Spring Break Ceaselessly, certainly.
Multi-hyphenate filmmaker Concord Korine will obtain the Trailblazer Award on the 2025 Sarasota Movie Pageant. This marks the primary time he’s appeared on the competition, or any Florida movie competition on the Gulf Coast close to the place he filmed “Spring Breakers” in 2012. Korine shot that now-iconic film, which all however launched A24 as a powerhouse indie distributor, in St. Petersburg, about 45 minutes north of Sarasota.
Along with receiving the award, Korine will display his new movie “Child Invasion” on Saturday April 12 at New Faculty, adopted by a Q&A with this author.
In an announcement, the Sarasota Movie Pageant mentioned Korine is receiving the Trailblazer Award “in recognition of his daring, progressive, and genre-defying contributions to the world of cinema, which have frequently pushed the boundaries of storytelling, artwork, and expression. … Korine has confirmed himself to be an artist unafraid to defy conference and problem the norms of filmmaking.”
As a 20-year-old, Korine was found whereas skateboarding in Manhattan’s Washington Sq. Park by photographer Larry Clark. He went on to write down the screenplay for the controversial movie “Youngsters,” directed by Clark. That launched a profession that continued with Korine’s personal directorial debut, 1997’s landmark “Gummo,” adopted by “Julien Donkey-Boy,” “Mister Lonely,” “Trash Humpers,” and eventually 2012’s “Spring Breakers.” A fantasia of intercourse, violence, Skrillex, and one ostentatious shorts assortment, it’s arguably probably the most influential films of the twenty first century, and on IndieWire’s record of the Best American Indie Films.
Primarily based in Miami ever since, Korine adopted by “Spring Breakers” with 2019’s “The Seashore Bum,” after which 2024’s “Aggro Dr1ft.” The latter of those was the primary function launch of the multimedia firm he launched in 2023 referred to as Edglrd, which seeks to develop the chances of visible storytelling, merging the experiences of cinema, gaming, XR, and short-form content material.
“To have the ability to have fun Concord Korine’s work is an thrilling second for the Sarasota Movie Pageant,” mentioned Mark Famiglio, Chairman of the Sarasota Movie Pageant and President of its Board. “Concord’s movies have formed tradition and cinema in a profound method. His progressive and fearless method to storytelling continues to encourage filmmakers and audiences alike. We’re thrilled to current him with this yr’s Trailblazer Award as a part of the 2025 competition.”
Having Korine’s Q&A on April 12 at Sarasota’s New Faculty goes to be an essential second: The liberal arts school, lengthy well-regarded for its dedication to the humanities, was topic to a takeover by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who objected to its supposedly “woke” curriculum. Korine’s work is apolitical however actually transgressive and boundary-breaking and prepared to shatter any and all pieties, whether or not of left or proper. His look seems like a reassertion of free speech at New Faculty.
The competition, which runs April 4-13, will host a number of occasions at New Faculty, together with a screening of the book-banning documentary “The Librarians.” Different movies within the competition’s lineup embody “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” and “The Wedding ceremony Banquet,” persevering with Sarasota’s custom of being the nice Sundance catch-up competition for the Southeast.