Second-Annual DWIFF Highlights

I admit that this year’s Detroit Windsor International Film Festival seemed a little less grand in scope, with screenings and opening/closing ceremonies being held almost solely on the Wayne State University campus (compared to last year when the opening ceremony was in the center of the RenCen, the opening night film premiere was at the [...]

DWIFF Discovery: The Rain World Premiere

Rain Trailer 2 (SD) from Doug Schulze on Vimeo.
Rain, rain, go away…
No, really, please, do.
This eerie children’s chant is the opening theme for the film The Rain, directed by Michigan filmmaker Douglas Schulze, which had its world premiere last week at the second-annual Detroit Windsor International Film Festival.
And all I have to say about it [...]

DWIFF Discovery: Breaking Upwards

The Detroit Windsor International Film Festival is here, and already there have been some truly top-notch discoveries.  First, Breaking Upwards:

Breaking Upwards Movie Trailer from Breaking Upwards on Vimeo.
We’ve all been through it before—the long-term relationship gone stale, the inability to let go, the struggle of the fear of being alone versus the continued misery of [...]

International Festival Offers More Than Great Films

One of the best vacations I ever took was to the Toronto International Film Festival. I had never done anything quite like it before, but I was a total independent film junkie and at that time a student of film theory and criticism, so it seemed to me like nothing short of a rightful pilgrimage [...]

Free Screening of Select DWIFF 2008 Winners

[ June 10, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] The Detroit Windsor International Film Festival and Wayne State University will present a free screening of DWIFF’s 2008 winning films.  The screening will take place on Wednesday, June 10 at 7 pm in room 289 of the Student Center Building. 
 
The featured films include Detroit: Not for Wimps directed by Leigh Richert, Bitch directed by [...]