Douglas Markowitz (Miami New Instances) writes, “The movies at Third Horizon aren’t typical blockbuster fare. As a substitute, the pageant prioritizes revolutionary and experimental approaches to filmmaking.” See excerpts and record of movies beneath. [The Third Horizon Film Festival takes place from May 9 through 12, at Miami Dade College Koubek Memorial Center, 2705 SW Third Street, Miami; and the Pérez Art Museum Miami, 1103 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami Florida. Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.]
After taking a yr off, considered one of Miami’s most insightful and intriguing movie festivals is returning subsequent month. Third Horizon Movie Competition, devoted to showcasing experimental movie from the Caribbean and its diaspora, has simply introduced its lineup of movies and a change of venue for its seventh version. Earlier than taking up the Koubek Middle in Little Havana by way of Sunday, Could 12, the pageant kicks off with a gap night time screening on the Pérez Artwork Museum Miami on Thursday, Could 9.
The pageant has chosen greater than 40 movies from 20 nations, together with documentary and narrative options, in addition to quick movies. Among the filmmakers are from Miami, and 6 have had their movies chosen to open the pageant at PAMM. As a part of the Third Horizon Ahead Program, began in 2022 to assist native Caribbean-heritage filmmakers, Greko Sklavounos, Hansel Porras Garcia, Rachelle Salnave, Berenicé Brino, and Al’ikens Plancher all produced quick movies funded by the pageant. [. . .]
Certainly, the movies at Third Horizon aren’t typical blockbuster fare. The pageant prioritizes revolutionary and experimental approaches to filmmaking, and its alternatives typically blur the traces between documentary and fiction. Emilia Beatriz’s movie Barrunto is a good instance of this. Co-presented with the New York documentary pageant Prismatic Floor, the movie’s experimental narrative jumps between Scotland, Puerto Rico, the ocean ground, and deep area in its examination of “grief and resistance throughout diasporic distance.”
Documentaries function strongly in on the lineup, together with Ramona, a documentary following an actress within the Dominican Republic interviewing pregnant teenagers as she prepares to play one; Calls from Moscow, a documentary following Cubans trapped in Moscow on the eve of the Russo-Ukrainian Battle; and The Enigma of Harold Sonny Ladoo, a documentary a couple of younger, queer Trinidadian author and his mysterious demise. There’s additionally Doubles, a story movie a couple of Trinidadian road vendor who flies to Canada to confront his supposedly rich absentee father.
Movie screenings are only one part of Third Horizon, which additionally gives sturdy supplementary programming. The plan additionally consists of panel conversations, post-screening Q&As with filmmakers, and late-night events. The pageant will host its Caribbean Movie Academy instructional program for the third time, and a brand new initiative known as the Third Horizon Caribbean Suppose Tank will debut this yr. [. . .]
Third Horizon Movie Competition 2024:
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- Barrunto (Puerto Rico/Scotland, dir. Emilia Beatriz)
- Doubles (Trinidad and Tobago/Canada, dir. Ian Harnarine)
- L’homme-vertige: Tales of a Metropolis (Guadeloupe, dir. Malaury Eloi Paisley)
- Calls From Moscow (Cuba/Germany/Norway, dir. Luis Alejandro Yero)
- Dancing the Stumble (Martinique, dir. Wally Fall)
- Nowhere Close to (Philippines/Mexico/United States, dir. Miko Revereza)
- Ramona (Dominican Republic, dir. Victoria Linares)
- Simon Says/Dadda (United Kingdom, dir. Beverly Bennett)
- The Enigma of Harold Sonny Ladoo (Trinidad and Tobago/Canada, dir. Richard Fung)
Quick Movies
- Ancestral Clouds Ancestral Claims (Austria/Germany, dir. Arjuna Neuman, Denise Ferreira da Silva)
- Burnt Milk (Jamaica/United Kingdom, dir. Joseph Douglas Elmhirst)
- Ca(r)milla (Trinidad and Tobago, dir. Kearra Amaya Gopee)
- Wandering Music (Dominican Republic/Spain, dir. Génesis Valenzuela)
- Coconut (Jamaica, dir. Jard Lerebours)
- Desires Like Paper Boats (Haiti, dir. Samuel Suffren)
- Drax Sycorax (Barbados, dir. Renee Royale)
- Instance #35 (Cuba/Uruguay, dir. Lucía Malandro, Daniel D. Saucedo)
- Fatherspy (Venezuela/Argentina, dir. Humberto González Bustillo)
- Fields Fallen From Distant Songs (United States, dir. Maya Jeffereis)
- Historical past is Written At Night time (Cuba, dir. Alejandro Alonso)
- Easy methods to Love A Place So the Youngsters Will Love Their Land (Puerto Rico, dir. Laura Sofía Pérez)
- Our Islands (Martinique, dir. Aliha Thalien)
- Onyeka Igwe: And Let Historical past Start (United Kingdom, dir. Onyeka Igwe)
- Image a Forest (United States, dir. David Rodriguez)
- Proximity Research (Sight Strains) (United States, dir. Elizabeth M. Webb)
- Raiz (Portugal, dir. Raydrick Feliciana)
- Retrospection of a House (As soon as Upon a Time…) (Venezuela/United States, dir. Sebastian Marcano-Pérez)
- Solmatalua (Brazil, dir. Rodrigo Ribeiro-Andrade)
- Quickly Come Again (Jamaica/United States, dir. Nande Walters)
- Childhood (United States, dir. Vi Tuong Bui)
- A Gavillero within the Sierra (Dominican Republic, dir. Ricardo Ariel Toribio)
- Underneath the Sky of Fetishes (Mauritius/France, dir. Caroline Déodat)
Opening Night time Program: The Quick Movies of Third Horizon Ahead
- Boat Folks (United States, dir. Al’ikens Plancher)
- I Love You So A lot, However You Are So Tough (United States, dir. Berenicé Brino)
- Artwork: By Any Means Essential (Haiti, Guadeloupe, dir. Rachelle Salnave)
- Summon (Jamaica/United States, dir. Nile Saulter)
- Sol y Mar (United States, dir. Greko Sklavounos)
- Ana y La Distancia (United States, dir. Hansel Porras García)
For full article, see https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/miami-third-horizon-film-festival-lineup-19524604
Additionally see thirdhorizonfilmfestival.com
[Shown above: Ramona director Victoria Linares will screen at Third Horizon Film Festival 2024. Photo by Jaime Guerra.]