Producer and former U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas Nicole Avant will receive the Visionary Producer Award at this year’s Bahamas International Film Festival .

It’s a full circle moment for Avant, who is also being honored with the title of honorary patron of BIFF, as the award-winning producer, best-selling author and philanthropist attended the 2009 edition of the festival while the ambassador to the Bahamas.

Avant will be honored on the opening night gala of the festival, whose main part runs Dec. 10 to 14 in Nassau, after a three-day affair featuring a screenwriters residency and select film screenings in Harbour Island.…