MIFF 1968

Erwin Rado

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Festival Program
34 feature films and 84 short films were screened from 31 May to 15 June
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Program in Focus
Notable films included China Is Near (Marco Bellocchio), Closely Watched Trains (Ji?í Menzel), Father (István Szabó), Hunger (Henning Carlsen), Judex (Georges Franju), Warrendale (Allan King), Young Törless (Volker Schlöndorff) and Mouchette (Robert Bresson).

Filmmaker in Focus
Satyajit Ray. Ray was a guest of the festival and a retrospective of his films screened.
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Filmmaker in Focus
Jerzy Skolimowski. Skolimowski was a guest of the festival and a retrospective of his films screened.
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Featured Film
Hunger (Henning Carlsen, 1966)
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Director Jörn Donner

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