The Playhouse, starring Buster Keaton (above), will be paired with a postmodern film score during Ybor FoMI 2009.
The seventh annual Ybor Festival of the Moving Image (what the hell— let's call it FoMI) has released its schedule of events. The always interesting film-art-performance showcase takes humor and satire as its theme this year, and the laughs begin on 4/1. (April Fool's Day, get it? I'm in stitches already!) Performers include New York performer-choreographer Claire Porter and Vermont-based circus clown-mime-magician Rob Mermin. Opening night marks the debut of an exhibit of work by local artists Lori Ballard and Steve Smith and a special screening of Buster Keaton's The Playhouse with live accompaniment by Ray Villadonga. (As a kind of recurring joke/homage, the silent film will be screened several times during the five-day festival with a different musical accompaniment each time.) With plenty of free events— especially on opening and closing days— getting your jollies on at FoMI is looking like a steal.
Full press release after the jump.
This article appears in Mar 11-17, 2009.