Celebrate Opening Night of the 2025 Florida Film Festival with the East Coast Premiere of Stolen Kingdom! Tampa-born director Joshua Bailey and special guests will be in attendance for an in-person Q+A following the screening.

After feeding your cinematic mind, treat your tastebuds at the legendary Opening Night Party. Enjoy tastings of craft cocktails, great wines, and exceptional bites from local vendors, all while dancing the night away to the tunes of Life on Mars. There’s no better way to celebrate the start of ten incredible days of film, food, and friends than with this extravaganza.

Official Food & Beverage Sponsors of the 2025 FFF Opening Night Party include Eden Bar, 4Rivers, Pizza Bruno, Superica, Forward/Slash, Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co., Ketel One Vodka, and Opici. Please note, all tickets to the Opening Night Film at Enzian include entry to the Opening Night Party. Film-only tickets are available for Regal screenings only.

Stolen Kingdom:

East Coast Premiere! With Director Joshua Bailey and special guests!

When people outside Orlando talk about Orlando, the first thing that usually comes up is Disney: an icon on the map, often cited by longtime locals as the thing that built the city, and—to a certain type of mindset—destroyed the city. Visitors of all ages, from near and far, experience a childlike innocence while walking down Main Street USA as the legendary princesses wave hello. But beneath the shine of the “happiest place on earth” emerges a darker side to the magic, and sometimes taking only pictures, making only memories, and buying only mouse ears just isn’t enough. Joshua Bailey’s brilliant, hilarious, and jaw-dropping exposé delves into the history of mischief, scandal, and thievery at Walt Disney World, and reveals the black-market underground that ultimately leads to the theft of an animatronic valued at nearly a half-million dollars. Stolen Kingdom features key figures from the park’s urban exploration community, each sharing their unique stories. As the narrative unfolds, early-Disney era pranks and antics are shown to have inspired more recent crimes, culminating in a truly unbelievable mystery. What begins as a tale of friendship and passion ends with one lingering question: Who stole Buzzy?

USA, 2025, 74 minutes, Directed by Joshua Bailey
Contains adult language

Preceded by “Rushmore”:

North American Premiere! Celebrating 25 years of Midnight Shorts!

After an intriguing radio announcement rewarding “the most ridiculous death” with the winner’s head engraved on Mount Rushmore, Kurt and Freddy—two gas station owners—try their luck, to the detriment of a scout camp located not far away.

France, 2024, 6 minutes, Directed by Oriane Azzhiri, Sarah Balanger, Alex Bruneau, Eva-Luna Delmas, Emeline Guidé, Clara Maynard, Tom Perrony and Elie Plisson