director, Matthew Curtis, added, “We couldn’t be more excited about this year’s program, which is certain to be one of the strongest we’ve ever done. Storytellers from all over the world will be showcasing their work during our 10-day celebration of extraordinary voices and creatives in cinema today, with most films making their Florida premiere with us and many having their World, North American, U.S., and East Coast as well. New developments for year 35 include our inaugural ‘Festival Centerpiece’ screening, as well as the first-ever feature to be included in Sunspots: New Visions of the Avant-Garde, our experimental program featuring dazzling work from renegade film artists you’ll rarely see anywhere else on the big screen. The 35th annual Florida Film Festival truly has something for everyone, and film lovers everywhere should get ready to laugh, cry, and have their minds blown.”

For more information on the Florida Film Festival, including its full official selection and ticket purchases, visit is official website.