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Sarasota Film Festival calls it a wrap with closing party

The last hurrah for the fest was held on April 8 at Sarasota Sky Bar & Club.


  • By Niki Kottmann
  • | 5:51 p.m. April 9, 2017
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The Sarasota Film Festival went out with a bang on April 8 at Sarasota Sky Bar & Club.

Festival-goers celebrated the festival's final event, the Wrap Party, by sipping Bip Top brews and enjoying a performance by Atlanta’s electro-disco duo Hank & Cupcakes.

Callie Donovan, Jeff Wenzler, Molly Donovan and Keith Donovan
Callie Donovan, Jeff Wenzler, Molly Donovan and Keith Donovan
Devon Fortelka and Deborah Horrigan
Devon Fortelka and Deborah Horrigan
Katherine Azbell and Becky Hanson
Katherine Azbell and Becky Hanson
Meg Navoy, Raymond Hauserman, Liz Newman and Justin Kavoussi
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Sarah Boren and Jim McCalister
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Sarafina Murphy-Gibson and Stewart Leith
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Jude Weisser and Randy Gregorek
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Elena Vedernikov, Jarek Zarenva and Svetlana Chernyak
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Katharina Svecak, Wivi Selmer and Darina Buettner
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