Miami International Film Festival (MiamiFF), a program of Miami Dade College’s MDCulture, proudly unveiled today the official poster for the 32nd edition, featuring legendary writer, producer and director Orson Welles strolling the Miami Beach boardwalk in 1943. Adding a layer of Welles-ian mystery, the photographer of this remarkable 70-year-old image is unknown. So whodunit? The festival invites the public to help solve this mystery as it gears up for its international film premieres and festival activities taking place March 6 – 15, 2015.
The image of Welles walking in Miami Beach is a multi-dimensional thrill-ride of potential descriptors for locals: pride, nostalgia, iconography, legends, celebrities, classics, vintage, and the beauty of our beaches. The Festival’s dynamic (remarkable is repeated too many times) slate of films and distinguished filmmakers featured in the past 32 years illustrates that Miami has long been a mecca for the greatest artists of our time, filing in for inspiration, collaboration and relaxation, following in the footsteps of the giants who have come before.
Says MiamiFF Executive Director Jaie Laplante, “When we found this photograph of Orson, it was like multiple lightning bolts of yes; yes, let’s all bow to his mastery; yes, Miami’s allure has always attracted the famous; and yes, it would be an honor for the Festival to associate this vintage image with Miami’s passion for the arts and quality films.”
Renewed interest in Welles’ career and remarkable body of work – over an acclaimed theater, television and radio career, plus an unparalleled feature film slate that includes Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Othello, Touch of Evil, The Trial and Chimes of Midnight – has surged of late. In Spring 2015, documentarian Chuck Workman is releasing Magician: The Astonishing Life And Work of Orson Welles, featuring pristine film clips and behind the scenes video of the artist’s entire career.
And in May 2015, Welles’s last unfinished film, The Other Side of the Wind, will finally be released after four decades of behind the scenes drama; a film which cinema buffs consider to be the most famous movie never released. A movie within a movie, The Other Side of the Wind chronicles the comeback attempt of an aging maverick director played by John Huston, with a supporting cast including Susan Strasberg, Lilli Palmer, and Dennis Hopper, with Peter Bogdanovich playing an up-and-coming director. While Welles obsessively worked on the film during the last 15 years of his life, successfully assembling 45 minutes of edited work print, original producer Frank Marshall and Peter Bogdanovich will finally finish cutting the film based upon Welles’s own notes, utilizing over 1,000 canisters of impeccably directed film Welles left in Paris before his death in 1985. The blessing for Marshall and Bogdanovich to do so finally earned Welles’ heirs permission when producers successfully argued that the film’s release would properly celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Welles’ birth.
Full Schedule (Click Description for TICKETS & more information) :
When | Description | Venue |
February 28th , 7:00pm | PRE-FESTIVAL CUBAN FILM SERIES DIRECT FROM HAVANA: OPENING NIGHT COLLECTIVE SHOWCASE | TOWER |
March 1st , 5:00pm | PRE-FESTIVAL CUBAN FILM SERIES DIRECT FROM HAVANA: JESSICA RODRÍGUEZ SHOWCASE | TOWER 2 |
March 2nd , 7:00pm | PRE-FESTIVAL CUBAN FILM SERIES DIRECT FROM HAVANA: MARCEL BELTRÁN SHOWCASE | TOWER 2 |
March 3rd , 7:00pm | PRE-FESTIVAL CUBAN FILM SERIES DIRECT FROM HAVANA: CARLOS M. QUINTELA SHOWCASE | TOWER |
March 4th , 7:00pm | PRE-FESTIVAL CUBAN FILM SERIES DIRECT FROM HAVANA: CLAUDIA CALVIÑO SHOWCASE | TOWER |
March 5th , 6:50pm | ORSON WELLES RETROSPECTIVE AT MIAMI BEACH CINEMATHEQUE: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI | Miami Beach Cinematheque |
March 6th , 7:00pm | WILD TALES | OLYMPIA |
March 6th , 7:00pm | PARTNERS IN CRIME | REGAL 18 |
March 6th , 7:00pm | BEING EVEL | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 6th , 7:00pm | A GIRL AT MY DOOR | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 6th , 7:30pm | CINEMASLAM | TOWER 1 |
March 6th , 9:30pm | WHITE GOD | REGAL 18 |
March 6th , 9:30pm | Patrón Opening Night Party | Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College |
March 6th , 9:30pm | KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 6th , 9:30pm | A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING preceded by THE BIGGER PICTURE | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 7th | The 2nd Miami International Symposium on Chinese Cinema and Its Application in Chinese Language and Cultural Education | MIAMI DADE COLLEGE NORTH CAMPUS |
March 7th , 1:00pm | THE FOOL | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 7th , 1:00pm | TEA TIME | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 7th , 1:00pm | Lunch at Juvia Miami Beach | Juvia |
March 7th , 1:00pm | DIY DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION PANEL | TOWER 2 |
March 7th , 3:30pm | CITY OF GOLD | REGAL 18 |
March 7th , 4:00pm | THE DINNER | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 7th , 4:00pm | PACO DE LUCIA: A JOURNEY | TOWER 1 |
March 7th , 4:00pm | A SECOND CHANCE | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 7th , 6:30pm | ON THE ROAD, SOMEWHERE | TOWER 2 |
March 7th , 6:30pm | IN THE GRAYSCALE | REGAL 18 |
March 7th , 7:00pm | UNCLE VICTORY | TOWER 1 |
March 7th , 7:00pm | THE STRANGER | University of Miami Cosford Cinema |
March 7th , 7:00pm | THE PILGRIM – PAULO COELHO’S BEST STORY | OLYMPIA |
March 7th , 7:00pm | THE LOST AVIATOR preceded by THE LAST FLIGHT OF HUBERT LE BLON | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 7th , 7:00pm | THE MUSES OF BASHEVIS SINGER | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 7th , 7:00pm | SET FIRE TO THE STARS | REGAL 17 |
March 7th , 9:00pm | VOICE OVER preceded by 60 CANDLES | REGAL 18 |
March 7th , 9:15pm | MAGICAL GIRL | TOWER 2 |
March 7th , 9:30pm | THE FAREWELL PARTY | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 7th , 9:30pm | SPRING | REGAL 17 |
March 7th , 9:30pm | CIUDAD DELIRIO | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 7th , 9:45pm | SAND DOLLARS | TOWER 1 |
March 8th , 1:00pm | TEA TIME | REGAL 17 |
March 8th , 1:00pm | THIS IS MY LAND | REGAL 18 |
March 8th , 1:00pm | THE SALT OF THE EARTH | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 8th , 1:00pm | THE LAND OF MANY PALACES preceded by MAALU | TOWER 2 |
March 8th , 1:00pm | BEST OF ENEMIES | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 8th , 1:30pm | JESSICA RODRIGUEZ WORK IN PROGRESS | TOWER 1 |
March 8th , 3:00pm | MIAMI MANIFESTO | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 8th , 3:30pm | VOICE OVER preceded by 60 CANDLES – | TOWER 2 |
March 8th , 3:30pm | THE LIAR | REGAL 17 |
March 8th , 4:00pm | ON THE ROAD, SOMEWHERE | REGAL 18 |
March 8th , 4:00pm | THE HOLDERS preceded by FREDDIE OF WYNWOOD | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 8th , 5:30pm | WARSAW 44 | TOWER 1 |
March 8th , 6:00pm | LIFE IS SACRED | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 8th , 6:30pm | THREE HEARTS | REGAL 17 |
March 8th , 6:45pm | THE LOST AVIATOR preceded by THE LAST FLIGHT OF HUBERT LE BLON | TOWER 2 |
March 8th , 7:00pm | TRIBUTE TO THE INDEPENDENT CUBAN FILMMAKER screening of THE PROJECT OF THE CENTURY and ONSTAGE TRIBUTE PARTY | OLYMPIA |
March 8th , 7:00pm | IRIS | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 8th , 7:00pm | AURORA | REGAL 18 |
March 8th , 8:30pm | CUT SNAKE | TOWER 1 |
March 8th , 9:30pm | THE FOOL | REGAL 18 |
March 8th , 9:30pm | TANGO GLORIES | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 8th , 9:30pm | PHOENIX | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 8th , 9:30pm | MIAMI & FROM A DISTANCE SHORTS | TOWER 2 |
March 8th , 9:45pm | PACO DE LUCIA: A JOURNEY | REGAL 17 |
March 9th , 4:00pm | SCORE SOME POINTS ON THE ART OF FILM MUSIC COMPOSING WITH ANDREW LANCASTER HOSTED BY MIAMI COMPOSER CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA | TOWER 2 |
March 9th , 6:30pm | LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT | REGAL 17 |
March 9th , 6:50pm | FINDING GASTON | TOWER 2 |
March 9th , 7:00pm | UNCLE VICTORY | CINEPOLIS |
March 9th , 7:00pm | IN THE GRAYSCALE | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 9th , 7:00pm | THE STRONGEST MAN | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 9th , 7:00pm | SUNSTROKES | MDC’s Tower Theater, presented by Viendomovies |
March 9th , 7:00pm | HOT GIRLS WANTED | REGAL 18 |
March 9th , 8:30pm | Dinner at La Mar by Gastón Acurio at Mandarin Oriental, Miami | La Mar – Mandarin Oriental |
March 9th , 9:00pm | TOUGH AIN’T ENOUGH: CONVERSATIONS WITH ALBERT S. RUDDY | TOWER 2 |
March 9th , 9:00pm | 3 BEAUTIES | REGAL 17 |
March 9th , 9:30pm | THEY ARE ALL DEAD | CINEPOLIS |
March 9th , 9:30pm | SCARLET INNOCENCE | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 9th , 9:30pm | Hot Girls Wanted After-Party | The Edition |
March 9th , 9:30pm | BLACK SOULS | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 9th , 9:30pm | BEAUTIFUL YOUTH | REGAL 18 |
March 9th , 9:45pm | THIS IS WHAT IT IS | TOWER 1 |
March 10th , 6:30pm | TOUR DE FORCE | REGAL 18 |
March 10th , 6:30pm | MARCEL BELTRÁN- WORKS IN PROGRESS | TOWER 2 |
March 10th , 7:00pm | A CONVERSATION WITH CHERYL BOONE ISAACS | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 10th , 7:00pm | THE FAREWELL PARTY | CINEPOLIS |
March 10th , 7:00pm | THE RECORD MAN | REGAL 17 |
March 10th , 7:00pm | FLOWERS preceded by SHE BOUGHT IT IN ZARAUTZ | TOWER 1 |
March 10th , 7:00pm | EAST SIDE SUSHI | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 10th , 9:00pm | Dinner at SushiSamba Coral Gables | SushiSamba |
March 10th , 9:15pm | BEFORE WE ARE FORGOTTEN | TOWER 2 |
March 10th , 9:30pm | WEEKENDS IN NORMANDY | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 10th , 9:30pm | AURORA | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 10th , 9:30pm | LADYGREY | CINEPOLIS |
March 10th , 9:30pm | FELIX AND MEIRA | REGAL 18 |
March 10th , 9:30pm | Knight Foundation Presents: Every Character Under The Moon celebrating The Record Man and Florida Filmmakers | The Betsy South Beach |
March 10th , 9:45pm | THE DINNER | REGAL 17 |
March 10th , 9:45pm | INNOCENT KILLERS | TOWER 1 |
March 11th , 4:00pm | MASTERING CINEMATOGRAPHY WITH ALAIN CHOQUART | TOWER 2 |
March 11th , 6:30pm | SUNSTROKES | REGAL 17 |
March 11th , 6:30pm | SAINT LAURENT | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 11th , 6:45pm | LADYGREY | TOWER 2 |
March 11th , 7:00pm | BLACK SOULS | CINEPOLIS |
March 11th , 7:00pm | NATURAL RESISTANCE | REGAL 18 |
March 11th , 7:00pm | INVASION | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 11th , 7:00pm | 13 MILLION VOICES | TOWER 1 |
March 11th , 8:45pm | Dinner at Quattro Gastronomia Italiana | Quattro |
March 11th , 9:00pm | PREGGOLAND | REGAL 17 |
March 11th , 9:30pm | THEY ARE ALL DEAD | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 11th , 9:30pm | THE STRONGEST MAN | TOWER 1 |
March 11th , 9:30pm | HOT GIRLS WANTED | REGAL 18 |
March 11th , 9:30pm | 3 BEAUTIES | CINEPOLIS |
March 11th , 9:30pm | Desserts + Directors | The Thompson |
March 11th , 9:45pm | INNOCENT KILLERS | TOWER 2 |
March 11th , 9:45pm | EASY SEX, SAD MOVIES | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 12th , 6:30pm | FLOWERS preceded by SHE BOUGHT IT IN ZARAUTZ | CINEPOLIS |
March 12th , 6:30pm | LOS HONGOS | REGAL 17 |
March 12th , 6:30pm | CLAUDIA CALVINO – HOTEL NUEVA ISLA | TOWER 2 |
March 12th , 6:50pm | CITIZEN KANE | Miami Beach Cinematheque |
March 12th , 7:00pm | FELIX AND MEIRA | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 12th , 7:00pm | REWINED | REGAL 18 |
March 12th , 7:00pm | KAMIKAZE | OLYMPIA |
March 12th , 7:00pm | THE WIZARD | TOWER 1 |
March 12th , 7:00pm | DAWG FIGHT | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 12th , 9:00pm | Dinner at Macchialina Taverna Rustica | Macchialina Taverna Rustica |
March 12th , 9:00pm | BUTTERFLY | REGAL 17 |
March 12th , 9:15pm | TOUR DE FORCE | TOWER 2 |
March 12th , 9:30pm | VENICE preceded by THE WINDOWS | TOWER 1 |
March 12th , 9:30pm | The Standard Affair | The Standard |
March 12th , 9:30pm | THE OBSCURE SPRING | CINEPOLIS |
March 12th , 9:30pm | ARCHITECTURE OF COLOR preceded by PAPA MACHETE and THE SUN LIKE A BIG DARK ANIMAL | REGAL 18 |
March 12th , 9:30pm | GUIDANCE | CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA |
March 12th , 9:45pm | BLUE BLOOD | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 13th , 6:30pm | THEEB | TOWER 1 |
March 13th , 6:30pm | BLUE BLOOD | CINEPOLIS |
March 13th , 6:30pm | THE PRICE OF FAME | REGAL 18 |
March 13th , 6:30pm | PANAMA CANAL STORIES | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 13th , 6:30pm | EVERYBODY LEAVES | OLYMPIA |
March 13th , 7:00pm | SOMEONE ELSE | TOWER 2 |
March 13th , 7:00pm | POSTHUMOUS | REGAL 17 |
March 13th , 9:15pm | CIUDAD DELIRIO | TOWER 2 |
March 13th , 9:30pm | EASY SEX, SAD MOVIES | REGAL 18 |
March 13th , 9:30pm | SWEET MICKY FOR PRESIDENT | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 13th , 9:30pm | PREGGOLAND | CINEPOLIS |
March 13th , 9:30pm | PLAYING LECUONA | OLYMPIA |
March 13th , 9:45pm | SHREW’S NEST | TOWER 1 |
March 13th , 9:45pm | IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER | REGAL 17 |
March 14th , 1:00pm | THE HOLDERS preceded by FREDDIE OF WYNWOOD | TOWER 1 |
March 14th , 1:00pm | IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER | CINEPOLIS |
March 14th , 1:00pm | PRODUCING IN FLORIDA AND BEYOND 3 | TOWER 2 |
March 14th , 3:30pm | VENICE preceded by THE WINDOWS | REGAL 18 |
March 14th , 4:00pm | THE OBSCURE SPRING | REGAL 17 |
March 14th , 4:00pm | ARCHITECTURE OF COLOR preceded by PAPA MACHETE and THE SUN LIKE A BIG DARK ANIMAL | TOWER 2 |
March 14th , 4:00pm | POSTHUMOUS | CINEPOLIS |
March 14th , 4:00pm | LOS HONGOS | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 14th , 4:00pm | 13 MILLION VOICES | TOWER 1 |
March 14th , 6:30pm | PANAMA CANAL STORIES | TOWER 2 |
March 14th , 6:30pm | BEN’S AT HOME | REGAL 18 |
March 14th , 7:00pm | PHOENIX | REGAL 17 |
March 14th , 7:00pm | LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 14th , 7:00pm | WEEKENDS IN NORMANDY | TOWER 1 |
March 14th , 7:00pm | SIDETRACKED | OLYMPIA |
March 14th , 7:00pm | A HARD DAY | CINEPOLIS |
March 14th , 9:30pm | THREE HEARTS | TOWER 2 |
March 14th , 9:30pm | THE PRICE OF FAME | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 14th , 9:30pm | WHITE GOD | REGAL 18 |
March 14th , 9:30pm | Patrón XO IGLOO CAFÉ Awards Night Party | The Historic Alfred I. DuPont Building |
March 15th , 3:00pm | SAINT LAURENT | REGAL 17 |
March 15th , 4:00pm | SCARLET INNOCENCE | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 15th , 4:00pm | BUTTERFLY | REGAL 18 |
March 15th , 4:00pm | A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING preceded by THE BIGGER PICTURE | CINEPOLIS |
March 15th , 6:30pm | A SECOND CHANCE | REGAL 17 |
March 15th , 6:45pm | THEEB | REGAL 18 |
March 15th , 7:00pm | WARSAW 44 | CINEPOLIS |
March 15th , 7:00pm | CUT SNAKE | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 15th , 9:00pm | THE SALT OF THE EARTH | REGAL 17 |
March 15th , 9:30pm | TANGO GLORIES | O CINEMA MIAMI BEACH |
March 15th , 9:30pm | A GIRL AT MY DOOR | REGAL 18 |
March 19th , 6:50pm | ORSON WELLES RETROSPECTIVE AT MIAMI BEACH CINEMATHEQUE: OTHELLO | Miami Beach Cinematheque |
March 26th , 6:50pm | ORSON WELLES RETROSPECTIVE AT MIAMI BEACH CINEMATHEQUE: TOUCH OF EVIL | Miami Beach Cinematheque |
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