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MARCH 25, 2009

Sarasota Film Festival: Ain't it tweet?

I'm not a Twitter kind of guy. I don't want anyone knowing everything I'm doing with my days, and I damn sure don't want to know about theirs. Big timesuck, if you ask me.

Sff2009 But I'm happy to pass along that the Sarasota Film Festival, running Friday through April 5, will be making tweet music with three guest microbloggers. You can read their experiences in 140-character-or-less episodes at http://twitter.com/MySFF.

Here are the bloggers' bios, compliments of the festival:

Janis Krums: The jet-setting entrepreneur and co-founder of Elementz Nutrition gained international attention earlier this year when he posted the first photo from the US Airways Flight 1549 that landed in the Hudson River to his Twitter account. Krums is a prolific blogger and Twitterer. His live feeds from Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration earned him a spot on blogger Christine Lu’s list of “50 to Follow for Live Tweets from the Inauguration.” Krums will tweet from the heart of the festival reporting on the stories behind the filmmakers and their films.

Twitter Jennifer Huber: Huber is recognized for her constant quest for bragging rights. An avid traveler, she has been named a “Top 50 Travel Twitterer You Should Follow” by MSNBC.com travel journalist Chris Elliott, and her live feeds from Washington, D.C., during the inauguration also landed her a spot on Lu’s top 50 list of Twitterers to follow for live tweets. Huber’s tweets will reflect a quirky traveler exploring Sarasota as well as a star-struck, tongue-tied groupie during her mission to meet scheduled attendees such as Woody Harrelson, Bill Paxton and Jon Voight.

Matt Orr: Founder of ThisWeekInc.com, Orr splits his time between Sarasota and Los Angeles and is widely known as "the guy everyone knows." Affectionately recognized as having a knack for sweet-talking his way into dressing rooms and swanky V.I.P. parties, Orr’s tweets will offer glimpses into the film festival’s behind the scenes action. His mission is to discover what really makes it shine and exploit any hiccups along the way. At the same time, he’ll be making every celebrity gossip blogger jealous with envy.

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About the bloggers

For new movie reviews and movie news, this blog's for you. Steve Persall, movie critic for the St. Petersburg Times, weighs in on blockbuster movies, small-budget movies, the best movies, the worst movies ever and everything in between. Steve was conceived behind a drive-in movie theater his father operated and raised in projection booths and concession stands. He doesn't care how you did it up north.

E-mail Steve Persall:
persall@sptimes.com.

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