Premieres

BETWEEN STRANGERS
Director Edoardo Ponti, Canada/Italy

EL CABALLERO DON QUIJOTE
(Don Quixote, Knight Errant)
Director Manuel Gutiérrez, Spain

THE DANCER UPSTAIRS
Director John Malkovich, USA

DIRTY, PRETTY THINGS
Director Stephen Frears, UK

DON’T TEMPT ME
Director Agustín Díaz Yanes, Spain

KAMCHATKA
Director Marcelo Piñeyro, Argentina

LAUREL CANYON
Director Lisa Cholodenko, USA

LUGARES COMUNES
(Common Ground)
Director Adolfo Aristarain, Argentina

LOS LUNES AL SOL
(Mondays in the Sun)
Director Fernando León de Aranoa, Spain

MAN ON THE TRAIN
Director Patrice Leconte, France

EL OTRO LADO DE LA CAMA
(The Other Side of the Bed)
Director Emilio Martínez Lázaro
(Opening Night Film), Spain

SALOMÉ
Director Carlos Saura
(to be screened as part of Tribute to Saura)
Spain

TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US
Director Michael Petroni, Australia

LA VIRGEN DE LA LUJURIA
Director Arturo Ripstein, Mexico

JET LAG,
Director Danièle Thompson
(Closing Night Film), France

Official Selections

BALZAC ET LA PETITE TAILLEUSE CHINOISE
(Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress)
Director Dai Sijie, China/France

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
Director Gurinder Chadha, UK

CIUDADES OSCURAS
(Dark Cities)
Director Fernando Sarinana, Mexico

EN LA CIUDAD SIN LÍMITES
(City of No Limits)
Director Antonio Hernandez, Spain

HISTORIAS MÍNIMAS
Director Carlos Sorin, Argentina

HOUSE OF FOOLS
Director Andrei Konchalovsky, Russia

THE LOVER
Director: Valery Todorovsky, Russia

UN OSO ROJO
(A Red Bear)
Director Adrian Caetano, Argentina

PONIENTE
Director Chus Gutiérrez, Spain

Dramatic Feature Competition

THE BEAT
Director Brandon Sonnier, USA

BENZINA
(Gasoline)
Director Monica Stambrini, Italy

EL BONAERENSE
Director Pablo Trapero, Argentina

BUNGALOW
Director Ulrich Koehler, Germany

CAJA NEGRA
(Black Box)
Director Luis Ortega, Argentina

LA DERNIÈRE LETTRE
(The Last Letter)
Director Frederick Wiseman, France

LES DIABLES
(The Devils)
Director Christophe Ruggia, France/Spain

LA ESPERA
(The Wait)
Director Aldo Garay Dutrey , Uruguay

LETTERS IN THE WIND
Director Ali Reza Amini, Iran

NADA MÁS
(Nothing More)
Director Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti, Cuba

RAISING VICTOR VARGAS
Director Peter Sollett, USA

THE SEA
Director Baltasar Kormákur, Iceland/France/Norway

UMA ONDA NO AR
(Something in the Air)
Director Helvécio Ratton, Brazil

LA VIDA DE NADIE
(Nobody’s Life)
Director Edouard Cortés, Spain

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Director Alfredo de Villa, USA

Documentary Feature

The Agronomist: A Work In Progress
Director Jonathan Demme, USA

BALSEROS
Directors Carles Bosch, Josep M. Domènech, Spain

THE EDUCATION OF GORE VIDAL
Director Deborah Dickson, USA

GABRIEL OROZCO
Director Juan Carlos Martín, Mexico/Spain

EL JUEGO DE CUBA
(The Game of Cuba)
Director Manual Martín Cuenca, Spain

THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE
Director Liz Garbus, USA

ÔNIBUS 174
(Bus 174)
Director José Padilha, Brazil

EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS
Director Ken Bowser, USA/UK

STEVIE
Director Steve James, USA

TOM DOWD & THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC
Director Mark Moormann, USA

VIVA SÃO JOÃO
Director Andrucha Waddington, Brazil

Special Screenings: The Games 

SHAOLIN SOCCER
Director Stephen Chow, Hong Kong / China

POOL HALL JUNKIES
Director Mars Callahan, USA

Special Screenings: Long Shorts 
MOMENTS, ISRAEL
Directors – Various (17 three-minute shorts), Israel

RESISTENCIA: HIP-HOP EN COLOMBIA
Director Tom Feiling, UK/Colombia

VIDEO DE FAMILIA
Director Humberto Padrón, Cuba

Special Screening: The Masters

ZEMPSTA
Director Andrzej Wajda, Poland

Special Screening: Animation Premiere

EDEN
Director Andrzej Czeczot, Poland

Special Screenings: On The Edge

AS TRES MARIAS
Director Aluízio Abranches, Brazil/Italy

IRRÉVERSIBLE
Director Gaspar Noé, France

MADAME SATÃ
Director Karim Aïnouz, Brazil

Special Screening: Miami Avant Premiere

THE WAY HOME
Director Lee Jung-hyang, South Korea

Special Screening: Doc Premiere

WINGED MIGRATION
Director Jacques Perrin, France

Special Screenings: The Big Picture: Issues for Our Time

THE DAY MY GOD DIED
Director Andrew Levine, USA/Nepal/India

PANDEMIC: FACING AIDS
Director Rory Kennedy, USA

BeachStock:
(Screenings at Nikki Beach Club on South Beach)

STOP MAKING SENSE
VICTOR/VICTORIA
GREASE
HAIRSPRAY

In addition to the official Festival program, MIFF will screen the winners of Miami’s Entertainment Industry Incubator “Collaboration: A Short Film Contest.” Now in its fifth year, the contest has been expanded to include entries from around the state. For information on this program, call 305.672.9297.

Sponsors
The 2003 Miami International Film Festival “Premiere” sponsors include South Florida BMW Dealers and BMW North America, LLC, One Miami, TAG, and Wachovia Bank, NA

“Principal” sponsors are FedEx Express, Movado, SKYY Vodka, The National Hotel, The Palms South Beach and The Waverly Condominiums at South Beach.

The 2003 Contributing sponsors include ABC Management, the Alfred I. DuPont Building, Eastman Kodak Company Entertainment Imaging, Nikki Beach, People for the American Way, Regal Entertainment Group, and Sunrise Cinemas Intracoastal. The “Supporting” sponsors are BMI, Books & Books, Fine Line Features, Miramax Films, Pink Palm, Piola Pizzerie & Panfiore, and Turner Classic Movies.

The Festival is also sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, with the support of the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority.