Borscht

“Titans of the American short film scene” - short of the week ”legitimized the once-absurd premise of filmmaking in Miami” - miami herald “The most conceptually bold film festival of its era” -filmmaker magazine “The Weirdest Film Festival on the Planet” - indiewire “Miami's Best Festival” - best of miami awards “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” - “local geniuses” - Huffington Post “making an impact across the filmmaking world”- film threat “Tiny, Eccentric, and Inspiring...the center of a vibrant and visionary filmmaking community in Miami…” - Indiewire “...Borscht’s organizational methods are as experimental and visionary as the work it produces…” - indiewire “one of the biggest forces behind Miami’s ‘renaissance” - Huffington Post “teeming with lunacy and inspired imagination” - indiewire “akin to Sundance on psychotropic mushrooms” - Miami New Times “Is the Next Great Hope of American Film Hiding in Florida?” - Indiewire “a brash sense of humor, zero tolerance for self-importance, pop-culture savvy and unexpected, sometimes poetic beauty" - Miami Herald ”...Underneath the group’s playful, irreverent veneer is a serious commitment to creative expression, hard work and intellectual curiosity.” - Miami Herald

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BORSCHT 9.5 (Flash Fest)

October 12-16, 2016

Coral Gables Cinema, 7Seas Bar, Mangos, Miami Beach Cinematheque, Faena, Cucu Nest, African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, Colony Theater, PAMM.

Real Miami Gems, Moonlight Miami Premiere, Doomwave Proclamation, Mango Dance Party, surprise 3 AM skype Q and As, Caribbean Karaoke apocalypse, "the soup festival."

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Festival Schedule

Wednesday, October 12

7:30 PM

MEMORY PRESENTS PROGRAM #2

Coral Gables Art Cinema

Miami premiere of sick shorts by Janicza Bravo, Romain Gavras, Sam Kuhn, etc.

9:30 PM

Karaoke Afterparty

7 Seas

Thursday, October 13

7:00 PM

Miami Beach Cinematheque

Miami premiere of feature film by Celia Rowlson-Hall

9:30 PM

Dance Afterparty

Mango’s

Friday, October 14

8:00 PM

Jacqueline (Argentine)

Faena Screening Room

Miami premiere of feature film by local Bernardo Britto, starring Wyatt Cenac and Camille Rutherford. Homecoming of for locally made, Sundance-approved film.

10:00 PM

Afterparty

Cucu’s Nest

Saturday, October 15

6:00 PM

Moonlight

Colony Theatre

Miami Premiere of feature film by Miami native Barry Jenkins, based on play by Tarell McCraney. Homecoming for Miami-made, Oscar-buzzing film, presented by A24.