Bermuda offering travel packages for its film festival

Hamilton._ The Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF) has been called "the best little film festival in the world" by filmmakers and its fifth showcase of independent films from around the world is set for April 12-18.

BIFF has partnered with four of the Island’s finest hotels, the Elbow Beach Hotel, Fairmont Hamilton Princess, Stonington Beach Hotel and White Sands & Cottages to provide special Festival packages.

The packages include airfare, three nights accommodation, three BIFF film tickets, invite to either the Opening Night Gala or Wrap Party, Festival t-shirt and programme, airport transfers and three-day bus and ferry pass.

Packages start at $925 from New York, $895 from Boston, and $955 from Philadelphia and are available from BermudaEscapes.com who can also arrange other activities including golf tee times, spa treatments and restaurant reservations.

You can win a week´s free trip to the Festival by entering a competition run by Ford Motor Company on the websites of leading magazines Savoy, Essence, Vibe, Honey, Black Enterprise, s2s, BET and Black Planet. The contest is part of Ford´s Focus in Film campaign, which promotes the Ford Focus through a specially commissioned urban movie by Rolando Hudson called The Life.