Miami definitely has something for everyone. This time is film lovers’ turn: The 27th edition of the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) is hitting town. The 10-day Festival, which takes place March 5-14, 2010, is produced and hosted by Miami Dade College. This year’s Festival will showcase 115 films from 45 countries, including five world premieres, 22 North American premieres and 14 U.S. premieres. Short films, documentaries, academy awards nominated, competitions, seminars, workshops, parties; all in 10 venues and 10 days. So, get ready for a journey around the world and see films that have little chance to be distributed in mainstream U.S. theaters
Some Big names you don’t want to miss
Miami favorite, Andy Garcia comes home with CITY ISLAND, a drama starring himself, his daughter Dominik García-Lorido and Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe winner for Best Female Actor in a TV Drama Series, Julianna Margulies (THE GOOD WIFE). While Amanda Peet, Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt bring PLEASE GIVE. You can also attend the international film festival circuit premiere of the documentary THE BEATLES ON RECORD by Bob Smeaton and the U.S. premiere of HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY, ACTIVIST AND REBEL by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Brigitte Berman.
If you are already on Academy Awards mood, you don’t want to miss some of the Best Foreign- Language Film Oscar contenders, including: Argentina’s THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS) by Juan José Campanella, Australia’s SAMSON & DELILAH by Warwick Thornton and Peru’s THE MILK OF SORROW (LA TETA ASUSTADA) by Claudia Llosa.
Tibute
This year’s Career Achievement Tribute ceremony will honor German film director Margarethe Von Trotta, who is most recognized for her films SHEER MADNESS (1983), ROSA LUXEMBURG (1986), ROSENSTRASSE (2003,) and I AM THE OTHER WOMAN (2006). Considered a pioneer and an icon of international feminist cinema since the 1970s, this acclaimed German actress and director ranks among the world’s most important filmmakers. The award presentation will be followed by a special screening of her newest film, VISION, starring award-winning actress Barbara Sukowa, as Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen, a visionary leader who is credited with ushering Europe out of the Dark Ages and into the Renaissance. The tribute will take place on Wednesday, March 10 at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts.
Se habla español
The Festival, known for its strong Ibero-American focus, will feature filmmakers representing Spain, Portugal and Latin America, including: LA YUMA by Florence Jaugey, a MILLION DOLLAR BABY-type tale of a female boxer struggling to realize her dream in gang-infested Managua, and is the first feature film shot in Nicaragua in 20 years; LEO’S ROOM (EL CUARTO DE LEO) by Enrique Buchichio, a portrait of a Montevideo college student coming to terms with his sexual identity in staunchly Roman Catholic Uruguay; and THREE DAYS WITH THE FAMILY (TRES DIES AMB LA FAMILIA) by Mar Coll, a Spanish drama detailing the pain and power struggles of a large, conservative Catalan family after their patriarch’s death.
Awards & Competitions
If you are fan of indie movies or new discoveries, don’t miss Cinema 360o, a showcase for emerging, global independent filmmakers. It will feature the international premiere of CHILDREN OF GOD by Kareem Mortimer, a rare offering from Bahamas that explores the ever-present homophobia and discrimination in Caribbean societies, and the U.S. premiere of what may be the last cinematic contribution from earthquake-devastated Haiti for years to come: MOLOCH TROPICAL, a satirical look at a despot in the making by former minister of culture Raoul Peck.
The Cutting the Edge competition, a showcase of provocative films designed to expose viewers to the extreme, will feature kidnapping caper KINATAY from Philippine director Brillante Mendoza, who earned Best Director at Cannes last May for this film; the quirky, psychedelic fantasy PEPPERMINTA from Swiss video-art wunderkind Pipilotti Rist, whose retrospective, Pour Your Body Out, appeared at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2009; and the insane senior citizens romp TRASH HUMPERS by indie prince Harmony Korine, voted the Best Undistributed Film of 2009 in an IndieWire survey of film critics nationwide.
The World Competition includes critically acclaimed selections from around the globe. NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS (Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh) directed by Bahman Ghobadi was the winner of Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. This Iranian film depicts the underground music scene in an often turbulent, Tehran. Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang’s FACE (Visage) weaves though darkly comic vignettes exploring the subject matter of the Salomé myth at Louvre Museum. Finally, LOLA, directed by Brillante Mendoza, whose drama KINATAY is also apart of this year’s festival, tells the daunting story of two elderly women implicated in a robbery-homicide involving their grandsons in a poverty-stricken Filipino community.
Hey, don’t think you are the only film fan, so you better visit MIFF for a complete program and order tickets on line or call 305-405-MIFF (6433). You can also take a pick to the parties and red carpets where you can spot filmmakers and actors.
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