Milwaukee Illuminate Film Festival, 2023

The first event for the Milwaukee Illuminate Film Festival (miff.), is just around the corner, taking place this Saturday December 16^th, 2023. This year’s festival is a one evening screening and community building event with doors opening at 5pm for a cocktail hour and pink carpet photo op, followed by four shorts blocks with a short Q&A with filmmakers in attendance, and intermission between each screening block. The first short block will commence at 6pm. The evening will close with a short awards ceremony. The event is ADA accessible, and open to all but is recommended for those 18+. The event includes a gift bag with miff. merch and other goodies. Bar service is available for attendees who are 21+. The after party will be held at This is It! bar after the festival event.

Our mission is to illuminate the work of filmmakers from marginalized communities and intersecting identities. To provide a space for filmmakers to screen their work and grow within a supportive community of culturally diverse and intersectional artists. We support and screen works of independent film and video in any genre, with a tighter focus on non-traditional narratives, experimental works, and identity focused films.

For more information about Milwaukee Illuminate Film Festival visit our website:

www.mkemiff.com

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miff. 2023 Program and Official Selections:

shorts block one:

THE CHEMISTRY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

last truths from a dying star dir. Dontay Konkel (2023)

Gunpowder dir. Savanna Vine (2022)

Kicking the Clouds dir. Sky Hopinka (2021)

Bigger on the Inside dir. Angelo Madsen Minax (2022)

shorts block two:

FEMME FICTION

Tristan & Kelly dir. Sarah Ann Masse & Nick Afka Thomas (2019)

Alter dir. Ronnie Gilmore (2023)

Sun’s Too Hot dir. Sivan Eyal (2022)

Dare! dir. Martina Boothes (2023)

River Bank (Pō-Kehgeh) dir. Charine Pilar Gonzales (2023)

shorts block three:

VERSES FOR ANOTHER WORLD

Offside Trap dir. Van Chriqui (2023)  

What a Girl Must Know dir. Sophia Holterman (2022)

Fashion dir. Fardin Ansari (2022)

Shrimp Love dir. Sarah Fitterer (2022)

Handmade dir. Nicole Lewis & Anthony Granick (2023)

Toillete dir. Luan Lamberty (2023)

Distract dir. Amelia F. Talken (2023)

shorts block four:

A PORTRAIT OF LANDSCAPE & LINE

Monolith dir. Teri Carlson (2023)     

A Visual Meditation on Natural Gestures dir. Willy Conley (2021

Womb dir. Soheil Chivaee (2023)

Whatever hour you woke there was a door shutting dir. Ruby Que (2023)

Gaps dir. Gabriella Cisneros (2022)

Dreams of Home dir. Justin Kaminuma (2023)