WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT MOFFOM

"A truly remarkable festival."

Allan Miller (USA), Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker ("Bolero" and "From Mao to Mozart")
(Lifetime Achievement Award and tribute retrospective MOFFOM 2004)

"Music on Film and Film on Music, that's exactly what I do. This festival could become my second home."

Don Letts (UK), Grammy-winning documentary and television director, sound system DJ and author of Culture Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
(Tribute retrospective MOFFOM 2005)

"We felt very privileged to have found this very special festival - one we would love to return to every year."

Dan Jawitz (South Africa), Emmy-winning documentary producer and founder of the African Film Resources Group
("Glimpse" and "A Lion's Trail" MOFFOM 2006)

From the Local and International Press

"In its three years, MOFFOM, Prague's festival of films on music, has grown into an event of international significance, surveying music from around the globe. In doing so, it also happens to boost the prestige of its home city. Mozart, Einstürzende Neubauten and Sufi dervishes parade onscreen, while onstage one can see the Romany maestro Vojta Lavička next to the Canadian rapper Socalled. Prague may not be the hub of the universe, but these kinds of unique international encounters, when they are burnished down to the last detail such as is done at MOFFOM, are far more important for its reputation than the short-term outbursts of megalomania that every urban center boasts nowadays."

Petr Dorůžka, in Reflex magazine, 26 December 2006: Best of Year issue

"Music on Film, Film on Music Festival is quickly gaining an international reputation with its wealth of world music captured on celluloid."

Prague Post, October 11, 2006

"Prague's burgeoning MOFFOM fest unspools with more than 100 screenings and guests who know how to jam."

Variety, October 17, 2006

"The festival places special emphasis on world music documentaries and videos, and has emerged as one of the premiere venues for showcasing world music on film."

National Geographic (worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com)

"An unmissable event…a jewel of a film festival. To my delight, I knew only a tiny percentage of the films. It was like somebody had rubbed the magic lamp in the picture palace and all these magnificent surprises streamed out… If autumnal travel plans are taking you to Prague, diarise MOFFOM."

fRoots (UK), issue 283-284, January - February 2007

"Do you prefer jazz, punk or industrial found on the web? In fact, the tasty offerings could be even more colorful. The international festival of music films Music on Film - Film on Music… once again mapped the music theme to the full maximum of possibilities regarding music genres, styles, and geographic locations, with special sections focused on Central Asia, Mozart, New Orleans, South Africa and the Year of Jewish Culture."

Petr Slabý, in Film a Doba, issue 4, 2006: Annual Festival Review

"An audience of a few hundred people in a Prague theater - hungry to learn more about the rich musical heritage of Central Asia and Afghanistan - warmly received the performance of singer and harmonium player Assadullah Saifi. The occasion was a festival called Music On Film / Film on Music. (This) five-day event features films about music from around the world as well as live musical performances. The Prague-based festival placed a spotlight on the musical culture of Central Asia - still one of the world's best-kept secrets. Films gave a glimpse into the lives of musicians in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan…at the biggest Central Asian cultural event ever held in Eastern Europe."

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, several radio and TV broadcasts October 2006 (www.rferl.org)

"In keeping with previous festivals, this year's MOFFOM focused on all kinds of world music. Some of the highlights included musical films from Africa and movies that took a topical look at Islamic music. The sheer scale and scope of MOFFOM this year was quite remarkable for a festival that is only three years old. There was also a massive leap in the number of people attending the event, which seems to indicate that MOFFOM is now firmly established in Prague's cultural calendar."

Radio Prague, radio broadcast 27 October 2006 (www.radio.cz)

"Rich diversity kept MOFFOM vital for me. From Iranian hip-hop to Yugoslavian punk, gypsy bands to Argentine tango, there was something for everybody…a common theme of films showcased at MOFFOM was rebel music that has come out of repressed societies around the world."

State of Mind music magazine (Vermont, USA) issue 21, December 2006 - January 2007

"Prague's MOFFOM (Music on Film - Film on Music) festival is already established as a major international film showcase. As in previous years we can expect to see the very best in new international music filmmaking in October, covering virtually every imaginable genre of music."

Link Magazine (Czech Republic) issue 6, September - November 2006

From our Guests - Film, Music, and Media

"I think there is something great about mating music and film as an event. I think they work very well together and the festival is a great idea. I think you look at things differently when they are specifically brought together for an event like this. You see them in a more concentrated way. I had a great time at the Golem screening - the idea of doing that hip-hop music to it was brilliant."

Julien Temple (UK) film, documentary and music video director
(Tribute retrospective MOFFOM 2006)

"I must say it's a terribly exciting experience for me…at a festival like MOFFOM there are lots of creative, interesting filmmakers and people interested in film or connected with film in some way. The range of films is also fantastic. I've really enjoyed going to see other films and talking to the people who've made them - sharing the problems and the challenges with other people who are working in the same business."

Simon Broughton (UK) television director, publisher of Songlines magazine and co-editor of The Rough Guide to World Music
("Breaking the Silence" MOFFOM 2005 and tribute retrospective and Forum panelist MOFFOM 2006)

"Neither Hollywood nor London could deliver such a festival. Only in Prague would you find an event such as this."

William Ferris (USA), author, ethnographer, documentary filmmaker and Eminent Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(Lifetime Achievement Award, tribute retrospective and photo exhibit, Forum panelist MOFFOM 2006)

"The MOFFOM festival in Prague is a great event. It really does merit a visit. Glorious cinemas and great programming with some tasty live music on the side. Fantastic festival."

Andy Jones (UK) documentary filmmaker, Screen Station collective
("As Old As My Tongue: the Myth and Life of Bi Kidude", Audience Award runner-up MOFFOM 2006)

"I can't thank your wicked team enough for believing in me, it was a fat concept. Met many wonderful freaks from all over, wow-o-rama..."

Socalled (Canada), klezmer hip-hop musician
(Special guest performance - "Socalled Golem" MOFFOM 2006)

"What a great venue to meet engaged and interesting people. It would be difficult to imagine a more seductive Music/Film Festival."

Larry Weinstein (Canada), award-winning documentary filmmaker, Rhombus Media
(Lifetime Achievement Award and tribute retrospective MOFFOM 2005, "Mozartballs" MOFFOM 2006)

"Take a cocktail of world music that any A&R guy will be jealous of, mix with globally-based moving footage and innovation in film presentation and add to that liberal dosages of absinthe, slivovitz and cheap Czech beer and you'll walk away from the best party you had since university. But this time you'll make your parents proud because you actually learned something new."

Deon Maas (South Africa), documentary filmmaker, media guru and television personality
("Who Killed Johannes Kerkorrel", MOFFOM 2006)

"This festival rocks! Keep the revolution going round, respect."

Ron Mann (Canada), documentary filmmaker and counterculture specialist
(Lifetime Achievement Award and tribute retrospective MOFFOM 2004)

"A wild and memorable time."

Anjali (UK), "Asian Underground" musician and DJ
(Special guest performance, MOFFOM 2004)

"The thing that really amazed me about MOFFOM is how accessible and unpretentious everyone and everything is. At most other festivals - music, film or otherwise - the musicians and artists are corralled into VIP-only events, and journalists are offered very proscribed and well-choreographed meet-and-greets. MOFFOM is the antithesis of that, where you can sit down and share a friendly drink and chat with hot young filmmakers and music royalty alike (off the record, of course). It's the one serious festival where everyone can put aside their agendas and just have fun."

Tom Pryor (USA), leading world music journalist
(Forum panelist MOFFOM 2005)

"Wicked! I loved how the filmmakers were treated with such warmth and respect. We need to keep on building this wonderful community."

Ruhi Hamid (UK), documentary filmmaker and Rory Peck Award winner
("The Rock Star and the Mullahs" MOFFOM 2005)

"A superb festival and a great idea. There should be more events like this worldwide."

Steve Lawrence (USA), documentary producer and head of music programming, Link TV
("Festival in the Desert: the Tent Sessions" and Forum panelist MOFFOM 2005)

"Based in Prague, the Music on Film—Film on Music festival (MOFFOM) is an innovative celebration of the special relationship between music and film through screenings of documentary films and other events. The festival is globally diverse in terms of the types and genres of music that are featured. Africa and the Islamic world are represented, as well as cinema from Brazil and other places, with an interest in addressing social problems by looking at music on film."
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