Making Film General in Miami – All Over the World!

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The Miami film scene received another tremendous boost this past Monday. As part of a new $37 million investment in the arts, the Knight Foundation dedicated at least $4 million of that toward “making film general in Miami”, to paraphrase the Foundation’s mission to make art general in Miami, a project begun in 2007 that […]

A Call to Action from Your Film Festival

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What defunding the NEA would mean to Miami Dade College Cultural programs? The White House proposed budget for FY2018 officially recommends the complete defunding of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). At Miami Dade College (MDC), we strongly believe that arts have the power to enable people to see beyond their differences. Because of this, […]

2017 Precious Gem Award Honoree: Silvia Rios

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As the 34th Miami Film Festival patrons gather for Awards Night on Saturday, March 11th, one very special Award honoree will already be known in advance: Miami Film Society member Silvia Rios Fortun. PLATINUM member Silvia Rios Fortun has been a member of Miami Film Society for 34 consecutive years.  She has never missed an […]

Miami Film Festival Alumni Head to 2016 Cannes Film Festival

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The 2016 Cannes Film Festival line-up was recently revealed, and it’s just as glitzy and star-studded as ever. With the world-renowned festival heading into its 69th edition, we look back on some of the Miami Film Festival’s esteemed alumni who are premiering films that are sure to make a splash at Cannes, taking place May […]

Film Fare at the Art Fair

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As the art world flocks in for Art Basel, Miami is also in the midst of its own homegrown slate of satellite and ancillary art events. Film fans, however, are not left in the gallery install dust. Art Basel’s Film and Sound Program is the perfect chance to enjoy Basel, Miami, and film in one […]

Film Events at Miami Book Fair 2015

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Last weekend, the Miami Book Fair kicked off with “punk poet laureate” Patti Smith reading from her new book M Train.  The fair, now underway, is chock full of exciting literary events, including several for film lovers this upcoming weekend. On Saturday, November 21st at 6:30pm, Academy-Award winning actors Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn present […]

Meet Our Newest Miami Film Society Member

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Florida’s Flickering Landscapes Conference

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The University of Central Florida’s Center for Humanities and Digital Research, College of Arts and Humanities,  is seeking papers for an upcoming conference, Flickering Landscapes: Florida’s Landscape, History, and Identity on the Screen, taking place in Orlando on November 12-14, 2015. The conference is geared toward academics from a broad range of disciplines and industry professionals, with the goal of initiating […]

A Quartet of Miami Film Talent Set to Screen at Sundance & Slamdance 2015

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This week we are celebrating four talented Miami filmmakers who’ll be heading to the snow-capped mountains of Park City, Utah next month to showcase their latest work. Three of the films will be featured at Sundance Film Festival (Jan. 22 to Feb. 1, 2015)—the prestigious Fest founded in 1969 by Robert Redford, and a fourth at […]

New Oscar Ruiz Navia & Wim Wenders Films to Premiere at 32nd Miami Film Festival in Celebration of Art Basel

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The Art of Adapting Page Turners to the Big Screen

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This past March, MiamiFF31 featured a number of titles stemming from novels that were translated into the language of film including: Manuel Martín Cuenca’s Cannibal (Caníbal), about a Spanish tailor who lusts for female flesh in a secretly unconventional way—based on the novel of the same name by Cuban writer Humberto Arenal; Lukas Moodysson’s We […]