
{"id":18666,"date":"2022-09-28T12:57:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T16:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montrealblackfilm.mysites.io\/?p=18666"},"modified":"2022-09-28T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T20:03:27","slug":"as-far-as-i-can-walk-a-star-without-a-star-juanita-aix-hale-they-cant-so-i-must-receive-top-honour-at-the-18th-montreal-international-black-film-festival-mibff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/as-far-as-i-can-walk-a-star-without-a-star-juanita-aix-hale-they-cant-so-i-must-receive-top-honour-at-the-18th-montreal-international-black-film-festival-mibff\/","title":{"rendered":"AS FAR AS I CAN WALK, A STAR WITHOUT A STAR (JUANITA), AIX HALE, THEY CAN&#8217;T SO I MUST  Receive Top Honour at the 18th Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.10&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/\"><strong>www.montrealblackfilm.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Montreal, September 28, 2022\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The\u00a0<strong>Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF),<\/strong>\u00a0created by the\u00a0<strong>Fabienne Colas Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0and presented by<strong> Desjardins<\/strong>, is proud to close its 18th edition. #MIBFF22 celebrated Diversity through 95 films from 25 countries and various industry events.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During this hybrid edition of the festival, a professional jury evaluated the films in competition according to a series of selection criteria. While all the selected films were outstanding, the following really stood out:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE: \u00a0<strong>AS FAR AS I CAN WALK<\/strong>\u00a0by Strahinja Banovi\u0107 (Serbia \/ France \/ Luxembourg \/ Bulgaria \/ Lithuania)<\/p>\n<p>HONOURABLE MENTION:\u00a0<strong>PEREJIL (PARSLEY)<\/strong> by Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral (Dominican Republic)<\/p>\n<p>SPECIAL FESTIVAL MENTION: <strong>KANKAN<\/strong> by Joseph Akama; <strong>COLOR BLIND<\/strong> by Mostafa Keshvari<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: <strong>A STAR WITHOUT A STAR (JUANITA)<\/strong> by KIRK E. KELLEYKAHN (USA)<\/p>\n<p>HONOURABLE MENTION: <strong>LOVELY JACKSON<\/strong>, by Matt Waldeck (USA)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BEST MID-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY: <strong>THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST<\/strong> by Tayo Giwa (USA)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BEST NARRATIVE SHORT: <strong>AIX HALE <\/strong>by Ian Truitner (France)<\/p>\n<p>HONOURABLE MENTION: <strong>NEW MOON<\/strong> by Jeremie Balais, Jeff LeBars, Raul Domingo (USA\/FRANCE)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: <strong>THEY CAN&#8217;T SO I MUST<\/strong> by Dara Eshaghian (Canada)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JURY MEMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Narrative Feature:<\/strong> President \u2013 Anik Matern, John Nyce, Gavin Seal<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Documentary Feature:<\/strong> President \u2013 Jacinthe Brisebois, Ana Alice de Morais, Josa Maule<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mid-Length and short films:<\/strong> President \u2013 Deidre J., Marwa Laquerre-Trantawy, Sandra Mathieu<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>19th Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF)<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong>will take place from <strong>September 26 to October 1, 2023<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/\">www.MontrealBlackFilm.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get Social \u2013 #MIBFF22<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/BlackFilmFestival\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong> |\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/filmblackmtl\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/montrealblackfilmfest\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Created in 2005 by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/\">Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF)<\/a>\u00a0is currently the\u00a0<strong>largest<\/strong>\u00a0Canadian film festival entirely dedicated to black realities from all four corners of the world. It aims to offer the public the most spectacular productions in black cinema and debate the great cultural, social, and socio-economic issues facing society. The MIBFF goal is to promote the development of the independent film industry and showcase more films depicting black realities around the world. The festival seeks to prioritize local and international films that do not necessarily come under the spotlight, a new cinema that moves its audience and raises awareness \u2013 and a few eyebrows. In so doing, the MIBFF addresses issues and showcases art that makes you think and smile, provokes, bewilders, and shocks you \u2013 a new, fresh look at black cinema from all parts of the globe!<\/p>\n<p>-30-<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><u>Source<\/u>: Montreal Black Film Festival \u2013 www.MontrealBlackFilm.com<\/p>\n<p><u>Contact<\/u>: Veronique@festwave.com<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> www.montrealblackfilm.comMontreal, September 28, 2022\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF),\u00a0created by the\u00a0Fabienne Colas Foundation\u00a0and presented by Desjardins, is proud to close its 18th edition. #MIBFF22 celebrated Diversity through 95 films from 25 countries and various industry events.\u00a0During this hybrid edition of the festival, a professional jury evaluated the films in competition according to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=\"1\"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=\"4_4\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"3.19.10\"]<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/\"><strong>www.montrealblackfilm.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Montr\u00e9al, le 28 septembre 2022 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Le\u00a0<strong>Festival International du Film Black de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong>\u00a0(FIFBM), cr\u00e9\u00e9 par la\u00a0<strong>Fondation Fabienne Colas<\/strong>\u00a0et pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 <strong>Desjardins<\/strong>, est fier de cl\u00f4turer sa 18<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0\u00e9dition. #FIFBM22 a c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 la diversit\u00e9 \u00e0 travers 95 films de 25 pays et divers \u00e9v\u00e8nements de l\u2019industrie.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Tout au long de cette \u00e9dition hybride du festival, un jury professionnel a \u00e9valu\u00e9 les films en comp\u00e9tition selon une s\u00e9rie de crit\u00e8res de s\u00e9lection. Parmi tous les films remarquables, des chefs-d\u2019\u0153uvre ont \u00e9merg\u00e9 du lot :<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>MEILLEUR LONG-M\u00c9TRAGE FICTION:\u00a0<strong>AS FAR AS I CAN WALK<\/strong>\u00a0de Strahinja Banovi\u0107 (Serbie \/ France \/ Luxembourg \/ Bulgarie\/ Lithuanie)<\/p><p>MENTION SP\u00c9CIALE:\u00a0<strong>PEREJIL (PARSLEY)<\/strong> de Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral (R\u00e9publique dominicaine)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>MEILLEUR LONG-M\u00c9TRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE:\u00a0<strong>A STAR WITHOUT A STAR (JUANITA)<\/strong> de KIRK E. KELLEYKAHN (\u00c9tats-Unis)<\/p><p>MENTION SP\u00c9CIALE:\u00a0<strong>LOVELY JACKSON<\/strong>, by Matt Waldeck (\u00c9tats-Unis)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>MEILLEUR MOYEN-M\u00c9TRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE\u00a0:\u00a0<strong>THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST<\/strong> de Tayo Giwa (\u00c9tats-Unis)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>MEILLEUR COURT-M\u00c9TRAGE FICTION:\u00a0<strong>AIX HALE <\/strong>by Ian Truitner (France)<\/p><p>MENTION SP\u00c9CIALE:<em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>NEW MOON<\/strong> by Jeremie Balais, Jeff LeBars, Raul Domingo (\u00c9tats-Unis \/ France)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>MEILLEUR COURT-M\u00c9TRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE:\u00a0<strong>THEY CAN'T SO I MUST<\/strong> by Dara Eshaghian (Canada)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>MEMBRES DU JURY<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Long-m\u00e9trages fictions:<\/strong>\u00a0Pr\u00e9sidente \u2013 Anik Matern, John Nyce, Gavin Seal<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Longs-m\u00e9trages documentaires:<\/strong>\u00a0Pr\u00e9sidente \u2013 Jacinthe Brisebois, Ana Alice de Morais, Josa Maule<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Courts & moyens-m\u00e9trages :<\/strong>\u00a0Pr\u00e9sident \u2013 Deidre J., Marwa Laquerre-Trantawy, Sandra Mathieu<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Le 19e\u00a0<strong>Festival International du Film Black de Montr\u00e9al (FIFBM)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p>aura lieu du<strong>\u00a026 septembre au 1<sup>er<\/sup> octobre 2023<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>M\u00e9dias sociaux:\u00a0<\/strong>#FIFBM22<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/BlackFilmFestival\"><strong>Facebook |\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/filmblackmtl\/\"><strong>Twitter |\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/montrealblackfilmfest\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>\u00c0 propos du Festival international du Film Black de Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/p><p>Cr\u00e9\u00e9 en 2005 par la Fondation Fabienne Colas, le Festival International du Film Black de Montr\u00e9al (FIFBM) est aujourd\u2019hui le plus important festival cin\u00e9matographique au Canada enti\u00e8rement d\u00e9di\u00e9 aux r\u00e9alit\u00e9s noires des quatre coins du monde. Il vise \u00e0 offrir au public les plus belles et les plus \u00e9tonnantes d\u00e9couvertes du cin\u00e9ma black tout en constituant un lieu de d\u00e9bat des grands enjeux culturels, sociaux et socio-\u00e9conomiques. Le FIFBM a pour mission de favoriser le d\u00e9veloppement de l\u2019industrie du cin\u00e9ma ind\u00e9pendant et mettre en valeur plus de films sur les r\u00e9alit\u00e9s des Noirs de partout dans le monde. Il veut privil\u00e9gier un cin\u00e9ma autre, un cin\u00e9ma qui vient d\u2019ici ou d\u2019ailleurs et qui ne re\u00e7oit pas forc\u00e9ment l\u2019\u00e9clairage des projecteurs, un cin\u00e9ma in\u00e9dit, qui \u00e9meut, qui sensibilise et qui surprend ! Le tout, en abordant des sujets et en pr\u00e9sentant des \u0153uvres qui interpellent, qui provoquent, qui font sourire, qui laissent perplexe, qui choquent\u2026 Un regard nouveau et rafra\u00eechissant sur le cin\u00e9ma noir des quatre coins du globe!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/\">www.montrealblackfilm.com<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><u>Source<\/u>: Festival International du Film Black de Montr\u00e9al \u2013 www.MontrealBlackFilm.com<\/p><p><u>Contact presse<\/u>\u00a0: V\u00e9ronique Fecteau - Veronique@festwave.com<\/p><p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montrealblackfilm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}