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Milwaukee Film Festival Announces 2015 Dates

The 7th annual Milwaukee Film Festival will take place from September 24 to October 8, 2015.

The Tribe and New Planet Win Top Jury Awards at 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival

The Tribe

The 6th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival, announced its 2014 Jury Award Winners on Sunday. The Tribe directed by Miroslav Slaboshpitsky won the Herzfeld Competition Award along with $10,000 cash, and New Planet directed by James Tindell won the Cream City Cinema: Filmmaker-in-Residence along with $5,000 cash and $20,000 production package.

“Finding Fela” “My Prairie Home” Among Lineup for 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival Music Documentary Program, Sound Vision | TRAILERS

Finding Fela

The music documentary program, Sound Vision. returns for the third year, to the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival, and will feature a lineup of eight outstanding and wide-ranging music documentaries complimented by Soundtrack, a live music series that takes place throughout the Festival at The Hotel Foster.

Blyth Meier, Marketing Director for Milwaukee Film and programmer for Sound Vision is ecstatic about this year’s riveting lineup: “20,000 Days on Earth–about the enigmatic musician, writer and poet Nick Cave–is one I’m incredibly excited to bring to Milwaukee. The timing on this is fantastic as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds recently performed here and left us all in awe. What makes it even more special to me on a personal level is that the first time I watched 20,000 Days was at Sundance, sitting across from Cave himself. It was surreal,” shares Blyth. On why she programmed The Talking Heads documentary for the second year in a row, Blyth explains, “Last year’s screening of Stop Making Sensebecame a gigantic dance party–how could we not show it again this year for its 30th anniversary?”

2014 Milwaukee Film Festival Announces Cinema Hooligante Films

Wetlands

The 6th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival, announced its lineup for Cinema Hooligante. Now in its third year, the popular late-night film program expands to include more science fiction, fantasy, and comedy, alongside its traditional repertoire of horror, gore, and cult films. Embracing the mantra “where grown-ups come out to play,” Milwaukee Film adds variety to the mix through a more balanced offering of genres.

Also in the lineup this year are two classic films screening in 35mm. John Axford presents Stanley Kubrick’s satirical comedy, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in celebration of its 50th anniversary, (Axford presented Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey at MFF 2013). Rob Reiner’s acclaimed rockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, will also screen in celebration of its 30th anniversary.

2014 Milwaukee Film Festival Announces Cream City Cinema Lineup Featuring Local Filmmakers

HAMLET A.D.D

The 6th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival announced its Cream City Cinema lineup. Now in its 6th year, Cream City Cinema showcases the best new work from Milwaukee-based filmmakers and awards one local filmmaker with a yearlong Filmmaker-in-Residence prize along with a $5,000 cash award.

This year’s Cream City Cinema includes four feature-length fiction films (HAMLET A.D.D, PESTER, THE OTHER ONE, SERIAL DATERS ANONYMOUS), one feature-length documentary (PSYCHOPATH), and three shorts programs: The Milwaukee Youth Show—the festival’s third annual showcase for local filmmakers ages 18 and under as well as two installments of The Milwaukee Show.

2014 Milwaukee Film Festival Launches New Food-Related Film Program With Eight Food-Related Films

Cesar's Grill Cesar’s Grill

The 6th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival, announced the launch of its new film program: Film Feast. In its inaugural year, Film Feast presents a diverse lineup of features, eight in total, comprised of both fiction and documentary films that explore and celebrate the culture of food and drink.

Comedies like the crowd-pleaser Paulette, about an ill-tempered old woman–an ex-pastry chef turned cannabis kingpin, and culturally-rich films like Soul of a Banquet, a mouth-watering documentary about legendary Chinese chef Cecilia Chiang by The Joy Luck Club director Wayne Wang, are at opposite sides of the spectrum. Whether viewers have a taste for romance, politics, social or environmental issues, they’ll find something delicious here.

“Ernest & Celestine” “Felix” “AninA” Among 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival ‘Rated K: For Kids’ Film Lineup

Felix Felix

The 6th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival, which runs September 25 to October 9, 2014 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill and Times Cinema, announced its critically acclaimed line-up for the Rated K: For Kids program. Presented by Mary and Ted Kellner, Rated K: For Kids offers a selection of award-winning features and shorts from around the world, ideal for ages 3 to 12 but equally enjoyable for all ages.

“We’re very lucky to feature such unique, high quality films as part of Rated K: For Kids this year. These fantastic films wouldn’t normally screen at a multiplex theater so we’re thrilled to bring them to Milwaukee and give families the opportunity to experience them together. We’re especially excited to screen the enchanting, hand-drawn French animated feature, Ernest & Celestine which was nominated for the Best Animated Feature at the 2013 Academy Awards,” says Cara Ogburn, Education Director and programmer of Rated K: For Kids for Milwaukee Film.

2014 Milwaukee Film Festival to Highlight Mexican Cinema

The Amazing Catfish (Los Insolitos Peces Gatos)

The 6th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival which runs September 25 to October 9, 2014 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay Cinema Grill and Times Cinema, announced Mexico as the spotlight country for its fourth annual Passport program. Featuring a selection of eight films set in Mexico (with seven of the eight made by Mexican filmmakers), Passport: Mexico includes an eclectic mix of award-winning films ranging from comedies and hard hitting dramas to revealing documentaries and poignant coming-of-age tales.

Milwaukee Film Festival Wraps; “THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE” “EDDIE ADAMS: SAIGON ‘68” Win Audience Awards

INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE director George Tillman Jr, with wife Marcia and son Chase at the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival.

The 5th Milwaukee Film Festival, wrapped its 15-day run Thursday night October 10th, with official Closing Night Film, BLOOD BROTHER. Immediately following the Closing Night film, ballots were tallied to determine the winners of the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival Allan H. (Bud) and Suzanne L. Selig Audience Awards. The winners of this year’s Allan H. (Bud) and Suzanne L. Selig Audience Awards are Feature Film: THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE directed by George Tillman Jr.; and Short Film: EDDIE ADAMS: SAIGON ‘68 directed by Douglas Sloan.

Milwaukee Film Festival Announces 2013 Jury Award Winners; WAR WITCH directed by Kim Nguyen Wins Top Award

WAR WITCH directed by Kim Nguyen

The 5th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival announced the 2013 Jury Award Winners, for both the Competition and Cream City Cinema Programs, including a Filmmaker-in-Residence Award. WAR WITCH directed by Kim Nguyen is the winner of the Herzfeld Competition Award. WAR WITCH, described as an inspiring tale of resistance, follows Komona, who at 14 is taken captive by armed rebels and trained to become a child soldier, perpetrating unspeakable acts of violence for her captors. Quickly ascending through the ranks due to her otherworldly sense for approaching danger, Komona finds love in the least likely place with a fellow soldier named Magician, and together they plot their escape.

AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS Added to 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival Lineup

AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS

Wisconsin native director David Lowery’s AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS, starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster has been added to the upcoming Milwaukee Film Festival. The 1970s Texas countryside provides the scene for this gritty Sundance sensation that tracks the collision of love and crime in the tradition of Bonnie and Clyde or Badlands. One fateful move from his pregnant wife (Rooney Mara) during an intense shootout finds a young man (Casey Affleck) staring down a 25-year jail sentence, but a daring escape finds him determined to reunite this family no matter the cost. In addition to David Lowery the festival announced the full line-up of talent scheduled to appear at the 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival. The 5th annual Milwaukee Film Festival will be held September 26 to October 10, 2013.

Milwaukee Film Festival Announces 2013 Panels Line-up; incl. Sundance Institute ShortsLab

The Milwaukee Film Festival, announced the topics and speakers for its 2013 Panels series. This year’s line-up includes four panel discussions, one lecture built around our Passport: Germany program, and the Milwaukee debut of the Sundance Institute ShortsLab. This special workshop comes to Milwaukee for the first time, and digs into the world of short filmmaking, including how and why programmers select films and how filmmakers transition from shorts to features.

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