Media City Film Festival
launches 21st edition with world class film, music, poetry from
Windsor / Detroit and around the world!
Windsor ON / Detroit MI — Media
City Film Festival, Windsor's annual international festival for
artists' film and video will celebrate its 21st edition this July 28- Aug.1,
after resounding support for its successful Kickstarter
campaign.
Media City Film Festival opens Tuesday
July 28 at 8 pm, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (4454
Woodward) with performances from renowned trail-blazing US composer and
saxophonist Matana
Roberts, who recently opened the new Whitney Museum alongside first lady
Michelle Obama and other dignitaries. Opening night will also feature live
multi-projector performances by one of Britain’s most celebrated artists, Malcolm Le Grice.
This year’s celebration will showcase more
than 60 filmmakers from around the world including historical
films by legendary American pioneers Ken Jacobs, Barbara Hammer, Andy Warhol, and new films by artists from China, Thailand,
Argentina, Portugal, Palestine, Spain, Colombia, Germany, Brazil, Iran,
Austria, South Korea, and more.
The 21st Media City will also feature works by
filmmakers from across the USA and Canada, along with a program of Regional
Films, generously sponsored by the City of Windsor, including a film shot
in 1978 on Regular 8mm offering historic views of Windsor courtesy of local artist /
musician Scotty Hughes.
Festival staff are bracing for a very large number of
out-of-town guests this year. Over 110 room nights are currently booked at
downtown hotels, and Media City's Guest Services Coordinator has been working
around the clock to find additional accommodations for the many cinema
lovers travelling to Windsor from all corners of the globe.
“Media City is a truly unique festival, and
the only film festival in the world that takes place on both sides of an
international border. The festival is recognized and celebrated worldwide, and
we are very proud to continue to feature so many significant artists and
filmmakers here in Windsor each year. We’re very grateful for the support of a
local and international community of cinema lovers”, says Jeremy Rigsby, Media City
Program Director.
All Media City Film Festival screenings and
events are Pay What You Like or FREE. The FREE Opening Party in Windsor
is Wednesday
July 29 at 6 pm at the Capitol Theatre (121 University W.), and will feature drinks, light fare
and remarks from this year's International
Competition Jury; 2015 Guggenheim
fellow Akosua
Adoma Owusu, Havard Film Archive curator Jeremy Rossen and
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre Director, Lauren
Howes. The
reception is followed by a retrospective screening of the films of Warren
Sonbert at 7:30 pm, co-presented with the Harvard Film Archive and
featuring a reading from celebrated Detroit-based poet, essayist
and playwright, Carla Harryman.
The 21st Media City Film Festival continues
until Saturday, August 1st with nightly screenings at the Capitol. Programs
include more than 65 new international films with filmmakers in attendance
from around the world. For full program details and schedule information
visit mediacityfilmfestival.com or view an
online version of the festival's 90+
page catalogue.
Media City Film Festival
Media City Film Festival is an annual international
festival of artist's film presented in Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan
since 1994. Each year the festival attracts filmmakers and audience members
from around the world to participate in five days of screenings, live
performances, exhibitions and artist’s discussions. Over the years the festival
has achieved critical acclaim and international recognition for its “sheer
excellence in programming” and is recognized as a leading venue in the world of
artist’s film and video.
by Alan Halberstadt
www.alanhalberstadt.com
Monday, July 13, 2015
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