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

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