MIFF Daily
Wednesday, March 9
HIGHLIGHTS
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AMADOR will screen at Regal South Beach at 6:15 p.m. Amador, by director Fernando Leon de Aranoa and starring actress Magaly Solier (of the 2010 Academy Award-nominated Peruvian film The Milk of Sorrow (La teta asustada). Marcela (Magaly Solier), part of the Latin immigrant community, struggles to blossom on the outskirts of Madrid. In her quest to earn more money, Marcela decides to take a job caring for an elderly man, but her world is turned upside down with an unexpected death. Both Ferando and Magaly will be present for intro and Q&A. El Coto de Rioga Paella Parade will follow this screening.
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EL COTO DE RIOJA PAELLA PARADE
Films from Spain get the celebrity treatment at the Miami International Film Festival this year, with the first-ever Paella Parade, a culinary feast supported by El Coto de Rioja Wines of Frederick Wildman and Sons Ltd. Guests will be able to sip El Coto de Rioja Wines while enjoying the best paellas in Miami prepared by the following participating restaurants: Casa Juancho, Por Fin, Xixon, Happy Wine, Delicias de España, Andalus, El Carajo International Tapas and Wines, Garcia’s Seafood, El Rincon Asturiano and Whole Foods. Local chefs and restaurateurs will showcase their paella-making skills and compete for Best Use of Ingredients, Most Creative, Prettiest and the top prize: Paella Parade Pleaser. From 8:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center DrIve. -
ELITE SQUAD 2: THE ENEMY WITHIN (Tropa de elite 2: o inimigo agora e outro), directed by José Padilha, will be screening at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m. In Brazil’s highest-grossing blockbuster to date, Wagner Moura returns as Roberto Nascimento, the hard-charging leader of the Rio de Janeiro Military Police’s favela-raiding Special Forces Battalion (BOPE). This sequel to the visceral, morally complicated 2007 film sees the now-middle-aged crime fighter take on his toughest battles yet: a deadly prison riot, corrupt politicians and his own broken family. Director José Padilha will be present for intro and Q&A.
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The World Premiere of MAKING SH*T UP will screen at the Tower Theater at 7:00 p.m. Miami’s own conceptual artist Bert Rodriguez gets the movie star treatment in making sh*t up. Bert’s own eccentric life is his masterpiece-in-progress, and local filmmaker Bill Bilowit makes the most of his candid access, capturing Bert’s exhibits, plus his constant battle with his personal demons and his transformation of them into ingenious works of art. Bill Bilowit (Director), Grela Orihuela (Producer), and Bert Rodriquez will be present for intro and Q&A.
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MOONEY VS. FOWLE, a Florida Focus screening, will be held at the Bill Cosford Cinema at 7 p.m. The 1961 Florida high-school football championships pitted two Miami rivals (Miami High and Edison High) in an historic showdown at the Orange Bowl. A pioneering work in the cinéma vérité documentary style, the film was considered too controversial at the time for its candid, uncensored depiction of the contrasting motivational styles of the two coaches and their treatment of the players. On its 50th anniversary, we present a true Florida “From The Vault” screening. Jim Lipscomb (Director), Oris Mooney, Pete Kiernan, Jerry Pearson and Phil Tedder will be present for intro and Q&A.
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