Miami Film Festival

A Wolf at the Door Wins Grand Prize at 31st Miami International Film Festival

A WOLF AT THE DOOR (O LOBO ATRÁS DA PORTA)

Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) which celebrated its 31st anniversary edition March 7 to 16, 2014, culminated in its annual Awards Night Ceremony, with A WOLF AT THE DOOR (O LOBO ATRÁS DA PORTA) walking away with the Knight Grand Jury Prize and the Grand Jury Best Director for the director Fernando Coimbra. A WOLF AT THE DOOR is the complicated, edge-of-your-seat, fact-based story of the disappearance of a young girl in suburban Rio.

2014 MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS

KNIGHT COMPETITION:

Knight Grand Jury Prize: A Wolf at the Door (O lobo atrás da porta), directed by Fernando Coimbra (Brazil)

Grand Jury Best Performance: Nora Navas of We All Want What’s Best For Her (Tots volem el millor per a ella), directed by Mar Coll (Spain)

Grand Jury Best Director: Fernando Coimbra of A Wolf at the Door (O lobo atrás da porta)(Brazil)

JORDAN ALEXANDER RESSLER SCREENWRITING AWARD:

Mateo, written by Maria Gamboa and Adriana Arjona (Colombia/France)

KNIGHT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION:
The jury selected two films to tie as winners in this category for the Knight Grand Jury Prize.

Finding Vivian Maier, directed by Charlie Siskel and John Maloof (USA)

The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss (USA)

LEXUS IBERO-AMERICAN OPERA PRIMA COMPETITION:

Mateo, directed by Maria Gamboa (Colombia/France)

Honorable Mention: We are Mari Pepa (Somos Mari Pepa), directed by Samuel Kishi Leopo (Mexico)

PAPI SHORTS COMPETITION PRESENTED BY MACY’S Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film:

“A Big Deal” (特殊交易), directed by Yoyo Yao (China)

Honorable Mention: “Skin”, directed by Cédric Prévost (France)

MIAMI ENCUENTROS presented by Moviecity:

Aurora, produced by Florencia Larrea, directed by Rodrigo Sepulveda (Chile)

SIGNIS AWARD:

The International Jury of SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication, formed by: Gustavo Andújar, president, and Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki and Juan José Rodríguez, members, give their SIGNIS Award to Belle directed by Amma Asante for its multi-layered depiction of the challenges to the value of human life and dignity wherever a profit-driven system makes commodification of persons acceptable. Masterly crafted, the film lifts up a variety of issues of conscience which still confront us today.

MIAMI FUTURE CINEMA CRITICS AWARD:

To Kill A Man (Matar a un hombre), directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile/France)

LEXUS AUDIENCE AWARDS were announced at the Pyrat Gold: The Awards Night Rum Party hosted at the Historic Freedom Tower following the Awards Night screening of Rob the Mob.

Lexus Audience Award for Best Documentary:

The Mountain (La montaña), directed by Tabaré Blanchard (Dominican Republic)

Lexus Audience Award for Best Feature:

Fading Gigolo, directed by John Turturro (USA)

The above award-winning films joined the REEL Music Video Art Competition winner presented by MTV Latin American and Tr3s announced earlier in the week at the Festival:

REEL MUSIC VIDEO ART COMPETITION PRESENTED BY MTV Latin America and Tr3s:

“Around the Lake” (“Autour Du Lac”), directed by Noémie Marsily & Carl Roosens (Belgium). The music video was performed by Carl et les hommes-boîtes. The winner will receive an opportunity to be placed on MTV Latin America and Tr3s websites.
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49 Films to Premiere at 2014 Miami International Film Festival

Family United (La gran familia Española)

49 films are making their World, International, North American, and U.S. Premieres at the upcoming 31st Miami International Film Festival (MIFF), opening next week. The Miami International Film Festival, a program of Miami Dade College’s MDCulture, will run March 7 to 16, 2014).

From this year’s lineup, MIFF will screen seven feature films and 17 short films making their World Premieres, three films will make their International Premieres, 12 films will make their North American Premieres, and six films will be screening for the first time in the U.S. There will also be three North American premiering short films and one U.S. premiering short film.

7 World Premiere Features

ASTEROID (ASTEROIDE) (Mexico, directed by Marcelo Tobar)
After seven years Cristina returns to her childhood home—left to her older brother, Mauricio, by their deceased parents. The siblings, now dysfunctional adults, struggle to find their footing and someone they can each count on.

DEFAULT (USA / Colombia, directed by Simon Brand)
Somali pirates led by Atlas (David Oyelowo), hijack a plane chartered by an American news crew in a tension-packed thriller centered around a deadly battle of wits.

ECTOTHERMS (USA, directed by Monica Peña)
An impression of Miami as it is lived, not imagined: a sultry city where family heritage, urban plight, and a unique landscape intersect to create a youth culture like no other in the world.

KID CANNABIS (USA, directed by John Stockwell)
True story of two Idaho border-dwellers who built a multimillion-dollar business by illegally running marijuana (that was legally purchased a few miles away in Canada) into the US, in this cross between Stand by Me and Scarface.

MATEO (Colombia / France, directed by Maria Gamboa)
At the impressionable age of 16, young Mateo faces a dilemma about the direction his life will take when his corrupt uncle asks him to infiltrate a local Barrancabermeja theatre group to uncover its members’ political activities.

MEMORIES OF THE DESERT (Romance Political) (Brazil / Chile, directed by Jorge Durán) Antônio, a 28-year-old novelist in Rio, hitchhikes to Chile’s Atacama desert to write an erotic tale, and inadvertently becomes “involved” in a murder.

ROB THE MOB (USA, directed by Raymond De Felitta)
Andy Garcia and director Raymond De Felitta (City Island) re-team in this Bonnie & Clyde-style crime caper, involving a cash-strapped couple from Queens who rob a succession of mafia social clubs to cover their debts. Also stars Ray Romano, Michael Pitt, Griffin Dunne, Frank Whaley and Burt Young. (World Festival Premiere)

17 World Premiere Short Films

“BLUE” (USA, directed by Justin Malone)

“CHERRY POP: THE STORY OF THE WORLD’S FANCIEST CAT” (USA, directed by Kareem Tabsch)
The Chicago Project X Fashion Outlets of Chicago (USA, directed by Bill Bilowit)

(11 individual short films: “DANIEL ARSHAM”, “BHAKTI BAXTER”, “JIM DRAIN”, “FRIENDSWITHYOU”, “CODY HUDSON”, “ALVARO ILIZARBE”, “ANDREW NIGON”, “KENTON PARKER”, “BERT RODRIGUEZ”, “JEN STARK” and “AUSTYN WEINER”)

“CHUB” (USA, directed by Samuel Albis)

“SHIRT OUT, GAME OVER!” (Switzerland, directed by Eric Paternot)

“STRIKE: THE GREATEST BOWLING STORY EVER TOLD” (USA, directed by Joey Daoud)

“UNICORN (UNICORNIO)” (Bolivia, directed by Rodrigo Bellott)

3 International Premiere Features

CITY OF GOD: 10 YEARS LATER (CIDADE DE DEUS: 10 ANOS DEPOIS) (Brazil, directed by Luciano Vidigal and Cavi Borges)
Ten years after the release of the Oscar-nominated City of God, this new documentary explores the positive and negative impact the 2002 film has had on the lives of those in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood.

FACK JU GÖHTE/SUCK ME SHAKESPEER (Germany, directed by Boar Dagtekin) Zeki, an ex-con who can barely spell, becomes a substitute teacher at Goethe High in order to drill a tunnel below the new gym built on the exact spot where stripper friend Charlie buried his loot.

GLOBAL PLAYER (GLOBAL PLAYER – WO WIR SIND ISCH VORNE) (Germany, directed by Hannes Stöhr)
A family-run textile machine company in a small southern German town is in trouble, and the heir to the business is forced to negotiate with Chinese entrepreneurs behind his caustic 90-year old father’s back, in this intelligent comedy.

12 North American Premiere Features

THE ART RUSH (France, directed by Marianne Lamour)
As the contemporary art market is dominated by speculative billionaire collectors, long-view professionals such as Don & Mera Rubell hold steady to a sense of artistic merit.

THE DEVIL’S VIOLINIST (DER TEUFELSGEIGER) (Germany / Italy / Austria, directed by Bernard Rose)
Notorious womanizer and 19th century violin virtuoso at the peak of his career, Niccolò Paganini (David Garrett) is lured to London by his business- savvy agent.

ELSA & FRED (USA, directed by Michael Radford)
Elsa (Shirley MacLaine), a vivacious retiree in New Orleans gets straight-laced widower, Fred (Christopher Plummer), as an unwanted next-door neighbor—until he ultimately surrenders to her bold and beautiful madness—and the two soon discover it’s never too late to fulfill a lifetime fantasy, in this rousing re-make of hit Spanish-Argentine film by Il Postino director, Michael Radford. Also stars Marcia Gay Harden, George Segal, Chris Noth.

FAMILY UNITED (La gran familia Española) (Spain, directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo)
Ephraim’s wedding day coincides with Spain’s appearance in the 2010 World Soccer Championship finals, and nothing goes as planned in this touching comedy, nominated for 12 Goya Awards.

IN DARKNESS WE FALL (LA CUEVA) (Spain, directed by Alfredo Montero)
Five friends go on a cave-exploring Mediterranean holiday but get lost in a myriad of passageways, resulting in a diabolic quest for survival.

LOS POSIBLES (Argentina, directed by Santiago Mitre & Juan Onofri Barbato)
In a rhapsody of toughened bodies and torn emotions, a group of teenagers seeking refuge from hardship perform in an experimental fusion of film and dance that stretches the boundaries of visual kinetics.

THE MAN OF THE CROWD (O HOMEM DAS MULTIDÕES) (Brazil, directed by Marcelo Gomes and Cao Guimarães)
Both Juvenal and Margo live in a state of isolation, despite residing in a bustling urban center. Each manages to find comfort in peculiar ways, in this adaption of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story, updated to contemporary Belo Horizonte.

NATURAL SCIENCES (CIENCIAS NATURALES) (Argentina, directed by Matias Lucchesi)
Twelve-year-old Lila enlists her boarding school teacher as a companion on an emotional journey to track down the biological father she has never known.

SÉPTIMO (Spain / Argentina, directed by Patxi Amexcua)
Tense kidnapping thriller exposing Buenos Aires’ criminal underbelly. Ricardo Darín and Belen Rueda masterfully portray divorcing couple Sebastian and Delia, as their children disappear on the most important day of Sebastian’s legal career.

SERRAT & SABINA: TWO FOR THE ROAD (SERRAT Y SABINA: EL SIMBOLO Y EL CUATE) (Spain, directed by Francesc Relea)
Two celebrated Spanish singer/songwriters—generational icon Joan Manuel Serrat, exiled in Mexico under Franco’s dictatorship, and Joaquín Sabina, whose poetry and rebelliousness seduced audiences by the thousands—embark on a final tour together.

THREE MANY WEDDINGS (TRES BODAS DE MÁS) (Spain, directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera)
A fresh, hilarious comedy from the director of Ghost Graduation (MIFF 2013). Three ex-boyfriends invite Ruth (Inma Cuesta) to their weddings, all in one month; the only person Ruth can convince to be her date is the sexy new intern.

WE ALL WANT WHAT’S BEST FOR HER (TOTS VOLEM EL MILLOR PER A ELLA) (Spain, directed by Mar Coll)
A car crash leaves Geni (Nora Navas, Black Bread) disillusioned with her domestic and professional world in Catalonia, causing her to re-think everything she thought she wanted from life.

3 North American Premiere Short Films

“GRACE (GRAÇA)” (Brazil, directed by Anna Clara Peltier)

“SKIN” (France, directed by Cédric Prévost)

“XENOS” (United Kingdom / Greece / Denmark, directed by Mahdi Fleifel)

6 U.S Premiere Features

ALL ABOUT THE FEATHERS (POR LAS PLUMAS) (Costa Rica, directed by Neto Villalobos)
A loner security guard buys a fighting rooster so he can enter illegal cockfights. Chalo’s feathered pal attracts an assortment of oddball characters in this insightful comedy of fate and friendship.

BRASSERIE ROMANTIQUE (BRASSERIE ROMANTIEK) (Belgium, directed by Joël Vanhoebrouck)
Anticipation is high in Pascaline and Angelo’s renowned restaurant for Valentine’s Day, but tension soon rises in the kitchen when Pascaline’s ex-lover of 20 years ago walks in for dinner.

CRISTO REY (CRISTO REY) (Dominican Republic, directed by Leticia Tonos)
In a slum barrio of Santo Domingo, a mixed race Haitian-Dominican teen guards the local kingpin’s beautiful young sister, in a retelling of the Romeo & Juliet tragedy.

HERE’S THE DEAL (SOMOS GENTE HONRADA) (Spain, directed by Alejandro Marzoa)
Two middle-aged family men, hit hard by Spain’s economic crisis, stumble upon a hefty stash of cocaine while out fishing, but are conflicted and clueless on how to get rid of the haul in this Galician black comedy.

I’LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN (Canada, directed by Richie Mehta)
Erol (Haley Joel Osment, now 25) struggles to keep his mother (Gillian Anderson) on an even keel after his father vanishes into thin air.

STOCKHOLM (ESTOCOLMO) (Spain, directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen)
A hot-blooded Spaniard wanders the romantic late-night streets of Madrid to woo a pretty yet reluctant girl into his bed. But love’s mor

1 U.S Premiere Short Film

“A BIG DEAL (特殊交易)” (China, directed by Yoyo Yao)
A 10-year-old boy, lonely for his mother who is always working, hires a prostitute to fill in for her when she can’t come to Parent Day at school.
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Miami International Film Festival Unveils 2014 Film Lineup; Fest to Open with North American premiere of ELSA & FRED

ROB THE MOB directed by Raymond De Felitta and starring Andy Garcia

Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) announced the films selected to screen during its 31st edition of the annual 10-day event, which runs March 7 to 16, 2014. The Festival will open with the North American premiere of ELSA & FRED directed by Michael Radford. Oscar winners Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer play the titular characters originated by China Zorrilla and Manuel Alexandre in this remake of the 2008 release of the Argentine/Spanish film of the same name. Also in the cast are Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden; as well as George Segal, Chris Noth, James Brolin, Wendell Pierce, Jaime Camil and Osvaldo Rios.

The Festival‘s annual Awards Night gala will wrap with the World premiere of ROB THE MOB directed by Raymond De Felitta and starring Andy Garcia. Rob the Mob also stars Michael Pitt, Ray Romano, Burt Young, Griffin Dunne, Frank Whaley, Cathy Moriarty, Aida Turturro, Yul Vazquez and Nina Arianda.

This year’s Career Achievement Tribute will be presented to actor and filmmaker John Turturro. Turturro, will present his latest directorial achievement, FADING GIGOLO, which also stars Woody Allen, Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara.

Festival Competition Categories:

The Knight Competition, open to dramatic works from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, as well as Latino-themed works produced in the United States, will feature 10 films eligible to receive $40,000 in achievement recognition from the Festival, courtesy of James L. & John S. Knight Foundation. The 10 films competing in this category are:
All About The Feathers (Por las plumas) (Costa Rica, directed by Neto Villalobos) *US Premiere
Asteroid (Asteroide) (Mexico, directed by Marcelo Tobar) *World Premiere
Club Sandwich (Mexico, directed by Fernando Eimbcke)
The Man of the Crowd (O homem das multidões) (Brazil, directed by Marcelo Gomes and Cao Guimarães) *North American Premiere
Memories of the Desert (Romance policial) (Brazil / Chile, directed by Jorge Durán) *World Premiere
Natural Sciences (Ciencias naturales) (Argentina, directed by Matias Lucchesi) *North American Premiere
Séptimo (Spain / Argentina, directed by Patxi Amexcua) *North American Premiere
To Kill A Man (Matar un hombre) (Chile / France, directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras)
We All Want What’s Best For Her (Tots volem el millor per a ella) (Spain, directed by Mar Coll)*North American Premiere
A Wolf at the Door (O lobo atrás da porta) (Brazil, directed by Fernando Coimbra)

Knight Documentary Competition, open to engaging and thought-provoking feature-length documentaries created by international filmmakers that examine social issues, diverse cultures, icons and inspiring people, will feature 10 films eligible to receive $10,000 in achievement recognition from the Festival, courtesy of James L. & John S. Knight Foundation. The 10 films competing in this category are:

The Art Rush (France, directed by Marianne Lamour) *North American Premiere
The Dog (USA, directed by Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren)
Europe in 8 Bits (Spain, directed by Javier Polo)
Finding Vivian Maier (USA, directed by Charlie Siskel and John Maloof)
Ivory Tower (USA, directed by Andrew Rossi)
Locations: Looking For Rusty James (Locaciones: buscando a Rusty James) (Chile, directed by Alberto Fuguet)
The Notorious Mr. Bout (USA / Russia, directed by Tony Gerber and Maxim Pozdorovkin)
The Overnighters (USA, directed by Jesse Moss)
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (USA, directed by Mike Myers)
Whitey: United States of America V. James J. Bulger (USA, directed by Joe Berlinger)

The Lexus Ibero-American Opera Prima Competition for first-time feature filmmakers emerging from Spain, Portugal and Latin America will feature four films eligible to receive $5,000 in achievement recognition from the Festival, courtesy of Lexus; and an additional $5,000 in achievement recognition for screenwriting from the Festival, courtesy of Jordan A. Ressler Foundation. The four films competing in this category are:

Here’s the Deal (Somos gente honrada) (Spain, directed by Alejandro Marzoa) *US Premiere
Mateo (Colombia / France, directed by Maria Gamboa) *World Premiere
Stockholm (Estocolmo) (Spain, directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen) *US Premiere
We are Mari Pepa (Somos Mari Pepa) (Mexico, directed by Samuel Kishi Leopo)

Papi Shorts Competition presented by Macy’s will present 10 accomplished short films from around the globe, eligible to receive $1,000 in achievement recognition from the Festival, courtesy of Papi and Macy’s. The 10 films competing in this category are:

A Big Deal (特殊交易) (China, directed by Yoyo Yao) *US Premiere
Blue (USA, directed by Justin Malone) *World Premiere
Chub (USA, directed by Samuel Albis) *World Premiere
Flamingo (Venezuela, directed by Carl Zitelmann)
Grace (Graça) (Brazil, directed by Anna Clara Peltier) *North American Premiere
The Phone Call (United Kingdom, directed by Mat Kirkby)
Skin (France, directed by Cédric Prévost) *North American Premiere
Shirt Out, Game Over! (Switzerland, directed by Eric Paternot) *World Premiere
Unicorn (Unicornio) (Bolivia, directed by Rodrigo Bellott)
Xenos (United Kingdom / Greece / Denmark, directed by Mahdi Fleifel) *North American Premiere

The Festival also unveils a number of films in non-competitive categories:

CINEDWNTWN GALAS PRESENTED BY MIAMI DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Brazilian Western (Brazil, directed by René Sampaio)
Deep City: Birth of the Miami Sound (USA, directed by Marlon Johnson, Dennis Scholl, and Chad Tingle)
The Devil’s Violinist (Der Teufelsgeiger) (Germany / Italy / Austria, directed by Bernard Rose)*North American premiere

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: WORK IN PROGRESS FROM CUBA

Filmmaker Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt (Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel) will attend the Festival for a“Work in Progress from Cuba” presentation. He will present clips from his forthcoming feature documentary Havana Motor Club, about Cuba’s top underground drag racers of classic American cars, and a quest to mount the first official car race since the Revolution’s ban on the sport. Perlmutt will discuss the issues and plans for shaping the final film.

Lee Brian Schrager’s Culinary Cinema presented by Plymouth Gin

Brasserie Romantique (Brasserie romantiek) (Belgium, directed by Joël Vanhoebrouck)
Final Recipe (Fa-i-neol re-si-pi) (Republic of Korea / Thailand, directed by Gina Kim)
Food for Love (Greece, directed by Marianna Economou), preceded by the short film “Impromptu” (Canada, directed by Bruce Alcock)
Jadoo (United Kingdom, directed by Amit Gupta)
Le Chef (Comme un chef) (France, directed by Daniel Cohen)

These titles join the preview to this program, the previously announced Soul of a Banquet (USA, directed by Wayne Wang), which screens on February 23rd at the New World Soundscape as part of Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival.

Florida Focus

Cherry Pop: The Story of the World’s Fanciest Cat (USA, directed by Kareem Tabsch)
Ectotherms (USA, directed by Monica Peña) *World Premiere
International Noise Conference 2013 (USA, directed by Ronnie Rivera)
Strike: The Greatest Bowling Story Ever Told (USA, directed by Joey Daoud)

Other Florida Focus films announced in other categories are the CINEDWNTWN title Deep City: Birth of the Miami Sound (USA, directed by Marlon Johnson, Dennis Scholl, and Chad Tingle) and the Papi Shorts Competition presented by Macy’s title “Chub” (USA, directed by Samuel Albis).

Mayhem

Coherence (USA, directed by James Ward Byrkit)
In Darkness We Fall (La cueva) (Spain, directed by Alfredo Montero) *North American Premiere
The Sacrament (USA, directed by Ti West)

These 3 films join Witching and Bitching (Las brujas de zugarramurdi) (Spain / France, directed by Álex de la Iglesia), previously announced in this category.

America the Beautiful

The Immigrant (USA, directed by James Gray)
Memphis (USA, directed by Tim Sutton)
War Story (USA, directed by Mark Jackson) *Stars Catherine Keener and Ben Kingsley

Visions

The Congress (Israel / Germany / Poland / Luxembourg / Belgium, directed by Ari Folman)
Wetlands (Feuchtgebiete) (Germany, directed by David F. Wnendt)

REEL Music

Serrat & Sabina: Two for the Road (Serrat y Sabina: el simbolo y el cuate) (Spain, directed by Francesc Relea) *North American Premiere

In addition, the Festival will soon announce 10 selected music videos that will compete in the MTV/TR3S Music Video Art Competition. The Festival is partnering with MTV and Tr3s to present the program and the videos will be reviewed by a panel of MTV Latin America judges.

CINEMA 360° PRESENTED BY VIENDOMOVIES

Two films have been added to the Cinema 360° presented by Viendomovies program, joining those previously announced on January 14th. The two newly added films are:

Dom Hemingway (UK, directed by Richard Shepard) *Starring Jude Law and Demian Bichir
I’ll Follow You Down (Canada, directed by Richie Mehta) *Starring Haley Joel Osment andGillian Anderson

CLOSE-UPS ON NATIONAL CINEMAS: CHINA (presented by ByeJoe), GERMANY and MEXICO

This year, the Festival has created special CLOSE-UPS on national cinemas, China, Germany and Mexico. Each of these prolific film-producing nations is represented in a variety of the Festival’s programs.

Close-up on China presented by ByeJoe

American Dreams in China (中國合伙人) (China, directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan)
Bends (Hong Kong / China, directed by Flora Lau)
Trap Street (Shuiyin Jie) (China, directed by Vivian Qu)
Web Junkie (Israel / USA, directed by Shosh Shlam & Hilla Medalia)

Close-up on Mexico (all titles previously announced as part of other Festival sections)

The Amazing Catfish (Los insólitos peces gato) (Mexico, directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce)
Asteroid (Asteroide) (Mexico, directed by Marcelo Tobar)
Club Sandwich (Mexico, directed by Fernando Eimbcke)
Heli (Mexico, directed by Amat Escalante)
La jaula de oro (Mexico, directed by Diego Quemada-Díez)
We Are Mari Pepa (Somos Mari Pepa) (Mexico, directed by Samuel Kishi Leopo)

Close-up on Germany (all titles previously announced as part of other Festival sections)

The Devil’s Violinist (Der teufelsgeiger) (Germany / Italy / Austria, directed by Bernard Rose)
Fack ju Göhte/Suck Me Shakespeer (Germany, directed by Boar Dagtekin)
Global Player (Global Player – Wo Wir Sind Isch Vorne) (Germany, directed by Hannes Stöhr)
Wetlands (Feuchtgebiete) (Germany, directed by David F. Wnendt)

A From The Vault special presentation in collaboration with Miami Beach Cinematheque this year will feature a 45th anniversary screening of John Schlesinger’s Oscar-winning classic, Midnight Cowboy. The screening will be preceded by the footage of the original screen tests that Jon Voigt made to win the role, presented by the late Schlesinger’s partner Michael Childers. Miami Beach Cinematheque will also present a photo exhibit of Childers work as part of a month-long tribute to Schlesinger.

42 Films, including Goya Award Best Picture Nominees, Added to 2014 Miami International Film Festival

15 Years + 1 Day (15 años y 1 día) (Spain, directed by Gracia Querejeta)

Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) taking place March 7 to 16th, announced an additional 42 titles from 22 countries to be showcased in two non-competition categories, Cinema 360° and Doc-You-Up. Films include Goya Awards Best Picture nominees 15 YEARS + 1 DAY (15 años y 1 día), Cannibal (Caníbal), FAMILY UNITED (La gran familia Española), and LIVING IS EASY WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED (Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados), The 42 titles announced join the previously announced FOOSBALL (Metegol), from director Juan José Campanella, in MIFF’s Official Selection for the 2014 Festival.

Films showcased in the Cinema 360° category include:

15 Years + 1 Day (15 años y 1 día) (Spain, directed by Gracia Querejeta) *Nominated for Best Picture at Goya Awards
The Amazing Catfish (Los insólitos peces gato) (Mexico, directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce)
American Dreams in China (中國合伙人) (China, directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan)
Belle (United Kingdom, directed by Amma Asante) *Starring Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Matthew Goode, Miranda Richardson
Bends (China, directed by Flora Lau)
Cannibal (Caníbal) (Spain / Romania, directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca) *Nominated for Best Picture at Goya Awards
Cristo Rey (Cristo Rey) (Dominican Republic, directed by Leticia Tonos)
Default (USA, directed by Simon Brand) *World premiere starring David Oyelowo (Lee Daniels’ The Butler)
The Double (United Kingdom, directed by Richard Ayoade) *Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Chris O’Dowd
Eastern Boys (France, directed by Robin Campillo)
Family United (La gran familia Española) (Spain, directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo)*Nominated for 12 Goya Awards, including Best Picture
Gabrielle (Canada, directed by Louise Archambault)
Global Player (Global Player – Wo Wir Sind Isch Vorne) (Germany, directed by Hannes Stöhr)
GriGris (Chad / France, directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
Heli (Mexico, directed by Amat Escalante) *Best Director winner at 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Illiterate (Las analfabetas) (Chile, directed by Moisés Sepúlveda)
La jaula de oro (Mexico, directed by Diego Quemada-Diez) *Best Ensemble Cast at 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard
Living Is Easy with Your Eyes Closed (Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados) (Spain, directed by David Trueba) *Nominated for Best Picture at Goya Awards and 7 additional Goya nominations
Only Lovers Left Alive (USA, directed by Jim Jarmusch) *Starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska
A Place in Heaven (Makom Be-Gan Eden) (Israel, directed by Yossi Madmony)
Salvation Army (L’Armée du salut) (France / Morocco, directed by Abdellah Taïa)
Siddharth (Canada / India, directed by Richie Mehta)
Still Life (UK / Italy, directed by Uberto Pasolini)
The Summer of Flying Fish (El verano de los peces voladores) (Chile, directed by Marcela Said)
Tattoo (Tatuagem) (Brazil, directed by Hilton Lacerda)
Those Happy Years (Anni felici) (Italy, directed by Daniele Luchetti)
Three Many Weddings (Tres bodas de más) (Spain, directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera) *Nominated for 7 Goya Awards
Trap Street (Shuiyin Jie) (China, directed by Vivian Qu)
We Are the Best! (Vi är bäst!) (Sweden, directed by Lukas Moodysson)
Web Junkie (Israel / USA, directed by Shosh Shlam & Hilla Medalia)
Witching & Bitching (Las brujas de Zugarramurdi) (Spain, directed by Álex de la Iglesia) *Starring Carmen Maura, Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Carolina Bang and nominated for 10 Goya Awards
Wolf (Netherlands, directed by Jim Taihuttu)
Words & Pictures (USA, directed by Fred Schepisi) *Starring Juliette Binoche, Clive Owen
Young & Beautiful (Jeune & jolie) (France, directed by François Ozon)
Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (Zipi y Zape y el Club de la Canica) (Spain, directed by Oskar Santos)

Films showcased in the Doc-You-Up category include:

Barefoot in the Kitchen (Con la pata quebrada) (Spain, directed by Diego Galán) *Nominated for Best Documentary at Goya Awards
City of God: 10 Years Later (Cidade de Deus: 10 Anos Depois) (Brazil, directed by Luciano Vidigal & Cavi Borges) *International Premiere
Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (France / Portugal / USA, directed by Gabe Klinger)
The Mountain (La montaña) (Dominican Republic, directed by Taba Blanchard)
Los posibles (Argentina, directed by Santiago Mitre & Juan Onofri Barbato) *North American Premiere
WEB (USA, directed by Michael Kleiman)
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro Sr. (USA, directed by Perri Peltz & Geeta Gandbhir)

Argentinian Box-Office Hit FOOSBALL to U.S. Premiere at 2014 Miami International Film Festival | Watch TRAILER

The 31st Miami International Film Festival (MIFF), taking place runs March 7 to 16, 2014, will host the U.S. premiere of Oscar-winning director Juan José Campanella’s latest film FOOSBALL (METEGOL), a Spanish-Argentine produced animated film that has broken the Argentinian 2013 box-office record for the highest grossing film premiere in Argentina.

The film is Argentine director Juan José Campanella’s follow-up to his Academy Award-winning film The Secret in Their Eyes (2009); the latter marking only the second time in history that a Latin American country has won the Best Foreign Language Film category. Foosball broke Argentine box office records grossing 4.3 million pesos (US$774,000) during its opening weekend on July 19, 2013 in Argentina. The film has been touted as the most expensive Argentine film production to date, as well as the most expensive Latin American animated feature in history, with a budget of $21 million.

Foosball tells the story of young Amadeo, an introverted outsider obsessed with table soccer (or foosball, as the film’s title references) as he tries to save the local stadium from demolition by his long-time rival. Helping Amadeo are his foosball team figures that are magically brought to life, especially El Capi, the optimistic and overconfident leader.

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2014 Miami International Film Festival to World Premiere Documentary Shorts Based on The Arts Initiative Project

Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) will world premiere 11 short films documenting a project by a group of nationally and internationally renowned artists commissioned by The Arts Initiative and curated by Primary Projects, at the Festival’s 31st edition taking place March 7 to16, 2014.

Each of the 11 films will individually document work created for The Arts Initiative project by artists Daniel Arsham, Bhakti Baxter, Jim Drain, Friendswithyou, Cody Hudson, Alvaro Ilizarbe, Andrew Nigon, Kenton Parker, Bert Rodriguez, Jen Stark and Austyn Weiner. The films, also commissioned by The Arts Initiative, are produced by Grela Orihuela and directed by Bill Bilowit of Miami’s Wet Heat Project. Bilowit’s feature-length documentary about Bert Rodriguez, Making Sh*t Up, world premiered at MIFF’s 28th edition in 2011.

“Bill Bilowit not only documents the artistic process, he also captures the emotional essence an artist finds in their work,” said MIFF executive director Jaie Laplante. “We are thrilled to be able to share Bill’s new valentines to some of the top artists of our day, as he brings his own artist’s eye to the combined vision of Arthur Weiner and Books IIII Bischof.”

“Each of the artists in this project have in their own way touched Miami,” said The Arts Initiative founder Arthur Weiner. “I am honored and humbled to see these documentaries debut at Miami International Film Festival. It’s an elegant way to celebrate both the work and the fraternity formed by this group while creating their brilliant pieces over the summer at Fashion Outlets of Chicago.”

The 11 contemporary artists were chosen to enrich and enliven Fashion Outlets of Chicago, a newly-opened, $250 million, multi-level luxury outlet mall. The ambitious project was curated by Miami-based collective Primary Projects, founded by Books IIII Bischof, Typoe and Cristina Gonzalez, on behalf ofThe Arts Initiative, a newly formed collective dedicated to placing highly interactive visual art in public venues, founded by AWE Talisman chairman Arthur Weiner.

Since the beginning of June, filmmakers Bilowit and Orihuela have been in production on the documentary series, capturing each of the site-specific, large-scale installations. The caliber of artists is unusual for a retail center, and Wet Heat Project became involved as the developers of the windy city’s Fashion Outlets sought to fuse fashion and art in a new and innovative way – “artist-driven ideas actively integrated into the architectural framework and viewing space.”

The 11 documentary shorts will world premiere at MIFF’s 31st edition (March 7-16, 2014) and be programmed to individually precede the documentary feature films competing in MIFF’s Knight Documentary Competition program.

The complete line-up of the 31st Miami International Film Festival will be announced in late January 2014.

30th Miami International Film Festival Announces Its Miami Encuentros Selections

2013 Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) announced the five film selections for its VeoMiami industry initiative, the 10th MiamiEncuentros. Miami Encuentros aims to facilitate and support the completion of Latin American and U.S. Hispanic feature film projects in post-production and propel them towards their debuts on the international stage, via a post-production prize of USD$10,000 for one winning project as selected by a jury of industry professionals.

The five selected projects for Miami Encuentros 2013 are:

All About the Feathers (Por las plumas), directed by Neto Villalobosm
Produced by La Sucia Centroamericana Producciones, Costa Rica.

Darwin’s Corner (El rincón de Darwin), directed by Diego Fernández Pujol
Co-produced by Transparente Films, Uruguay and O som e a furia, Portugal

En la caliente – The Cuban Music Revolution, directed by Fabien Pisani
Produced by Mokongo Films, France.

Gypsy River (Rio Cigano), directed by Julia Zakia
Co-produced by Cinematográfica Superfilmes Ltda and Gato do Parque, Brazil

Liz in September (Liz en septiembre), directed by Fina Torres
Produced by Ararare Films C.A., Venezuela

Five Films Selected for Miami International Film Festival Miami Encuentros 2013

Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) announced the five film selections for its VeoMiami industry initiative, the 10th MiamiEncuentros.

Miami Encuentros aims to facilitate and support the completion of Latin American and U.S. Hispanic feature film projects in post-production and propel them towards their debuts on the international stage, via a post-production prize of USD$10,000 for one winning project as selected by a jury of industry professionals.

The five selected projects for Miami Encuentros 2013 are:

2013 Miami International Film Festival Sizzles with New Category Lee Brian Schrager’s Culinary Cinema

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2013 Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) announced the complete line-up for new category addition Lee Brian Schrager’s Culinary Cinema, featuring films with a culinary twist.

Lee Brian Schrager’s Culinary Cinema will open on Sunday, March 3rd, with the North American premiere of Eric Belhassem’s Why Did You Leave?. The documentary features Jacquin and Suaudeau, as well as their French contemporaries, Roland Villard, Alain Uzan and Emmanuel Bassoleil. The film highlights a group exceptional French gastronomic chefs and their decision to leave their homes and rebuild their lives in Brazil, meshing their continental sensibilities with the rhythms of their new home.

The other two films which will screen as part of Lee Brian Schrager’s Culinary Cinema category are Meat Hooked and Oma & Bella.

Meat Hooked is directed by Suzanne Wasserman. The documentary won the Best Feature Film at the NYC Food Film Festival and highlights the comeback of butchers and butcher shops.

Oma & Bella is directed by Alexa Karolinski. Oma & Bella, two elderly Jewish women in Berlin, pour the decades of their lives into expressions of character that come out of their sumptuous cooking. The film will show on Monday, March 4 at 7:00 p.m. at Miami Beach Cinematheque.

The 30th edition of Miami International Film Festival runs March 1-10, 2013.

45 Films To Premiere at Miami International Film Festival

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Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) will feature 45 films making their World, International, North American, and U.S. premieres. From this year’s lineup, MIFF will screen 10 feature films making their World premiere, five films will make their International premiere, nine films will make their North American premiere, and 16 films will be screening for the first time in the U.S.

Premiering films will be shown at Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, Regal South Beach, MDC’s Tower Theater, Coral Gables Art Cinema, Miami Beach Cinematheque, and O Cinema in Miami, Florida. The 30th edition of Miami International Film Festival runs March 1-10, 2013.

10 World Premiere Features

The Boy Who Smells Like Fish (Canada/Mexico, directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor)
A lonely young boy with an odd medical condition is befriended by a new girl (Zoe Kravitz) who is the only one not put off by his strange circumstances.

Calloused Hands (USA, directed by Jesse Quiñones)
A Miami boy’s journey into manhood over the most important summer of his life as he must learn to escape the influence of his mother’s alcoholic boyfriend (Andre Royo of “The Wire”).

Cinco De Mayo: The Battle (Mexico, directed by Rafa Lara)
An epic and emotional history of the Battle of Puebla, immortalized 150 years ago on May 5, 1862, when the small, poorly equipped Mexican army stunned its French occupiers with a decisive victory.

Eenie Meenie Miney Moe (USA, directed by Jokes Yanes)
From the creative team of MIFF11’s massive hit Magic City Memoirs, a visionary new look at Miami’s mean streets.

The Go Doc Project (USA, directed by Cory James Krueckeberg)
Too shy to make a proper introduction, a recent college grad devises to shoot a documentary about the NYC nightlife scene in order to meet the go-go guy he’s cyber-obsessed with.

Marriage (Matrimonio) (Argentina, directed by Carlos Jaureguialzo)
Cecilia Roth and Dario Grandinetti star in this drama about a married couple struggling to keep their union afloat; based loosely on James Joyce’s “Ulysses.”

The Midnight Game (USA, directed by Alejandro Calvo)
A group of teenagers get together at an old house to enact a ritual called “The Midnight Game;” will they live to tell about it?

Sanitarium (USA, directed Bryan Ramirez)
Malcom McDowell, Lou Diamond Phillips and Robert Englund star in three separate stories set in an eerie mental asylum.

Solo (Uruguay/Argentina/Netherlands/France, directed by Guillermo Rocamora)
A trumpeter for the Uruguayan Air Force Band finds an opportunity to make his dreams come true after enrolling in a music contest.

Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War (USA, directed by Jesse Acevedo)
Risking his freedom, director Jesse Acevedo documents the extraordinary underground rap music that is helping brew a new counterrevolution within Cuba.

3 World Premiere Short Films

“Eleven: Twelve” (USA/Portugal, directed by JC Barros)
“Red Wine” (Vino Tinto) (USA, directed by Carlos Gutierrez)
“Yasuni” (Ecuador, directed by Nicolas Entel)

5 International Premiere Features

Miguel, San Miguel (Chile, directed by Matías Cruz)
Music bio-pic tracing the beginnings of rebel Chilean band Los Prisioneros, in the midst of that country’s dictatorship.

The Moving Creatures (O Que Se Move) (Brazil, directed by Caetano Gotardo)
Three mothers cope with their worst nightmare, the loss of a child, in separate tales that astonish with narrative innovation and stylistic surprises.

Rio 2096: A Story Of Love And Fury (Uma História De Amor E Fúria) (Brazil, directed by Luiz Bolognesi)
A futuristic animated fantasy that charts 600 years of Brazilian culture’s evolution to present day, and beyond.

The Trip 2 (El Paseo 2) (Colombia, directed by Harold Trompetero)
John Leguizamo and Karen Martinez star as a married couple who embark on an increasingly disastrous vacation in this Colombian box office mega-hit.

Vinyl Days (Días De Vinilo) (Argentina/Colombia, directed by Gabriel Nesci)
Childhood friends who have grown up together sharing a fascination for classic rock on vinyl run aground in various ways when adulthood strikes.

1 International Premiere Short Film

Of Other Carnivals (De Outros Carnavais) (Brazil, directed by Paulo Miranda)

9 North American Premiere Features

Dark Blood (Netherlands, directed by George Sluizer, music by Florencia di Concilio)
River Phoenix’s final movie has its US premiere, 20 years after his tragic death.

My German Friend (El Amigo Alemán) (Germany/Argentina, directed by Jeanine Meerapfel)
A young Jewish woman falls in love with the son of German Nazis hiding in Buenos Aires after the war.

A Gun In Each Hand (Una Pistola En Cada Mano) (Spain, directed by Cesc Gay)
An all-star mostly male cast (including Ricardo Darín and Luis Tosar) field the melancholic, comedic, erotic and dramatic mysteries of women.

Measuring The World (Die Vermessung Der Welt) (Germany, directed by Detlev Buck
Mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss and geographer/explorer Alexander von Humboldt’s achievements and adventures come to life in amazing 3D.

Molasses (Melaza) (Cuba/France/Panama, directed by Carlos Días Lechuga)
Monica and Aldo cling to hope after the sugar mill is shut down and the social order begins to disintegrate in Melaza, Cuba.

No Autumn, No Spring (Sin Otoño Sin Primavera) (Ecuador/France, directed by Iván Mora)
Punk ballad that portrays the life of good-student-turned-rebel Lucas living in Guayaquil, while Martin returns from wandering abroad to visit ex-girlfriend Antonia, who has a wild proposal.

A Perfect Plan (Un Plan Parfait) (France, directed by Pascal Chaumeil)
From the producers of the French hit The Intouchables, Diane Kruger stars in this uproarious farce about a woman who goes to the ends of the earth to avoid her family’s ages-old marriage curse.

So Much Water (Tanta Agua) (Uruguay/Mexico/Netherlands, directed by Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge)
A family vacation is bogged down by unrelenting rain, as a teenage girl and her divorced father try to find common ground.

Why Did You Leave? (Por Que Vocȇ Partiu?) (Brazil, directed by Eric Belhassem)
Five exceptional French gastronomic chefs decide to leave their homes and rebuild their lives in Brazil and mesh their continental sensibilities, in different ways, with the rhythms of their new home.

16 U.S Premiere Features

The Artist and the Model (El Artista y la Modelo) (Spain, directed by Fernando Trueba)
Fernando Trueba marks a record 10th appearance at MIFF with his latest masterpiece, an elegiac drama of the passions of an elderly sculptor (the legendary Jean Rochefort) and his young muse. Claudia Cardinale also stars.

Blondie (Sweden, directed by Jesper Ganslandt)
Three sisters bring secrets and addictions home to their mother for her 70th birthday.

Dust (Polvo) (Guatemala, directed by Julio Hernández Cordón)
Juan is desperate to find the person responsible for his father’s disappearance, and his obsession will lead to fatal consequences.

Capadocia 3 (Mexico/USA, directed by Pedro Pablo Ibarra, Javier Patrón, Moises Urquidi & Carlos Carrera)
The powerful Capadocia dramatizes the lives of various women imprisoned in a Mexico City jail.

Comrade Kim Goes Flying (Belgium/United Kingdom/D.P.R of Korea, directed by Anja Daelemans, Nicholas Bonner & Kim Gwang-hun)
Comrade Kim works as a coal miner in a small town but has big dreams of becoming an acrobat and performing at a circus in this unexpectedly wacky film from North Korea.

Day Of The Flowers (United Kingdom, directed by John Roberts)
Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta stars in this side-splitting tale of two Scottish sisters’ misadventures on a trip to Cuba.

Dead Europe (Australia/United Kingdom, directed by Tony Krawitz)
An Australian photographer finds shocking truths about his ancestry after he travels to Greece to reconnect with his family’s native land.

Edificio Royale (Colombia/Venezuela/Germany, directed by Iván Wild)
The tenants of a Colombian high-rise apartment crisscross with darkly comic misunderstandings, involving tarot cards, embalmed bodies, TV psychics, and Tom Cruise.

Gone Fishing (Días De Pesca) (Argentina, directed by Carlos Sorín)
Marco looks for redemption and reconciliation on a fishing trip in the beautiful countryside of Patagonia.

Good Luck Sweetheart (Boa Sorte, Meu Amor) (Brazil, directed by Daniel Aragão)
Upper-class playboy Dirceu falls in love with Maria, a beautiful music student from a blue-collar background, but when she disappears Dirceu falls into a downward spiral.

Hand In Hand (France, directed by Valérie Donzelli)
Hélène share a deep passion for contemporary dance, but Véro will soon realize she may lose Hélène … to Joakim, Véro’s husband.

It Was the Son (É Stato il giglio) (Italy, directed by Daniele Cipri)
The accidental killing of a young girl results in her family applying for compensation from the state for those affected by the Mafia, and the money begins to change family dynamics.

L’Affaire Dumont (Canada, directed by Daniel Grou)
Riveting true story about a convenience store clerk falsely accused and sentenced for rape, and his struggle to set himself free.

Sagrada: The Mystery Of Creation (Sagrada: El Misteri De La Creasio) (Switzerland, directed by Stefan Haupt)
In Barcelona, a crew of modern artisans reach deep within themselves to complete Gaudi’s vision for his masterwork Sagrada Familia cathedral

Three Kids (Twa Timoun) (Belgium/Haiti, directed by Jonas D’Adesky)
After Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake destroys their orphanage home, three boys wander the streets of Port-au-Prince, lost in the confusion and chaos that grips their nation.

Villegas (Argentina/Netherlands/France, directed by Gonzalo Tobal)
Two Argentine cousins are thrown together when they are forced to leave Buenos Aires for an unexpected, touching road trip to their childhood home.

1 U.S Premiere Short Film

“Ebb & Flow” (A Onda Traz, O Vento Leva) (Brazil/Spain, directed by Gabriel Mascaro)

Miami International Film Festival Reveals its 30th Edition Film Lineup

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Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) announced the films selected to screen during its 30th edition which runs March 1 -10, 2013. Premiering at this year’s Festival will be 117 feature films and 12 short films from 41 countries.

This is the first year in MIFF’s history that the Festival will open and close with documentary features. The Festival will open with RADiUS-TWC’s Twenty Feet from Stardom directed by Morgan Neville and close with Venus and Serena directed by Maiken Baird & Michelle Major.

The Festival will honor two “remarkable” directors with Career Achievement Tributes: Swedish writer-director Lasse Hallström (My Life as a Dog, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape) and Spanish producer, writer, and Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque, Chico & Rita). The Festival will screen the directors’ latest works including The Hypnotist (Hyponotisören) by Hallström and The Artist and the Model (El Artista y La Modelo) by Trueba. The Artist and the Model received 13 Goya nominations this year, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Miami International Film Festival’s 30th edition lineup:

Festival Competition Categories:

Knight Ibero-American Competition consists of dramatic works from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, as well as Latino-themed works produced in the United States. The films are competing for $40,000 in prizes courtesy of James L. & John S. Knight Foundation, and a $5,000 Screenwriting Award from the Jordan A. Ressler Foundation. The 10 films competing in this category include:

Everybody Has A Plan (Todos tenemos un plan) (Spain/Argentina /Germany, directed by Ana Piterbarg)

Cinco De Mayo: The Battle (Mexico, directed by Rafa Lara)

Dust (Polvo) (Guatemala, directed by Julio Hernández Cordón)

Gone Fishing (Días de pesca) (Argentina, directed by Carlos Sorín)

A Gun in Each Hand (Una pistola en cada mano) (Spain, directed by Cesc Gay)

Marriage (Matrimonio) (Argentina, directed by Carlos Jaureguialzo)

The Moving Creatures (O Que Se Move) (Brazil, directed by Caetano Gotardo)

So Much Water (Tanta agua) (Uruguay/Mexico/Netherlands, directed by Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge)

Thesis On A Homicide (Tesis sobre un homicidio) (Spain/Argentina, directed by Hernán A. Golfrid)

Vinyl Days (Días de vinilo) (Argentina/Colombia, directed by Gabriel Nesci)

Knight Documentary Competition consists of engaging and thought-provoking feature-length documentaries created by international filmmakers that examine social issues, diverse cultures, icons and inspiring people. The films are competing for $10,000 courtesy of the Knight Foundation. The 10 films competing in this category include:

Viva Cuba Libre: Rap Is War (USA, directed by Jesse Acevedo)

Blackfish (USA, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite)

The Crash Reel (USA, directed by Lucy Walker)

Cubamerican (USA, directed by Jose Enrique Pardo

Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (USA, directed by Brad Bernstein)

Gideon’s Army (USA, directed by Dawn Porter)

Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation (Sagrada: El misteri de la creació) (Switzerland, directed by Stefan Haupt)

Valentine Road (USA, directed by Marta Cummingham)

Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (USA, directed by Sebastian Junger)

Who Is Dayani Cristal? (United Kingdom/Mexico, directed by Marc Silver)

Lexus Ibero-American Opera Prima Competition consists of first-time feature filmmakers from Spain, Portugal and Latin America that are competing for a $5,000 cash prize presented by Lexus. Films competing in this category include:

The Boy Who Smells Like Fish (Mexico/Canada, directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor)

Edificio Royal (Colombia/Venezuela/Germany, directed by Iván Wild)

Good Luck, Sweetheart (Boa Sorte, Meu Amor) (Brazil, directed by Daniel Aragão)

Miguel, San Miguel (Chile, directed by Matías Cruz)

Molasses (Melaza) (Cuba/France/Panama, directed by Carlos Días Lechuga)

No Autumn, No Spring (Sin otoño, sin primavera) (Ecuador/Colombia/France, directed by Iván Mora)

Solo (Uruguay/Argentina/Netherlands/France, directed by Guillermo Rocamora)

The Swimming Pool (La piscina) (Cuba/Venezuela directed by Carlos Machado Quintela)

Villegas (Argentina/Netherlands/France, directed by Gonzalo Tobal)

University of Miami Shorts Competition will present the latest in short films from around the globe. The jury selected winner will a receive $2,500 cash prize. Films competing in this category include:

9 Meter (Denmark, directed by Anders Walter)

Anna and Jerome (Anna et Jérôme) (France, directed by Mélanie Delloye)

Ebb & Flow (A Onda Traz, O Vento Leva) (Brazil/Spain, directed by Gabriel Mascaro)

Edmond Was A Donkey (Edmond Était Un Âne) (Canada/France, directed by Franck Dion)

Eleven: Twelve (USA/Portugal, directed by JC Barros)

Lost Country (USA, directed by Heather Burky)

Of Other Carnivals (De Outros Carnavais) (Brazil, directed by Paulo Miranda)

Palmipedarium (France, directed by Jérémy Clapin)

Skunk (Rotkop) (Belgium, directed by Jan Roosens & Raf Roosens)

Festival Non-Competition Categories:

CINEDWNTWN GALAS

Amor Cronico (USA/Cuba, directed by Jorge Perrugorría)

The Artist and the Model (Spain, directed by Fernando Trueba)

The Boy Who Smells Like Fish (Canada/ Mexico, directed by Analeine Cal y Mayor)

Dark Blood (Netherlands, directed by George Sluizer)

Eenie Meenie Miney Moe (USA, directed by Jokes Yanes)

The Hunt (Jagten) (Denmark, directed by Thomas Vinterberg)

The Hypnotist (Sweden, directed by Lasse Hallström)

NO (Chile/USA, directed by Pablo Larraín) *2013 Oscar Nominated for Best Foreign Film

RADiUS-TWC’s Twenty Feet from Stardom (USA, directed by Morgan Neville)

Venus and Serena (USA, directed by Maiken Baird and Michelle Major)

Cinema 360° presented by VIENDOMOVIES is one of the Festival’s most extensive categories this year with an array of films from around the world.

7 Boxes (7 Cajas) (Paraguay, directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia & Tana Schémbori)

A Perfect Plan (Un Plan Parfait) (France, directed by Pascal Chaumeil)

After Lucia (Después de Lucia) (Mexico, directed by Michel Franco)

Capadocia 3 (Mexico/USA, directed by Pedro Pablo Ibarra, Javier Patrón, Moises Urquidi & Carlos Carrera)

Calloused Hands (USA, directed by Jesse Quiñones)

Comrade Kim Goes Flying (Belgium/United Kingdom/D.P.R of Korea, directed by Anja Daelemans, Nicholas Bonner, & Kim Gwang-hun)

Day of The Flowers (United Kingdom, directed by John Roberts)

Dead Europe (Australia/United Kingdom, directed by Tony Krawitz)

The Deep (Djúpid) (Iceland/Norway, directed by Baltasar Kormákur)

Dormant Beauty (Bella Addormentata) (Italy/France directed by Marco Bellocchio)

The End (Fin) (Spain, directed by Jorge Torregrossa )

Everyday (United Kingdom, directed by Michael Winterbottom)

Fill The Void (Lemale Et Ha’Halal) (Israel, directed by Rama Burshtein)

The German Friend (El amigo alemán) (Germany/ Argentina, directed by Jeanine Meerapfel)

Ghost Graduation (Promoción fantasm) (Spain, directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera)

Hand in Hand (France, directed by Valérie Donzelli)

Hannah Arendt (Germany/Luxembourg/France, directed by Margareta von Trotta)

It Was the Son (E’Stato Mio Figlio) (Italy, directed by Daniele Cipri)

Measuring the World (Die Vermessung Der Welt) (Germany, directed by Detlev Buck)

Mental (USA/Australia, directed by P.J. Hogan)

Nairobi Half Life (Kenya/Germany, directed by Tosh Gitonga)

Oh Boy (Germany, directed by Jan Ole Gerster)

Paradise: Love (Paradies: Liebe) (Austria/Germany/France, directed by Ulrich Seidl)

Red Wine (Vino Tinto) (USA, directed by Carlos Gutierrez)

Patience Stone (Syngu’e Sabour) (Afghanistan, directed by Atiq Rahimi)

Reality (Italy/France, directed by Matteo Garrone)

Still Mine (Canada, directed by Michael McGowan)

The Trip 2 (El paseo 2) (Colombia, directed by Harold Trompetero)

White Elephant (Elefante blanco) (Argentina/Spain, directed by Pablo Trapero)

Spotlight on China

Beijing Flickers (You-Zhong) (China, directed by Zhang Yuan)

Full Circle (Fei Yue Lao Ren Yan) (China, directed by Zhang Yang)

Romancing in Thin Air (Gao Hai Bazhi Lian II) (China/Hong Kong, directed by Johnnie To)

See Voir Veo CANADA

Camion (Canada, directed by Rafaël Ouellet)

L’Affaire Dumont (Canada, directed by Daniel Grou)

Laurence Anyways (Canada/France, directed by Xavier Dolan)

4 Directors to Watch

A World Not Ours (United Kingdom/Lebanon/Denmark, directed by Mahdi Fleifel)

Blondie (Sweden, directed by Jesper Ganslandt)

The Future (Il Futuro) (Chile/Italy/Germany/ Spain, directed by Alicia Scherson)

Three Kids (Twa Timoun) (Belgium/Haiti, directed by Jonas D’Adesky)

Doc-You-Up

Amazon Gold (USA, directed by Reuben Aaronson)

Bay of all Saints (Da Maré) (USA/Brazil, directed by Annie Eastman)

Casting By (USA, directed by Tom Donahue)

Liv & Ingmar (Czech Republic/India/Norway, directed by Dheeraj Akolkar)

No Place on Earth (USA, United Kingdom, Germany, directed by Janet Tobias)

Ping Pong (United Kingdom, directed by Hugh Hartford)

Florida Focus presented by FPL

Calloused Hands (USA, directed by Jesse Quiñones)

Pincus (USA, directed by David Fenster)

Red Wine (Vino Tinto) (USA, directed by Carlos Gutierrez)

Tony Tango (USA, directed by Manola Celí)

Lee Brian Schrager’s Culinary Cinema

Meat Hooked (USA, directed by Suzanne Wasserman)

Oma & Bella (Germany/USA, directed by Alexa Karolinski)

Why Did You Leave? (Por Que Voc? Partiu?) (Brazil, directed by Eric Belhassem)

Family Day

Magic Camp (USA, directed by Judd Ehrlich)

The Croods (USA, directed by Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders)

REEL Music

Someone Else’s Bed (USA, directed by Maggy Torres-Rodriguez)

Turning (Denmark/USA, directed by Charles Atlas)

America the Beautiful

At Any Price (USA, directed by Ramin Bahrani)

The Discoverers (USA, directed by Justin Schwarz)

The Go Doc Project (USA, directed by Cory James Krueckeberg)

The Hot Flashes (USA, directed by Susan Seidelman)

Visions

Bob Wilson’s Life and Death of Marina Abramovic (United Kingdom/Spain, directed by Giada Colagrande)

The Fifth Season (La Cinquieme Saison) (Belgium/Netherlands/France, directed by Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth)

Leviathan (France/United Kingdom/USA, directed by Lucien Castain-Taylor & Vérena Paravel)

Multiple Visions, The Crazy Machine (Miradas múltiples, la máquina loca) (Mexico/France/Spain, directed by Emilio Maille)

Post Tenebras Lux (Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany, directed by Carlos Reygadas)

Rio 2096:A Story of Love and Fury (Uma História de Amor E Fúria) (Brazil, directed by Luiz Bolognesi)

Sadourni’s Butterflies (Las mariposas ee Sadourni) (Argentina, directed by Darío Nardi)

From The Vault

Au Hasard Balthazar (France/Sweden, directed by Robert Bresson)

The Super (El Super) (USA, directed by Leon Ichaso & Orlando Jiménez-Leal)

The Yellow Ticket (USA, directed by Victor Janson & Eugen Illés)

Zoo (USA, directed by Frederick Wiseman)

Mayhem

Animals (Spain, directed by Marçal Forés)

Errors of the Human Body (Germany/USA, directed by Eron Sheean)

Halley (Mexico, directed by Sebastian Houfmann)

Pietá (D.P.R of Korea, directed by Kim Ki-duk)

The Midnight Game (USA, directed by Alejandro Calvo)

Sanitarium (USA, directed by Bryan Ramirez, Bryan Ortiz & Kerry Valderrama)

Would You Rather (USA, directed by David Guy Levy)

Spotlight on FilmMovement: The Festival will be celebrating FilmMovement’s 10th anniversary and honoring their commitment to cinema outside of commercial commitments with three films.

Broken (United Kingdom, directed by Rufus Norris)

The Deflowering of Eva Van End (De Ontmaagding Van Eva Van End) (Netherlands, directed by Michiel ten Horn)

La Sirga (Colombia, directed by William Vega)

Other Notables Highlights During the Festival week:

The 30th edition of Miami International Film Festival runs March 1-10, 2013.

River Phoenix’s Final Film Dark Blood Makes North American Premiere at 2013 Miami International Film Festival

River Phoenix’s final film, Dark Blood, directed by George Sluizer, co-starring Jonathan Pryce and Judy Davis will have its North American premiere at the upcoming Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) . Twenty years after its making, the film will be shown for the first time in North America at the 30th Anniversary edition of the Miami International Film Festival (March 1-10, 2013).

Dark Blood was 80% complete when River Phoenix passed away in 1993 and the uncompleted film disappeared into a vault. In 1999 Sluizer heard that the footage was going to be burned to make space and with less than 48 hours notice, he saved the film, engineering efforts to get the entire film moved to The Netherlands. The footage then sat for more than ten years until last year when Sluizer set about finishing the film. The film finally premiered overseas to a standing ovation in the fall of 2012 at the Dutch Film Festival.

Jet-set Hollywood couple Harry (Jonathan Pryce) and Buffy (Judy Davis) travel through the desert on a second honeymoon, trying to save their marriage. Their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere leaving them to find shelter in Boy’s (River Phoenix) beaten down shack, unaware they will become his prisoners. Boy’s wife died of leukemia after nuclear tests occurred in the desert leaving him alone and far away from society. Buffy is seduced by Boy’s honesty and vulnerabilities, while Harry represents everything Boy hates about the civilized world and its culture. Buffy decides to sleep with Boy to buy the couple’s freedom, but these circumstances will push Harry to the edge, leading to a terrible tragedy.