2017 we died.
2018 was Borscht in the Bardo.
2019 promises resurrection.
recap/updates/surprises below:
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We are growing the team (no one got fired lol) and are looking for dynamic, motivated, hustlers, pitbulls, woke, empathetic humans who seek life's great adventures while battling innermost demons for a couple of full time positions. Benefits, long vacations, absolute existential terror. Apply now.
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JANUARY: FOUR BORSCHT FILMS PLAY SUNDANCE
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Three of them were by first-time female filmmakers.
PLUR by Julie Fliegenspan
Agua Viva by Alexa Lim Haas
Mud by Shandiin Tome
GREAT CHOICE by Robin Comisar
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MARCH: BORSCHT FILM WINS SXSW
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Agua Viva by Alexa Lim Haas won the jury prize for Animated Short.
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MAY: BORSCHT MERCH BLOWS UP
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Our online store of rare and luxurious memorabilia for all worlds suddenly became popular with celebbos and other humans alike, often selling out drops in a matter of hours.
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For the new year we've opened the vault to make our iconic deadstock bootleg lacoste/gucci hat available again for a very limited time.
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JUNE: BORSCHT GETS A MALL
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We moved into Mana Contemporary's 777 Mall in downtown Miami, and hosted events and flash residencies in this thing.
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JULY: BORSCHT FILMMAKERS PLUNDERED BY HOLLYWOOD
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Local Borschtians the Meza Brothers (the pride of West Kendall) directed Ash vs. Evil Dead for Starz and had their feature concept aquired by Orion Pictures.
Amy Seimetz crushed season 2 of The Girlfriend Experience on Starz and episodes of Atlanta.
Brett Potter and Bernardo Britto respectively developed episodic content. Julian Yuri Rodriguez and Giancarlo Loffredo had viral music videos.
A French magazine devoted an issue to Borscht and its collaborators.
Terence Nance had a hit HBO show in Random Acts of Flyness, and was promptly pegged to direct Space Jam 2 starring LeBron James. Yes, the same Terence who voiced Chris Bosh in Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse! #AllLifeIsReal
And of course, Barry Jenkins released his Moonlight follow-up If Beale Street Could Talk to rapturous reviews.
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AUGUST: BORSCHT INTERNS REBEL, THROW A FILM FESTIVAL
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Our brilliant summer fellows (with support from our friends at Cinereach) collectivized, dubbed themselves The Aborschtions, created a slate of wild shorts, and threw the Borscht -0.5 Film Festival from the afterlife.
It was sick.
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SEPTEMBER: BORSCHT FILMS RELEASED ON CRITERION COLLECTION
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We signed a deal to release exclusive shorts from the Borscht Vault alongside some of our remastered classics through Criterion.
Never would have imagined that our janky little Miami movies would one day have the Criterion logo in front of them, but here we are. Dream come true.
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OCTOBER: BORSCHT DROPS 5TH VIMEO STAFF PICK OF YEAR
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The curators at Vimeo continue to love Miami and provide a platform to share our stories with the world. This year they chose these films for their prestigious Staff Picks:
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NOVEMBER: BORSCHT ANNOUNCES MAMMOTH SLATE OF 40+ COMMISSIONS
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DECEMBER: BORSCHT RECEIVES 7-FIGURE INVESTMENT FROM KNIGHT FOUNDATION
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When our long-term partners the Knight Foundation announced $37 million in support for the arts in Miami, we were lucky enough to be one of the organizations supported, alongside cultural institutions like museums, performing art centers, the symphony, and the ballet.
Even though it looks like we are rich now, the support is specifically to create new programs and initiatives over many years, and we will continue to maintain our scrappy spirit (sorry to disappoint everyone already hitting us up for money online).
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FAIRCHILD
(HELP A SISTER OUT)
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This exciting group of young filmmakers is looking for some help to make their short. Our #NoBroZone program helped them a little, but they want to involve a larger community.
Check out and support Fairchild by Kali Kahn here.
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None of this happens without a veritable army of people who lend their time and brains to the cause of Miami Cinema. Even though we have a small team, we make up for it with the generosity of a huge community who support us. If you've made it this far in the email, this means you.
so, from the bottom of our hearts: thankuthankuthankuthanku <3
c u in the future
<3,
Borscht
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The Borscht Corporation is proud to be supported by our partners:
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