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Media City Film Festival's Chrysalis Showcase

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 06/02/2020 - 15:08

Media City Film Festival's CHRYSALIS SHOWCASE will feature more than 80+ local, Canadian and international films across three days of screenings and parties (Feb. 14, 15, 16, 2020).

Events will highlight MCFF's 2019-2020 CHRYSALIS FELLOWS in solo screenings all weekend long at MacKenzie Hall Cultural Centre, with social gatherings in Common Ground Art Gallery throughout.
Dates:
Friday, February 14, 2020 (All day) to Sunday, February 16, 2020 (All day)
Venue:
Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre - Windsor, Canada
Media City Film Festival named Historic 2019 Knight Arts Foundation Winner

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 17/10/2019 - 11:36
Media City Film Festival, Windsor’s annual international festival of film and digital art takes home a historic win after being named a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit winner.
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23 Media City Film Festival: Call For Entries - New Dates

By Marcos Ortega on Fri, 13/07/2018 - 03:37

Media City is an annual international festival of film and video art presented in Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan since 1994. Each year the festival attracts filmmakers and audience members from around the world to participate in five days of screenings, live performances, exhibitions and artist’s discussions.
Deadline:
Friday, July 20, 2018 (All day)
22nd Media City Film Festival

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 22/02/2017 - 04:51

Media City is an annual international festival of film and video art presented in Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan since 1994. Each year the festival attracts filmmakers and audience members from around the world to participate in five days of screenings, live performances, exhibitions and artist’s discussions.
Dates:
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 (All day)
Bruce McClure: There Was a Sweet Hopeful

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 27/07/2016 - 16:50

Common Ground Art Gallery and Media City Film Festival join forces for a two-day projector performance extravaganza with NY-based, paracinema legend, Bruce McClure. This event is also co-presented with Momentum Film & Video Collctive and celebrates Common Ground Art Gallery's 30th anniversary.

"Bruce McClure’s film projector is a weapon. Its ammunition is raw light. Darkness is both its adversary and its matrix. Radiant blasts inflame the theatre of perception. The void retaliates. This is a cinema of thunder and lightening." – OtherFilm

Dates:
Saturday, August 6, 2016 - 20:00 to Sunday, August 7, 2016 - 19:55
Sunday, August 7, 2016 - 20:00 to Monday, August 8, 2016 - 19:55
Venue:
Common Ground Art Gallery - Windsor, Canada
Hues of the Spectrum Rise from View

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 15/10/2015 - 10:40

Museo de Arte Moderno Buenos Aires and Media City Film Festival / Underground Mines present: Hues of the Spectrum Rise from View, with works by Joyce Wieland, Daïchi Saïto, Alexandre Larose, Chris Kennedy and others. Introduction by Oona Mosna and dialogue with Malena Szlam and Andrés Denegri, in-person. Curated by Oona Mosna.

Presented in partnership with the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Toronto.

Dates:
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 19:00 to Saturday, October 17, 2015 - 18:55
Venue:
Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA) - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Media City 21 Awards

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 05/08/2015 - 14:53
These are the awarded films from the 21st edition of Media City Film Festival. This year's jury, composed by Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA), Jeremy Rossen (Harvard Film Archive, USA) and Lauren Howes (CFMDC, Canada), selected the following films:

Grand Prize: Occidente, by Ana Vaz, Brazil.

Second Prize: Neither God nor Santa María, by Samuel M. Delgado and Helena Girón (La Banda Negra), Spain.

Third Prize: Jáaji Approx., by Sky Hopinka, USA.

Honourable Mention: Blue and Red, by Zhou Tao, China.

Regional Award: The Fortune Teller, by Annie MacDonell, Canada.

Honourable Mention (Regional): Who Painted the Sky with Wispy Clouds?, by Miranda Dershimer, USA.
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21st Media City Film Festival

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 07/04/2015 - 13:49

Media City is an annual international festival of film and video art presented in Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan since 1994. Each year the festival attracts filmmakers and audience members from around the world to participate in five days of screenings, live performances, exhibitions and artist’s discussions. Over the years the festival has achieved critical acclaim and international recognition for its “sheer excellence in programming” and is recognized as a leading venue in the world of artist’s film and video.

Download the festival entry form, complete it (on your computer or by hand) and mail it with your entry. It is not necessary to sign the form (electonically or by hand). See the regulations (aussi en français, español, 日本語) and FAQ (English only) below for more information.

No Entry Fees!

Dates:
Friday, April 24, 2015 (All day)
20th Media City Film Festival

By Marcos Ortega on Fri, 06/12/2013 - 14:12

Media City is an annual international festival of film and video art presented in Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan since 1994. Each year the festival attracts filmmakers and audience members from around the world to participate in five days of screenings, live performances, exhibitions and artist’s discussions. Over the years the festival has achieved critical acclaim and international recognition for its “sheer excellence in programming” and is recognized as a leading venue in the world of artist’s film and video.

Download the festival entry form, complete it (on your computer or by hand) and mail it with your entry. It is not necessary to sign the form (electonically or by hand). See the regulations (aussi en français, español, 日本語) and FAQ (English only) below for more information.

No Entry Fees!

Dates:
Friday, April 4, 2014 (All day)
Media City Film Festival 2013

By Marcos Ortega on Sun, 19/05/2013 - 13:04
The 19th edition of veteran film festival Media City begins next week (May 21-25, Windsor, Ontario) with an opening night featuring performances by CCMC (Michael Snow, John Oswald and Al Mattes) and avant-noise band Wolf Eyes. A selection of Super 8 and 16mm films by Saul Levine, who will also be part of the jury, and the Canadian premiere of James Benning's new film Stemple Pass are among its many highlights.

The core of the festival is its competition programme, that in this edition features nearly fifty films and videos by artists such as Bruce McClure, David Gatten, Jeannette Muñoz, Kevin Jerome Everson, Mary Helena Clark, Stephen Connolly, Johann Lurf, Robert Todd and Nick Collins, to name just a few.
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