Check out the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival Opening Night
Here’s a highlight reel from opening night of the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival.
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A documentary from two of cinema’s most respected directors, two of this year’s Oscar-nominated films that have yet to reach Milwaukee theaters, and the 40th anniversary of Kevin Bacon’s classic, yes, classic Footloose. The commemorative screening is one of the first batch of titles. Announced for the 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival.
The 16th annual festival, hosted by the nonprofit organization Milwaukee Film, will run from April 11-25. The Oriental Theater is the festival’s flagship venue. The rest of the theater lineup will be determined soon.
Screening times and locations, as well as the full festival lineup, will be announced on March 27, according to Milwaukee Film.
2024 Milwaukee Film Festival First Titles: “Robot Dreams,” “Footloose,” “Menu Plaisir”
Milwaukee Film Thursday has released the first batch of 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival titles as part of promoting the festival’s Leap Day flash sale of advance tickets and passes. they are:
“Anselm”: Portrait of artist Anselm Kiefer, shot in 3D and 6K resolution by German film director Wim Wenders, was expected to be nominated for an Oscar for best documentary feature, but it was not nominated. (Wenders’ other great film, Better Days, in 2023 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.)
“Menu Plaisir — Les Troisgros”: No documentary filmmaker has explored his subject in more depth and painstaking detail than Frederick Wiseman. The latest work by the 93-year-old master is no exception. This is an immersive investigation into French restaurants that have been awarded three Michelin stars for over a year. It has been run by four generations of the family for half a century.
“Footloose”: Kevin Bacon moves to a small Midwestern town where dancing is banned and sets out to make something of it, a 1984 jukebox musical that wouldn’t feel too out of place today. It is currently being screened at the festival “Cinebuds LIVE!”. The banner attached to Milwaukee Movies and He Podcasts on WYMS-FM (88.9), aka Radio Milwaukee.
“Robot’s Dream”: This year’s Wild Card, nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, is a silent film with no dialogue and tells the story of a dog who creates a robot companion to overcome his loneliness.
“Four Daughters”: The film, another nominee for this year’s Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, combines performances and interviews to tell the story of a Tunisian woman and her four daughters, two of whom have been radicalized. .
“Green border”: In this drama from European director Agnieszka Holland, a Syrian refugee family is trapped in a no-man’s land between Belarus and Poland.
“Let the canary sing”: Cyndi Lauper’s story from her pop-punk feminist beginnings to today is the focus of this new portrait.
“Mountain”: In this drama, a Haitian demolition worker is given the task of demolishing his gentrifying neighborhood.
“Mystery of Fire”: In a fairy tale of sorts, three children are sent on an errand and go on various adventures. Winning awards on the festival circuit, Weston is his Lazuli directorial feature debut.
“Bye-bye, Tiberias”: The documentary follows Emmy-nominated actor Hiam Abbas (Succession) as he returns to his homeland in Palestine several years after leaving France to pursue an acting career. .
“Rosa and the Stone Troll”: In this Danish children’s animated film, a fairy sets out to rescue her butterfly friend who has been kidnapped by an evil stone troll.
“Unable to sync”: This documentary follows senior athletes competing in the U.S. Masters Artistic Swimming Championships.
Where to get tickets to the Milwaukee Film Festival on Leap Day
Milwaukee Film Festival Leap Day Flash Sale only on February 29th mkefilm.org/flash. A six-pack of tickets is $70, which includes $55 for Milwaukee Movie Members. 10 packs are $105, memberships are $90. All-access passes are $475 ($375 for members).
The 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival reported attendance of 29,718, an increase of 58% from the 2022 film festival. In 2019, the year before the pandemic, the film festival had a record 87,618 visitors.
In recent months, Milwaukee Pictures has been dealing with significant changes in management. In January, President and CEO Jonathan Jackson, who had been with the organization since before its founding, resigned. Other departures include Geraud Blanks, co-founder of Milwaukee Film’s Black His Lens His program and most recently the nonprofit’s chief innovation officer, and director of strategic partnerships This includes Maureen Post, who served as .
Ann Reid, former president and CEO of the Wisconsin Humane Society, has been named interim CEO of Milwaukee Pictures following director Jackson’s departure.
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