We are so thrilled to share that with The Miami Media & Film Market, the Miami Film Festival has entered a one year partnership wherein MMFM will design, organize and execute a series of industry related events including masterclasses and one-to-one conversations for the Festival’s 42nd edition, happening April 4-13, 2025.   These special industry events, under […]

Thank you ALL who came to GEMS 2024! This was our biggest GEMS yet, and thank you for showing up and making it better than ever! With almost half the screenings SOLD OUT and a 130% increase in sales to backflip about, we cannot deny the success of this Fall Showcase – we want to […]

Today, Miami Film Festival unveiled the lineup for its 11th Miami Film Festival GEMS, the Festival’s fall midseason event taking place from Oct. 30 – Nov. 3. GEMS will feature 30 films from over 15 countries — and tickets are on sale now! VIEW FULL PROGRAM AND GET TICKETS! “This year’s GEMS is without a […]

Miami Film Festival GEMS to Honor Sebastian Stan with Precious Gem Award Award to be Presented as Part of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter Podcast Live! Miami Film Festival GEMS announced that Sebastian Stan will receive the Precious Gem Award. He’ll receive the award immediately following a live recording of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter […]

Miami Film Festival and Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation Announce New Opportunity for Local Documentary Filmmakers The Louies to bring South Florida’s rich history and diverse stories to the big screen The Miami Film Festival has announced the launch of The Louies, an initiative sponsored by the Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation […]

Calling All Documentarians! The Miami Film Festival, MDC’s School of Education, the World Languages Department, Trio, the Foreign Trained Professionals Program, Revest, & Miami Dade County Public Schools invites filmmakers to create a short documentary film about the newly launched EPI (Educator Preparation Institute) + EAP (English for Academic Purposes) Program, which is focused on […]

The Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Cultural Affairs Department announces the launch of a comprehensive digital transformation initiative encompassing the College’s signature cultural programs, including the Miami Book Fair, Miami Film Festival, Koubek Center, Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) and Live Arts Miami. The goal of the new initiative is to enhance their digital capabilities, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Screening German filmmaker Christian Petzold’s Hitchcockian thriller Phoenix at the 2015 Miami Film Festival – followed by a hugely popular run at the Tower Theater Miami later that summer – is one of my biggest highlights of the past decade in film. I’ll never forget sitting at the back of the auditorium for that stunning […]

Maestro Pedro Almodóvar with his Miami Film Festival 2021 Precious Gem Master Award. We’re so happy to have had Almodóvar join us virtually at this year’s Festival to accept the award and introduce the Miami premiere of his first English-language film, the live-action short The Human Voice. ⠀ Over the years, we have presented numerous […]

It was a huge night for Denmark with Thomas Vinterberg’s ANOTHER ROUND taking home the Oscar for Best International Feature Film. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, the film follows four friends, all teachers at various stages of middle age. Unable to share their passions either at school or at home, they embark on an audacious experiment from an obscure philosopher: […]

⠀ Stories that span two hemispheres – from the culture shock of a Cuban ballet dancer who relocates to Florida, to the wartime plight of a UN translator in Bosnia and Herzegovina – have earned top prizes at the 38th edition of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival. Presented in a hybrid format this year, with […]

⠀ ⠀ Are you planning to participate in the 2021 Miami Film Festival (March 5 through 14) virtually? Do you have Apple TV or an HDMI-enabled TV? Then you can experience our online screenings, Q&A’s, and Master Classes on your television set using the Miami Film Festival app or HDMI cables! It is important to […]

⠀ ⠀ Want to join the 2021 Miami Film Festival screenings, Master Classes and Q&A’s without leaving that favorite movie-watching spot in your home? Have we got a deal for you! Do you have a Smart TV enabled with AirPlay or Chromecast? Do you have at TV with 3rd gen or later Chromecast? Great! Here’s […]