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GONG LI MONTH! Zhang Yimou is one of the greatest filmmakers to emerge from mainland China. From his very first film in the late 1980s, his breathtaking visual style and stunning narrative drive entranced the world. His strong, distinct voice as an auteur filmmaker brought a cinematic energy from mainland China that exhilarated Western sensibilities […]

39TH MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS (left to right: stills from “Freda,” and “You Can Always Come Home” With another year in the books, Miami Film Festival is thrilled to announce the full list of award winners from our 39th edition! $25,000 Knight MARIMBAS Award: Freda, directed by Géssica Généus Making its US premiere, the […]

ANNOUNCING: THE GOOD BOSS AS MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL OPENING FILM AND PLAZA CATEDRAL AS CLOSING FILM Nominated for a record-breaking 20 Goya Awards in its home country, The Good Boss is written and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, a five-time Goya winner. THE GOOD BOSS spotlights Blanco (Javier Bardem), the seemingly benevolent owner of a […]

39th ANNUAL MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL TO HONOR THE WHITE LOTUS COMPOSER CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER WITH ART OF LIGHT (COMPOSER) AWARD Miami, FL (January 19, 2022) – Chilean-born, Montreal-based composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival’s Art of Light (Composer) Award, presented by Alacran Group, at its […]

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SHORTLIST SCREENING SERIES OSCARS 2022 INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SHORTLIST SCREENING SERIES The countdown to the 94th Academy Awards is on! The Oscars have unveiled a shortlist of 15 finalists for the Best International Feature Film category, out of 93 submissions from countries around the world. To add to the excitement and to look forward […]

King Richard is the winner of the MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL GEMS 2021 Audience Award. The Warner Bros release starring and produced by Will Smith and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green served as the Centerpiece screening for the festival, which wrapped up its new seven-day format on Nov. 10th. Festival audiences voted for Sony Pictures Classics’ documentary contender Julia, directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West, as first runner-up.  […]

VARIETY PARTNERSHIP + GEMS 2021 ANNOUNCEMENT!  BIG NEWS! The Worst Person In The World will screen at GEMS 2021 First of all, we announced yesterday a renewal of our partnership with VARIETY to present the 2022 International Feature Film Nominees Roundtable at our 39th edition, March 4 – 13, 2022, featuring next year’s five Oscar nominated […]

TOWER TALKS Following our sold-out Miami premiere of “My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell it To”, director Jonathan Cuartas and DP Michael Cuartas, will once again join us at Tower Theater Miami for our very first TOWER TALKS event! A new series led by a different guest programmer each month. Jonathan and Michael will lead a discussion […]

If the subconscious draw of the horror genre is that it forces us to face our mortality, perhaps few films have taken that concept to more literal effect than Old. M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, about a beach that mysteriously makes its inhabitants age in rapid fashion, goes from campy and comical to terrifying and […]