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MEDIA CITY LAUNCHES 2019-2020 CHRYSALIS FELLOWSHIP

Media City Film Festival proudly announces the launch of its inaugural Chrysalis Fellowship. The Chrysalis Fellowship is a platform designed to support artists in the production of new films and related experimental forms, supporting adventurous moving image artists from across Canada and around the world. This new program will focus on commission and creation projects, […]

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL

MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 2020 EDITION DIVERTED TO UNDERTAKE NEW MODEL After a lengthy process, Media City Film Festival was selected as the first Canadian organization to be named a Knight Arts Foundation Winner. This prize comes with the exciting opportunity of doubling our festival program in Windsor-Detroit to celebrate our 25th anniversary in […]

MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL NAMED HISTORIC 2019 KNIGHT ARTS FOUNDATION WINNER!

Windsor ON / Detroit MI – Media City Film Festival, Windsor’s annual international festival of film and digital art takes home a historic win after being named a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 2019 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit winner. This year’s recipients will share over $1.3 Million in funding; chosen from hundreds of applicants. As […]

MCFF AWARD WINNER MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WIN THE GRAND PRIX AT CANNES

WINDSOR, ON – The Cannes Film Festival made history this weekend. On Saturday French-Senegalese director, and Media City Award Alumni, Mati Diop became the first black female director to win an award in the Cannes Film Festival’s 72-year history. She was also the first black female contender for the festival’s coveted Palme d’Or, ultimately earning the Grand Prix for her film Atlantics. […]

IN THE LISTENING GARDEN: NEW MEXICO (SPRING 2019)

Media City Film Festival is in New Mexico April 16-20 at Experiments in Cinema v. 14. MCFF Program Director, Oona Mosna presents a program of films commissioned by and/or featured at past editions of MCFF. IN THE LISTENING GARDEN is dedicated to the memory of recently departed filmmakers and friends: Jonathan Schwartz, Robert Todd, Carolee Schneemann and Barbara […]

MALENA SZLAM’S ALTIPLANO CANADA’S TOP FILMS OF 2018

The first in a series of films commissioned in South America as part of Media City’s UNDERGROUND MINES tour premiered on the festival circuit in 2018. Malena Szlam’s 35mm masterpiece ALTIPLANO opened to audiences at the 43rd edition of the Toronto International Film Festival before being awarded Media City’s coveted Second Prize as part […]

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