MIFF Daily
Sunday, March 6
HIGHLIGHTS
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MIFF will honor award-winning Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier tonight with a special Career Achievement Tribute at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. The red carpet event will commence at 6:30 p.m. followed by a special tribute and screening of IN A BETTER WORLD (HÆVEN), the 2011 Golden Globe and Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film, at 7 p.m.
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(818), directed by Robert Lee King, is set for its world premiere at Regal South Beach at 9:15 p.m. Alyssa Rampart-Pillage (Beth Broderick), the former queen of Wednesday night television, now full-time trophy wife of the Appliance King of the San Fernando Valley (area code 818), attempts to get away with murder to maintain her grip on her husband’s financial empire. Robert Lee King, director of cult classic PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, delivers a skewer to the heart of America’s celebrity obsession. Robert Lee King, Beth Broderick, and Lisa Schahet (Producer) will all be present for intro and Q&A. After-party at the LUX nightclub.
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HOW TO START YOUR OWN COUNTRY will screen at Regal South Beach at 6:15 p.m. as part of MIFF’s new DOC-YOU-UP program, which presents stirring documentaries that expose the human condition and feed the eclectic soul. Jody Shapiro (Director) and Gregory Greene (Actor) will be present for into & Q&A
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A STONE’S THROW AWAY (A TIRO DE PIEDRA) will screen at the Tower Theater 1 at 9:30 p.m. Jacinto (Gabino Rodríguez), has a simple life as a goat shepherd in Mexico, yet he is overwhelmed by inexplicable ethereal visions - are they premonitions of things to come? Sebastian Hiriart (Director) and Gabino Rodriquez (Actor) will be present for intro & Q&A.
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