The Milwaukee Film Festival is offering a sneak peek of programming for its “Sweet Sixteen” edition, which will run from April 11-25.
The dozen films initially being revealed are among that more than 300 that will be part of the festival. Other films will be announced at the end of March.
“Our sweet sixteen festival is shaping up to be as strong as ever,” Milwaukee Film Artistic Director Cara Ogburn said. “Although we are still finalizing a number of films, we can say with confidence that the creativity and resilience of filmmakers and artists has not been slowed by the pandemic nor the dual strikes of 2023. We have more films that we would like to bring to Milwaukee than we have room for.”
It’s time to pick your Milwaukee favorites for the year!
Here’s a glimpse of the first films being revealed for the festival, along with the producer, year released and country or countries of origin:
- Anselm (Wim Wenders, 2023), Germany
- Bye Bye Tiberias (Lina Soualem,) 2023 France, Palestine, Belgium and Qatar
- Cinebuds LIVE!: Footloose (Herbert Ross, 1984) USA
- Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023) France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Cyprus
- Green Border (Agnieszka Holland, 2023) Poland, France, Czech Republic and Belgium
- Let The Canary Sing (Alison Ellwood, 2023) USA
- Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman, 2023) USA
- Mountains (Monica Sorelle, 2023) USA
- Riddle of Fire (Weston Razooli, 2023) USA
- Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, 2023) Spain, France
- Rosa and the Stone (Troll Karla Nor Holmbäck, 2023) Denmark
- Unsyncable (Megan Wennberg, 2023) Canada
Showtimes will be available starting March 27 along with the full lineup of films.
On Thursday, Feb. 29, film enthusiasts and cinema lovers can purchase discounted 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival passes and ticket packages as a part of a Leap Day Flash Sale. Each Film Festival package has an option for general pricing and special discounted pricing for Milwaukee Film members.
