During the next ten days, Miami will be known as the sun, the sea and the cinema.
Annual 42 Miami Film Festival It started on Thursday night and before it was wrapped on Sunday, April 13, and will present nearly 200 documentary films and short films, from 45 countries. The program includes 35 shows for the world.
The festival started the cross show in Florida Meet the barbares (Les Barbares)The latest movie directed Jolly Delby. The French actor’s maker was expected to be on hand for this event-as well as the presentation of the thirtieth anniversary of the anniversary Before sunrise Today – but as The deadline mentionedIt was just filmed in the upcoming Robin Ostlund movie The entertainment system is broken.
We are very sad [Julie] You cannot join us tonight, “MFF programming manager Lauren Cohen Tell the audience at the Olympia Theater. “She really wanted to be here … she was very sad because she means a lot for her, this movie means a lot for her.”
Delby comedy is located in a city in the British region in France, expecting to obtain a group of Ukrainian refugees. The plot falls when Syrian immigrants appear instead. In his opening notes on Thursday night, the festival’s executive director James Walli The most prominent work is a little closer to the house.
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“We also want to view the largest possible amount of South Florida content on the big screen,” he said. “Miami has many different characters, and many large characters who deserve to be on screens. This is our logo line for this year, where we have large characters of all kinds of our films.”
For example, he was martyred Sunido de MiamiDocumentary film directed by Emilio Oscar Alcaldi that makes the world’s first show in the festival. The film is “a love speech for Cuban immigrants who were trying to find their place in Miami, and they accommodate American culture, while preserving their roots,” according to the festival program. “The music they invented is a mixture of cultures that can only occur in Miami.”
Sunido de Miami For the first time on Thursday, April 10 in Miami Beach Bandchill, with director Emilio Oscar Alcaldi, producer Elwi Sibero, and WDNA Vivim Maria Lopez, the attendees are expected to attend. Carlos Oliva E Los Supernos del Jawiz will perform as part of the event.
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Sunido de Miami It is one of the nine narrative and documentary features in the festival race that was made in the MIA, “a competition for films determined by the jury of any kind that is characterized by a large and quantitative part of its content (story, preparation and actual photography) in South Florida (MIAMI-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach), and the best use. Bethon huntingDocumentary film directed by Zander Robin on efforts to rid Florida Evergels of gas reptiles, and A strange type of beautifulDrama directed by Gabriel May, is one of the other competitors of the Made In MIA Award. It comes with the Panavision Equipment Rental Pack Award worth $ 60,000.
MFF also offers the Marimbas Award for $ 15,000, “an international feature for new feature films that embody the best condition, for example, to wealth and ringing for the future of cinema.” Nineteen films from all over the world, including Delby MetalIt is even for that award.
- Thirteen films will compete on $ 5,000 made in Mia short movies award (For the tied shorts with South Florida).
- the Miaami International Film Movie Award $ 4,000 Competition is 33 films.
- the 10,000 dollars, the Jordan Risler VersIt is a competition with 20 films in running, sponsored by the South Florida family in the late Jordan Risler, “A ambitious screenwriter graduate and graduate of cinema studies at Cornell University, who, during his short recreational career, held production positions on the original production of Broadway Hit Jersey Boys Before getting away from a tragic accident at the age of 23.
- Eighteen films in the competition in the form of jury carried by the jury 2000 dollars Documentary Achievement Awardamong them All sons of Godand Photo memoryand The end of the world in tropical regionsand Dating gameand The growing auditand The perfect neighborand Predatorsand Library trusteesAnd Sally.
- Ten films compete for A short documentary prize of $ 1,000With the support of the College of Communications at the University of Miami, Department of Film Arts and participating in his participation in the Bill Cosford Cinema.
Roger Ross Williams in the studio photo of the deadline at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023
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Lauren Cohen, director of the program, said that Julie Delby would be invited to Miami to receive the festival’s impact award. In addition, many auditors in the other industry will be honored, including Oscar -winning director Roger Ross Williams, who will receive the Effect Award. MFF examines his documentary film, which Amy nominated SealAnd an innovative film for Netflix depends on the book of Dr. IBRAM X. Kendi (by chance or otherwise, the book of Dr. Kennedy, who is looking at the history of racist ideology in America, was banned by many schools in Florida).
- Paul Feig will be honored with a precious GEM award in a special screening of his last movie, Another simple interestFollowed by a direct registration of the sad, sterilized podcast hosted by Josh Horwitz. Feig is famous for Women and obsessiveand Bandes of honorand the heatand spyAnd Valid.
- Mark Duplass will be honored with the IMPACT award after its offer, A good American family. It is known for Duplass bomband Morningand TullyAnd creep.
- Billy Zan will also receive the ART of Light Award after showing his last movie, Walz with Brando. Zen is famous for Titanicand Back to the futureAnd Dead calm.
- Melanie Linksky, will receive the precious GEM award and participate in an in -depth conversation about her career, including her nominated performance twice in Amy in Yellowjacketsalong with Heavenly creaturesand Do not lookand Another of usAnd Auschwitz tattoo.
The Miami Film Festival is a program at the Miami Dead College, which also puts an event at the Miami Festival of Gemstones, scheduled for November this year. MFF, from 3 to 13 April, is expected to attract 45,000 members of the public and more than 400 filmmakers, producers, talents and industry.
The executive director of the Miami Film Festival James Walli speaks in the 2024 edition of the festival
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James Walli, the festival’s executive director, was appointed as his position in 2023, when Miami and other cinematic events began to appear from the street epidemic. He spoke at the opening night show on Thursday, he said that the festival was moving in the right direction.
He told the public: “I am very happy to see everyone here, and I say that the Miami Film Festival continues to grow.”
