{"id":10487,"date":"2017-09-08T18:31:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T18:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montrealblackfilm.mysites.io\/?p=10487\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T00:35:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T00:35:38","slug":"13th-mibff-66-films-from-25-countries-change-how-we-see-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/13th-mibff-66-films-from-25-countries-change-how-we-see-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"13th MIBFF: 66 FILMS FROM 25 COUNTRIES CHANGE HOW WE SEE THE WORLD AND TRIBUTE TO OLIVER JONES!"},"content":{"rendered":"

13th<\/sup> MIBFF: <\/strong>66 FILMS FROM 25 COUNTRIES TO CHANGE HOW WE SEE THE WORLD AND TRIBUTE TO OLIVER JONES<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 13th<\/sup> Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) highlights the tales and events that have challenged conventions, left a distinctive mark on our times, and changed how we see the world.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Full program and tickets: <\/strong>www.montrealblackfilm.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The 13th<\/sup> <\/strong>Montreal International Black Film Festival<\/strong> (MIBFF), <\/strong>created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, will be held from September 27 to October 1, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Montreal, September 8, 2017 <\/strong>\u2013 The Montreal International Black Film Festival team (MIBFF) has unveiled the programming for its 13th<\/sup> year, which will be held from September 27 to October 1, 2017. <\/strong>It features 66 films<\/strong> from 25 countries<\/strong>; most of these films will be viewed at Cin\u00e9ma Imp\u00e9rial, Cin\u00e9ma du Parc, the former NFB Cinema (Annexe Judith-Jasmin, UQAM), and the Concordia University Theatre Hall.<\/p>\n

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Created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation<\/strong>, Canada\u2019s biggest black film festival returns for a breathtaking 13th<\/sup> year that promises to be inspiring, shocking, entertaining, moving, thought-provoking, and surprising. The program features international and North American films as well as Quebec premieres, an MIBFF Black Market<\/strong> space dedicated to the cinema industry, special events, and a tribute to Oliver Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Our absolute favourites are inspiring stories that combine cultural heritage, the struggle against injustice, and inequality with passion, determination, strength, and great feats. You don\u2019t want to miss<\/strong> Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu, Carpinteros <\/em>(Woodpeckers), Kafou, Black Lives Matter, Krotoa, Vazante, Dabka, Cargo, Marvin Booker Was Murdered, Boys 23: The Forgotten Boys of Brazil, Oliver Jones: Mind Hands Heart, Walking in My Shoes, Jewel’s Catch One, Brown Girls Begin, Uprize, Amerika, Jacques Schwartz Bart\u00a0:\u00a0 la voix de nos anc\u00eatres.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Montreal International Black Film Festival always had the goal of promoting diversity and giving minorities a voice. This has been done by opening our eyes to certain realities in the world through the 7th<\/sup> art. \u201cToday, more than ever, we want to challenge the many inconsistencies, inequalities, and injustices that still claim many victims,\u201d explained Ms. Fabienne Colas, the Festival president and founder. \u201cThe fact remains that not everyone has access to opportunities. We cannot pretend everything is okay. Everyone has a part to play if we want things to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Speak up\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong>Exprime-toi<\/strong>\u00a0is this year\u2019s underlying theme. Through the selected films, special events, round tables, and guests of honour, the 2017 program has attempted to showcase a story, a person, or a movement that is not afraid to be heard, has overcome conventions, and has not been afraid to make demands and change the state of affairs. The official poster for the 13th<\/sup> MIBFF, an original work by Portuguese artist Bruna Campos, is the perfect reflection of this theme.<\/p>\n

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OPENING FILM \u2013 KALUSHI: THE STORY OF SOLOMON MAHLANGU <\/strong><\/p>\n

By Mandla Dube<\/strong><\/p>\n

Official Selection of Seattle Intl Film Festival and Durban International Film Festival<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 27 \u2013 <\/strong>7PM <\/strong>–\u00a0 Cin\u00e9ma Imp\u00e9rial | $25<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kalushi is a true story about nineteen-year-old Solomon Mahlangu, a hawker from the streets of Mamelodi\u2014a ghetto township outside Pretoria, South Africa. He is brutally beaten by police. Following the 1976 Soweto uprisings, Kalushi exiles himself to join the liberation movement. He returns from military training in Angola en route to his mission, where his friend and comrade Mondy loses control and shoots two innocent people on Johannesburg\u2019s Goch Street. Mondy is severely beaten and tortured; Kalushi is forced to stand trial under the common purpose doctrine. The state seeks the highest punishment from the court: death by hanging. Kalushi has his back against the wall and uses the courtroom as a final battlefield. His sacrifice immortalizes him into a hero of the struggle and an international icon of June 16, 1976.<\/p>\n

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OLIVER JONES WILL RECEIVE THE 2017 MIBFF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD <\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, September 30 \u2013 <\/strong>3PM <\/strong>– Cin\u00e9ma du Parc | $20<\/strong><\/p>\n

The MIBFF will pay tribute to OLIVER JONES<\/strong>, the renowned\u00a0Canadian pianist who\u00a0has recorded\u00a0two dozen albums\u00a0and has performed around the world. He also taught music at Laurentian and McGill universities. Mr. Jones was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1993 and a Chevalier of the Order of Quebec in 1994, and is the recipient of a Governor General\u2019s Performing Arts Award, the Oscar Peterson Award, and a Special Achievement Award at the SOCAN Awards. He has won two Juno Awards and several F\u00e9lix awards. In 2014, Montr\u00e9al unveiled a 95-square-metre\u00a0mural<\/a>\u00a0honouring Mr. Jones in the neighbourhood where he spent many of his early years. He will receive the 2017 MIBFF Lifetime Achievement Award for his legendary career. To celebrate his contribution to Montreal culture, a new mural will honour him and a building will bear his name this year.<\/p>\n

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The film Oliver Jones: Mind Hands Heart<\/em>, <\/strong>by Rosey Ugo Edeh, will precede the tribute and discussion with film director Oliver Jones.<\/p>\n

CLOSING FILM: CARPINTEROS (WOODPECKERS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Official Selection of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival<\/em><\/p>\n

Sunday, October 1 <\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>7PM<\/strong> – <\/strong>Theatre Hall – Concordia University | $20<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juli\u00e1n finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic’s Najayo Prison. His romance with fellow prisoner Yanelly must develop through sign language.<\/p>\n

The Festival\u2019s official award ceremony will precede the film screening.<\/p>\n

THE MIBFF BLACK MARKET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by the Canada Council for the Arts and Telefilm Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

September 28 to October 1 <\/strong>\u2013 L\u2019Inis \u2013 Schedule on Festival Website <\/strong>| $10\/each<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want to succeed in the film industry, the MIBFF Black Market<\/strong> returns with a master class and workshop that you won\u2019t want to miss. Established Canadian and international filmmakers will share their knowledge and experiences of film creation, financing, production, distribution, and the festival circuit. A panel featuring public grant organizations will also be part of this series of four workshops, ideal for people to know how they can find obtain funding in the film industry.<\/p>\n

MOVIE-TALK: KAFOU – HOW TO PRODUCE FILMS IN AN INDUSTRY AT RISK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, September 30 \u2013<\/strong> 7:30PM<\/strong> – <\/strong>Theatre Hall \u2013 Concordia University | $20<\/strong><\/p>\n

A new generation of Haitian artists is giving new momentum to the country\u2019s film industry through Kafou<\/em>, a film produced by Bruno Mourral. The industry is described as an unsubsidized \u201cguerilla\u201d sprinkled with creativity, love, passion, and determination. An unprecedented discussion will take place after the film screening on the current challenges of Haitian cinema, testimony of the journey in making Kafou, the future of the Haitian cinema and this new generation of filmmakers. Kafou<\/em> tells the story of Port-au-Prince by night. Doc and Zoe are just hired to deliver an unknown package. Their job comes with three essential rules: never stop the car, never roll down the windows, and never open the trunk. At a crossroad, they stumble upon a dog. Each crossroad requires a sacrifice. Their decision will change their path irreversibly.<\/p>\n

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JURY MEMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feature-length films, fiction:<\/strong>\u00a0Anik Matern<\/strong>, actor \u2013 President of the Jury; Mark Krupa<\/strong>, director, actor, producer, author; Randy Thomas<\/strong>, actor.<\/p>\n

Feature-length films, documentaries: Paul Carvalho<\/strong>, producer, screenwriter, director\u00a0\u2013 President of the Jury; Duke Eatmon<\/strong>, radio host and contributor; Santiago Bertonlini<\/strong>, director<\/p>\n

Medium-length and short films: Paul Shore<\/strong>, social entrepreneur, director\u00a0\u2013 President of the Jury; Natalie Tannous<\/strong>, actor, author, director; Tania Arana<\/strong>, actor, casting director; Tamara Brown<\/strong>, actor, singer, director, poet; Chimweme Miller<\/strong>, actor, musician, storyteller.<\/p>\n

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TICKETS AND PASSES<\/strong><\/p>\n

PASSES*: <\/strong><\/p>\n