Vince Vaughn will star in Dreamwork’s remake of Starbuck, a French-Canadian comedy which scored big with audiences at MIFF 2012, about a man whose life is turned upside down when he learns he has fathered 533 children through sperm donation. When a few hundred of the children express an irrepressible need to meet their father, […]

Andres Castillo (MIFF programmer), Jaie Laplante (MIFF executive director), Pablo Larraín (Profúgos director), Luis Peraza (Senior VP at HBO Latin America Group) From Chile comes Prófugos (Fugitives), the groundbreaking story of a failed drug trafficking operation that triggers an all-out manhunt across the vast regions of the Chilean landscape.  Four men are contracted by a mob […]

Students at Unfinished Spaces screening at Gusman Center The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) was proud to participate in Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Cultural Passport program during its 29th edition this past March. More than 1,200 high school seniors attended screenings of two of MIFF’s 2012 official selections: In the Name of the Girl (En el […]

Diane Kruger in Farewell, My Queen Over the weekend, MDC’s Tower Theater earned almost twice the national average for Farwell, My Queen (Les adieux à la reine).  Director Benoît Jacquot’s film explores the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution, grossed $185,991 in 56 theaters, with a […]

Film still from Gerhard Richter Painting Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA) announced that the inaugural DWNTWN Art Days will be held on September 7 and 8, 2012. Unlike other Art Walks in Miami, DWNTWN Art Days will not only give locals the chance to browse galleries and other art institutions in Downtown, but will also […]

Jaie Laplante, director ejecutivo de MIFF Próximo a celebrar su trigésimo aniversario (el 1-10 de marzo del 2013), el Festival de Cine de Miami (MIFF) continúa fortaleciendo su perfil latinoamericano con el relanzamiento del programa Miami Encuentros, para proyectos en desarrollo, y la consolidación del concurso de Opera Prima Lexus para promocionar a los nuevos […]

Frank Langella and Liv Tyler As part of Miami International Film Festival’s monthly screening series, Miami Film Society members will be invited to the special sneak preview screening of Jake Schreier’s feature film debut Robot & Frank on Wednesday, August 22. Stellar cast includes: Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon.  More…

Director Liz Garbus MIFF 2011 Doc-You-Up film Bobby Fischer Against the World, by Liz Garbus, and MIFF 2012 Knight Documentary Competition film Under African Skies, by Joe Berlinger, will both compete in the Nonfiction Special category at this year’s Emmy Awards. Meanwhile, director Liz Garbus‘ new documentary Love, Marilyn will world premiere in six weeks at the Toronto International […]

LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy The one-night only exclusive engagement of Shut Up and Play the Hits (directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern) at MDC’s Tower Theater on July 16th was a huge hit, bringing in $3,800 compared to the national average of $2,100. The documentary shows the impact of James Murphy’s decision to leave […]

Lucas Leyva… MIFF 2011 Juror Lucas Leyva has just been named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film for 2012 along with fellow Miami-native director, writer, and actress Jillian Mayer. Leyva is the founder and Minister of the Interior of the Borscht Film Festival, a quasi-yearly event held at iconic Miami venues […]

Ballplayer: Pelotero  MIFF 2012’s Doc-You-Up Official Selection Ballplayer: Pelotero, whose US theatrical and VOD rights were recently acquired by Strand Releasing, returned to the big screen this past week and opened to sell out crowds in Boston, San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, and Florida. The film is now available on iTunes and Amazon.  This […]

Scene from “Gloria & Eric” MIFF 2010 filmmaker (“Gloria and Eric”) and current screening committee member Nicolas Calzada returns to Miami along with screenwriter/co-director  Carman Pelaez to film their new short which just recently won the 2012 HBO®/New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) Short Film Competition. Calzada’s short “The Acting Lesson” tells the story […]

Andres Parra as Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar Almost two decades after he was gunned down on a Medellín rooftop, Colombia’s most notorious villain is being resurrected in the US and will premiere on Telemundo this evening, July 9. Colombia’s Caracol TV has been airing the new series, Pablo Escobar: The Boss of Evil (Escobar, […]

El Empantanado co-star Paola Mendoza The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) has announced that El Empantanado (The Muddy), a Colombian-American film shot on location in South Florida written and directed by Felipe Echavarría, was chosen for its outstanding creative vision by participants of the 2012 Narrative Independent Filmmaker Lab.  El Empantanado is the opera prima of […]

Ricardo Darín stars in Chinese Take-Away Following on the heels of the US Premiere of Chinese Take-Away (Un cuento chino) by Sebastián Borensztein at MIFF 2012, the American rights were recently acquired by Panorama Entertainment. The film broke box office records for a Latin American production in a number of countries, such as Spain and […]

Brave character Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald The Scottish fairy tale Brave opened as the top weekend attraction in theaters with $66.3 million, becoming the 13th-straight No. 1 debut for Toy Story creator Pixar Animation. Miami International Film Festival is proud to be a promotional partner of VanArts’ upcoming Masterclass in Animation & Story Development, […]

E.J. Bonilla in Four Following his stellar performance in Susan Seidelman’s feel-good winner Musical Chairs at MIFF 2012, E.J. Bonilla went on to share best actor prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) this past weekend along with Wendell Pierce, Emory Cohen and Aja Naomi King for their performances in the World Premiere of […]

29 Years of MIFF Posters Click here to VOTE In anticipation of the upcoming unveiling of our 30th edition poster, we’d like to hear from YOU! Take a tour down memory lane and view 29 years of colorful MIFF posters and vote for your favorite! The 2013 poster commemorating MIFF’s 30th anniversary will be unveiled […]

Alps Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has won the fifth Sydney Film Prize with Alps, an offbeat film starring Aggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis and Johnny Vekis. Alps had its Florida Premiere at MIFF 2012 in the provocative Cutting the Edge section. Alps is about a group of people who operate a business replacing the recently deceased […]

We’re honored to be named  Miami New Times’ Best Film Festival in the acclaimed Best of Miami 2012 edition. “The Miami International Film Festival is the biggest movie party in town in terms of numbers of films, special events, and celebrities who trek to the tropics for red-carpet appearances and post-screening Q&A sessions. Though we […]