MIFF 1972

Erwin Rado

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Festival Program
40 feature films and 107 short films were screened from 2 June to 17 June
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Program in Focus
Highlights of the 1972 festival included Blanche (Borowczyk), During This Summer (Olmi), Family Life (Zanussi), Love (Makk), A Nest of Gentlefolk (Konchalovsky), Mon Oncle Antoine (Jutra), Spider's Strategy (Bertolucci), WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Makavejev) and Joe Hill (Wilderberg).

Filmmaker in Focus
Boro Draskovic was a guest of the festival.
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Featured Film
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo, 1970)
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Chromophobia

Director Raoul Servais

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NOCHE DEL EMBUSTERO

Director Clara Posani

Venezuela

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Ponies

Director Hector J Lemieux

Canada

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The Dead Bird

Director Graham Parker

Canada

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The Numbers Start With the River

Director Donald Wrye

USA

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WET EARTH AND WARM PEOPLE

Director Michael Rubbo

Canada

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