|
||
Pro Tools
FILMFESTIVALS | 24/7 world wide coverageWelcome ! Enjoy the best of both worlds: Film & Festival News, exploring the best of the film festivals community. Launched in 1995, relentlessly connecting films to festivals, documenting and promoting festivals worldwide. Working on an upgrade soon. For collaboration, editorial contributions, or publicity, please send us an email here. User login |
MIFF Celebrates Its 25th AnniversaryThursday, March 6---------Reaching a 25th anniversary is a milestone for any organization. For a film festival, it is a major accomplishment and a vantage point from which to appreciate past triumphs and survey new opportunities. As the Miami International Film Festival celebrated its silver anniversary at the glorious Gusman Center for the Performing Arts last evening, the mood was one of reverence for the past and anticipation for the future. “A Festival is nothing without the involvement of its filmmakers," MIFF Director Patrick de Bokay declared to the packed audience. So, rather than focus on the Festival organization, the evening was a tribute to film directors. A planned compilation video of clips from films that premiered at the Festival over the past quarter century had to be delayed due to technical reasons, but the assembled throngs were treated to a rare cinematic experience. To celebrate the art of filmmaking, the Festival screened the International Premiere of CHACUN SON CINEMA, an anthology film of 33 shorts directed by some of world cinema’s most outstanding auteurs. The film was created to celebrate last year’s 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, and was introduced by Dana Keith, director of the Miami Beach Cinematheque. The film was an intoxicating mix of drama, comedy and personal memoir about the enduring influence of the cinematic experience on some of the world’s greatest filmmakers. Participating directors included Theo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Chen Kaige, Michael Cimino, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Manoel De Oliveira, Raymond Depardon, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitai, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Aki Kaurismaki, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrei Konchalovsky, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raoul Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Tsai Ming-Liang, Gus Van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar Wai and Zhang Yimou. This unmissable evening was truly one of the highlights of this year’s film festival. Sandy Mandelberger, Miami FF Dailies Editor 14.03.2008 | miami's blog Cat. : Abbas Kiarostami Aki Kaurismäki Aki Kaurismäki Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu Alejandro González Iñárritu Amos Gitai Amos Gitai Andrei Konchalovsky Cannes Cannes Cannes Film Festival Chen Kaige Cinema of France Claude Lelouch Dana Keith David Cronenberg David Lynch Elia Suleiman Entertainment Entertainment Film Film festival Gus Van Sant Jane Campion Jean-Pierre Ken Loach Lars Von Trier Luc Dardenne Miami Miami FF Dailies Miami International Film Festival Miami International Film Festival Michael Cimino MIFF Nanni Moretti Olivier Assayas Patrick de Bokay Raoul Ruiz Raymond Depardon Raymond Depardon Roman Polanski Sandy Mandelberger Takeshi Kitano the Cannes Film Festival the Miami International Film Festival Theo Angelopoulos To Each His Own Cinema Tsai Ming-Liang Walter Salles Walter Salles Wim Wenders Wong Kar Wai Youssef Chahine Zhang Yimou
|
LinksThe Bulletin Board > The Bulletin Board Blog Following News Interview with EFM (Berlin) Director
Interview with IFTA Chairman (AFM)
Interview with Cannes Marche du Film Director
Filmfestivals.com dailies live coverage from > Live from India
Useful links for the indies: > Big files transfer
+ SUBSCRIBE to the weekly Newsletter Deals+ Special offers and discounts from filmfestivals.com Selected fun offers
> Bonus Casino
User imagesAbout miami
Mandelberger Sandy
(MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)
The MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF) View my profile Send me a message The EditorUser contributions |