Special Event

Alice in Wonderland in 3D & Mad Hat Party...

...with Maddest Hat Competition!

Bermuda International Film Festival presents the ultimate Mad Hat Party celebrating this spring’s most anticipated 3D motion picture Alice in Wonderland. The party kicks off at 6:30 PM at Liberty Theatre on Union Street, Hamilton on Friday, 5 March 2010. There will be opportunities to win prizes. Enter the topsy-turvy party through the rabbit hole, past the chess pieces, pink flamingoes, teapots and playing cards.

In addition to attending the Bermuda Premiere of Alice in Wonderland all ticket holders on the evening of 5 March will be welcomed to the Mad Hat Competition. Bermuda’s own mad hatters are invited to design and craft the kind of hats that would make a hatter go mad. Hat models will take the stage at 7:30 PM to compete for the Maddest Hat and the Most Artistic Hat. Prizes will be awarded by guest judge, HOTT 107.5’s Senator Thaao Dill. The competitors will vie for CD vouchers provided by Music World and certificates for lunch and dinner at Mad Hatters Restaurant.

Tickets are available online at www.bdatix.com for $50 or $25.

Mad Hat Party tickets ($50) will be also available for purchase at the new BIFF office at 15 Front Street, opposite Albouys Point, Monday through Friday 10 AM – 2 PM. This ticket grants you early admission to enjoy complimentary wine from 6:30 – 7:15 PM. Then the party heads into the theatre for the Mad Hat Competition commencing at 7:30.

Premiere Ticket holders ($25) join the fun at 7:15pm in time for the Mad Hat Competition. These tickets are available for purchase at Liberty Theatre and Music World also.

The film starts at 8:00pm.

At the concession stand each ticket holder can get an Alice in Wonderland souvenir cup with a figurine of one of the film’s characters on top filled with a choice of soft drink. Coupons will also be available for film fans for a discount on BIFF's weekday matinee films during BIFF 2010 to be held 19 – 25 March.

In the hands of visionary director Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland is an epic 3D fantasy adventure, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror. The all-star cast also includes Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Crispin Glover.

Capturing the wonder of Lewis Carroll's beloved "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) and "Through the Looking-Glass" (1871) with stunning, avant-garde visuals and the most charismatic characters in literary history, Alice in Wonderland comes to Liberty Theatre in Disney Digital 3D(TM) on March 5, 2010.