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Friday, Mar 06, 2009 |
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Today’s Trivia: MIFF 2009 may be the Festival’s 26th installment, but it’s the first for Fest Director, Tiziana Finzi. She created a new competition section for this year’s Fest. What is it called, and what does this section feature?
A: Cutting the Edge, multi-disciplinary art
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The 26th Annual Miami International Film Festival officially opened last night with a Gusman Theater red carpet for the screening of Valentino: The Last Emperor. Read more
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Art @ MIFF debuts with a profile on Cuban modernist painter Cundo Bermúdez, a prolific artist who exhibited throughout the world including at New York’s Museum of Modern Art where he was part of a 1944 landmark exhibition highlighting works by modern Cuban painters. Last year, a month before his passing in Miami, Cundo Bermúdez was selected to execute the Festival poster artwork and was excited about the collaboration. Since the design wasn’t completed, this year’s poster, titled Profeta (Prophet), is an homage to the work and life of this true Cuban master.
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Matt Kapp
Producer of Valentino: The Last Emperor
What are two of your favorite films of all time?
Grey Gardens is one and 8 ½ is another
What other profession besides your own would you be interested in?
I think I’d like to be a quantum physicists
What book are you currently reading?
I’m embarrassed to say I’m not reading any books right now because I have no time.
Which famous person (dead or alive) would you love to have lunch with?
Tennessee Williams, of course; hands down.
What is one of your favorite exotic destinations?
Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón
President, Miami Dade College
What actor would play you in your life story?
If he were still alive, Paul Newman
Who would direct it?
Also if he were still alive, Alfred Hitchcock
What is one of your biggest accomplishments?
All the friends I have
What was the last movie you rented?
I don’t rent movies
What is one of your favorite exotic destinations?
Miami!
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