4th MOFFOM
dal 17/10/2007 al 21/10/2007
Segnalato da
17/10/2007
4th MOFFOM
Lucerna Palace, Prague
Music on Film - Film on Music. The festival is founded on the philosophy that music in all its varieties is an enormously inspiring art form that can be explored in new and interesting ways through the medium of film. More than 60 prominent documentary and feature films will be shown, and an additional 20-30 music videos, shorts and experimental projects.
Music on Film - Film on Music
The 4th year of Music on Film - Film on Music is coming October 18-22, 2007!
Our festival is founded on the philosophy that music in all its varieties is an enormously inspiring art form that can be explored in new and interesting ways through the medium of film. We screen all types of films (documentary, experimental and feature) from around the world where the central theme is music- following the stories that emerge as the creative energies of musicians and filmmakers intersect.
MOFFOM was established in 2004 as a non-profit organization designed to bring together the community of filmmakers engaged in such production and to promote their projects to a wider public in a non-competitive, accessible and friendly festival environment. It was also determined from the start that the festival would be based in the historic center of Prague, with its headquarters proudly located in Palace Lucerna, one of the oldest functioning cinemas in Europe and a local cultural landmark.
The festival proved popular with a dedicated local audience and quickly found its niche within the wider context of Czech and European Union film festivals. MOFFOM expanded in 2005 to include a more broadly based global outreach, in terms of both content and working partnerships with similar-minded institutions. A specific Country Focus and programmatic tributes to outstanding filmmakers were also added as part of the ongoing development of the festival and its goals.
2006 proved to be the biggest year of all, with the addition of an Audience Award, dynamic live concert screening events and regional retrospectives helping MOFFOM to achieve breakthroughs in terms of attendance, press coverage and international attention, while still retaining the unique atmosphere, locations and sense of community that had contributed to the success of previous years.
A prominent feature of MOFFOM since its inception has been the commissioning and presentation of new music for classic silent films. This aspect of the program has consistently proved to be the most well-attended and highly anticipated event every year to date, bringing together internationally recognized musicians and beautiful restored film prints to increasingly large audiences.
As MOFFOM enters its fourth year of successful year of bringing the best of music on film from around the world to local audiences, we are pleased to present another five-day annual celebration of the visual and musical arts. Still based primarily in the landmark Palace Lucerna, we now also cooperate closely with Kino Svetozor, the most successful and innovative art house cinema in the Czech Republic, as well as several intimate cinemas in the heart of Prague, all within walking distance of each other.
For 2007 once again more than 60 prominent documentary and feature films will be shown, and an additional 20-30 music videos, shorts and experimental projects. We expect more than 40 international guests to attend, as in previous years. These include filmmakers and musicians, as well as media and industry professionals from both disciplines and a number of foreign journalists. The successful combination of live concerts, photo exhibitions, panel discussions, student workshops, parties and chill-out evenings that our target audience has come to expect will take place throughout the festival.
Highlights from previous editions of MOFFOM 2004 - 2006:
International and World Premieres of films by Larry Weinstein, Don Letts, Simon Broughton and others
European Premieres of several award-winning films from all around the world, including Favela Rising (Brazil, 2005), The Human Hambone (USA, 2005), Mariza and the Story of Fado (UK-Portugal, 2006), Live at the Kyttaro - Rock Scenes (Greece, 2006), On Tour With Neubauten.org (Germany, 2006), and As Old As My Tongue: the Myth and Life of Bi Kidude (UK-Tanzania, 2006)
Live performances by Dub Cartel Sound System (UK), Anjali (UK), Banning Eyre & Papis Nyass (USA / Gambia), Omar Ka (Senegal), Loud Samba (Brazil), Cassis (Germany), Chodská vlna (CZ), Il Parto de Nuevo Pesanti (Italy), Son de Cuba (Cuba), Berg Chamber Orchestra (CZ), A Moving Sound (Taiwan), Central Asian Prague Ensemble with Bakyt Chytyrbaev (Kyrgyzstan / CZ), Jiří Pavlica and Hradią»an (CZ), Madala Kunene (South Africa), Plastic People of the Universe (CZ), Pavel Fajt (CZ) and many more
Special Guests including Jiří Menzel, Julien Temple, Don Letts, William Ferris, Larry Weinstein, Simon Broughton, Eugene Green, Allan Miller, Ron Mann, Jan ©pata, Gene Deitch, Phil Grabsky, Ruhi Hamid, Ragga Gestsdottir, Henry Hills, Romy Kaplan, Carl Simons, Robin Burke, Jeroen Berkvens, Walter Stokman, Izza Genini, Alexander Hacke and Danielle di Picciotto, Dan Jawitz, Antonis Boskoitis, Deon Maas, Kasper Collin, donnie l. betts, Andy Jones, Ylber Mehmedaliu, Giuseppe Gagliardi and others
Silent films with live accompaniment performed by DG 307, DJs DuBase & Leizaboy, Scratch Film Junkies and Socalled with special guests Gypsy.cz and Vojta Lavička
Films by renowned directors Miloą Forman, Ingmar Bergman, Leslie Woodhead, Mika Kaurismaki, Fernando Trueba, George Lucas, Fatih Akin, Les Blank, Saodat Ismailova, In Kwon-Taek, Perry Henzell, Albert Maysles, Michael Meert, Bruce Connor, Oscar Fischinger, Miroslav Janek, and many others
Lucerna Palace
Stepanska 61 - Prague