6th Moscow International Experimental Film Festival MIEFF. A Thousand and One Ways to Find a Home

Date

Place

Garage Screen summer cinema

DESCRIPTION

Information will be coming soon

tickets

Standard: 400 rubles
Student: 300 rubles*

Tickets for seniors, veterans, large families, under 18s, and visitors with disabilities (with one carer): 200 RUB**

We recommend that you buy tickets in advance. All ticket categories are available online.

* Students aged 18–25 on production of relevant ID
** Please show proof of eligibility at the cinema entrance

Schedule

International Competition

The international competition features 29 shorts from 24 countries, including Germany, India, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Russia, Rwanda, USA, Thailand, Ukraine, France, and Japan. The films are grouped in six sections, each focused on one aspect of the human search for our place on the planet.

Date
August 11–16
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema

Close-up: Nathaniel Dorsky

Within the annual Close-up section, MIEFF will screen for the first time in Russia the works of American avant-garde filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky.

Date
August 13–14
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema

Nathaniel Dorsky: Cinema as an Alchemical Experience of the World. A talk by Evgeny Mayzel

American avant-garde film scholar Evgeny Mayzel will explain the significance of Nathaniel Dorsky’s work within the tradition of religious cinema and discuss the poetics of his early and mature films. 

Date
Friday, August 13
Time
18:00–19:00
Place
Garage Auditorium

Ancestral (Re)Vision: Artist talk by Saodat Ismailova

Artist and filmmaker Saodat Ismailova will talk about the phenomenon of collective memory and the possibility of its visualization. 

Date
Saturday, August 14
Time
18:00–19:30
Place
Garage Auditorium

MIEFF Closing Night and the Premiere of Nova

The winners of the 6th Moscow International Experimental Film Festival (MIEFF) will be announced at the closing ceremony at Garage Screen summer cinema. The winner of the international competition will be awarded a prize of 1,000 euros. The winner of the national competition will receive 50,000 roubles or the opportunity to study on any online course offered by Bang Bang Education school of design. Kodak and Kosmosfilms will award their special prizes. The ceremony will be followed by the Russian premiere of Nova by Chinese artist Cao Fei.

Date
Monday, August 16
Time
20:00—22:30
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema

Screenings of winning films

The program features laureates of the festival’s international and Russian competitions.

Date
Tuesday, August 17
Time
20:00–22:00
Place
Garage Screen summer cinema