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The Daily Wrap Saturday, Mar 14, 2009

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Today’s Trivia: Which 2006 film did Daniel Burman write, direct and even star in? It was Argentina’s entry for both the 2007 Academy Awards and Golden Globes Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. A: Derecho de Familia (Family Law)
   Video Synopsis

The 2009 Miami International Film Festival Awards Ceremony took place at the Gusman Theater last night. We caught up with some of the winners at the Closing Night party. Take a look.  


   Art @ MIFF
Art @ MIFF


Our ninth Art @ MIFF profile highlights the work of Davide Manuli. Born in Milan, Manuli has directed two features, five shorts and three documentaries, and has even written a book. His film Beket, which is part of Cutting the Edge section, had it’s U.S. premiere at the 2009 Miami International Film Festival. Loosely based on Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece Waiting for Godot, the film unfolds in a no-man’s land outside of time. Beket is about the need for self-expression with no self-censorship.



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Day nine of the Miami International Film Festival wrapped last night with the closing night screening of Daniel Burman’s Empty Nest, but let’s talk winners first… Read more

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   A Moment With...
A Moment With...

Davide Manuli


Director of Beket

Hometown: Rome

 

 

What was the last movie you rented?
Electroma

What are two random films you’ve seen numerous times?
Stranger than Paradise and the Stalker

 

If you could gain one ability, what would it be?

patience

 

Complete this sentence: Life is …

a joke

 

What was the last concert you attended?

Juliette and the Licks

What actor would play you in your life story?

A young Dustin Hoffman

 

Who would direct your life story?

Jim Jarmusch

 

What is your favorite film genre?

No specific genre, just authors that surprise me with a different kind of work

Describe yourself in a sentence

I’m a concentrated and disciplined fighter who went under a car and stepped out again

   A Moment With...
A Moment With...

Tom Davia & Tatyana Chiocchetti


Tom: Head of Industry & Sales Office, MIFF

Tatyana: Senior Publications Coordinator

Hometown: Miami

 

What famous person (dead or alive) would you love to have lunch with?

TD: River Phoenix / TC: Fidel Castro

What was the last movie you rented?
TD: Righteous Kill / TC: The Edukators

 

What was the last concert you attended?
TD: Shakira / TC: Jimmy Buffett

 

If you could gain one ability, what would it be?

TD: to read minds / TC: to speak Chinese

Complete this sentence: Life is …
TD: what you make of it / TC: adventure over convenience

 

What actor would play you in your life story?

TD: Matthew Perry / TC: Bette Midler

 

Who would direct your life story?

TD: The Coen Brothers / TC: Woody Allen

What is your greatest achievement?

TD: I actually feel like I have so much to do that I haven’t done it yet
TC: Completing eight years worth of dialogue text translation projects


What are some of your all-time favorite movies?

TD: Closer and Goodfellas / TC: Window to Paris and La Vita è Bella

What other profession besides your own would you like to try?

TD: Writer / TC: Comic strip creator




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