NEW FEATURES Maine Premiere
KARAOKE
Saturday, July 8 12PM | MFC 1 Friday, July 14 4PM | WOH
Israel 2022 - DCP - 100 minutes, in Hebrew with English subtitles Director, Screenplay: Moshe Rosenthal Producer: Efrat Cohen Cast: Sasson Gabay, Lior Ashkenazi, Rita Shukrun, Alma Dishy, Timor Cohen, Kobi Farag, Arie Tcherner Print Courtesy: Greenwich Entertainment Karaoke! What could be wilder?! Well, a lot, but not for Tova and Meir, a staid Israeli couple with 46 years of marriage and two grown daughters. They live a comfortable life, with Meir currently on sabbatical from his academic professorship, and Tova running a boutique shop. Yet their lives get an unexpected jolt of excitement from their upstairs neighbor, Itzik, who invites them to his penthouse for karaoke nights. Tova and Meir fall hard for Itzik’s energetic lifestyle, entering into a competition amongst their other neighbors and soon themselves, trying to win Itzik’s attention. But do they really know the words to this song?! —KE
North American Premiere
KNOWING THE SCORE
Tuesday, July 11 3PM | MFC 1 Friday, July 14 1PM | WOH
Australia 2023 - DCP - 90 minutes, in English Director: Janine Hosking Producer: Margie Bryant With: Simone Young Print Courtesy: Autlook Films It seems impossible to talk about Knowing the Score without mentioning Tár, Todd Fields’ hugely acclaimed fiction film—yet certainly Knowing the Score could blithely be called “the real life Tár” as it follows its subject, the dynamic, inspiring, brilliant woman who made it to the top of the “man’s world” of conducting, wielding her wits, determination, sense of humor, and baton. The parallel is stronger because Knowing the Score’s executive producer is Tár’s Oscar-nominated star, Cate Blanchett. In real life, Simone Young has conquered the world of conducting, not just in her native Australia, but in London, New York, Berlin, and Vienna. She’s a dynamic, stunning presence as the subject of director Janine Hosking’s Knowing the Score. Encore! —KE Sponsored by Peter and Joan Beckerman
Maine International Film Festival 2023 MIFF.ORG
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