Miami Film Festival

  • Glass Onion, The Fabelmans, Women Talking, and The Whale Headline Miami Film Festival GEMS 2022 Lineup

    9th Miami Film Festival GEMS lineup
    Glass Onion, The Fabelmans, Women Talking, and The Whale

    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.

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  • 39th Miami Film Festival Winners – FREDA, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME HOME Win Top Jury Awards

    Freda directed by Géssica Généus - 39th Miami Film Festival Award Winners
    Freda directed by Géssica Généus

    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.”

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  • Penélope Cruz to Receive Precious Gem Icon Award at Miami Film Festival

    Penelope Cruz in Parallel Mothers to receive Precious Gem Award at Miami Film Festival
    Penelope Cruz in Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics)

    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.

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  • Miami Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup of 120+ Films

    Plaza Catedral directed by Abner Benaim
    Plaza Catedral directed by Abner Benaim (Apertura Films)

    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.

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  • THE GOOD BOSS Starring Javier Bardem to Open 2022 Miami Film Festival

    The Good Boss (El Buen Patrón) starring Javier Bardem
    The Good Boss (El Buen Patrón) starring Javier Bardem

    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.

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  • Miami Film Festival to Honor Chilean-born, Composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer

    Cristobal Tapia de Veer
    Cristobal Tapia de Veer

    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.

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  • KING RICHARD Starring Will Smith Wins Miami Film Festival GEMS Audience Award

    AUNJANUE ELLIS as Oracene “Brandy” Williams, MIKAYLA BARTHOLOMEW as Tunde Price, WILL SMITH as Richard Williams, SANIYYA SIDNEY as Venus Williams, DEMI SINGLETON as Serena Williams and DANIELE LAWSON as Isha Price in Warner Bros. Pictures’ inspiring drama KING RICHARD
    King Richard, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Chiabella James

    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.

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  • Miami Film Festival GEMS 2021 Announces Headliners, Opens with ‘Parallel Mothers’ starring Penélope Cruz

    Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers starring Penélope Cruz
    Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers starring Penélope Cruz

    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.

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  • QUO VADIS, AIDA? and CUBAN DANCER Win Top Awards at Miami Film Festival 2021

    Quo Vadis, Aida?, directed by Jasmila Žbanić
    Quo Vadis, Aida?, directed by Jasmila Žbanić

    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.

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  • Beautiful Cuban Drama SIN LA HABANA International Premiere at Miami Film Festival

    "Sin La Habana" directed by Kevah Nabatian
    “Sin La Habana” directed by Kevah Nabatian

    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.

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  • Miami Film Festival Announces 2021 Jurors

    38th Miami Film Festival

    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.

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  • Miami Film Festival Announces Culinary Series Program with ‘Cuban Food Stories’ and ‘East Side Sushi’

    Asori Soto’s documentary "Cuban Food Stories"
    Asori Soto’s documentary “Cuban Food Stories”

    Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival (MFF) announced the program line-up for a new category addition, Miami Film Festival Culinary Series presented by Miami Design District.

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