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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Director Michael Rubbo

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