THURSDAY through SUNDAY...
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the MBC Oscar� Party info,
and the entire February calendar!
M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
Historic City Hall, 1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor South
(305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCinema.com
FESTIVAL of NEW SPANISH CINEMA 2013
Presented by PRAGDA
Florida Premieres!
THU, JAN 24, 7pm & 9pm:
CARMINA OR BLOW UP
(Carmina o Revienta)
Directed by PACO LEON/Spain/2012/71mins.
Famous comedian Paco Le�n drags us to the surreal and wild world of Carmina, a 58 year old woman who manages a bar with Iberian products in Sevilla. Due to the lack of support from the insurance company following a series of robberies, Carmina has to find an alternative way of getting the money back to support her family. A phenomenon in Spain, Carmina or Blow Up reached an astonishing 30,000 spectators in the first week as well as taking the Special Jury Prize, Audience Award and best
Actress Award at the M�laga Film Festival. (Spanish with English subtitles).
ADVANCE TICS:
THU, JAN 24, 7pm
THU, JAN 24, 9pm
FRI, JAN 25, 7pm & 9pm:
THE DOUBLE STEPS
(Los Pasos Dobles)
Directed by ISAKI LAQUESTA/Spain/2012/86mins.
The best way to escape from your pursuers without leaving any traces behind you is to walk backwards over your own footprints. This is what French artist and author Fran�ois Augi�ras believed as he painted every inch of the walls of a military bunker in the desert and let it sink into the sand so that no-one would find it till the 21st Century. But who is Augi�ras? One of the most interesting auteurs working in Spain today, Catalan filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta, and one of Spain's foremost living artists, Miquel Barcel�, guide us through the Mali desert in search of a fresco painted by Augi�ras in this gorgeous film that won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. (French & Bombara with English subtitles).
ADVANCE TICS:
FRI, JAN 25, 7pm
FRI, JAN 25, 9pm
SAT, JAN 26, 7pm & 9pm:
WILAYA
Directed by PEDRO PEREZ ROSADA/Spain/2012/97mins.
Fatimetu is born to a Sahrawi family in a Saharan refugee camp in Algeria and later sent to live with foster parents in Spain. After the death of her mother she returns to the camp. She has been absent for sixteen years. Her brother now expects her to stay and look after her sister Hayat, who has difficulty walking. Fatimetu, who unlike the other women can drive a car, finds work transporting animals, meat and bread from one administrative district to another. In time, the Sahrawi people become accustomed to the woman who tears about the desert without a hijab in her beaten up jeep. But Fatimetu is torn between life in the desert and her memories of her family and friends in Spain. With unprecedented access to the Sahrawi community, Pedro P�rez Rosado, provides a voice this unrepresented group of refugees and their struggle for independence. The outstanding performance of newcomer Nadhira Mohamed, who was herself born in a refugee camp in Tinduf, landed her the Best Actress award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
(Spanish & Arabic with English subtitles)
ADVANCE TICS:
SAT, JAN 26, 7pm
SAT, JAN 26, 9pm
SUN, JAN 27, 7pm & 9pm:
ICEBERG
Directed by GABRIEL VELAZQUEZ/Spain/2012/94mins.
The most significant part of an iceberg is unseen. Icebergs do not appear in adults. Icebergs are the world of adolescence, of which only a tip appears, a small part of the vast universe that lies behind them. For the first time, these kids face their first big problem by themselves: their iceberg. Three interwoven stories of "teenage silence" in a winter river as it flows by a small city. With notable cinematography and a magnificent cast of non-actors wonderfully directed by Gabriel Vel�zquez, Iceberg has been a staple in a festival circuit that included the Rotterdam Film Festival.
(In Spanish with English subtitles).
ADVANCE TICS:
SUN, JAN 27, 7pm
SUN, JAN 27, 9pm
TUE, JAN 29, 6:30pm & 9pm,
THU, JAN 31, 6:30pm, 9pm:
An MBC Premiere Presentation
In collaboration with Emerging Pictures
Miami Beach Digital Premiere!
Academy Award Nominee
Best Foreign Language Film
A ROYAL AFFAIR
Directed by NICOLAJ ARCEL/Denmark/2012/137mins.
With Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Folsgaard
Oscar� Nominee A Royal Affair is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between the ever more insane Danish King Christian VII (Mikkel Boe F�lsgaard), the royal physician who is a man of enlightenment and idealism Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen) and the young but strong Queen Caroline Mathilda (Alicia Vikander), A Royal Affair is the gripping tale of brave idealists who risk everything in their pursuit of freedom for their people... Above all it is the story of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation. (In Danish with English subtitles)
Oscar Nominee Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER: Berlin Film Festival Best Actor, Best Script
Official Selection Toronto Film Festival
"Historical drama of the highest order." - Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
"KIND OF AMAZING" - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"SENSATIONAL... a clear-eyed, morally nuanced and beautifully mounted picture... its political themes are every bit as stirring as the romance."
- The (UK) Telegraph
"GRIPPING, SUMPTUOUS, and ENTHRALLING."
- David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
ADVANCE TICKETS:
TUE, JAN 29, 6:30pm
TUE, JAN 29, 9pm
THU, JAN 31, 6:30pm
THU, JAN 31, 9pm
WED, JAN 30, 7 & 9pm:
"CINEMA GREEN"
In collaboration with ECOMB,
The Environmental Coalition of Miami & The Beaches
CONNECTED
Documentary by TIFFANY SHLAIN/USA/2011/82mins.
With wonderful heart and an impressive sense of scale, Tiffany Shlain's vibrant and insightful documentary, Connected, explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our time-the environment, consumption, population growth, technology, human rights, the global economy-while searching for her place in the world during a transformative time in her life. Employing a splendidly imaginative combination of animation and archival footage, plus several surprises, Shlain constructs a chronological tour of Western modernization through the work of her late father, Leonard Shlain, a surgeon and best-selling author of Art and Physics and The Alphabet Versus the Goddess. With humor and irony, the Shlain family life merges with philosophy to create both a personal portrait and a proposal for ways we can move forward as a civilization. Connected illuminates the beauty and tragedy of human endeavor while boldly championing the importance of personal connectedness for understanding and coping with today's global conditions.
WINNER: Women in Film Award, National Geographic
Disruptive Innovation Award, Tribeca Film Festival.
Best Documentary Feature Atlanta Int'l Film Festival.
Best of Festival Documentary Portland, ME Film Festival.
"With humor and creativity all its own, CONNECTED ILLUMINATES THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT US ALL"-Al Gore
"Examining everything from the Big Bang to Twitter...a cinematic clickstream...INCREDIBLY ENGAGING!" -New York Times
ADVANCE TICKETS:
WED, JAN 30, 7pm
WED, JAN 30, 9pm
M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
Historic City Hall, 1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor South
(305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCinema.com
Ordininary Movies? NEVER!
Parking at MBC at Historic City Hall:
12th Street Covered Garage (just behind the Historic City Hall)
Entrance on 12th Street near Washington Avenue. $1 an hour any time (except when arriving 8pm or later FRI-SUN).
Tickets:
$10 or $8 MBC Members ($9 Students, Seniors) unless otherwise noted
Exhibitions: Free, (optional donation), viewable before and after films.
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