Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat’s documentary “Sugarcane” garnered the top nonfiction honor at the 26th annual Sarasota Film Festival. About the abuse and death of Indigenous children at a Canadian-based Indian Residential School, the docu premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival (Sff), where it picked up the U.S. documentary directing kudo. In February, National Geographic Documentary Films acquired the film.
The doc feature jury made up of producer Wren Arthur, Indiewire’s Christian Blauvelt, NPR’s Eric Deggans, and Doc NYC artistic director Jaie Laplante said in a joint statement that they selected the film for “bravely tackling the legacy of trauma from the abuse of First Nations students at the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in British Columbia. The Catholic Church-run school closed decades ago, but the horrors there are still deeply felt by generations across an entire community. The filmmakers do not lose sight...
The doc feature jury made up of producer Wren Arthur, Indiewire’s Christian Blauvelt, NPR’s Eric Deggans, and Doc NYC artistic director Jaie Laplante said in a joint statement that they selected the film for “bravely tackling the legacy of trauma from the abuse of First Nations students at the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in British Columbia. The Catholic Church-run school closed decades ago, but the horrors there are still deeply felt by generations across an entire community. The filmmakers do not lose sight...
- 4/15/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Following a gala closing night celebration featuring Steve Buscemi and his film “The Listener,” the 2024 Sarasota Film Festival has announced its awards — with several prominent indies taking the top prizes. This 26th edition of the Florida festival celebrating independent film gave the Narrative Feature Jury Prize to Josh Margolin’s Sundance breakout “Thelma,” starring June Squibb and the late Richard Roundtree. “Sugarcane” won the Documentary Feature Jury Prize.
Speaking for the narrative feature jury, filmmaker Alex Hedison, in awarding the prize to “Thelma,” said the group found the movie to celebrate “what Hollywood cinema so infrequently does: age. The extraordinary performances by June Squib and Richard Roundtree are at the center of ‘Thelma,’ surrounded by an excellent supporting cast who serve as a surrogate for the audience in reminding them of the significance of living their best lives with the kind of action and adventure life affords us if we...
Speaking for the narrative feature jury, filmmaker Alex Hedison, in awarding the prize to “Thelma,” said the group found the movie to celebrate “what Hollywood cinema so infrequently does: age. The extraordinary performances by June Squib and Richard Roundtree are at the center of ‘Thelma,’ surrounded by an excellent supporting cast who serve as a surrogate for the audience in reminding them of the significance of living their best lives with the kind of action and adventure life affords us if we...
- 4/15/2024
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Doc NYC is known for its 15-feature film shortlist and for its annual Visionaries Tribute luncheon, which attracts the who’s who of the docu community from both coasts.
But, while the festival, which begins on Nov. 8, is a key campaign stop for filmmakers hoping to garner a spot on the Oscar documentary shortlist, it has also become a place where more documentarians are choosing to premiere their work.
This year 33 films out of the 253 featured on the main slate will have their world premieres at the fest.
Many of those films debuting at Doc NYC are profile docus including: “June,” a profile of June Carter Cash; “The Cowboy and the Queen,” about Queen Elizabeth II’s friendship with a California horse trainer; “Candace Parker: Unapologetic,” the story of the WNBA superstar; “Ashima,” about Ashima Shirashi, the Japanese-American rock climber who set world records in her teens; “Shari & Lamb Chop,...
But, while the festival, which begins on Nov. 8, is a key campaign stop for filmmakers hoping to garner a spot on the Oscar documentary shortlist, it has also become a place where more documentarians are choosing to premiere their work.
This year 33 films out of the 253 featured on the main slate will have their world premieres at the fest.
Many of those films debuting at Doc NYC are profile docus including: “June,” a profile of June Carter Cash; “The Cowboy and the Queen,” about Queen Elizabeth II’s friendship with a California horse trainer; “Candace Parker: Unapologetic,” the story of the WNBA superstar; “Ashima,” about Ashima Shirashi, the Japanese-American rock climber who set world records in her teens; “Shari & Lamb Chop,...
- 11/8/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Thirteen-year-old Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, has revealed its influential 15-film Short List. The festival will run its main lineup of 114 features and 129 short films in-person November 8-16 in New York City’s IFC Center, Sva Theatre and Village East by Angelika and continue online until November 26 with films available to viewers across the U.S. All the films will have theatrical screenings at the festival, often with the directors in person.
Historically, most of the Doc NYC shortlist titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Shortlist. With the notable exception of Netflix’s Oscar-winning “My Octopus Teacher,” for 11 years the festival has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “Navalny,” “Summer of Soul,” “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has also screened 49 of the last 55 Oscar-nominated documentary features.
Historically, most of the Doc NYC shortlist titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Shortlist. With the notable exception of Netflix’s Oscar-winning “My Octopus Teacher,” for 11 years the festival has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “Navalny,” “Summer of Soul,” “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has also screened 49 of the last 55 Oscar-nominated documentary features.
- 10/17/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
In just 13 yearsDOC NYC has become America’s most influential documentary festival.
The nine-day affair, which runs Nov. 9-17, will feature more than 124 short docus and 112 feature-length nonfiction films that will screen at New York City’s IFC Center, Sva Theater and Cinépolis Chelsea. (The 2022 version will be both in person in New York and accessible online across the U.S.)
One key factor in the festival’s success has to do with where it falls on the calendar — one month before the AMPAS documentary branch begins voting to determine the Oscar documentary shortlist. Then there’s Doc NYC’s 15-feature film shortlist, which has become famous for including docus that eventually earn Oscar nominations and/or wins.
“Summer of Soul,” “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated” are all films that won the Academy Award for...
The nine-day affair, which runs Nov. 9-17, will feature more than 124 short docus and 112 feature-length nonfiction films that will screen at New York City’s IFC Center, Sva Theater and Cinépolis Chelsea. (The 2022 version will be both in person in New York and accessible online across the U.S.)
One key factor in the festival’s success has to do with where it falls on the calendar — one month before the AMPAS documentary branch begins voting to determine the Oscar documentary shortlist. Then there’s Doc NYC’s 15-feature film shortlist, which has become famous for including docus that eventually earn Oscar nominations and/or wins.
“Summer of Soul,” “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated” are all films that won the Academy Award for...
- 11/10/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmaker Shaunak Sen loves to look at his filthy polluted home, Delhi, through different prisms. His graduate school feature “City of Sleep” (2016) chronicled multiple sleep journeys, from soft beds to hard pavements. With his next, “All That Breathes,” he took his cameras from Delhi’s garbage-strewn streets to the murky skies, where hawk-like black kites circle slowly, and all too often, plummet to the earth. “That film was about looking at the city on a horizontal axis,” he said over Zoom. “This was looking at the city through a vertical axis.”
The reason that “All That Breathes” was picked up by HBO Documentary Films at Sundance 2022 (where it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize) and included in all the top documentary awards groups’ early voting is that the filmmaker and his cinematographers embraced the tools of big-budget filmmaking: rack focus, pans, dollies, crane shots and long single takes. In short,...
The reason that “All That Breathes” was picked up by HBO Documentary Films at Sundance 2022 (where it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize) and included in all the top documentary awards groups’ early voting is that the filmmaker and his cinematographers embraced the tools of big-budget filmmaking: rack focus, pans, dollies, crane shots and long single takes. In short,...
- 10/29/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Laura Poitras’s documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed appears to be on more solid ground as a possible Oscar frontrunner, after the release of Doc NYC’s influential shortlist of the year’s top nonfiction films.
Atbatb made the Doc NYC cut of 15 feature films Tuesday, a day after it missed out on a nomination as Best Documentary Feature for the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards (Poitras did earn a Best Director nomination and her film was nominated as Best Political Documentary by the critics group).
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, about artist Nan Goldin and her indefatigable campaign against the Sackler family of Oxycontin ignominy, last month became only the second documentary to win the top prize in Venice. Joining the film on the Doc NYC shortlist is Fire of Love, the National Geographic documentary that has earned more than 1.5 million in worldwide release. It tells the...
Atbatb made the Doc NYC cut of 15 feature films Tuesday, a day after it missed out on a nomination as Best Documentary Feature for the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards (Poitras did earn a Best Director nomination and her film was nominated as Best Political Documentary by the critics group).
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, about artist Nan Goldin and her indefatigable campaign against the Sackler family of Oxycontin ignominy, last month became only the second documentary to win the top prize in Venice. Joining the film on the Doc NYC shortlist is Fire of Love, the National Geographic documentary that has earned more than 1.5 million in worldwide release. It tells the...
- 10/19/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Thirteen-year-old Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, has revealed its influential 15-film Short List. The festival will run its main lineup of 112 features and 124 short films in-person November 9-17 at the IFC Center, Sva Theatre, and Cinépolis Chelsea and continue online until November 27 with films available to viewers across the U.S. All the films will have theatrical screenings at the festival, often with the directors in person.
Historically, most of the Doc NYC shortlist titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Shortlist. With the notable exception of Netflix’s Oscar-winning “My Octopus Teacher,” for 10 years the festival has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “Summer of Soul,” “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has also screened 44 of the last 50 Oscar-nominated documentary features. In 2021, Doc...
Historically, most of the Doc NYC shortlist titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Shortlist. With the notable exception of Netflix’s Oscar-winning “My Octopus Teacher,” for 10 years the festival has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “Summer of Soul,” “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has also screened 44 of the last 50 Oscar-nominated documentary features. In 2021, Doc...
- 10/18/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Jaie Laplante has been tapped as the new artistic director of Doc NYC, America’s largest and arguably most influential documentary festival. He will replace Thom Powers, the festival’s founding artistic director, who will move into a previously announced new role as director of special projects.
In addition, the festival is unveiling its wider programming team for features and shorts. The festival will hold its 13th edition from Nov. 9 to Nov. 17. The 2022 version will be both in person in New York and accessible online across the U.S.
Laplante offers more than 20 years of festival experience. For the past 12 years, he served as the Miami Film Festival’s executive director and co-director of programming, where he oversaw a major expansion of that festival’s documentary selections, as well as launched a digital screening platform and the Google Talks on Gender & Racial Gaps in Film & Technology. He simultaneously oversaw year-round...
In addition, the festival is unveiling its wider programming team for features and shorts. The festival will hold its 13th edition from Nov. 9 to Nov. 17. The 2022 version will be both in person in New York and accessible online across the U.S.
Laplante offers more than 20 years of festival experience. For the past 12 years, he served as the Miami Film Festival’s executive director and co-director of programming, where he oversaw a major expansion of that festival’s documentary selections, as well as launched a digital screening platform and the Google Talks on Gender & Racial Gaps in Film & Technology. He simultaneously oversaw year-round...
- 6/2/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival will present its 39th annual edition from March 4-13, featuring a mix of in-theater and virtual presentations. With more than 120 films from 35 countries on display, ranging from features to documentaries to shorts, the event will be filled with premieres and special screenings and events.
“Last year we did the hybrid event, with reduced capacity and no parties and limited guests. But this year, we’re back to a normal festival,” says executive director and co-director of programming, Jaie Laplante. “Covid has helped us figure out what we value the most with the festival, and how we reach our ultimate mission, which is to connect art and artists with the audience.”
The festival opens with Fernando León de Aranoa’s Spanish comedy “The Good Boss,” and closes with Abner Benaim’s Panamanian drama “Plaza Catedral,” both films were shortlisted for the international film Oscar.
“Last year we did the hybrid event, with reduced capacity and no parties and limited guests. But this year, we’re back to a normal festival,” says executive director and co-director of programming, Jaie Laplante. “Covid has helped us figure out what we value the most with the festival, and how we reach our ultimate mission, which is to connect art and artists with the audience.”
The festival opens with Fernando León de Aranoa’s Spanish comedy “The Good Boss,” and closes with Abner Benaim’s Panamanian drama “Plaza Catedral,” both films were shortlisted for the international film Oscar.
- 3/1/2022
- by Nick Clement
- Variety Film + TV
Festival scheduled to run from March 4-13.
Penélope Cruz, Oscar-nominated for Parallel Mothers, will receive receive the 39th Miami Film Festival’s Precious Gem Icon Award on March 12.
Cruz will take part in a virtual award tribute and conversation as part of the Awards Ceremony programme that includes the closing night screening of Panamanian shortlisted international feature Plaza Catedral. The festival is scheduled to run from March 4-13.
The Spanish star and longtime Pedro Almodovar collaborator earned a best lead actress Goya Award nomination for Parallel Mothers, in which she plays a photographer involved in a maternity ward mix-up who...
Penélope Cruz, Oscar-nominated for Parallel Mothers, will receive receive the 39th Miami Film Festival’s Precious Gem Icon Award on March 12.
Cruz will take part in a virtual award tribute and conversation as part of the Awards Ceremony programme that includes the closing night screening of Panamanian shortlisted international feature Plaza Catedral. The festival is scheduled to run from March 4-13.
The Spanish star and longtime Pedro Almodovar collaborator earned a best lead actress Goya Award nomination for Parallel Mothers, in which she plays a photographer involved in a maternity ward mix-up who...
- 2/25/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Miami Dade College’s annual Miami Film Festival has announced that Penélope Cruz will be honored with the Precious Gem Award during its upcoming 2022 edition. The organization made the news public with an announcement on Thursday morning.
Cruz, currently in the best actress Oscar race for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar’s drama “Parallel Mothers,” will appear in a virtual tribute and conversation moderated by Variety’s film awards editor Clayton Davis.
“From the moment that Penélope Cruz first appeared on Miami Film Festival screens at our 10th edition in 1993 in her screen debut, ‘Jamon Jamon,’ she has been a beloved favorite of our audience,” Jaie Laplante, Miami Film Festival executive director, said in a statement. “Over the nearly three decades that have followed, we have been enthralled to follow and screen so much of her extraordinary work, including her complex, overwhelmingly emotional performance in the Oscar-nominated ‘Parallel Mothers.’”
Cruz...
Cruz, currently in the best actress Oscar race for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar’s drama “Parallel Mothers,” will appear in a virtual tribute and conversation moderated by Variety’s film awards editor Clayton Davis.
“From the moment that Penélope Cruz first appeared on Miami Film Festival screens at our 10th edition in 1993 in her screen debut, ‘Jamon Jamon,’ she has been a beloved favorite of our audience,” Jaie Laplante, Miami Film Festival executive director, said in a statement. “Over the nearly three decades that have followed, we have been enthralled to follow and screen so much of her extraordinary work, including her complex, overwhelmingly emotional performance in the Oscar-nominated ‘Parallel Mothers.’”
Cruz...
- 2/24/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
The Miami Film Festival returns this year with a hybrid event that includes nine premieres from March 4-13 in the Florida city. The festival had previously announced that “The Good Boss” would open the event while “Plaza Catedral” would be the closer. In total, 120 films from more than 35 countries will unspool next month.
The festival, organized by Miami Dade College, will bestow its Precious Gems Awards on Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger”) and Ryusuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”), while Dp Ari Wegner and composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive the Art of Light Awards.
“The collective spirit of joy and gratitude that we felt from patrons and filmmakers at last year’s shared in-person theatrical screenings strengthened the always mighty creative heart of Miami Film Festival,” said executive director Jaie Laplante. “As we take all necessary precautions to ensure the continued safety of our patrons, we look forward to...
The festival, organized by Miami Dade College, will bestow its Precious Gems Awards on Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger”) and Ryusuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”), while Dp Ari Wegner and composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive the Art of Light Awards.
“The collective spirit of joy and gratitude that we felt from patrons and filmmakers at last year’s shared in-person theatrical screenings strengthened the always mighty creative heart of Miami Film Festival,” said executive director Jaie Laplante. “As we take all necessary precautions to ensure the continued safety of our patrons, we look forward to...
- 2/1/2022
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
The Miami Film Festival has announced its opening and closing titles for its upcoming 39th edition.
The festival, which showcases works from filmmaker’s in the Ibero-American diaspora, will premiere and end with two films listed on the Oscar shortlist for international feature film. “The Good Boss” (El Buen Patrón), a comedy written and directed by Spain’s Fernando León de Aranoa, will open the festival, which will close with “Plaza Catedral,” the sophomore narrative feature of Panamanian director Abner Benaim.
“The Good Boss” stars Javier Bardem as Blanco, the owner of a family business up for consideration for a local award for business excellence. Determined to win the award, Blanco begins meddling in the lives of his employees, setting off a chain of events that leads to shocking repercussions. In Spain, the film was nominated for a record-breaking 20 Goya Awards, which will be held on Feb. 12. León de Aranoa...
The festival, which showcases works from filmmaker’s in the Ibero-American diaspora, will premiere and end with two films listed on the Oscar shortlist for international feature film. “The Good Boss” (El Buen Patrón), a comedy written and directed by Spain’s Fernando León de Aranoa, will open the festival, which will close with “Plaza Catedral,” the sophomore narrative feature of Panamanian director Abner Benaim.
“The Good Boss” stars Javier Bardem as Blanco, the owner of a family business up for consideration for a local award for business excellence. Determined to win the award, Blanco begins meddling in the lives of his employees, setting off a chain of events that leads to shocking repercussions. In Spain, the film was nominated for a record-breaking 20 Goya Awards, which will be held on Feb. 12. León de Aranoa...
- 1/25/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Miami film fans have an express pass to the best of the world’s film festivals at Miami Dade College’s eighth annual Miami Film Festival Gems, an offshoot of the Miami Film Festival. The Gems line-up expands to seven days this year (Nov. 4-10) and offers in-person screenings of lauded features selected from prestige festivals and international awards season contenders.
“We’re trying to capture the vibe of the moment,” says Jaie Laplante, Miami Film Festival’s executive director and co-director of programming. The festival programmers selected from the prizewinners and standouts of Cannes, Venice, Toronto, New York and other fests. The result is a Telluride-like experience where audiences, “see everything together in a concentrated period of time.”
Some titles will be available virtually as well.
“People are so excited about the line-up: all the films can be recommended,” says Lauren Cohen, Miami Gems co-director of programming.
Fest attendees...
“We’re trying to capture the vibe of the moment,” says Jaie Laplante, Miami Film Festival’s executive director and co-director of programming. The festival programmers selected from the prizewinners and standouts of Cannes, Venice, Toronto, New York and other fests. The result is a Telluride-like experience where audiences, “see everything together in a concentrated period of time.”
Some titles will be available virtually as well.
“People are so excited about the line-up: all the films can be recommended,” says Lauren Cohen, Miami Gems co-director of programming.
Fest attendees...
- 11/4/2021
- by Kathy A. McDonald
- Variety Film + TV
Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” starring Penélope Cruz will open the the Miami Film Festival Gems on Nov. 4. “King Richard,” produced by and starring Will Smith, is the centerpiece screening. Denmark’s Oscar submission shortlist candidate “Flee” will close the event.
The eighth annual edition of is expanding to seven days from its traditional four-day format. The screenings will be held at Miami Date College’s Tower Theater Miami from Nov. 4 to Nov. 10.
Almodóvar was also recipient of the Miami Film Festival’s highest honor, Precious Gem – Master Award, from the 38th edition of the festival earlier this year. It was played in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where Cruz won for the prize for lead actress. “King Richard,” screening on Nov. 6, tells the true story of the father of tennis superstars Venus and Serna Williams. The film is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Closing the festival on Nov.
The eighth annual edition of is expanding to seven days from its traditional four-day format. The screenings will be held at Miami Date College’s Tower Theater Miami from Nov. 4 to Nov. 10.
Almodóvar was also recipient of the Miami Film Festival’s highest honor, Precious Gem – Master Award, from the 38th edition of the festival earlier this year. It was played in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where Cruz won for the prize for lead actress. “King Richard,” screening on Nov. 6, tells the true story of the father of tennis superstars Venus and Serna Williams. The film is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Closing the festival on Nov.
- 10/5/2021
- by Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
Miami Film Festival Announces Return of Variety Partnership and New November Dates for Gems Festival
Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival has announced that it will extend its multi-year partnership with Variety for its 39th edition. The festival will partner with Variety’s Streaming Room on an International Feature Film Nominees Roundtable scheduled for next year before final voting begins on March 17, 2022. The five directors that receive Oscar nominations for the International Feature Films category will be invited to participate in a panel moderated by Variety’s Film Awards editor Clayton Davis. Additional panel details will be announced at a later date.
In addition, the festival’s Miami Gems will serve as a key fall showcase for International Feature Film contenders, this year moving to November 4-7, 2021. Confirmed titles for this year that are considered to be strong contenders for International Feature Film submissions are “Norway’s “The Worst Person in the World,” directed by Joachim Trier and Iran’s “A Hero,” directed by Asghar Farhadi.
In addition, the festival’s Miami Gems will serve as a key fall showcase for International Feature Film contenders, this year moving to November 4-7, 2021. Confirmed titles for this year that are considered to be strong contenders for International Feature Film submissions are “Norway’s “The Worst Person in the World,” directed by Joachim Trier and Iran’s “A Hero,” directed by Asghar Farhadi.
- 8/19/2021
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Festival helped attract audiences back to cinemas for first time.
Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida? picked up the top international prize at a Facebook Live virtual ceremony on Sunday evening (March 14) as this year’s Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival drew to a close.
Žbanić’s film walked away with the $25,000 Knight Marimbas Award, supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the event’s international competition strand for new narrative feature films that best exemplify richness and resonance for cinema’s future.
Marking its North American debut, Žbanić’s multi Bafta-nominated and Oscar long-listed...
Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida? picked up the top international prize at a Facebook Live virtual ceremony on Sunday evening (March 14) as this year’s Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival drew to a close.
Žbanić’s film walked away with the $25,000 Knight Marimbas Award, supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the event’s international competition strand for new narrative feature films that best exemplify richness and resonance for cinema’s future.
Marking its North American debut, Žbanić’s multi Bafta-nominated and Oscar long-listed...
- 3/14/2021
- by Stuart Kemp
- ScreenDaily
“Glocal” is the key word for the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival as the annual event provides a platform for both local and global projects. Of the 93 international submissions to the Oscars, the Florida fest has picked seven films “that moved us and that would speak powerfully to our Miami audience,” says festival executive director Jaie Laplante, who leads a selection committee alongside programming co-director, Lauren Cohen.
“We’ve always thought it important to look out for films by female directors but it wasn’t at all difficult this year,” says Cohen about the festival’s lineup, which includes nearly 100 shorts and features from some 40 countries.
This year’s 38th edition, which takes place March 5-14, and for the first time in its history, runs before the Oscars, includes international film shortlisted contenders “La Llorona,” “Sun Children,” “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” “Charlatan,” “The Mole Agent” and “Night of the Kings.
“We’ve always thought it important to look out for films by female directors but it wasn’t at all difficult this year,” says Cohen about the festival’s lineup, which includes nearly 100 shorts and features from some 40 countries.
This year’s 38th edition, which takes place March 5-14, and for the first time in its history, runs before the Oscars, includes international film shortlisted contenders “La Llorona,” “Sun Children,” “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” “Charlatan,” “The Mole Agent” and “Night of the Kings.
- 3/5/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Riz Ahmed, one of the top contenders in the best actor race, is being honored by the Miami Film Festival with its inaugural Impact Award.
“Sound of Metal,” co-written and directed by Darius Marder, tells the story of a heavy metal drummer (Ahmed) who begins to lose his hearing. The film also stars Olivia Wilde, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric and Lauren Ridloff.
“We selected Riz for this distinguished honor for his incisive, brilliant performance in ‘Sound of Metal’ and what it has meant for the Recovery community within the Deaf community, which is often invisible in our society,” says Miami Film Festival Executive Director Jaie Laplante.
Ahmed’s performance as Ruben has received critical acclaim and currently has won the most accolades of any best actor contender this awards season, including the National Board of Review and the Gothams. His co-star Raci also leads for supporting actor wins. Ahmed also...
“Sound of Metal,” co-written and directed by Darius Marder, tells the story of a heavy metal drummer (Ahmed) who begins to lose his hearing. The film also stars Olivia Wilde, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric and Lauren Ridloff.
“We selected Riz for this distinguished honor for his incisive, brilliant performance in ‘Sound of Metal’ and what it has meant for the Recovery community within the Deaf community, which is often invisible in our society,” says Miami Film Festival Executive Director Jaie Laplante.
Ahmed’s performance as Ruben has received critical acclaim and currently has won the most accolades of any best actor contender this awards season, including the National Board of Review and the Gothams. His co-star Raci also leads for supporting actor wins. Ahmed also...
- 1/28/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Film to be made available for 48 hours on festival’s Vimeo VOD channel.
After cancelling its 37th edition midway last month due to the coronavirus pandemic, Miami Film Festival will present the online world premiere of the Canadian documentary They Call Me Dr. Miami on April 25 and 26.
Jean-Simon Chartier’s film examines the life of high-profile Us surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer, whose livestreams of plastic surgery procedures have earned him notoriety and a following of millions.
The film will be made available worldwide for a 48-hour period on the festival’s Vimeo VOD channel.
On April 26 the festival will host...
After cancelling its 37th edition midway last month due to the coronavirus pandemic, Miami Film Festival will present the online world premiere of the Canadian documentary They Call Me Dr. Miami on April 25 and 26.
Jean-Simon Chartier’s film examines the life of high-profile Us surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer, whose livestreams of plastic surgery procedures have earned him notoriety and a following of millions.
The film will be made available worldwide for a 48-hour period on the festival’s Vimeo VOD channel.
On April 26 the festival will host...
- 4/14/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Panellists were BFI Festivals’ Tricia Tuttle, Cph:Dox’s Tine Fischer and Miami Film Festival’s Jaie Laplante.
The film industry can “really work on redesigning what festivals can and should be” through the increase in online events during the coronavirus pandemic, according to panellists taking part in Screen’s inaugural Talks discussion.
The ‘Moving Film Festivals Online’ Talk took place on video chat platform Zoom on Thursday, April 9, hosted by Screen’s editor Matt Mueller. The full talk is available to view below.
Discussing positive outcomes from this challenging situation, Cph:dox director Tine Fischer said, “Two things pop into my mind.
The film industry can “really work on redesigning what festivals can and should be” through the increase in online events during the coronavirus pandemic, according to panellists taking part in Screen’s inaugural Talks discussion.
The ‘Moving Film Festivals Online’ Talk took place on video chat platform Zoom on Thursday, April 9, hosted by Screen’s editor Matt Mueller. The full talk is available to view below.
Discussing positive outcomes from this challenging situation, Cph:dox director Tine Fischer said, “Two things pop into my mind.
- 4/10/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
The first Talk is scheduled for Thursday April 9 at 16:00 BST, and will feature the festival heads of BFI Flare, Cph:dox and Miami.
As the international industry continues to come together to navigate this unprecedented global crisis, Screen remains committed to providing the best coverage we can and exploring new ways of bringing the industry together for valuable discussion and insights.
With that in mind, and working alongside our new Market+ online platform, Screen is launching a new series of webinar panel discussions and interviews via Zoom called Talks.
Register for the webinar here
The first of these Talks is...
As the international industry continues to come together to navigate this unprecedented global crisis, Screen remains committed to providing the best coverage we can and exploring new ways of bringing the industry together for valuable discussion and insights.
With that in mind, and working alongside our new Market+ online platform, Screen is launching a new series of webinar panel discussions and interviews via Zoom called Talks.
Register for the webinar here
The first of these Talks is...
- 4/7/2020
- by 1100796¦Matt Mueller¦47¦
- ScreenDaily
Market+ will support our readers’ business needs in the absence of a physical event.
As we recently communicated to readers, during these unprecedented and challenging times Screen International remains committed to bringing you the best international industry coverage in the most appropriate format.
Due to the growing need for a virtual marketplace, we are launching Market+ to help our audience discover the key information and content they need on a daily basis, and discuss the latest hot topics with industry peers.
Market+ will replicate Screen International’s physical presence at the markets on screendaily.com, thereby supporting our readers’ business...
As we recently communicated to readers, during these unprecedented and challenging times Screen International remains committed to bringing you the best international industry coverage in the most appropriate format.
Due to the growing need for a virtual marketplace, we are launching Market+ to help our audience discover the key information and content they need on a daily basis, and discuss the latest hot topics with industry peers.
Market+ will replicate Screen International’s physical presence at the markets on screendaily.com, thereby supporting our readers’ business...
- 4/7/2020
- ScreenDaily
Festival cancelled three days from scheduled finale.
The Miami Film Festival, which elected to continue with virtual judging after cancelling screenings and events towards the end of its 2020 edition in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, has announced its winners.
Dudley Alexis’ race riots documentary When Liberty Burns won the $30,000 Knight Made in Mia Feature Film Award, Jayro Bustamante’s Mexico-Guatemala horror thriller La Llorona (pictured) received the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award, and Aeden O’Connor Agurcia’s 90 Minutes about the Honduran national obsession with football won the Toyota Narrative Feature Film Audience Award.
The newly created Toyota Documentary Feature Film...
The Miami Film Festival, which elected to continue with virtual judging after cancelling screenings and events towards the end of its 2020 edition in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, has announced its winners.
Dudley Alexis’ race riots documentary When Liberty Burns won the $30,000 Knight Made in Mia Feature Film Award, Jayro Bustamante’s Mexico-Guatemala horror thriller La Llorona (pictured) received the $40,000 Knight Marimbas Award, and Aeden O’Connor Agurcia’s 90 Minutes about the Honduran national obsession with football won the Toyota Narrative Feature Film Audience Award.
The newly created Toyota Documentary Feature Film...
- 3/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
In today’s film news roundup, a disaster fund for SAG-aftra members is launched, the Doc10 festival is postponed and the Miami Film Festival plans to present awards, even though the event was called off in the middle of the festival with 27 films still to screen.
Disaster Relief
The SAG-aftra Foundation and the SAG-aftra Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund have created the Covid-19 Disaster Fund for eligible SAG-aftra members impacted by this pandemic.
SAG-aftra members are eligible to apply to the Fund if they are currently active and paid up on their dues through October, 2019. The Fund — which has distributed more than $12 million to members over the past 35 years — covers members who are in an emergency financial crisis related to the Coronavirus) to cover basic expenses such as rent, mortgage, utilities, medical bills and other essential needs.
The Actors Fund will assist by administering these resources. All applications are confidential and anonymous.
Disaster Relief
The SAG-aftra Foundation and the SAG-aftra Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund have created the Covid-19 Disaster Fund for eligible SAG-aftra members impacted by this pandemic.
SAG-aftra members are eligible to apply to the Fund if they are currently active and paid up on their dues through October, 2019. The Fund — which has distributed more than $12 million to members over the past 35 years — covers members who are in an emergency financial crisis related to the Coronavirus) to cover basic expenses such as rent, mortgage, utilities, medical bills and other essential needs.
The Actors Fund will assist by administering these resources. All applications are confidential and anonymous.
- 3/17/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Miami Film Festival, which began last Friday and was scheduled to run through Sunday, has been canceled mid-run, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
"Under the advice of Governor Ron DeSantis, Miami Dade College is canceling all special events including the remaining public screenings of the Miami Film festival," fest director Jaie Laplante tells THR.
The fest's 37th edition was attended by talent such as actress Elizabeth Debicki (The Burnt Orange Heresy, which opened the fest) and filmmaker Lulu Wang (the Miami-based director of The Farewell), awards voters such as Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Katherine Tulich (Australia) and journalists including yours truly.
Laplante and Thom ...
"Under the advice of Governor Ron DeSantis, Miami Dade College is canceling all special events including the remaining public screenings of the Miami Film festival," fest director Jaie Laplante tells THR.
The fest's 37th edition was attended by talent such as actress Elizabeth Debicki (The Burnt Orange Heresy, which opened the fest) and filmmaker Lulu Wang (the Miami-based director of The Farewell), awards voters such as Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Katherine Tulich (Australia) and journalists including yours truly.
Laplante and Thom ...
- 3/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Miami Film Festival, which began last Friday and was scheduled to run through Sunday, has been canceled mid-run, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
"Under the advice of Governor Ron DeSantis, Miami Dade College is canceling all special events including the remaining public screenings of the Miami Film festival," fest director Jaie Laplante tells THR.
The fest's 37th edition was attended by talent such as actress Elizabeth Debicki (The Burnt Orange Heresy, which opened the fest) and filmmaker Lulu Wang (the Miami-based director of The Farewell), awards voters such as Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Katherine Tulich (Australia) and journalists including yours truly.
Laplante and Thom ...
"Under the advice of Governor Ron DeSantis, Miami Dade College is canceling all special events including the remaining public screenings of the Miami Film festival," fest director Jaie Laplante tells THR.
The fest's 37th edition was attended by talent such as actress Elizabeth Debicki (The Burnt Orange Heresy, which opened the fest) and filmmaker Lulu Wang (the Miami-based director of The Farewell), awards voters such as Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Katherine Tulich (Australia) and journalists including yours truly.
Laplante and Thom ...
- 3/12/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alexandra Codina got involved with filmmaking right after college. Following her job as a production assistant in New York, she began working with the Miami Film Festival in 2002, where she learned to further pursue a career in the filmmaking industry. Codina ran the community programming and outreach areas of the festival until 2005, when she confidently decided to fully pursue documentary production. In 2010, her first feature film, “Monica and David,” was picked up by HBO.
“Because I worked [at the Miami Film Festival], I made a lot of friendships with people in the industry so when I was ready for ‘Monica and David’ it wasn’t as frightening to go out there and to try to sell the film and to try to talk to people as peers,” she says.
This year, Codina returns to the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival with her feature “Paper Children,” a drama centered on the immigration crisis at the United States-Mexico border.
“Because I worked [at the Miami Film Festival], I made a lot of friendships with people in the industry so when I was ready for ‘Monica and David’ it wasn’t as frightening to go out there and to try to sell the film and to try to talk to people as peers,” she says.
This year, Codina returns to the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival with her feature “Paper Children,” a drama centered on the immigration crisis at the United States-Mexico border.
- 3/6/2020
- by Cata Balzano
- Variety Film + TV
Festival will continue to operate all aspects of the market.
Next week’s Miami Film Market remains on track as of Wednesday (4) despite the sudden withdrawal of co-organisers Unifrance and European Film Promotion (Efp) due to the global spread of coronavirus.
Screen understands all market screenings and events will still go ahead. Miami Film Festival will now solely oversee the Mercado de Cine Francés y Europeo, which is aimed at Latin American buyers and runs from March 8-11. The Miami Film Festival runs from March 6-15.
In a statement issued to Screen, Miami Film Festival executive director and director of programming Jaie Laplante said,...
Next week’s Miami Film Market remains on track as of Wednesday (4) despite the sudden withdrawal of co-organisers Unifrance and European Film Promotion (Efp) due to the global spread of coronavirus.
Screen understands all market screenings and events will still go ahead. Miami Film Festival will now solely oversee the Mercado de Cine Francés y Europeo, which is aimed at Latin American buyers and runs from March 8-11. The Miami Film Festival runs from March 6-15.
In a statement issued to Screen, Miami Film Festival executive director and director of programming Jaie Laplante said,...
- 3/3/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Festival will continue to operate all aspects of the market.
Next week’s Miami Film Market remains on track as of Wednesday (4) despite the sudden withdrawal of co-organisers Unifrance and European Film Promotion (Efp) due to the global spread of coronavirus.
Screen understands all market screenings and events will still go ahead. Miami Film Festival will now solely oversee the Mercado de Cine Francés y Europeo, which is aimed at Latin American buyers and runs from March 8-11. The Miami Film Festival runs from March 6-15.
In a statement issued to Screen, Miami Film Festival executive director and director of programming Jaie Laplante said,...
Next week’s Miami Film Market remains on track as of Wednesday (4) despite the sudden withdrawal of co-organisers Unifrance and European Film Promotion (Efp) due to the global spread of coronavirus.
Screen understands all market screenings and events will still go ahead. Miami Film Festival will now solely oversee the Mercado de Cine Francés y Europeo, which is aimed at Latin American buyers and runs from March 8-11. The Miami Film Festival runs from March 6-15.
In a statement issued to Screen, Miami Film Festival executive director and director of programming Jaie Laplante said,...
- 3/3/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The Miami Film Festival will open on March 6 with “The Burnt Orange Heresy,” starring Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Debicki and Claes Bang.
Miami Dade College’s festival, now in its 37th edition and running March 6-15, will screen more than 125 narrative features, documentaries and shorts from 30 countries.
“Charles Willeford’s classic 1971 art world noir thriller ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’ has been updated by director Giuseppe Capotondi and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Scott Smith into a biting satire of the world of contemporary high art and the attendant, controversial role of art criticism that swirls around it – an apt examination for Miami’s current major destination status on the international art market,” said festival director Jaie Laplante. “The film is swanky, steamy and sexy, with Willeford’s jet-black, cruelly ironic humor firmly intact.”
A 30th anniversary screening of “Miami Blues,” also adapted from a Willeford story,
will screen during the festival,...
Miami Dade College’s festival, now in its 37th edition and running March 6-15, will screen more than 125 narrative features, documentaries and shorts from 30 countries.
“Charles Willeford’s classic 1971 art world noir thriller ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’ has been updated by director Giuseppe Capotondi and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Scott Smith into a biting satire of the world of contemporary high art and the attendant, controversial role of art criticism that swirls around it – an apt examination for Miami’s current major destination status on the international art market,” said festival director Jaie Laplante. “The film is swanky, steamy and sexy, with Willeford’s jet-black, cruelly ironic humor firmly intact.”
A 30th anniversary screening of “Miami Blues,” also adapted from a Willeford story,
will screen during the festival,...
- 2/3/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Argentinian Oscar winner Juan José Campanella to present comedy The Weasels.
The 37th Miami Film Festival will open on March 6 with The Burnt Orange Heresy and close with Netflix’s recent Sundance world premiere Mucho Mucho Amor on March 15.
Besides the roster of more than 125 feature narratives, documentaries and short films from 30 countries, festival director Jaie Laplante and his team have selected Amy Ryan to receive the Precious Gem Awards on March 9 accompanied a screening of another Sundance selection, Liz Garbus’ Lost Girls.
Midsommar director Ari Aster, Stella Meghie (The Photograph starring Issa Rae) and The Farewell director Lulu Wang...
The 37th Miami Film Festival will open on March 6 with The Burnt Orange Heresy and close with Netflix’s recent Sundance world premiere Mucho Mucho Amor on March 15.
Besides the roster of more than 125 feature narratives, documentaries and short films from 30 countries, festival director Jaie Laplante and his team have selected Amy Ryan to receive the Precious Gem Awards on March 9 accompanied a screening of another Sundance selection, Liz Garbus’ Lost Girls.
Midsommar director Ari Aster, Stella Meghie (The Photograph starring Issa Rae) and The Farewell director Lulu Wang...
- 2/3/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion, an agency that acts as a champion for European cinema around the world, has joined with Gallic film promotion agency UniFrance and the Miami Film Festival to launch a sales market for European films targeting Latin American buyers, to be called the Miami Film Market — Mercado Del Cine Frances y Europeo.
At the Toronto Film Festival, Efp’s Sonja Heinen, Miami Film Festival’s Jaie Laplante and UniFrance’s Gilles Renouard finalized their partnership on the market, which will be held at the Miami Film Festival in March.
The market builds on the Mercado del Cine Francés, run by UniFrance for the past three years in partnership with the festival. The new event will be open to films from the whole of Europe by bringing together 20 Europe-based sales companies with 30 buyers from Latin America for screenings of 20 titles (10 French and 10 from other European countries), followed by individual meetings,...
At the Toronto Film Festival, Efp’s Sonja Heinen, Miami Film Festival’s Jaie Laplante and UniFrance’s Gilles Renouard finalized their partnership on the market, which will be held at the Miami Film Festival in March.
The market builds on the Mercado del Cine Francés, run by UniFrance for the past three years in partnership with the festival. The new event will be open to films from the whole of Europe by bringing together 20 Europe-based sales companies with 30 buyers from Latin America for screenings of 20 titles (10 French and 10 from other European countries), followed by individual meetings,...
- 9/9/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
First iteration of event to take place in November.
A new film market bringing together European films with South American buyers is being launched by European Film Promotion (Efp), Unifrance and the Miami Film Festival.
Miami Film Market-Mercado Del Cine Frances Y Europeo will be held at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival from March 8-11, 2020.
The new event is an expanded version of the three-year old Mercado del Cine Frances run by Unifrance and Miami Film Festival.
The new initiative will bring together 20 European-based international sales companies to screen 20 films (10 of which will be from France) to 30 buyers from South America.
A new film market bringing together European films with South American buyers is being launched by European Film Promotion (Efp), Unifrance and the Miami Film Festival.
Miami Film Market-Mercado Del Cine Frances Y Europeo will be held at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival from March 8-11, 2020.
The new event is an expanded version of the three-year old Mercado del Cine Frances run by Unifrance and Miami Film Festival.
The new initiative will bring together 20 European-based international sales companies to screen 20 films (10 of which will be from France) to 30 buyers from South America.
- 9/9/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
You, the emerging filmmaker have a chance to get to know some festival programmers here, always helpful when you want to decide which festival is the best one for your film.
Miami Film Festival just announced the promotion of programmer Lauren Cohen to the position of Associate Director of Programming. In her new role, Cohen will work closely with me and our senior programmers Thom Powers, Kiva Reardon, Carl Spence,and programmers Diana Cadavid and Nicolas Calzada, in shaping the Festival’s overall content strategy, philosophy and direction.Lauren’s sharp eye for great cinema and her affinity for the audience nuances of Miami’s movie-loving public make her a natural choice to have a more influential role in shaping the evolution of Miami Film Festival as we move into the future. She will be taking on a larger part of the selection process and decision-making, while continuing to develop...
Miami Film Festival just announced the promotion of programmer Lauren Cohen to the position of Associate Director of Programming. In her new role, Cohen will work closely with me and our senior programmers Thom Powers, Kiva Reardon, Carl Spence,and programmers Diana Cadavid and Nicolas Calzada, in shaping the Festival’s overall content strategy, philosophy and direction.Lauren’s sharp eye for great cinema and her affinity for the audience nuances of Miami’s movie-loving public make her a natural choice to have a more influential role in shaping the evolution of Miami Film Festival as we move into the future. She will be taking on a larger part of the selection process and decision-making, while continuing to develop...
- 7/19/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Saturday afternoon brought rising Latinx filmmakers and actors together at Variety’s 10 Latinxs to Watch brunch held in partnership with the 36th annual Miami Film Festival.
The festive celebration, which took place at the Jw Marquis Marriott’s Boulud Sud restaurant, featured a panel discussion moderated by Variety’s Malina Saval with the following five select individuals from the 10 Latinxs to Watch list: writer-director Jayro Bustamante (“Tremors”); horror filmmaker Gigi Saul Guerrero (“Into the Dark”); filmmaker Lila Aviles (“The Chambermaid”); actor Daniel Zovatto; and actor Marcel Ruiz.
Festival director Jaie Laplante was also on hand to present the talent with their awards.
“We’re all different colors and sizes. We’re all Latino,” said Zovatto, who, while Costa Rican, was told by many in the biz when he first started out that he wasn’t “Latino enough.”
“It’s a big culture, it’s a big community of people,” he continued.
The festive celebration, which took place at the Jw Marquis Marriott’s Boulud Sud restaurant, featured a panel discussion moderated by Variety’s Malina Saval with the following five select individuals from the 10 Latinxs to Watch list: writer-director Jayro Bustamante (“Tremors”); horror filmmaker Gigi Saul Guerrero (“Into the Dark”); filmmaker Lila Aviles (“The Chambermaid”); actor Daniel Zovatto; and actor Marcel Ruiz.
Festival director Jaie Laplante was also on hand to present the talent with their awards.
“We’re all different colors and sizes. We’re all Latino,” said Zovatto, who, while Costa Rican, was told by many in the biz when he first started out that he wasn’t “Latino enough.”
“It’s a big culture, it’s a big community of people,” he continued.
- 3/11/2019
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
Now in its 36th year, the Miami Intl. Film Festival continues to reflect the cultural vitality and international mindset of its home city. For festival director Jaie Laplante, the programming’s decidedly global focus is a way of accurately representing the city.
“Miami is a very dynamic and cosmopolitan place, really a crossroads between Europe and Latin America,” he says.
This year’s edition, which runs from March 1-10, will showcase more than 160 films from more than 40 different countries.
“We’ve always had a special affinity for works from the Ibero-American world — Spain, Portugal, the Caribbean, Central America, South America,” Laplante says. “It’s a reputation that has been built up over the years.”
To find the most significant international films, Miami’s programmers maintain a presence at the San Sebastian Intl. Film Festival, as well as at those in Ventana Sur and Buenos Aires.
There’s a significant amount...
“Miami is a very dynamic and cosmopolitan place, really a crossroads between Europe and Latin America,” he says.
This year’s edition, which runs from March 1-10, will showcase more than 160 films from more than 40 different countries.
“We’ve always had a special affinity for works from the Ibero-American world — Spain, Portugal, the Caribbean, Central America, South America,” Laplante says. “It’s a reputation that has been built up over the years.”
To find the most significant international films, Miami’s programmers maintain a presence at the San Sebastian Intl. Film Festival, as well as at those in Ventana Sur and Buenos Aires.
There’s a significant amount...
- 3/5/2019
- by Akiva Gottlieb
- Variety Film + TV
Variety has announced this year’s 10 Latinxs to Watch, and has also selected the Miami Film Festival as a partner for the annual celebration of promising talent in the Latino community that will include a panel and film screenings.
This year’s honorees are Isabela Moner (“Dora the Explorer”), Rosa Salazar, Lila Avilés (producer/writer/director of “The Chambermaid”), Lali Esposito, Gigi Saul Guerrero (actress/director/writer of “La Quinceañera”), Marcel Ruiz, Jayro Bustamante, Daniel Zovatto, Whindersson Nunes, and Augusto Aguilera (“The Predator”).
“Variety is pleased that the Miami Film Festival is generously hosting our ’10 Latinxs to Watch’ honorees this year,” said Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, group publisher and chief revenue officer of Variety. “We are excited to launch a platform dedicated to up-and-coming talent from the Latinx community. Some of the most vibrant and insightful content is emanating from this group of rising stars and we are thrilled to feature their work at our event.
This year’s honorees are Isabela Moner (“Dora the Explorer”), Rosa Salazar, Lila Avilés (producer/writer/director of “The Chambermaid”), Lali Esposito, Gigi Saul Guerrero (actress/director/writer of “La Quinceañera”), Marcel Ruiz, Jayro Bustamante, Daniel Zovatto, Whindersson Nunes, and Augusto Aguilera (“The Predator”).
“Variety is pleased that the Miami Film Festival is generously hosting our ’10 Latinxs to Watch’ honorees this year,” said Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, group publisher and chief revenue officer of Variety. “We are excited to launch a platform dedicated to up-and-coming talent from the Latinx community. Some of the most vibrant and insightful content is emanating from this group of rising stars and we are thrilled to feature their work at our event.
- 2/20/2019
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
The Miami Film Festival has set “This Changes Everything,” the documentary about gender inequity in the film and TV industry, to open its 36th edition on March 1.
The documentary features women including Meryl Streep, Sandra Oh, Taraji P. Henson and many others advocating for change.
“The cultural reckoning of our current times has irrevocably and positively changed sensibilities surrounding inclusiveness and diversity,” said festival director Jaie Laplante of the film’s selection.
Patricia Clarkson will receive the fest’s Estrella Damm Precious Gem Award on March 4. Clarkson won the 2019 Golden Globe for her role in “Sharp Objects.” Barry Jenkins, Boots Riley and Aaron Stewart-Ahn will also appear at the festival for the first edition of the Knight Heroes program targeted at the new generation of creators.
The festival from Miami Dade College, which runs March 1-10, will screen more than 160 features, documentaries and shorts from more than 40 countries.
The North...
The documentary features women including Meryl Streep, Sandra Oh, Taraji P. Henson and many others advocating for change.
“The cultural reckoning of our current times has irrevocably and positively changed sensibilities surrounding inclusiveness and diversity,” said festival director Jaie Laplante of the film’s selection.
Patricia Clarkson will receive the fest’s Estrella Damm Precious Gem Award on March 4. Clarkson won the 2019 Golden Globe for her role in “Sharp Objects.” Barry Jenkins, Boots Riley and Aaron Stewart-Ahn will also appear at the festival for the first edition of the Knight Heroes program targeted at the new generation of creators.
The festival from Miami Dade College, which runs March 1-10, will screen more than 160 features, documentaries and shorts from more than 40 countries.
The North...
- 2/1/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
“We’re looking for films that people want to see, rather than films people ‘should’ see,’” said Miami Film Festival director Jaie Laplante during our conversation at the 35th edition of the event put together by Miami Dade College (March 9-18). Indeed, the program is not short on sophisticated crowd-pleasers handpicked from recent international competitions or selected based on their wide appeal with the city’s demographics: documentaries about different facets of Cuban culture or comedies centered on passionate soccer fans. As a native Spanish speaker, Miami always feel like an enclave of Latin America to me; Spanish is a necessity and […]...
- 4/6/2018
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
“We’re looking for films that people want to see, rather than films people ‘should’ see,’” said Miami Film Festival director Jaie Laplante during our conversation at the 35th edition of the event put together by Miami Dade College (March 9-18). Indeed, the program is not short on sophisticated crowd-pleasers handpicked from recent international competitions or selected based on their wide appeal with the city’s demographics: documentaries about different facets of Cuban culture or comedies centered on passionate soccer fans. As a native Spanish speaker, Miami always feel like an enclave of Latin America to me; Spanish is a necessity and […]...
- 4/6/2018
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Outsider Pictures to release in Us on March 23.
Diego Lerman’s A Sort Of Family (Una Especie de Familia) won the $40,000 Knight Competition grand jury prize for best film as Argentine entries flourished at the 35th annual Miami Film Festival.
A Sort Of Family, nominated for eight Argentinian Academy Awards, was joined the winners’ podium by Pablo Solarz’s Argentina-Spain co-production The Last Suit (El Ultimo Traje), which took the audience award for best feature and opens in the Us this week through Outsider Pictures.
The Audience Award for best short film went to The Driver Is Red, a true-crime...
Diego Lerman’s A Sort Of Family (Una Especie de Familia) won the $40,000 Knight Competition grand jury prize for best film as Argentine entries flourished at the 35th annual Miami Film Festival.
A Sort Of Family, nominated for eight Argentinian Academy Awards, was joined the winners’ podium by Pablo Solarz’s Argentina-Spain co-production The Last Suit (El Ultimo Traje), which took the audience award for best feature and opens in the Us this week through Outsider Pictures.
The Audience Award for best short film went to The Driver Is Red, a true-crime...
- 3/20/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
Isabelle Huppert among festival award recipients.
Jason Reitman’s Tully starring Charlize Theron as a stressed mother of three will open the 35th Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival on March 9.
Tully played as a ‘secret screening’ in Sundance last month, earning strong reviews, and reunites Theron with Reitman and Young Adult screenwriter Diablo Cody.
“Charlize Theron’s fearless performance as a struggling suburban mother on the brink of losing mental control is made possible by another brilliant collaboration by the creators of Juno and Young Adult,” festival director Jaie Laplante said.
“Tully is both a parable and a salve for our stressed-out times – it reminds us of who we are, and there is no more beautiful way to open our 35th edition than with this film.”
The festival runs from March 9-18 and will screen 148 films, wrapping with an Awards Night Gala screening of Curro Velazquez’s Spanish comedy Holy Goalie (Que Baje Dios Y Lo Vea...
Jason Reitman’s Tully starring Charlize Theron as a stressed mother of three will open the 35th Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival on March 9.
Tully played as a ‘secret screening’ in Sundance last month, earning strong reviews, and reunites Theron with Reitman and Young Adult screenwriter Diablo Cody.
“Charlize Theron’s fearless performance as a struggling suburban mother on the brink of losing mental control is made possible by another brilliant collaboration by the creators of Juno and Young Adult,” festival director Jaie Laplante said.
“Tully is both a parable and a salve for our stressed-out times – it reminds us of who we are, and there is no more beautiful way to open our 35th edition than with this film.”
The festival runs from March 9-18 and will screen 148 films, wrapping with an Awards Night Gala screening of Curro Velazquez’s Spanish comedy Holy Goalie (Que Baje Dios Y Lo Vea...
- 2/5/2018
- by Jenn Sherman
- ScreenDaily
Following his film's sneak preview at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Jason Reitman will premiere Tully, his newest collaboration with Charlize Theron and screenwriter Diablo Cody, as the opening night selection of the Miami Film Festival.
The festival, celebrating its 35th edition, kicks off March 9 and runs through March 18.
“Charlize Theron’s fearless performance as a struggling suburban mother on the brink of losing mental control is made possible by another brilliant collaboration by the creators of Juno and Young Adult,” said Festival director Jaie Laplante. “Tully is both a parable and a salve for our stressed-out times...
The festival, celebrating its 35th edition, kicks off March 9 and runs through March 18.
“Charlize Theron’s fearless performance as a struggling suburban mother on the brink of losing mental control is made possible by another brilliant collaboration by the creators of Juno and Young Adult,” said Festival director Jaie Laplante. “Tully is both a parable and a salve for our stressed-out times...
- 2/5/2018
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Miami Dade College’s (Mdc) Miami Film Festival (Mff) is importing film artists Jean-Marc Barr and Mateo Gil to accompany two Marquee events at the international festival’s upcoming 35th anniversary edition (March 9 – 18). The Miami Film Festival, under director Jaie Laplante, showcases Ibero-American cinema — and rising talent –and provides a North American launch pad for new international and documentary films.
In the last five years, the Festival has screened films from more than 60 countries, including 300 World, International, North American, U.S. and East Coast Premieres, and attracted more than 60,000 attendees, including 400 filmmakers and industry professionals.
The Festival’s Marquee series features screenings along with in-depth conversations with contemporary film personalities. Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil will present the World premiere of his latest film, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” (“Las leyes de la termodinámica”), a romantic comedy starring Vito Sanz (“Maria (and the Others)”) as a Sciences graduate student who blames his disastrous...
In the last five years, the Festival has screened films from more than 60 countries, including 300 World, International, North American, U.S. and East Coast Premieres, and attracted more than 60,000 attendees, including 400 filmmakers and industry professionals.
The Festival’s Marquee series features screenings along with in-depth conversations with contemporary film personalities. Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil will present the World premiere of his latest film, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” (“Las leyes de la termodinámica”), a romantic comedy starring Vito Sanz (“Maria (and the Others)”) as a Sciences graduate student who blames his disastrous...
- 1/17/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Miami Dade College’s (Mdc) Miami Film Festival (Mff) is importing film artists Jean-Marc Barr and Mateo Gil to accompany two Marquee events at the international festival’s upcoming 35th anniversary edition (March 9 – 18). The Miami Film Festival, under director Jaie Laplante, showcases Ibero-American cinema — and rising talent –and provides a North American launch pad for new international and documentary films.
In the last five years, the Festival has screened films from more than 60 countries, including 300 World, International, North American, U.S. and East Coast Premieres, and attracted more than 60,000 attendees, including 400 filmmakers and industry professionals.
The Festival’s Marquee series features screenings along with in-depth conversations with contemporary film personalities. Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil will present the World premiere of his latest film, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” (“Las leyes de la termodinámica”), a romantic comedy starring Vito Sanz (“Maria (and the Others)”) as a Sciences graduate student who blames his disastrous...
In the last five years, the Festival has screened films from more than 60 countries, including 300 World, International, North American, U.S. and East Coast Premieres, and attracted more than 60,000 attendees, including 400 filmmakers and industry professionals.
The Festival’s Marquee series features screenings along with in-depth conversations with contemporary film personalities. Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil will present the World premiere of his latest film, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” (“Las leyes de la termodinámica”), a romantic comedy starring Vito Sanz (“Maria (and the Others)”) as a Sciences graduate student who blames his disastrous...
- 1/17/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
On Sunday, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won an Oscar in 2012 for “A Separation” and whose second Oscar-nominated film “The Salesman” is playing well to arthouse moviegoers, told the The New York Times that he has canceled his plans to attend the Oscars ceremony February 26. He cited President Donald Trump’s 90-day visa ban for citizens from seven Muslim countries including Iran; the order also imposed a 120-day blockage for Muslim refugees, with an indefinite ban on all refugees from Syria.
Farhadi was planning to attend the Academy Awards with his cinematographer, but Friday’s executive order offered “ifs and buts which are in no way acceptable to me even if exceptions were to be made for my trip … I hereby express my condemnation of the unjust conditions forced upon some of my compatriots and the citizens of the other six countries trying to legally enter the United States of...
Farhadi was planning to attend the Academy Awards with his cinematographer, but Friday’s executive order offered “ifs and buts which are in no way acceptable to me even if exceptions were to be made for my trip … I hereby express my condemnation of the unjust conditions forced upon some of my compatriots and the citizens of the other six countries trying to legally enter the United States of...
- 1/29/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
On Sunday, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won an Oscar in 2012 for “A Separation” and whose second Oscar-nominated film “The Salesman” is playing well to arthouse moviegoers, told the The New York Times that he has canceled his plans to attend the Oscars ceremony February 26. He cited President Donald Trump’s 90-day visa ban for citizens from seven Muslim countries including Iran; the order also imposed a 120-day blockage for Muslim refugees, with an indefinite ban on all refugees from Syria.
Farhadi was planning to attend the Academy Awards with his cinematographer, but Friday’s executive order offered “ifs and buts which are in no way acceptable to me even if exceptions were to be made for my trip … I hereby express my condemnation of the unjust conditions forced upon some of my compatriots and the citizens of the other six countries trying to legally enter the United States of...
Farhadi was planning to attend the Academy Awards with his cinematographer, but Friday’s executive order offered “ifs and buts which are in no way acceptable to me even if exceptions were to be made for my trip … I hereby express my condemnation of the unjust conditions forced upon some of my compatriots and the citizens of the other six countries trying to legally enter the United States of...
- 1/29/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi made Oscar history in 2012 when his film, “A Separation,” became the first Iranian movie to with the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Now, the director is nominated in the category once again for his critically acclaimed drama “The Salesman,” but according to reports, Farhadi won’t be able to celebrate the honor and attend the ceremony in February due to President Donald Trump’s new Muslim ban.
The newly-inaugurated President signed an executive order, “Protecting the Nation From Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” which bans all refugees from entering the Us and for 90 days, visas will not be issued to those from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
Read More: ‘The Salesman’ Star Is Boycotting the Oscars In Protest of Donald Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban
The order means that Farhadi, along with many others, won’t be able...
The newly-inaugurated President signed an executive order, “Protecting the Nation From Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” which bans all refugees from entering the Us and for 90 days, visas will not be issued to those from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
Read More: ‘The Salesman’ Star Is Boycotting the Oscars In Protest of Donald Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban
The order means that Farhadi, along with many others, won’t be able...
- 1/28/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
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