PHOTOGRAPHER REBECCA BAXTER has covered the Sarasota Film Festival since its inception. As the festival has grown, her workload—and camera bags—have grown progressively heavier. This year, Baxter brought back close to a thousand images documenting almost two weeks of glamorous screenings, parties and special events. Here are our favorites.

It all begins on the red carpet. Here, actress Michelle Trachtenberg arrives for the festival’s Filmmakers’ Tribute Dinner at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

After the movies, parties are what make the film festival go ’round. Above, the opening night soiree at the Ringling Museum.

Beautiful women are the heart and soul of any film festival. Clockwise from top left , Wendy Resnick, Ashley Davis and Donna Brierton.