This year's Festival Centerpiece is a one-night-only, ultra-rare 35mm screening of Aleksander Dovzhenko’s silent classic Earth, accompanied by the live performance of a new original score courtesy of Milwaukee's own Altos.
We celebrated the kick-off of the 2012 Milwaukee Film Festival with an official Opening Night Party at Discovery World, presented by Milwaukee Magazine. See how we celebrated last year, and check back closer to the festival to find out how we'll celebrate MFF 2013!
For MFF 2012, Milwaukee Film presented a series of panel discussions about a variety of topics, featuring speakers from all parts of the film world. All panels were free and open to the public.
The Milwaukee Film Festival's Conversations Series offers filmgoers the opportunity to continue dialogues started by the films. Stay tuned for updates on our 2013 Milwaukee Film Festival Conversations.
To quote the great Tom Waits, ‘I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.’” We couldn't agree more. That's why we teamed up with The Hotel Foster, WMSE 91.7FM and OnMilwaukee.com to present a live music series throughout the 2012 Milwaukee Film Festival.