Carmina y amén tendrá su estreno norteamericano en MIFFecito

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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] El Miami International Film Festival (MiamiFF) recién anunció la programación del MIFFecito 2014, el “minifestival” de MiamiFF que brindará una degustación preliminar a la trigésimo segunda edición que tendrá lugar del 6 […]

TO KILL A MAN: Vengeance Goes to Sinister Heights

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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] The impressive rise of Chilean cinema shows no signs of slowing down, and out of the five recently announced Oscar 2015 contenders from Chile for Best Foreign Language Film, three were […]

Showcasing ‘Cinema Do Brasil’ in Miami

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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Sunday night, at the 18th edition of the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami (which runs through August 24th in South Beach), aka BRAFF, Vinicius de Moraes, Brazil’s famous poet, composer and playwright […]

Three Miami ENCUENTROS Projects Set to World Premiere at TIFF

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Miami International Film Festival’s (MiamiFF) ENCUENTROS program is an industry leader in supporting Iberoamerican films in post-production toward their eventual debut on the world stage. Three out of the five projects featured in this past season’s edition have just been announced at one of the world’s most important film festivals, TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival). They […]

Two-Time MiamiFF Alum Mark Jackson’s ‘War Story’ Set to Open at the Tower

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Writer/director/editor Mark Jackson was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film 2011,” following his directorial debut, Without, which was featured in MiamiFF 29’s America the Beautiful program. The award-winning drama is set on an isolated house on a remote Pacific Northwest island, where 19-year-old Josyln (Joslyn Jensen) becomes the caretaker of an old […]

Griffin Dunne as Discoverer & Lasse Hallström’s Journey

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Actor-producer-director Griffin Dunne has the distinction of having starred in two 1980s cult favorites: as Jack Goodman in John Landis’ monster movie An American Werewolf in London (1981), and as Tommy Kelly in Martin Scorsese’s black comedy After Hours (1985)—produced with partner Amy Robinson through their company Double Play Productions. He moved to directing with […]

MiamiFF Tributee Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’ Shows Audiences are Ready for More Female Superheroes on Screen

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Each year, Miami International Film Festival (MiamiFF) singles out a director whose films have uniquely achieved both vast international popularity and an enduring cult appeal. At MiamiFF 2007, the  5th annual Career Achievement Tribute honor went to French film director, writer, and producer Luc Besson, and included a retrospective selection of film clips and an on-stage […]

Is ‘Boyhood’ Really About Motherhood?

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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Last month, members of Miami International Film Festival’s Miami Film Society were treated to a private screening of one of 2014’s essential movies, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood. Linklater is one of the […]

A COFFEE IN BERLIN (Oh Boy) It’s a Deep Cup

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Another German winner in the spotlight this week is Jan Ole Gerster’s feature directorial debut A Coffee in Berlin, which garnered six German Film Academy Awards, including Outstanding Feature Film, Best Director and Best Actor. Featured in #MiamiFF 30’s Cinema 360° presented by Viendomovies program, A Coffee in Berlin (formerly titled Oh Boy), follows a law-school […]

DORMANT BEAUTY: Exploring the Right-to-Die Controversy in Italy

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Thought, feeling, and a healthy dose of melodramatic passion are almost always prevalent in Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio’s films, and his native country provides him with copious material to expose his directorial acumen. Italy’s recent contentious debate over euthanasia provides the  framework for Bellocchio’s multi-layered exploration of life, love and politics in Dormant Beauty (Bella […]

Sumptuous Foodie Films to Pique Appetites of Miami Moviegoers

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The increasing number of intimate and evocative films featuring the tastes, aromas and, ultimately, characters behind food and haute cuisine continues to grow in popularity, proving that moviegoers do indeed enjoy feasting in the dark. Nimrat Kaur as Ila, The Lunchbox poster; Irrfan Khan as Saajan Fernandes Topping the culinary-themed feature film list is an […]

Mike Myers’ Directorial Debut: Supermensch – The Legend of Shep Gordon

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You’re likely not a show biz insider if you’re wondering “Who was (or is) Shep Gordon?” He’s the quintessential Hollywood manager, and the subject of Canadian funnyman Mike Myers’ directorial debut, Supermensch – The Legend of Shep Gordon. The homage/doc delivers on behind-the-scenes gossip and insights, but goes beyond the normal showbiz biography, offering deeper […]

A ‘Loving and Friendly’ Ending…that Began 19 Years Ago in Miami

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Two Much film poster; Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas We were saddened to hear the news of Antonio Banderas’ and  Melanie Griffith’s split this past weekend, as their whirlwind romance began in Miami during the filming of Fernando Trueba’s romantic screwball comedy Two Much in 1995.  It’s a coincidence that a 35mm Retrospective screening of […]

Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro Sr.

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Robert De Niro Jr. When you hear the name Robert De Niro, you think of one of our greatest actors, but there was another man by that name who was a very talented painter. It was his father, Robert De Niro Sr.  It’s been more than 20 years since De Niro Sr.’s death at age […]

Seven MIFF Alumni Directors Take Home Awards at Cannes

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Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan with Palme d’Or prize; Winter Sleep poster We are proud to extend a massive round of applause to an international array of masterful MIFF alumni directors (from Turkey, Italy, Germany, Spain, Canada, Hungary and Argentina) who took home awards at Cannes this past weekend.  Standing O for Turkish filmmaker and writer […]

Latest Crop of MIFF Titles Exploring the World’s Oldest Profession

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film poster; Marine Vacth and ‘client’ in Young & Beautiful Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard in The Immigrant; film poster Stemming from a long history of silent-era melodramas to the present day, prostitution pays…at the box office and beyond…as evident by the latest crop of complex characters, at times comedic, though more often rife with […]

BELLE: Politics, Art, History, and Social Conscience

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Iconic 1779 painting depicting Dido Elizabeth Belle and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray After a nearly a decade, BAFTA-winning British director Amma Asante made a triumphant return to MIFF this past March to present her second feature film, Belle, voted “audience favorite” by Miami Film Society members.  Belle also took home the The International Jury […]

Exposing Vivian Maier’s Secret Life and Private Passion

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Finding Vivian Maier co-director John Maloof at MIFF 2014 (Regal South Beach); film poster Shot by shot the world is coming to know the elusive Vivian Maier (1926-2009), a career nanny who left behind a cache of 100,000 negatives of her captivating street photography—images that she zealously hid from the eyes of others. The spellbinding […]

Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive: Cultured Vampirism

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Vampire of the Coast (1909); Alice Hollister in The Vampire (1913); Bela Lugosi as Dracula The history of vampire films dates back to the era of silent films with Vampire of the Coast (1909), cited as “the first silent vampire film,” though it’s actually a pirate film and has nothing to do with vampires. Several […]

MIFF Award Winner Rocks with Impressive Debut

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Two weeks in advance of its highly-awaited Miami commercial debut, this year’s Lexus Audience Award winner is already taking a commanding lead as one of the year’s most successful independent films. Woody Allen, John Turturro Following its opening weekend, Italian American actor, writer, and filmmaker John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo brought some very good news to […]

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