Milwaukee Film Festival

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The Milwaukee Film Festival is the fifth-largest film festival in the United States by attendance, screening length, and number of films, drawing over 84,000 attendees annually to its spring event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1][5]. It showcases an eclectic mix of fiction, documentary, feature, and short films from local, national, and international filmmakers across 15 distinct programming tracks like 'Cream City Cinema' for locals and 'Black Lens' for African heritage filmmakers[3][4]. Notable for its commitment to diversity with roughly 45–55% of features directed by women or non-binary people, the festival has grown from a 'blank sheet of paper' in 2009 to a nationally recognized event that draws tested films from major circuits like Cannes and Berlin[3][4].

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