Miami Provocateur

Sundance Film Festival is happening right now and as one of the best film festivals in the world it often premieres the best films of the year to come. Shorts are a big part of the festival and last year’s Sundance Shorts are available on I-Tunes.

Shorts are becoming ever more popular and in Miami we have a local film company Gold Dickenson Productions won the Orlando Film Festival’s short film category. You can view the trailer here. Pencil Fighting: The Life and Times of Team Balderdash was filmed entirely in Miami. While it is evident that these local film makers are fans of Wes Anderson’s work, it will be good to see how they evolve as they find their signature style.

For film fans Miami is offering more choices. Just this week:

• Miami Jewish Film Festival runs through Sunday, January 27th includes Young Filmmakers Institute
• Wednesday, January 23, Gen Art presents a special advance screening of Be Kind Rewind starring Jack Black and Mos Def. The after party will be held at Rehab Bar. Gen Art screens movies once a month
• Thursday, January 24, Janus Film Night at the UpperEast Side Garden will be showing Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, directed by Terry Gillam starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Torro. Janus Film night is every Thursday show starts at 8p.m.
• Friday, January 25, Like Water for Chocolate presented by Cinema Botanica at Fairchild Tropical Garden
• Friday, January 25, F is for Fellini at Miami Beach Cinematheque this week City of Women. The Miami Beach Cinematheque offers a steady stream of great cinema and film making workshops.

Fellini is also the theme of this year’s MOCA POP fund raiser POP 8 1/2 La Dolce Vita to be held February 9th. The online auction is already underway.