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Rain (Lluvia), the Mexican drama and feature directorial debut of director Rodrigo García Saiz will make its North American Premiere in the Jordan Ressler First Feature Award competition at the 41st edition of Miami Film Festival, taking place April 5—14, 2024
Emmy Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and director Michael Showalter will be honored at the 2024 Miami Film Festival taking place from April 5-14.
Tom Hiddleston will be honored with the Variety Virtuoso Award at the Miami Film Festival on Tuesday, April 9. The award will be for his career achievements across film, theater and television.
Variety will honor Molly Ringwald with the Variety Creative Vanguard Award at the Miami Film Festival on Saturday, April 6. Ringwald will also participate in a Q&A about her extensive work in film and TV with Variety Senior Awards Editor Clayton Davis.
Thelma, directed by Josh Margolin and starring June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey and Richard Roundtree (in his final film role) will open the 41st Miami Film Festival taking place from April 5-14, 2024. The Festival will close with Ezra, directed by Tony Goldwyn, who will be in attendance on Saturday, April 13.
Miami Film Festival unveiled the lineup of 26 films from 14 countries for its 10th Miami Film Festival (MFF) GEMS taking place from November 2 – 5, 2023.
The Goya Award-winning film The Beasts, directed by Goya Award-winner and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, took the top jury prize, the $25,000 Knight MARIMBAS Award, at the 40th Miami Film Festival. The thriller about a French couple starting a new life in rural Galicia, Spain, also received the Rene Rodriguez Critics Award, and “The Beasts” composer Oliver Arson earned the Alacran Music in Film Award. The award highlights the power of music and film and celebrates the role of the film composer and was selected by the Art of Light (Composer) Award honoree Nicholas Britell.
Jon Garcia’s Sasquatch horror feature film Summoning the Spirit will world premiere at the Miami Film Festival on Monday March 6.
John Leguizamo will receive the Impact Award at the 40th edition of the Miami Film Festival along with a screening of Leguizamo Does America, a series airing on MSNBC that follows Leguizamo across the country to celebrate Latino history, culture, and communities. The Miami Film Festival screening will be the world premiere of the Miami episode from the six-episode series produced by NBC News Studios. The festival runs from March 3-12, 2023.
Andor actor Diego Luna will be honored with the first Variety Virtuoso Award at the Miami Film Festival, which will take place from March 3-12, 2023. The award presentation will take place on Saturday, March 4, to celebrate Luna’s excellence in acting, directing and producing over the years.
Miami Film Festival will celebrate its 40th anniversary edition from March 3-12, 2023, opening with Somewhere in Queens, directed by comedian and actor Ray Romano, who will attend. The festival will close with The Lost King, directed by Stephen Frears on Saturday, March 11.
The Whale is the winner of the Miami Film Festival’s Miami GEMS 2022 Audience Award. The film, directed by Darren Aronofsky, tells the story of a reclusive English teacher (Brendan Fraser), who is living with severe obesity, seeks to reconnect with his teenage daughter (Sadie Sink) for one last chance at redemption. MFF’s annual fall event took place from November 3-10 at MDC’s Tower Theater Miami.