Media City Film Festival

MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL SUPPORTED BY GRANT FROM THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES

For immediate release: May 15, 2020 Windsor ON / Detroit MI – On the heels of an historic win as the first Canadian organization to be named a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Challenge Winner, Media City Film Festival is honoured to be supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and […]

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 […]