Below is a teaser of what is to come for Borscht Film Festival 2009.
Borscht Film Festival(est. 2004) is a yearly event held at iconic Miami venues showcasing the work of local filmmakers under the age of 30 who specialize in telling Miami stories that go beyond the typical portrayal of the city as a beautiful but shallow party town. The Borscht Film Festival believes in Miami’s potential to host a world-class independent film industry and are doing their part by inspiring collaboration between members of idiosyncratic generation that was born in the 80’s and came of age with the city itself. By keeping this “Miami New Wave” of talent that has traditionally abandoned Miami for larger markets working on the city at least once a year, they believe they can build global interest for the wholly original film movement, and it is their belief that Miami has the cinematic richness of character to compete with Woody Allen’s New York, Fellini’s Rome, or Godard’s Paris. CCCV are the roman numerals for "305". More
In its 6th year, the Borscht Film Festival and Miami World Cinema Center have partnered to bring the event to a new level of awareness and production value. Borscht has selected 10 short films from 2-10 minutes for their exhibition program. Through its partnership with MWCC, the festival is revamping their CCCV Stories Program selection and has produced 5 films that tell a story taking place in a distinct neighborhood in Miami. Preproduction for all films was hosted and supervised at MWCC. David Frankel, Director and MWCC board member, has given the filmmakers notes on their projects. The films will premiere at the November 28th, 2009 Borscht Film Festival at the Gusman Theater in Downtown Miami.
David Frankel made a special visit to MWCC to advise the Borscht Filmmakers before they went into Principal Photography
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Drinking & Drawing
Below is a video of the finished animation from Oct. 12 2009
Drinking and Drawing is an animated jam where animators and animation fans get together todraw and mingle. Those who join in the drawing fun participate in the creation of a film in just one night! Here’s how it happens:
Groups of animators are called up to the drawing area, 10 at a time. Each animator receives 8 blank note cards, as well as the last card from the animator that drew before them. They have exactly 10 minutes (that’s 75 seconds a card) to continue the animation on each card. At the end of that 10 minutes, all of the animators are kicked out of their seats and a new batch is called to the table.
It ends up being a high-paced musical chairs way of doing an animation, and it’s loads of fun! Plus, by the end of the night, we have a short film (about 1 - 2 minutes long), created by dozens of animators!
NEXT DRINKING & DRAWING TO HAPPEN IN DECEMBER!
Below is a video of the previous Drinking & Drawing.
MWCC Pitch Night @ Joey’s
Exceptional ideas are not easy to come by, so here’s a chance to pitch
to the MWCC team in Wynwood’s premiere restaurant. No matter what the
scope of your idea, as long as it is film-related, MWCC wants to hear
it. Every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Coming soon to Joey's at 2506 NW 2nd Ave. in Wynwood!
