Borscht

“Titans of the American short film scene” - short of the week ”legitimized the once-absurd premise of filmmaking in Miami” - miami herald “The most conceptually bold film festival of its era” -filmmaker magazine “The Weirdest Film Festival on the Planet” - indiewire “Miami's Best Festival” - best of miami awards “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” - “local geniuses” - Huffington Post “making an impact across the filmmaking world”- film threat “Tiny, Eccentric, and Inspiring...the center of a vibrant and visionary filmmaking community in Miami…” - Indiewire “...Borscht’s organizational methods are as experimental and visionary as the work it produces…” - indiewire “one of the biggest forces behind Miami’s ‘renaissance” - Huffington Post “teeming with lunacy and inspired imagination” - indiewire “akin to Sundance on psychotropic mushrooms” - Miami New Times “Is the Next Great Hope of American Film Hiding in Florida?” - Indiewire “a brash sense of humor, zero tolerance for self-importance, pop-culture savvy and unexpected, sometimes poetic beauty" - Miami Herald ”...Underneath the group’s playful, irreverent veneer is a serious commitment to creative expression, hard work and intellectual curiosity.” - Miami Herald

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BORSCHT 5

December 26-27, 2008

Tower Theater, Sweat Records.

CCV Project, Medicine for Melancholy, bike rides, art show, more Jupiña and rum.

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Festival Schedule

Friday, December 26, 2008

8:00 PM

CCCV Gallery opening

Tower Theater

Gallery showcasing the work of Miami visual artists under 30.

9:00 PM

Borscht Presents: CCCV Project

Tower Theater

World premiere of 16 short films about 16 Miami neighborhoods by 16 Miami artists under 30 commissioned by the Borscht Film Festival.

10:30 PM

Pluto: A Father’s Tale

Tower Theater

A man must overcome a vast conspiracy to prove that pluto is a planet in the world premiere of the debut comedy by Miami filmmakers Peter Horn and Jared Marshall.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

8:00 PM

CCCV Gallery

Tower Theater

Gallery showcasing the work of Miami visual artists under 30.

9:00 PM

Borscht Select Short films

Tower Theater

Selected short films submitted by Miami filmmakers.

10:00 PM

Borscht Presents: Medicine for Melancholy

Tower Theater

A one night stand leads to a day two people will never forget in the local premiere of Miamian Barry Jenkins’ film that has been nominated for 3 Independent Spirit Awards.

11:30 PM

Special Angelz

Tower Theater

Two autistic children who both have the power to see angles but come from very different backgrounds in Miami come together in this absurd comedy by Aiden Dillard.