NEW FEATURES New England Premiere
VICENTA B
Saturday, July 8 9:20PM | MFC 3 Friday, July 14 3:40PM | MFC 2
Cuba 2022 - DCP - 77 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles Director: Carlos Lechuga Screenplay: Carlos Lechuga, Fabián Suárez Producers: Consuelo Castillo, Samuel Chauvin, Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman, Carlos Lechuga Cast: Linnett Hernandez Valdes, Pedro Antonio Martinez Ramirez, Mireya Chapman, Ana Flavia Ramos Print Courtesy: Habanero Films A supremely lovely and quietly resonant film. Vicenta, a Cuban woman with the ability to see into the future and converse with spirits, lives harmoniously with her only son until he decides to leave the country. Immersed in a profound crisis, Vicenta departs for a voyage to the heartland of a country where everyone seems to have lost their faith. Vicenta B inhabits the Cuba of the countryside and Santeria, of heart and soul, and of a sustaining inner strength. —KE
Shown With
FISHING WITH EINSTEIN USA 2023 - DCP - 3 minutes, in English Director, Print Courtesy: Stu Silverstein Central Maine artist, bread baker, and Railroad Square Cinema co-founder Stu Silverstein returns to MIFF with a whimsical meditation on Albert Einstein and his appreciation of nature and fly fishing…ironically or not, created through the not so natural gifts of A.I.: DALL-E-2 and ChatGPT. —KE
World Premiere
WE ARE THE WARRIORS
Wednesday, July 12 3:20PM | MFC 3 Saturday, July 15 4PM | WOH
USA 2023 - DCP - 72 minutes, in English Directors, Producers, Print Courtesy: David Camlin, Megan Grumbling Wells is a small, coastal Maine town near the New Hampshire border, a close community in many ways that finds itself unexpectedly rocked by controversy over the town high school’s sports teams’ nickname. In We Are the Warriors, co-directors David Camlin and Megan Grumbling, both themselves Wells High grads, evenhandedly follow the residents of Wells as they take on this polarizing issue after facing public allegations that Warriors football fans mocked Indigenous culture. Their strong film reveals how difficult conversations about identity and history are key to addressing Native American mascots. —KE
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