Thursday, May 10, 2012

Enjoy the Film Festival and more

Aruba, a tiny and picturesque Caribbean island is a hot tourist destination for many reasons. The white sand beaches and the traditional arts etc are attracting many tourists here throughout the ear. The tourist season starts with many international competitions and festivals. Various marine competitions bring a large number of sailors to this country every year. That is why many airlines are offering inexpensive flight tickets during this season.

The influence of Dutch culture is clearly visible in the Aruban culture. Various traditional dance and music forms have a Dutch touch and every day there will be some musical concerts or events will be there in the city. It is told that not even a second in this city will pass without hearing music.

If you go through the event chart of the city, you can see some major events on every month and this makes all the flights to this city always crowded.

Though the city attracts many tourists on different occasions, the most crowded and famous even that happens here every year is the Aruba International Film Festival. Though there are many flights to Aruba, it may be difficult to get flight tickets for Aruba in this season unless you have booked in advance. It occurs in the month of June every year and famous film personalities used to participate in this festival. The best and selected films from all over the world will be exhibited here and it includes films made in languages other than English too.

The festival provides an opportunity to see the latest films that has been released worldwide and also it provides a platform for the like minded people to engage in discussions and exchange of knowhow.  The films shown here will have some specialties and most of them will be dealing with some social subjects. Ordinary commercial films with regular formulas of romance and violence are not shown here. This provides an opportunity to watch good movies in all languages and also ascertain the developments in this field. It also displays the creative talents of many unknown persons in the form of short films. Introduction of cheap flights to Aruba has come as a blessing for these aspiring film makers.

Many known film personalities and many film enthusiasts used to participate in this field. When it is a knowledge sharing platform for the experienced and known persons, it is a sort of chance searching for the new comers. Many known film directors all around the world have started their career by showing their short films in this film festival.

As the presence of many known film actors are expected their admirers from all over the world also rush to the city to have a glance of their favorite actor. This increases the crowd and sometimes creates great difficulties in getting tickets. It is better to book your tickets well in advance to participate in the international film festival. It will be a good experience as the organizers are arranging different cultural events also in connection with the film festival. Most of the cultural events planned this year are aiming to showcase the cultural heritage of this tiny island. Food outlets serving traditional dishes will also be there around the venues of the film festival. Thus your visit to Aruba in the month of June is not limiting to the film festival. And it is not going to be a costly affair as cheap tickets to Aruba are easily available now.