tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16616629711669085982011-12-13T23:53:51.219-05:00The French New Wave had the Cahiers du Cinema. We have the CCCV blog.Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-23885361277065664552010-06-03T10:50:00.003-04:002010-06-03T11:15:56.426-04:00

The 30.5 Theses(30.5 reasons why the Borscht Film Festival should be named the Film Festival of choice in the New Times’ “Best of Miami” issue.)So last year we lost out to the Jewish Film Festival, but that doesn't mean we are giving up this year. In fact, this is a chance to bring justice to the world. Here is a slightly updated list from last year.Vote for us as Best Festival (it’s on the 3rd

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-17239872725144458262010-03-03T09:40:00.006-05:002010-03-03T10:27:55.989-05:00

If you did not know already Ahol Sniffs Glue is having a show at Butter Gallery in a little over the week. Show some love!A Man Named Ahol Sniffs Glueby John HoodIf you live in Dade County, you’ve seen the tags everywhere: a blocked stencil, a starred sticker, a dashed black marker or a swift spray of paint. AHOL. SNIFFS. GLUE. But signing his nom de guerre to the city he loves is only a part of

Matt Berkowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13205617661816595758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-22508380358656043402010-02-18T23:15:00.010-05:002011-06-17T01:29:58.751-04:00

So despite several setbacks and a very limited amount of time, I managed to slap together an entry for the Sweat Records Rachel Goodrich Music Video contest. While it's true the video's concept was a way to avoid competing in the head-to-head whimsy duel, there is actually some thought behind it, as expressed in this highfalutin, pretentious video statement. Enjoy?Light Bulb: An Unlikely Hood

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-24934350554419893162010-02-02T10:18:00.004-05:002010-02-02T10:39:33.723-05:00

This comes a bit late, but here's a taste of the feedback we got for last year's festival, collected in one tidy place. The 2009 Borscht Film Festival took place at Gusman Center in DWNTWN Miami on November 28th:“Borscht Film Festival is Miami alt-culture summit”“The Gusman stayed full to the gilded rafters…a theater full of chilled out, fabulously varied looking and mostly 20-something culture

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-4035688656808425802010-01-27T23:17:00.005-05:002010-01-27T23:42:47.759-05:00

I feel like every blog post starts with me apologizing for not blogging more, but damn.Damn.Anyway, I would like to make everyone aware that one of our favorite local musicians is having a contest to make a music video for one of our favorite songs.Sweat Records has more info.The song is "Lightbulb" by Rachel Goodrich; the winner gets $500 and a premiere at her show on February 20th at Sweat!I

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-20594342515313688122009-11-11T19:45:00.002-05:002009-11-11T19:50:09.018-05:00

But here is a video courtesy of Andrew and your local PBS affiliate.Goddamn, Youtube is ugly.This should air the friday before the fest on November 28th.Have I mentioned that on this thing? If not, check out the event and don't forget to RSVP, otherwise there won't be enough free stuff to give everyone.Borscht Film Festival 2009Also- here is an exclusive tidbit of info/rumors/possible lies to

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-1068769133769362042009-10-19T11:44:00.007-04:002009-10-19T20:34:02.425-04:00

They played a mean trick on me. A certain publicity person asked a certain Minister of the Interior to write a small article about the Borscht Film Festival to publish in InFocus Magazine, an online magazine about the South Florida Film Industry. Apparently, this certain Minister of the Interior did not like the website or something, said it one or two glittery dancing GIFs away from being a cat

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-78329059064431777552009-09-30T15:08:00.004-04:002009-09-30T15:29:32.308-04:00

We've sort of let this blog go by the wayside, but it is only because we are so busy making movies and getting the festival going, as seen in this animated video created by Spencer Morin over the course of a day this summer.You get a peek at the Miami World Cinema Center administration, the Borscht Film Festival crew, a Foryoucansee Theater rehearsal of "The Toners in Time" and some test footage

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-52409232840718409132009-08-26T23:17:00.009-04:002009-08-28T20:03:19.276-04:00

November 28, 2009 through the month of Decemberat the historic Burdines-Macy's Art Exhibition Space at 22 E. Flagler Street,in conjunction with ARTOCONECTO presents 'A-B(o)MB II: The Fallout'.THE CCCV: Oolite Visual Arts Showcase is the annual arts festival component to the Borscht Film Festival showcasing Miami’s best young talent in the visual arts.CCCV, the Roman numeral for 305, represents a

Annette L Mauricionoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-57301483432588976922009-07-25T15:20:00.001-04:002009-07-25T15:21:49.901-04:00

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-53443061617625814942009-07-20T14:10:00.006-04:002009-07-20T15:05:43.866-04:00

Last month Foryoucansee Theater, the theater wing of the CCCV Movement, premiered their theater company with a Reggaeton musical about time travel- THE TONERS: TONERS IN TIME.Based on the short mockumentary written and directed by Marco Ramirez that premiered at the 2007 Borscht Film Festival, the plays sold out every show. In fact, there were at least 5-20 people who arrived at each show that

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-46162356789733684172009-07-20T00:23:00.006-04:002009-07-20T03:14:53.261-04:00

We've been swamped making the final selections for the CCCV Stories films (post coming up about it soon) but there's going to be some changes and the blog will soon be up and running better than ever.(What was supposed to be a simple google image search for MechaGodzilla turned into a half hour quest to find a video of the scene in the original Godzilla vs. Mecha Godzilla where MG's skin peels

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-58180504533963016722009-06-13T16:46:00.005-04:002009-06-13T17:13:50.951-04:00

  So summers here in the CCCV if you haven't noticed. its hot, it rains like always, sometimes it even hails(thats when the rain turns to ice and falls and dents your Honda Civic) and it reminded me of when i first fell in love, in love with the internet. Miami becomes a hell hole during this time of year, transforming it into a land of heat and epic rain on the daily for 7 months. While still

Matt Berkowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13205617661816595758noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-7414897419470976402009-06-09T14:35:00.013-04:002009-06-09T15:21:41.721-04:00

Pixar film? Well the future is here. Pixars' UP had: a Dale Gribble look-a-like getting his head cracked , dogs getting thrown off of cliffs, and lets not forget even a few deaths(some funny-er than others). I usually never see these Pixar movies, seeing that they annoy me, but yesterday my girlfriend told me that we were to go on some sort of a hexagonial date with a bunch of her friends(and

The Flipper Shownoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-67961604507400120802009-05-26T17:45:00.005-04:002009-05-26T17:56:36.819-04:00

As posted in the Coconut Grove Grapevine, Grove Commissioner Marc Sarnoff is trying to force the popular TV show Burn Notice out of the Expo Center (and therefore out of Miami) so he can build a park. If I were a betting man, I'd say Mr. Sarnoff has friends in the demolition business and a stake in parks and recreation. It wouldn't be the first crooked politician Miami's ever had. Here we are

Andrew Heviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428298382762959627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-21329175633496100102009-05-25T23:55:00.004-04:002009-05-26T00:01:29.536-04:00

This gem comes to us from Bristol, England via Ceci Fernandez. Ceci is originally from the CCCV (New World alum) but is currently in England studying acting. She got one of her friends to do this. He is really Scottish.If anyone has pictures of people throwing it up in ridiculous places/situations...send them our way- I think this is going to be a recurring feature.

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-48234009758316161862009-05-24T23:06:00.008-04:002009-05-25T11:49:51.351-04:00

The summer is upon us in the CCCV. Humidity and daily rain is not the only signal that this glorious season is here; we can’t forget those fantastical summer blockbusters. Unless your boy Tito works at the AMC and lets in you for freeskis you are shelling out your hard earned cash money to get your mind off the epic negative shit that is going down in the world on the daily. Well this summer is

Matt Berkowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13205617661816595758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-69316219965892963212009-05-20T12:34:00.004-04:002009-05-20T13:08:35.541-04:00

In addition to posting some of the hottest links on the web, Andrew makes his money hustlin' freelancing as a TV producer for ArtStreet, a show about Miami's local art scene for WLRN-TV channel 17. Well, Andrew's newest ArtStreet segment has hit the internetz. Enjoy.

Andrew Heviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428298382762959627noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-51315578153143255072009-05-16T23:53:00.001-04:002009-05-16T23:53:46.495-04:00

The 30.5 Theses(30.5 reasons why the Borscht Film Festival should be named the Film Festival of choice in the New Times’ “Best of Miami” issue.)Vote for us as Best Festival (it’s on the 3rd or 4th page) here:http://polls.miaminewtimes.com/polls/mia/bestof/ If you happen to be an editor of the New Times, read carefully. If you happen to know an editor of the New Times or have access to where they

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-73195116153128876232009-05-16T21:45:00.004-04:002009-05-16T23:32:25.976-04:00

They have been on the radio They have asked for a show and now there back and LIVE!!!Get ready for history to change!

Matt Berkowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13205617661816595758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-91261404352635130402009-05-15T02:14:00.003-04:002009-05-15T02:24:50.371-04:00

I know I promised ya'll Hialeah Haikus every Friday but sometimes life is hard bro.But here are some! The book is published later this summer!Blowpops from Costco-Humberto's bag at spillout sold Nerds, Airheads, weed.FIU said no.But then Laz lit a vela.The next day, they called.Styrofoam box holdingthe fried yucca of my soul-Blue Sky, by the pound.She smelled like angelswho lived in potpurri.

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-70531203768987140872009-05-09T14:33:00.020-04:002009-05-09T15:21:15.319-04:00

Forget about everything you thought you knew about dance. Lets start from scratch.After 4 long years I am finally a graduate from The Juilliard School, an enterprise that when people ask me: "How was Juilliard!?" I can only answer with one word: "Demanding"Growing up in Miami, I was not exposed to the kind of dance that is upheld in cities such as New York. My interactions with people my age

YaraTraviesohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13861082353518271091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-25651745763745686922009-05-08T02:27:00.007-04:002009-05-08T03:36:36.012-04:00

Lots has been going on in the CCCV, will be updating soon. I am a little drunk and cannot sleep. I wrote a goddamn beautiful treatise on the spicster and deleted it all like a moron. I'll rewrite it tomorrow. For now...Porn descends.The Exxxotica Convention is this weekend and a swarm of porn stars descend on our city like so many surgically enhanced locusts. Super shady...but this coupled with

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-38233364153548879692009-05-05T10:59:00.004-04:002009-05-05T11:12:03.844-04:00

If you live in miami and have walked anywhere you are bound to see the markings of this mysterious artist. Aholsniffsglue is miami's own man of mystery. For nearly a decade, Aholsniffsglue has been showing us the world through his eyes.  The eyes that have become a staple and a signature in most of his artwork; bloodshot and droopy, those eyes tell the story of one of Miami's hardest working

Matt Berkowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13205617661816595758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-35090252059353710232009-05-02T14:49:00.001-04:002009-05-02T14:51:08.587-04:00

To: Heads of production, Sony, Universal, Paramount, Fox, DisneyCc: Joe Swanberg, Andrew Bujalski, Greta Gerwig, Aaron Katz and all their Facebook FriendsFrom: A.O.S.You all keep trying to make Rock Hudson-Doris Day-style romantic comedies with the golden guys and gals of the moment, and the results are sexless, subtextless, bland career-girl-in-search-of-Mr.-Right retreads. Meanwhile, a bunch of

Andrew Heviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428298382762959627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-34855955263284673502009-04-30T22:55:00.004-04:002009-05-01T01:49:17.282-04:00

I stumbled upon this sweet video for local band "Tree/soundz." It's nifty. I can't find much about the guy who made it, but I found his blog. As Matty would say, it's mad fire.Tree/soundz "Sweetest Secret" Music Video from yoshfoods on Vimeo.

Andrew Heviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428298382762959627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-38536953442849800332009-04-19T23:54:00.003-04:002009-04-20T00:19:56.212-04:00

Being a " filmmaker " in a city like miami can leave the weak feeling like they are missing out from the hustle in cities like New York and L.A.Having just read a article with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the very unconventional directors of the Crank Movies(don't laugh). It got me thinking.(http://www.movieline.com/2009/04/crank-2-directors-neveldinetaylor.php)Who is to say what filmmaking

Matt Berkowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13205617661816595758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-12458773214971132722009-04-17T09:47:00.010-04:002009-04-18T02:25:19.712-04:00

Every Friday I will post a preview from the upcoming collection to be published in June 2009."Para de joder"as she pinched me at Burdines."Wait till we get home"- Lucas LeyvaThere's no more white gloves.Looked everywhere at Diamond's.First communion blues.- Marco RamirezCool Water and gel.We roll like twenty heads deep.Belen spring formal.- Ceci FernandezLike, bro, why, bro, whyfor real, bro,

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-88943734396613935612009-04-15T14:27:00.011-04:002009-04-16T15:44:58.896-04:00

A few days ago I unleashed a post (http://thecccv.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-vultures-finally-get-you-they-will.html) where I reflected on the experience of seeing both "Bart Got a Room" and "Medicine for Melancholy" in the same week, and hearing the writer/director of each film (Brian Hecker and Barry Jenkins, respectively) speak.I was definitely harsher on one of the filmmakers, and he not only

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-28683383782749012142009-04-14T21:25:00.006-04:002009-04-14T21:53:47.761-04:00

Milton's post re: Bart Got a Room has generated a lot of controversy, both from readers and other CCCV bloggers. Hence, the new disclaimer. ------>I don't want to censor anyone's opinion on this blog, but in the future I am going to ask that any attacks (passionate or humorous as they may be) only be directed at institutions, ideas, or art. To attack someone personally seems petty, and overall

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-89351392932192885302009-04-13T13:40:00.006-04:002009-04-16T11:57:27.015-04:00

On April 1st myself and some of the cccv crew went to see locally-born filmmaker Brian Hecker speak at the Museum of Science about the release of his film "Bart Got a Room." I didn't want to go. It was hosted by the Entertainment Industry Incubator (e incubator for the hip), an organization whose mission, as far as I can tell from years of unfortunate encounters, is to organize events that give

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-64975710047938050422009-04-02T11:42:00.002-04:002009-04-02T11:44:35.674-04:00

Andrew Heviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428298382762959627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-88516621342670090652009-03-30T21:21:00.007-04:002009-03-30T22:49:59.606-04:00

When I moved back to Miami I felt a sense of purpose. New York had given me world-class preparation coupled with a feeling of absolute irrelevance. Begging my friends in "the City" to pay $10 to come see me do extended monologues (which, ironically, were basically about Miami) seemed pointless. I was just another artist in a town that was already supersaturated with them.Had my only aspiration

Alex Fumeronoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-55045001951612570632009-03-30T19:10:00.005-04:002009-03-30T21:05:16.008-04:00

Milton was probably hopped up on Jupina and post-festival excitement and jumped the gun a little.The Borscht Film Festival is not dead. It's evolving, for the better.We have a big announcement coming April 9th, as well as the launch of our revamped website (still www.borscht.info) and the premiere of our parent site thecccv.com.We will keep you posted, but in the meantime, follow Milton on

Lucas Leyvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10120948049076731255noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-9493491325805263562009-01-09T00:47:00.002-05:002009-10-01T15:12:46.792-04:00

After four successful years of nurturing local filmmaking talent (and more importantly, their interest in continuing to create work in and about Miami), The Borscht Film Festival is dead.It has been devoured by something much larger than itself: CCCV.As one of the filmmakers so eloquently put it, the 2008 Festival was our Bar-Mitzvah: despite our often ungainly, pimply, lanky exterior, there were

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-68886855385919114712008-11-13T13:19:00.002-05:002009-04-16T11:58:32.430-04:00

Fuck the Miami Short Film Festival.“They really stand behind local talent,” says Franco Parente, hometown director of the erotic comedy Casper and Kitty. - Miami New TimesIf one looks at their website you will notice that of the 86 short films they will be showing this year FOUR, including Franco's, are from local filmmakers. That's 4 out of 86. 4.6%Great job supporting the local talent ******* *

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-78663284769583719432008-11-07T23:35:00.000-05:002009-01-09T00:44:58.079-05:00

The Borscht Film Festival is incredibly proud to call Tarell Alvin McCraney one of our own, and to be the only arts organization in Miami to be actively showcasing his work.It's not that Borscht is particularly insightful...it's just...well...MiamiHe's gotten praise from press everywhere his plays have been produced- across the country and in the U.K.All of the following quotes were pulled from

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-76406463338557341392008-11-06T18:17:00.000-05:002008-11-07T23:58:42.970-05:00

Carlos Florez is currently in L.A. making music videos for Syndrome Studios. Here are two of his latest videos. I think it's really easy to tell a Carlos video from the many that are beginning to knock off his maximalist style. Carlos is cooking up something similar for the downtown segment of The CCCV Project, which you can read up on here http://www.borscht.info/BorschtProject.htm

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1661662971166908598.post-35293263197139638432008-11-06T18:04:00.000-05:002008-11-06T18:17:06.012-05:00

This really should have been created a while back, especially since we pretend to be all hip and all new media and all... So I'm going to take the next few posts to catch up on what a few of us have been doing the past few months.If you've stumbled upon this blog, and have no idea what cccv or The Borscht Film Festival is, take some time to look around here: www.borscht.infoIt's a pretty website

Milton Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197937012937209789noreply@blogger.com0