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The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film

Festival Announces New Name, Dates And Key Leadership

Presented By MorseLife,

The Festival Will Screen
Feb. 27 To March 10, 2024

The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film
Festival, presented by MorseLife and founded by Donald Nathalie Glaze Donald M. Ephraim Barbara Scharres Audrey Votaw
M. Ephraim, will bring the best in cinema to Palm Beach.
The festival be held Feb. 27 to March 5, 2024 at the Rinker she served in various positions for 45 years, Scharres A native of Palm Beach County, Glaze brings experience
Playhouse at the Kravis Center and March 8 to 10 at the currently works as a Chicago-based freelance journalist with two of the nation’s most significant film festivals
Paragon Theaters in Delray Beach. and consultant to filmmakers and film distributors. While at having assisted with coordinating and managing VIP events
“After the enthusiastic audience reaction to our the Gene Siskel Film Center, she oversaw more than 1,500 for the Tribeca Film Institute and having served as a festival
inaugural festival in early 2023, we chose to rename it programs a year that included surveys of national cinemas, coordinator, advancement events for the Sundance Film
The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film retrospectives, thematic programs, and premieres. She Institute. She received a bachelor’s degree in business media
Festival to more accurately convey the excitement of also supervised and carried out the curatorial and research and arts management from Marymount Manhattan College
Palm Beach’s iconic location and the thrill of audience functions of the organization. in New York.
interaction with film creators,” said Donald M. Ephraim. Scharres is a film scholar, writer, and lecturer who has To learn more about The Donald M. Ephraim
“One thing that hasn’t changed is our deep commitment published feature articles in criticism in film magazines Sun & Stars International Film Festival, visit https://
to presenting Palm Beach as a diverse, cosmopolitan and journals, including Film Comment, American palmbeachfilmfestival.org/ or call (561) 946-7607.
community through screenings of world-class films that Cinematographer, Chicago Reader, Variety, The Independent, About MorseLife Health System
span a wide range of themes and cultures.” Chicago Sun-Times, and www.RogerEbert.com, an outlet for MorseLife serves more than 3,600 seniors every day on
The festival organizers have named film expert which she has contributed extensive coverage of the Cannes its campus in West Palm Beach and through its community
Barbara Scharres, artistic director; Palm Beach County Film Festival for more than 20 years. After receiving an outreach programs. Founded in 1983, MorseLife is
arts professional Audrey Votaw, development officer; and undergraduate degree in art from St. Xavier University, she a provider of health care and residential services for
Nathalie Glaze, festival manager. was awarded a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the seniors in Palm Beach County. A charitable, not-for-
“Pre-production is the key to any successful film, and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2006, the French government profit organization, its programs also include short-term
same is true with film festivals,” said MorseLife President awarded Scharres one of its highest honors by designating rehabilitation, long-term care, independent and assisted
and CEO Keith A. Myers. “We are pleased to bring these her a Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. living, memory care assisted living, hospice, home health
three incredibly talented women onboard now as we plan Votaw joins the festival from the Norton Museum of Art, care, care management, meals-on-wheels and PACE.
this spectacular event that will be a highlight of next year’s where she served as development officer. She began her Since its beginnings, MorseLife has built a reputation and
cultural and social seasons.” career in the local arts scene serving as an executive assistant tradition of caring for seniors with excellence, dignity and
Since retiring from her role as director of programming and membership assistant at the Cultural Council for Palm compassion. For more information, visit morselife.org.
at the Gene Siskel Film Center, formerly The Film Center Beach County. Votaw received her bachelor’s degree in art Photos courtesy of MorseLife
of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where history from Florida State University.

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