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Sarasota News Leader March 29, 2013 comedy, filmed in black and white, about an aspiring dancer living in a small apartment in Brooklyn with her best friend, struggling with her professional identity and romantic frustrations, yet remaining hopeful about what the future has in store. It will be screened following this year's Filmmaker Tribute Awards ceremony, which will take place at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, at the Sarasota Opera House. Page 70 All of this year's selections were produced in the United States. The shorts programs reflect universal categories — "Narrative," "Documentary," "World" and "Animated" — as well as more specific categories, such as "SRQ Shorts," which are productions by area filmmakers; "Through Women's Eyes," films directed by women that tell stories about women; and "Youthfest In addition to these bookend movies, the SFF Shorts," which are movies that follow the ups is paying special attention to a set of films and downs of the lives of their young protagdubbed the "centerpiece" and "spotlight," onists. which are shown toward the end of the festiPresent at the event on March 13 was KT Curval as a lead-up to the closing ceremony and ran, the director and writer of the short film screening. This year's centerpiece selections Boost. Included in the "SRQ Shorts" program, are Running from Crazy, directed by Barbara it will be aired on Saturday, April 6, at 11:30 Kopple, and The Spectacular Now, directed by a.m. as well as on Wednesday, April 10, at 9 James Ponsoldt. The 2013 spotlight films are p.m. at the Hollywood 20. Burma, directed by Carlos Puga; The Discoverers, directed by Justin Schwarz; and Pasa- Curran told the News Leader in an interview dena, directed by Will Slocombe. at the event how very excited she is about the Sarasota Film Festival Director Tom Hall has the sunset as his backdrop at the Sponsor and Press Kick Off Party.