SUN & STARS INT'L FILM FESTIVAL 2025 to Open on Jan 23 with LIZA at the Kravis Center

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Dec. 12, 2024 - PRLog -- (West Palm Beach, FL – December 9, 2024) The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival© (SASIFF), presented by MorseLife, returns early next year with more than two-dozen world-class movies from all over the world, kicking off with a razzle-dazzle screening of LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story. The Florida Premiere of this sizzling documentary about superstar Liza Minnelli will be shown on Thursday, January 23, in the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse, 701 Okeechobee Blvd in West Palm Beach 33401.

Directed by Bruce David Klein—who has been invited to attend on opening night—LIZA was described by The Hollywood Reporter as "a generous portrait of a legendary showbiz survivor, warmly celebratory but also unquestionably authentic." Minnelli is, of course, a very rare EGOT winner as a recipient of the "Grand Slam" of entertainment honors: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards.

"One film is barely enough to encompass all the facets of Liza Minnelli's life and career, but director Klein pulls it off with many a humorously bossy aside from the Oscar-winning Cabaret star herself. This portrait puts the emphasis on a lifetime of meaningful relationships with mentors including Kay Thompson, Bob Fosse, and Halston as young Liza emerges from the shadow of her famous father, film director Vincente Minnelli, and her legendary mother Judy Garland to become one of the most extraordinary artists of our time.  Appearances by friends and collaborators include Mia Farrow, the late Chita Rivera, Ben Vereen, George Hamilton, and more," according to SASIFF Artistic Director Barbara Scharres, the former director of programming at the Gene Siskel Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

As cinematic expert Owen Gleiberman gushed about LIZA in Variety ,"Liza Minnelli's life proves as radiant as her art in Bruce David Klein's scintillating documentary." While reviewer Elizabeth Weitzman in The Wrap hails the film as "enchanting… a long overdue and entirely deserved tribute… truly terrific."

Attached Images:

(Photo Credit: Courtesy Atlas Media Corp)

1. Liza Minnelli, European Tour 1975
2. Poster for LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
3. Bruce David Klein, Director of LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Available for Interview:

+ Bruce David Klein, Director of LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

BDKlein@atlasmediacorp.com

+ Barbara Scharres, Artistic Director

The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival

773.875.0304

Bscharres@sasiff.org

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