Miami Film Festival is a world-class platform for International and Ibero-American films. The Festival showcases the work of the world’s best emerging and established filmmakers to the diverse cosmopolitan community of Miami.
The Festival is renowned for vibrant filmmaker-audience interactions, world-class parties and screening venues, and cash awards totaling more than $100,000 in competition categories.
Miami Film Festival started in 1984 and takes place in Miami, Florida, USA
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.
Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery opens the line-up for the 9th annual Miami Film Festival GEMS taking place November 3-10. GEMS 2022 festival will feature two Centerpiece Screenings of the ensemble drama Women Talking and Brendan Fraser drama The Whale, and close with Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans.
Set in Haiti, the family drama film Freda, directed by Géssica Généus, won the $25,000 Knight MARIMBAS Award, at the 39th edition of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival. The jury said, “this film resonated with all of us for its strong, female-centered narrative, and its exceptional performances from emerging actors. We couldn’t stop thinking about this world and these characters, and we appreciated being immersed in a place that we don’t often see onscreen – portrayed in such a realistic, but tender way.”
Parallel Mothers star Penélope Cruz will be honored with the Precious Gem Icon Award at the upcoming 39th edition of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Miami Film Festival taking place March 4-13, 2022.
Miami Film Festival presents its 39th annual edition from March 4-13, 2022 in a hybrid format, with both in-theater and virtual presentations. The 2022 Festival will showcase more than 120 feature narratives, documentaries, and short films of all genres, from more than 35 countries worldwide.
The 2022 Miami Film Festival will open with Spain’s Oscar shortlist contender, the critically acclaimed comedy The Good Boss (El Buen Patrón) starring Javier Bardem, and close with Panama’s first-ever Oscar-shortlist contestant, Plaza Cathedral (Plaza Catedral). The 39th edition of the Festival is set to continue with an in-person format running from March 4-13, 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 39th edition, set to continue with an in-person format running from March 4-13, 2022.
King Richard starring and produced by Will Smith and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, is the winner of the MIAMI GEMS 2021 Audience Award. The film served as the Centerpiece screening for the Miami Film Festival’s annual fall event which took place from November 4-10 at MDC’s Tower Theater Miami.
Miami Film Festival unveiled the line-up for the eighth annual edition of its acclaimed Miami Film Festival GEMS, expanding to seven days from its traditional four-day format. Legendary Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers starring Penélope Cruz will open the Festival. King Richard, produced by and starring Will Smith, will be the Centerpiece screening, while Denmark’s Oscar submission shortlist candidate Flee will close the event. The festival will hold its screenings at MDC’s Tower Theater Miami from November 4-10.
The Balkan war drama Quo Vadis, Aida?, directed by Jasmila Žbanić, representing Bosnia and Herzegovina’s official submission shortlisted for this year’s Academy Awards earned the top prize, the $25,000 Knight MARIMBAS Award at the 2021 Miami Film Festival.
An Afro-Cuban couple, desperately searching for a way out of Cuba, meet a lonely Iranian-Canadian woman searching for adventure in paradise, and their entire plan derails when real emotions get involved. Sin La Habana is a story about the lengths people will go to follow their dreams.
The 38th edition of Miami Dade College’s acclaimed Miami Film Festival announced 17 jurors, who are recognized voices across film, music, art and culture, and will review films in the competition categories for its upcoming hybrid edition, running March 5 – 14, 2021. Winners in all top categories will be announced on the festival’s final day, March 14.