Bermuda-based film maker Errol Williams will moderate a discussion about the development of the screenplay over lunchtime today at the Little Theatre in Hamilton in part one of the Bermuda International Film Festival's workshop series.

Mr. Williams, whose film Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story told the story of the first black player to play in the National Hockey League, will be joined by Constance Marks, the producer and co-director of the documentary Green Chimneys, as well as Terry O'Brien, the Canadian director and co-producer of Stolen Heart, and Will Geiger, the writer/director/co-producer of Ocean Tribe.

All three films are being screened this week at the Film Festival.

The workshop begins today at noon and runs until 2 p.m.

Tomorrow's second workshop, Film Financing and Investment, will focus on the business side of the movie business, Adam Page, the London-based chief executive of The Ottawa Group, will moderate a discussion involving entertainment lawyers Richard Moxon from London, Michael Levine from Toronto, Keith Fleer from Beverly Hills and Warren Cabral from Appleby, Spurling and Kempe.

They will be joined by independent film financier Graham Bradstreet, also from London.

Tickets to films at the Liberty Theatre have been made available on a nightly basis on the first three nights of the Film Festival, despite reports that the theatre is fully sold out for the week-long event.

"We have technically sold out the theatre because of the number of film-goers who have purchased passes, which give them tickets to every film,'' said Film Festival director Aideen Ratteray-Pryse.

"But not every pass holder will attend every single film.

"Each night, we will be putting on sale a number of tickets about five minutes before the screening.

Tickets are also available on a nightly basis at the Little Theatre.

Tickets to Thursday nights Wrap Party at Hamilton's Surf Club, which will feature the awards ceremony, are still available from the Film Festival office at 293-FILM.

The tickets cost $30, which includes food and bar.