Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Bal Harbour

| Snuggle up on the sands of Bal Harbour Beach for a picture-perfect cinematic experience that features complimentary popcorn and snacks, plush couches and ocean breezes. Admission is complimentary. Limited seating will be available and is first come, first served– feel free to bring your own beach chairs or blankets. Join us for this special screening of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris : In 1950s London, a widowed cleaning lady falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, deciding she m...

Friday, March 3, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Leo Russo lives a simple life in Queens, New York with his wife Angela, their shy but talented son “Sticks”, and Leo’s close-knit network of Italian-American relatives and neighborhood friends. Happy enough working at the family construction business alongside his father (Tony Lo Bianco) and younger brother (Sebastian Maniscalco), Leo lives each week for Sticks’ high-school basketball games, never missing a chance to cheer on his only child as he rules t...

Friday, March 3, 2023, 7:15 - 9:15 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Born into an upper-class family with a doting mother who foots the bill for her indolent lifestyle, 24-year-old combative Amanda (emerging talent Benedetta Porcaroli) searches for boyfriends but only finds misfits who are repelled by her intensity. She longs for connection but has never had a friend of her own... until she discovers a long lost childhood bond, spurring a mission to convince another recluse that they are still best friends. ---- Car...

Friday, March 3, 2023, 7:15 - 9:15 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Knight Marimbas Award In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the difficult conditions of their exile. ------- Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne are Belgian directors. In 1975, they created Dérives, which has produced over 60 documentaries. In 1994, they created Les Films du Fleuve for producing feature films. Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and spon...

Friday, March 3, 2023, 9 - 11:45 PM @ The Historic Alfred I. DuPont Building

We’re kicking off our 40th festival in true Miami style! After the movie premiere, meet us at the Historic Alfred I. duPont for our opening night bash and celebrate 40 years of film and Miami magic. Featuring local eateries like Tran An, Mao’s Bao’s, Toro Toro, Out of the Window Pizza, Pubbelly Sushi, Uchu Tacos, Sushi Sur and Old Lisbon. c DJ Deleasa will be spinning our favorite jams. An ode to Miami and all its splendor, make sure to bring your Miami Vice on and party it up. Please n...

Friday, March 3, 2023, 9:15 - 11:15 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Knight Marimbas Award Asja, a 40-year-old single woman, lives in Sarajevo. In order to meet new people, she ends up spending her Saturday in a speed dating event. She’s matched with Zoran, a 43-year-old banker. However, Zoran is not looking for love but forgiveness. ------ Teona Strugar Mitevska is a Belgium-based filmmaker, actor, and artist. France’s Ministry of Culture awarded her the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Letter. The Happiest Man in the World is her latest film...

Friday, March 3, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Special Presentation  Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy. ---- Kristoffer Borgli is a Norwegian, LA-based, writer and director. His numerous works of short and long format films have played festivals like Sundance and SXSW....

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 12 - 2 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Documentary Achievement Award Augusto and Paulina have been together and in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and his wife has since become his caretaker. Both fear the day in which he no longer recognizes her. ----- Maite Alberdi is the first Chilean documentary director to be nominated for the Oscar® Awards. Her movies The Lifeguard, Tea Time, The Grown-ups and The Mole Agent have won several awards around the globe. Sponso...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 12 - 2 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Melissa to takes sliding down a pole to fund her dream salon, but after befriending the wrong newbie at work, she discovers mo' money, mo' problems ---- Lensa is a native Floridian filmmaker based in Atlanta. | After a passionate young artist starts having problems with his vision, he is diagnosed with a medical condition that will leave him blind for the rest of his life. As a result, he loses all his motivation to continue, but only until he finds the support he needs from his husband...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 12:15 - 2:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

This early preview is exclusively for Miami Film Society Members . Tickets for this special event are $5 per person, complimentary for Visionary & Platinum Members. Don't miss out, unlock member-only benefits and secure seats to the most buzzed-about films of the year at miamifilmsociety.com ! Hosted by Director of Programming Lauren Cohen and Director of Miami Film Society Maria Meléndez In collaboration with The Critic , the Official Wine Sponsor of the 2023 Miami Fil...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 12:30 - 2:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Brazil, 2022. In a remote area in São Paulo's countryside, a rural family who lives beside a charcoal factory accepts a proposal to host a mysterious foreign guest. The home soon becomes a hideout as the so-called guest happens to be a highly wanted drug lord. The mother, her husband and child will have to learn how to share the same roof with this stranger, while keeping up appearances of an unchanged peasant routine. --- Carolina Markowicz is a scr...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 2 - 4 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Special Presentation Joyce Carol Oates has written over one hundred novels in a variety of genres over an award-winning career. Years of friendship and tireless research gave director Stig Björkman unprecedented access to the writer's solitude. ---- Stig Björkman is a Swedish director and writer. As a documentary director, Björkman is best internationally known for Ingrid Bergman In Her Own Words (2015) . He has also directed seven fiction features. Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in t...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 2:30 - 4:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Special Presentation Outskirts of Buenos Aires, nowadays. Lucio, a prestigious university professor, takes the position of substitute teacher at a high school in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, where he grew up. Through tales, novels and poetry, he tries to distract his class from the harsh reality of their everyday lives. But soon, he must step out of his professional duties when Dilan, one of his students, is threatened by a local drug kingpin. ----- Diego Lerman is from Buenos Air...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 2:45 - 4:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Three periods of a Haitian couple’s life intertwined together at the shore of North Miami Beach. ---- Al’Ikens Plancher is a Haitian filmmaker. He’s worked in various shows such as The Chi and Yellowstone . Currently, he's promoting his fictional narrative podcast, Prestige, while finishing his proof of concept for his debut feature, Boat People . | In the wake of 9/11, a first generation Muslim teenager discovers her mother’s record collection. The songs reflect her parent's migra...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 2:45 - 4:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Knight Marimbas Award One Saturday evening in autumn, Mia (Virginie Efira) is caught in a terrorist attack on a Parisian bistro.Three months later, still unable to pick her life back up and remembering only fragments of that night, Mia decides to investigate her memories to find a way back to happiness. ----- Alice Winocour was born in Paris. She graduated from La Fémis and has directed the short films Kitchen (2005), Magic Paris (2007) , and Pina Colada (2009) . Her feature film...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 3 - 5 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Special Presentation How do you find lasting love in today’s world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe, swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath’s dismay. For Zoe’s childhood friend and neighbour Kaz, the answer is to follow his parents’ example and opt for an arranged (or “assisted”) marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry a stranger, chosen by...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 4 - 6 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Documentary Achievement Award Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work. It will examine her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex. ---- Davina Pardo is a Canadian filmmaker best known for producing Very Semi-Serious and her award-winning documentary shorts. Leak Wolchok is an American filmmaker best known for her debut feature Very Semi -Serious . Follow Miami Film Festival on Inst...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 4:45 - 6:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Susie, an awkward college student with a failing true-crime podcast, seizes the opportunity to boost her campus and online popularity by solving the mystery of the missing home-town heart-throb. But things take a dark turn as Susie digs out the truth and soon finds herself in over her head. ------- Sophie Kargman is a filmmaker from LA. Her short, Query , had its World Premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and played at over two dozen festiv...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 5:30 - 7:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Special Presentation Buenos Aires, Nov. 2001. Argentina is in crisis, with the Peso plunging. Julio Färber, the charismatic bandoneon player of a five-piece working-class tango band, is earning less from concerts and his traditional shoe shop. As he decides to leave his beloved Buenos Aires forever, it seems that life is conspiring against him: overnight, the government freezes all bank accounts in the country, preventing him from getting flight tickets and sparking violent protests throu...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 5:30 - 7:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Special Presentation Starting from the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, this documentary intends to retrace the extraordinary adventure of his life, focusing in particular on the issues that make the experience of the lost world of the Beat generation . A strong comparison with the values and dynamics from the 1950s in California which triggered a cultural revolution throughout the world that brought to light the contradictions. ---- Ferdinando Vicen...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 5:45 - 7:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Special Presentation "AfroCuba ’78” tells the story and the destiny of the Cuban jazz group AfroCuba and its originals musicians, now dispersed throughout the world. In 1978, they produced their only LP, which presented a musical concept of extraordinary strength in performance. The LP's release was never allowed in Cuba. Recollections of rehearsals intertwined with personal stories are emotionally narrated, along with photographic reconstruction of moments from the recording sessions....

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 6:45 - 8:45 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Special Presentation ‘Stories Not To Be Told’ shines the comedic spotlight on those kinds of situations we’ve all found ourselves in, but which we’d rather no one ever knew about, or which we wish we could forget about altogether. Meeting that unexpected person, suffering a public humiliation or making an absurd decision. Five stories, a sardonic, yet sympathetic ode to humans’ inability to govern our own emotions and not be able to stop, even though we know we should. ------ Cesc G...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 7:15 - 9:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Special Presentation Monica is an intimate portrait of a woman who returns home after a long absence to confront the wounds of her past. Reconnecting with her mother and the rest of her family for the first time since leaving as a teenager, Monica embarks on a path of healing and acceptance. The film delves into Monica’s internal world and state of mind, her pain and fears, her needs and desires, to explore the universal themes of abandonment and forgiveness. ----- Andrea Pallaor...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 8 - 10 PM @ MDC Wolfson Auditorium (Room 1261)

Join us for an unforgettable evening with internationally renowned actor Diego Luna, as Miami Film Festival partners with Variety to present Luna with the inaugural Variety Virtuoso Award to celebrate Luna’s excellence in acting, directing and producing over the years. This exclusive event will include an award presentation to Luna as well as an extended sit-down discussion about his illustrious career. Most recently, he can be seen in the Disney+ spy thriller series, Andor —which...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 8 - 10 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Documentary Achievement Award Shere Hite’s 1976 bestseller The Hite Report liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous survey respondents. Her findings rocked the American establishment and presaged current conversations about gender, sexuality, and bodily autonomy. So how did Shere Hite disappear? ----- Nicole Newnham is an Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning documentary producer and director, four-time Sundance Film Festival alumnus a...

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 8:15 - 10:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

In Japan, government program Plan 75encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death. ----- Chie Hayakawa is a Japanese filmmaker. Plan 75 is her first feature.

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 9 - 11:45 PM @ Casa Florida Miami

Join us for our second annual Garden Party hosted by Casa Florida! Take in the tropical paradise at the heart of the emerging Miami River scene. Enjoy a bite of savory Latin cuisine, flavorful libations from the specialty cocktail bar and our fan favorite Estrella Damm for an unforgettable night. This lush paradise inside a hidden Florida Keys-meets-Tulum gem is the perfect spot for a Saturday night out in Miami! Please note that all parties are 21+

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 9:15 - 11:15 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Documentary Achievement Award Pianoforte follows a group of young musicians from around the world – contestants in the legendary Chopin Piano Competition, who have prepared since their childhood for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Observing the triumphant highs and crushing lows of competition, the film captures the intense pressure they face in an experience that combines tears of exhaustion and despair with the ecstatic joy of playing. Pianoforte is an intimate coming-of-age portra...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 12 - 2 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Special Presentation July 2014. Expectant parents Irka and Tolik live in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, disputed territory in the early days of the Donbas war. Their nervous anticipation of their first child’s birth is violently disrupted as the vicinal crash of flight MH17 elevates the forbidding tension enveloping their village. The looming wreckage of the downed airliner and an incoming parade of mourners emphasize the surreal trauma of the moment. As To...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 12 - 2 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Documentary Achievement Award The remarkable coming-of-age story of one of the most influential, dynamic and unexpected players in the history of basketball: Stephen Curry. This feature documentary — blending intimate cinéma vérité, archival footage and on camera interviews — documents Curry’s rise from an undersized college player at a tiny backwater Division I college to a four-time NBA champion, building one of the most dominant sports dynasties in the world. ---- Peter Nicks...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 12:15 - 2:15 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Documentary Achievement Award Bradford Movie Makers is one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the world. Once a thriving community, these days the membership is dwindling and the group struggle to keep the wolf from the door. ----- Kim Hopkins is a filmmaker from the UK best known for films Voices of the Sea and Cuban Dreams. A Bunch of Amateurs is her latest film. Follow Miami Film Festival on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter .

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 12:15 - 2:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Special Presentation Pedro Luis Ferrer is among the best musicians and composers in the history of Cuban music. From a very young age he began his career creating songs and poetry that included praise for the Cuban revolution, but when he did not want to participate in the government-controlled Nueva Trova movement and began to create songs and poetry criticizing the Cuban totalitarian regime, he was censored by the authorities, prohibiting his work and his presence in all distribution me...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 12:30 - 2:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Knight Marimbas Award An unprecedented alignment of planets impacting gravity will upset the balance of a ghetto and the destiny of two duos of brothers eager to do anything for their freedom in an unceasing fight between old and new generations. ----- Cédric Ido is a Franco-Burkinabè director known for his shorts Hasaki Ya Suda (2011) and Twaaga (2013) , as well as his first feature film La Vie de Château in collaboration with Modi Barry. The Gravity is his second feature f...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 12:45 - 2:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award A traumatic event – a suicide attempt – creates a rift in the family’s everyday life. Their lives fundamentally change, as if they are waging a war invisible to everyone else. The source of the story is autobiographical, it is addressed in the film and highlighted by the fact that the author/director plays himself. ---- Juraj Lerotić is a Crotian filmmaker. Safe Place is his first feature. Sponsored by Jordan Ressler Foundation ....

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 1 - 3 PM @ Miami Design District Paradise Plaza

HBO’s Euphoria is a television phenomenon, and its immediate influence on millennial and Gen Z fashion can’t be overstated. Featuring an eclectic mix of Y2K-inspired streetwear with vintage, designer, and custom creations, Euphoria is highlighting just how much film and TV have the ability to affect the fashion trends of right now. Join us for an in-depth conversation with Euphoria costume designer Heidi Bivens , where we’ll break down the hypnotizing personal style & aesthetics of Eupho...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 2:30 - 4:30 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award It’s 1988. Thatcher’s government have just passed a law that stereotypes lesbians and gays as pedophiles, recruiting children for their ‘deviant’ lifestyles. Female PE teachers are prime targets for homophobic accusations, and as a result, Jean is forced to lead a double life. During the week she’s a respected member of staff; on the weekend she slips surreptitiously into Newcastle’s gay scene with her girlfriend Viv. But when she’s confronted by one of...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 2:30 - 4:30 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Knight Marimbas Award While the young dancers Irma and Olga try to stand their ground in the demanding ballet world of 1970s Amsterdam, Olga is launched as the big new star of the Royal Ballet. She soon discovers the dark side of her talent and Irma has to watch as her best friend succumbs to the pressure to perform, losing herself in the nightlife. ------ Dana Nechushtan graduated in 1994 from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam. In 2000, Dana directed her fi...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 2:30 - 4:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Martínez, a lonely accountant who really prizes his daily monotony, is pushed by his hierarchy to retire. While his life stability is threatened, his neighbor, a woman of his age, is found dead in her home after several days. Although he has never met her, her death will make him realize that his life is still ahead of him. ---- Lorena Padilla is a NYU/ Tisch School of the Arts graduate, sponsored by Fulbright. Martinez is her feature directing de...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 2:45 - 4:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Directed, shot, and edited by award-winning filmmaker Freddy Rodriguez, "Open Dialogues: Black Voices | Black Stories" focuses on what social justice looks and feels like for Black Americans, as told through the narratives and performances of eight Black South Floridians. "Open Dialogues" is a collaboration between the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood and 66 Films that hopes to inspire conversation about racial inequity and systemic injustice for the African diaspora in America. ---- Fredd...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 3 - 5 PM @ JW Marriott Marquis Miami

KNIGHT HEROES (FREE EVENT!) JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Downtown Miami – Met Ballroom #2 (3rd Floor), 255 Biscayne Blvd. Way, 33131 This year’s Knight Heroes panel brings together experts from the industry to provide a behind the scenes look at turning an idea into a deal - the ins and outs of the development process for documentaries. What makes an unforgettable pitch to a production company? What do content executives look for in pitches and previous work? How can independent f...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 3 - 5 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Special Presentation Moving On is an original comedy of humor and heart starring Academy Award Winner Jane Fonda and Academy Award Nominee Lily Tomlin as estranged pals who reunite to seek revenge on the petulant widower (Malcolm McDowell) of their recently deceased best friend. Along the way, Fonda reunites with her great love (Richard Roundtree) as each woman must make peace with her past and learn to treasure the value of a good friend. ----- Paul Weitz is an American director,...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 3:30 - 5:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Special Presentation Julian is a fifty-year-old divorcee. After starting to use a car-sharing app to help with his financial problems, he meets Lorena, a young girl who frequently travels to Madrid. For the past few months, Lorena has had a permanent place in Julian’s car, and more recently, in his heart. Julian is determined to tell her how he feels on the next trip, but an error when choosing the remaining occupants of the car will find him lumbered with a very unsettling fourth passeng...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 5 - 7 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Brazil, 2022. In a remote area in São Paulo's countryside, a rural family who lives beside a charcoal factory accepts a proposal to host a mysterious foreign guest. The home soon becomes a hideout as the so-called guest happens to be a highly wanted drug lord. The mother, her husband and child will have to learn how to share the same roof with this stranger, while keeping up appearances of an unchanged peasant routine. --- Carolina Markowicz is a scr...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 5 - 7 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Documentary Achievement Award HIP-HOP SONG BECOMES DRUMBEAT FOR REPRESSED PEOPLE. A powerful story about six black rappers who have rewritten Cuban history and sparked a lyrical battle for human rights. An inspiring documentary about music as social transformer. The worldwide hit is banned in Cuba and one of its rappers is in prison just for being part of the song because on July 11th 2021 "Patria y Vida" was the loudest cry in the crowd. The protest anthem won "Song of the Year" at t...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 5:30 - 7:30 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

"Drinking, dancing and... killing me. It's the new life my neighbour Jose has decided to live. What better way to escape boredom than coming to kill me every Thursday? His wife, Lucie, prefers to go to a shrink. To each their own therapy. ---- Santiago Mitre is an Argentine film director and screenwriter, best known for his film Argentina, 1985. Sponsored by TV5Monde USA and FlixLatino . Follow Miami Film Festival on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter .

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 6:15 - 8:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Special Presentation Director Joshua Altman and Executive Producer Josh Kriegman will be in attendance and will participate in a post-screening Q&A.  The acclaimed Showtime docuseries Couples Therapy brings viewers into therapy sessions with world-renowned psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik, as she deftly guides couples through the struggles – and extraordinary breakthroughs – typically hidden behind closed doors.

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 6:30 - 8:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Special Presentation Simone is a young black woman who spent years performing sex acts online to pay for law school. She has just passed a public defender exam and her ambition is to defend women in cases of abuse. In order to reawaken Simone's sexual desire, a friend sends her a link to a video where a black woman practices sadomasochism. Gradually, Simone enters a journey of learning about BDSM practices, and her sexual interests lead her into a world of violence and eroticism. ----...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 7:30 - 9:30 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Special Presentation From director Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane is a romantic comedy that stars David Jonsson (“Industry,” “Deep State”) and Vivian Oparah (“Class,” “The Rebel”) , as Dom and Yas, two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, who connect over the course of an eventful day in South London – helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance. ---- Raine Allen-Miller is a filmmaker from the UK. Rye Lane i...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 8 - 10 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Knight Marimbas Award Set in the 90s, a Korean single mother raises her young son in the suburbs of Canada determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind, but their relationship becomes fractured over time as they struggle with various racial and cultural challenges. ---- Anthony Shim is a Korean-Canadian director. In 2019, Anthony completed his first independent feature film, Daughter . Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 8 - 10 PM @ MDC Wolfson Auditorium (Room 1261)

Join us for an unforgettable evening with Academy Award-winning actor, global superstar, and cult icon Nicolas Cage, as Miami Film Festival partners with Variety to present Cage with the inaugural Variety Legends and Groundbreakers Award . This exclusive event will include an award presentation to Cage as well as an extended sit-down discussion about his illustrious career. Nicolas Cage is an actor, director, and producer whose remarkable versatility has led to great success acr...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Knight Made in MIA Feature Film Award Alina, Luisa and América are three women who after fighting to restore and stabilize democracy to their country realize they’ve been betrayed by the leader of the revolution. The three women begin to confront and challenge the new system in their own ways and for different reasons they find themselves jailed. Their lives become intertwined in the misfortune that they endure within the dungeon of a jail where their human rights are violated without res...

Sunday, March 5, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ SLS Brickell

Our festival's most anticipated soiree is taking over the swanky Brickell neighborhood. Closing out weekend #1 in style, we will be taking over the SLS Brickell by honoring this sweet night to all of the incredible directors presenting their work this year. Style and luxury transform Downtown Miami's skyline with a feast for the senses. Enjoy delectable treats from Dolce Cartel, Coley’s Craving, Santo Dulce Churros, Yummy, Sunnyside Cafe, Crepe Makers and sweets from B Bistro with an Estrella...

Monday, March 6, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Special Presentation Single mother Julie (Laure Calamy) needs reliable transit to get to work–and it’s suddenly been severed during the latest transit strike. Out of desperation, Julie turns to neighbors and her own gutsy resourcefulness to stay afloat in a ruthless society as her responsibilities pile up. Full Time is an impossible race against time and a kinetic thriller about the insecurity of modern life. ------ Éric Gravel is a French Canadian screenwriter and director living...

Monday, March 6, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Special Presentation Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university's highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elite. ---- Tarik Saleh is a Swedish television producer, animator, publisher, journalist and film di...

Monday, March 6, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Knight Made in MIA Feature Film Award A five year old girl living in a Miami trailer park has a mission... to somehow get to the beach and see the ocean for the first time. ----- Xavier Medina , a native of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, majored in audiovisual communications at the University of Puerto Rico, and later completed his Master of Fine Arts in directing for film at the SCAD. Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation . Follow Miami Film Festival o...

Monday, March 6, 2023, 7:15 - 9:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

In Tehran, a perfectionist mother has planned the perfect engagement dinner party for her daughter. But when the centerpiece cake is held up in the traffic of a political protest, her meticulous party -- and her composure -- begin to unravel. The film takes place entirely in the kitchen, behind the scenes of the party, with the women of the family as their pleasantries and "tarofs" slowly crumble. Within this domestic microcosm, the power shifts begin to strangely echo those of the outside worl...

Monday, March 6, 2023, 7:15 - 9:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Special Presentation "Journey to Hope" recreates the experiences lived by five of the children that make up the group of 14,000 minors who 60 years ago were sent to the US without their parents in a mass exodus that was carried out secretly. --- Lieter Ledesma is a Cuban director who has directed over ten films in Cuba, Spain, and Brazil. Journey to Hope is his latest film.

Monday, March 6, 2023, 7:30 - 9:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Documentary Achievement Award In 1971, poet Heberto Padilla is jailed by the revolutionary government in Cuba. A public self-blame show is staged, where he declares himself a counterrevolutionary agent and fingers many friends, even his wife, as such. For the first time, the film of Padilla’s self-criticism is available to the public. A startling documentary that opens a window into the past and offers insights into Cuba’s current crisis. ----- Pavel Giroud is a director and screen...

Monday, March 6, 2023, 9 - 11 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Special Presentation When Carla and Dean decide to escape the hustle of the big city and buy a nice quiet house out in the woods, they bring some big plans with them: start a family, grow a garden, write the next great American novel. Now their nearest neighbor is nearly a mile down the road, but a mile doesn’t seem so far when they find out that he’s the leader of a cult who claims to telepathically communicate with Sasquatch. Danger threatens their new home as the cult leader tries to g...

Monday, March 6, 2023, 9:15 - 11:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Lawrence, a socially inept 17-year-old cinephile, gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager. ---- Chandler Levack is a Canadian director and screenwriter. She has directed numerous music videos and is a veteran journalist and critic. I Like Movies is her first film. Sponsored by Jordan Ressler Foundation and Consulate General of Canada in Miami. Follow Miami Film Festi...

Monday, March 6, 2023, 9:45 - 11:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Special Presentation When Carla and Dean decide to escape the hustle of the big city and buy a nice quiet house out in the woods, they bring some big plans with them: start a family, grow a garden, write the next great American novel. Now their nearest neighbor is nearly a mile down the road, but a mile doesn’t seem so far when they find out that he’s the leader of a cult who claims to telepathically communicate with Sasquatch. Danger threatens their new home as the cult leader tries to g...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 6:45 - 8:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Documentary Achievement Award HIP-HOP SONG BECOMES DRUMBEAT FOR REPRESSED PEOPLE. A powerful story about six black rappers who have rewritten Cuban history and sparked a lyrical battle for human rights. An inspiring documentary about music as social transformer. The worldwide hit is banned in Cuba and one of its rappers is in prison just for being part of the song because on July 11th 2021 "Patria y Vida" was the loudest cry in the crowd. The protest anthem won "Song of the Year" at t...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Capturing acclaimed painter Salman Toor as he creates a new painting to be shown alongside the works of his Old Master heroes, this film explores the artist’s alternately tender and comic depictions of his own cosmopolitan queer community. ---- Adam Golfer is an artist and filmmaker based in Queens, New York. He has directed a number of experimental documentary films, including Router, about a Nazi World War II reenactor from Boston and a Jewish performance artist from Manhattan....

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Knight Marimbas Award Against expectations, two sisters must each make a decision for themselves. Valeria, a young Ukrainian woman, arrives in Israel to meet her future husband, for an arranged marriage brokered online. She joins Christina, who has been living in Israel for some time and met her own husband through a similar arrangement. Christina is happy with her new life and wants the same for her sister, but over the course of the day doubts begin to appear. ------- Michal Vinik...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Special Presentation Bebo is a documentary about the great Cuban musician Bebo Valdés, who reviews his life through his children, grandchildren and close friends, and Bebo Valdés himself from his only television interview in Sweden, in 2005, a life full of obstacles but above all commitment to music. ---- Ricardo Bacallao is a Cuban-American independent filmmaker. His most recent films include Bebo and The Uncle's Request . Sponsored by Consulate General of the Republic...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 7:15 - 9:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Knight Marimbas Award Antoine and Olga are a French couple who settled long ago in a village from the interior of Galicia. There they lead a quiet life, grow their vegetables and rehabilitate abandoned houses, although their coexistence with the locals is not as idyllic as they wish. Their refusal to implement a wind farm will accentuate the disagreements with the neighbors, especially with the brothers Xan and Lorenzo, taking coexistence to a situation of no return. ------ Rodrigo...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 7:30 - 9:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Cruz is a grandma who's spent years, decades actually, without having an orgasm. Religiously devout, it wasn't something that she considered particularly important, or that she'd even given much thought to... until, one day, while surfing the internet, she again starts to feel those desires and sensations she had believed were long gone. Now she is faced with a dilemma: how can she balance her religious beliefs with this new sexual and sensual awakening...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

A retired couple is getting ready to enjoy their life as pensioners on a cruise trip through the Mediterranean. The spouses end up going on separate journeys of self-discovery and finding unexpected ways of how to spend their golden years. ---- Barbara Kulcsar is a German director. Golden Years is her first feature film. Sponsored by Consulate of Switzerland in Miami . Follow Miami Film Festival on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter .

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Knight Marimbas Award A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline, in Daniel Goldhaber's taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the climate crisis. Based on the controversial book by Andreas Malm. ---- Daniel Goldhaber is an American director. H ow to Blow Up a Pipeline is his first feature film. Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation . Follow Miami...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

a film about making a film or not making one i guess ----- Juan Barquin is a Miami-based writer, programmer, filmmaker, and co-creator of the queer film series Flaming Classics. | Weaving old home videos with a fictional narrative, In an Orderly Fashion is a dark comedy-drama told through a son's perspective about a nurse who refuses to comply with her husband’s unwavering wish to be killed after he’s terminally diagnosed. ---- Adrian Cardenas is a Cuban-American writer/director b...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Documentary Achievement Award In 1971, poet Heberto Padilla is jailed by the revolutionary government in Cuba. A public self-blame show is staged, where he declares himself a counterrevolutionary agent and fingers many friends, even his wife, as such. For the first time, the film of Padilla’s self-criticism is available to the public. A startling documentary that opens a window into the past and offers insights into Cuba’s current crisis. ----- Pavel Giroud is a director and screen...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 9:45 - 11:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Documentary Achievement Award HIP-HOP SONG BECOMES DRUMBEAT FOR REPRESSED PEOPLE. A powerful story about six black rappers who have rewritten Cuban history and sparked a lyrical battle for human rights. An inspiring documentary about music as social transformer. The worldwide hit is banned in Cuba and one of its rappers is in prison just for being part of the song because on July 11th 2021 "Patria y Vida" was the loudest cry in the crowd. The protest anthem won "Song of the Year" at t...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 6:45 - 8:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award A shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl. ----- Charlotte Le Bon is a French Canadian actress, model and television presenter. She is best known for her work in the Canal+ talk show Le Grand Journal, and the films The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) , The Walk (2015) , and The Promise (2016). Sponsored by Jordan Ressler Foundation , TV5Monde...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

A student and teacher confront their queer niche in the ecosystem known as eighth grade on an overnight field trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. ----- Ryan Craver is a filmmaker originally from Mooresville, North Carolina. His work explores queerness's place in the Southern family. He has received support from the Sloan Foundation, TFI, SFFILM, and the Davey Foundation. | After a hard day at work, a father and son go out. They haven’t lived together in a while so they need to cat...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Special Presentation Inspired by the incredible story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) herself and her court. ---- Stephen Williams is a Jamaic...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Conversation Panel On International Women’s Day, join us for a fascinating conversation with Anna Bogutskaya, author of the new book “Unlikable Female Characters.” Female characters throughout pop culture history have been burdened by the moral trap that is likeability. Any woman deemed messy or crazy has been treated as a cautionary tale at best and disposed of at worst. Today, with unlikeable female characters everywhere in film, TV, and wider pop culture, how are these long-stand...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

MDC's Miami Film Festival is proud to present its acclaimed Art of Light (Composer) Award, presented by Alacran Group , to composer Nicholas Britell. Three-time Academy Award-nominated, Grammy-nominated and Emmy-winning composer, pianist, and producer Nicholas Britell is known for his critically-acclaimed scores, including those for Adam McKay’s 2021 Don’t Look Up , Barry Jenkins’ 2018 If Beale Street Could Talk , and Jenkins’ 2017 Academy Award Best Picture winner Moonlight . Brite...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 7:30 - 9:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Knight Made in MIA Award On her 64th birthday, Zoe, a lonely Cuban exiled widow is about to become a grandmother. She is also about to receive an unexpected visit: Helena, her childhood best friend. After more than 40 years without seeing each other, they will catch up and explore their lives, among songs, letters and memories from their past. When a secret comes to light, they both have to reconsider their relationship, without imagining that this reunion will change their lives forever....

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 8:45 - 10:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Special Presentation Ana is driving, her face serious and angry. Mateo, her husband, asks her to turn around, returning to the place in the forest where they have left their seven-year-old son. It’s only been two minutes, but he’s gone. ----- Matías Bize is a filmmaker best known for his films Saturday, In The Bed and About Crying , and The Life of the Fish and The Memory of War. The Punishment is his latest film. Sponsored by FlixLatino . Follow Miami Film F...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Coral Gables Art Cinema

Knight Marimbas Award In downtown Tehran, Farzaneh, a young driving instructor, spots her husband, Jalal, walking into a woman’s apartment. When she confronts him, Jalal claims he was out of town for work. He decides to check out the building for himself. There, he meets a woman who is the spitting image of Farzaneh. Her name is Bita. Stunned, the two compare family photos: Bita’s husband also looks identical to Jalal. ------ Mani Haghighi is an Iranian film director, writer, film...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Fabel Wynwood

Explore your five senses in the heart of Wynwood at our MFF After Hours series, On Script , taking place at Fabel Wynwood. Inspired by the beaches of St. Tropez to the islands off the Loanian seas, Fabel’s world-class service paired with a diverse tasting menu allows you to travel through an unforgettable and cultural experience. Complimentary lagers provided by our friends at Estrella Damm. l Be a part of our 40 year history of film and Miami that stays On Script ....

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Special Presentation From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a girl should act. But as she grew older something didn’t seem right with the concept of love: the more she tried to conform, the more her body resisted. A story about the acceptance of the inner female rebellion. ---- Signe Baumane is a Latvian-born, Brooklyn-based independent filmmaker, artist, writer, and ani...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 9:45 - 11:45 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Special Presentation For ages, teddy bears have been locked in an ancestral war against their sworn enemy, the unicorns, with the promise that victory will complete the prophecy and usher in a new era. Aggressive, confident teddy bear Bluey and his sensitive, withdrawn brother Tubby could not be more different. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear bootcamp turn to the psychedelic horrors of a combat tour in the Magic Forest, their complicated history and increasingly strained relat...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 6:30 - 8:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Knights Made in MIA Short Film Award A sardonic, but immensely talented film director invites an old friend to visit him on his deathbed with specific instructions not to get involved with the director’s girlfriend after his demise. But does he mean that or the opposite? While he wonders if he’ll be featured in next year’s “In Memoriam” at the Academy Awards, is this control-obsessed maestro trying to repair a strained relationship or is he looking for a knockout punch? This is an end-of-...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 6:45 - 8:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Masterclass Panel An Intimacy Coordinator is one of the newest roles in TV and film production. But what exactly do they DO? How do they support the vision of the director, while also upholding the boundaries of the actors, and make sure, at the end of the filming day, everyone goes home, proud of their work? In this interactive conversation with Nicole Perry, certified Intimacy Coordinator, we will explore what goes into an "intimate scene", what an Intimacy Coordinator can bring to a pr...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award A blisteringly hot summer day. Psychotherapist Ina notices something is wrong with her. But she doesn't have time to worry about it: Patients are waiting at the practice, her daughter is threatening to move in with her father, her boyfriend wants to emigrate to Finland, and her self-centered mother is celebrating her 70th birthday. Ina wants to please everyone. But then everything changes. ---- Katharina Woll , born in Munich, studied film & theate...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Knight Made in MIA Feature Film Award Based on a true story, this intimate, tale follows Tomás - an immigrant laborer who fled his country by shipping himself in a crate years before the story starts. Tomás now lives off the grid, performing odd jobs for an upper middle class family, and saving money to eventually buy a home for the family he left behind. A series of events forces Tomás out of his solitary life to engage with people of his community in search of something lost. However, t...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 7:15 - 9:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Carmen follows a young and fiercely independent woman who is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother. Carmen survives a terrifying and dangerous illegal border crossing into the US, only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer border guard, who cold-bloodedly murders two other immigrants in her group. When the border guard and his patrol partner, Aidan—a Marine with PTSD—become embroiled in a deadly standof...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 8:15 - 10:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Special Presentation How do you find lasting love in today’s world? For documentary-maker and dating app addict Zoe, swiping right has only delivered an endless stream of Mr Wrongs, to her eccentric mother Cath’s dismay. For Zoe’s childhood friend and neighbour Kaz, the answer is to follow his parents’ example and opt for an arranged (or “assisted”) marriage to a bright and beautiful bride from Pakistan. As Zoe films his hopeful journey from London to Lahore to marry a stranger, chosen by...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 8:30 - 10:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award 11-year-old Maria's home is the biggest garbage dump in Nicaragua, where she lives with her mom. When circumstances change and Maria feels that she has been left alone with no one to take care of her, she is forced to find her own way. ---- Laura Baumeister is a filmmaker from Nicaragua. She has written and directed several short films. Daughter of Rage is her first feature. Sponsored by Jordan Ressler Foundation and by FlixLati...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 9 - 11 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Knight Marimbas Award In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the difficult conditions of their exile. ------- Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne are Belgian directors. In 1975, they created Dérives, which has produced over 60 documentaries. In 1994, they created Les Films du Fleuve for producing feature films. Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and spon...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 9:15 - 11:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Special Presentation A man who accepts the dubious invitation from a long-lost relative to make a radical change and move to Argentina. Once there, he is caught up in an elaborate deception whereby the whole village is pretending it is in the 1950s for the benefit of an old woman who has woken from a coma and believes she is the Basque village of her youth. --- Jabi Elortegi is a Spanish film director. His first feature film was Felicidad perfecta . Dear Grandma is his second fe...

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ AC Hotel by Marriott Miami Wynwood

Join us for our MFF After Hours series, On Script , at the AC Marriott Miami Wynwood. A unique destination, our festival after hours party will be at the AC hotel's private rooftop with poolside bar for the perfect gathering of the bay view. Complimentary bites will be offered along with wine provided by The Critic Wines. Please note that all parties are 21+

Friday, March 10, 2023, 6:45 - 8:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Life is not easy for a single immigrant mother like Ma. Everyday, her 10 year old son, Santi, and his little brother Luca work hard at the Opa Locka Flea Market. Things get worse when Ma finds out that she’s about to get evicted and Santi loses the money they need to save their lot. ---- Jose Navas is a Writer/Director from Miami. His film Beat Lingo premiered at the 38th Miami Film Festival. | Loveboat Takeout is an experimental docu-fiction short about the director's family busines...

Friday, March 10, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Special Presentation As the Ranas—a happily patriarchal joint family—yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family’s desire for a sexual rebellion. --- Saim Sadiq is a Pakistani filmmaker whose 2022 debut Joyland was the first Pakistani feature premiered at Cannes (Un Certain Regard). Fol...

Friday, March 10, 2023, 7 - 9 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Special Presentation A few months before the ’92 Barcelona Olympic Games, it looks like the Spanish water polo team will hardly make a splash during their home field Olympics. The national team is a battleground under attack on two fronts: the harsh techniques of their new coach, which threaten to incapacitate more than one player, and the infighting between leaders Manel Estiarte and Pedro Aguado. Can the team stay united and overcome their personal differences? Will reaching sporting gl...

Friday, March 10, 2023, 7:15 - 10:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

Knight Marimbas Award At 40 years old, Leila has spent her whole life taking care of her parents and her four brothers. The family argues constantly and is crushed by debts, in a country caught in the grip of international economic sanctions. As her brothers are trying to make ends meet, Leila formulates a plan: to start a family business that would save them from poverty. While they are in desperate need of financial support, Leila finds out that their father Esmail has secretly been hi...

Friday, March 10, 2023, 7:30 - 9:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Resentful at the world, 15-year-old Aristotle Mendoza wants to blend in and be left alone, but the summer he meets free spirit Dante Quintana at the local swimming pool, everything changes. Ari must decide if he is going to live in the world of infinite possibilities that Dante represents. At first fear holds Aristotle hostage and he retreats into his lonely existence. But Ari soon realizes he can’t unsee the world through Dante’s eyes. If only he would...

Friday, March 10, 2023, 9 - 11:45 PM @ MDC Wolfson Terrace

We’re changing things up at our Plot Twist rooftop party! An evening under the downtown skyline sharing the love of film and unexpected twists in cinematic history. Enjoy bites from French Bistro, sweets from Brickell’s favorite B Bistro and sweet custards from Shake Shack! Stay hydrated with La Croix sparkling water, Estrella Damm Beer and Opici Wines. Do you dare ask, what’s in the box? Please note that all parties are 21+

Friday, March 10, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Ella, 34 a theatre dresser and mistress, experiences the sudden death of her lover. She begins to frequent his Shiva and observes the life that was forbidden to her. eventually she demands her legitimate right to mourn. ---- Maayan Rypp is an Israeli filmmaker. The Other Widow is her first feature film. Follow Miami Film Festival on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter .

Friday, March 10, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Resentful at the world, 15-year-old Aristotle Mendoza wants to blend in and be left alone, but the summer he meets free spirit Dante Quintana at the local swimming pool, everything changes. Ari must decide if he is going to live in the world of infinite possibilities that Dante represents. At first fear holds Aristotle hostage and he retreats into his lonely existence. But Ari soon realizes he can’t unsee the world through Dante’s eyes. If only he would...

Friday, March 10, 2023, 9:30 - 11:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Knight Marimbas Award Vicenta, a Cuban woman with the ability to see into the future, lives harmoniously with her only son until he decides to leave the country. Immersed in a profound crisis, Vicenta departs for a voyage to the heartland of a country where everyone seems to have lost their faith. ----- Carlos Lechuga studied at the Universidad de las Artes in Havana and is a graduate of the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV de San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV). His short films hav...

Saturday, March 11, 2023, 12 - 2 PM @ Bill Cosford Cinema

Knight Marimbas Award Antoine and Olga are a French couple who settled long ago in a village from the interior of Galicia. There they lead a quiet life, grow their vegetables and rehabilitate abandoned houses, although their coexistence with the locals is not as idyllic as they wish. Their refusal to implement a wind farm will accentuate the disagreements with the neighbors, especially with the brothers Xan and Lorenzo, taking coexistence to a situation of no return. ------ Rodrigo...

Saturday, March 11, 2023, 12 - 2 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 13

Documentary Achievement Award Lisa Cortés’ Little Richard: I Am Everything chronicles the career of the legendary rock and roll icon Little Richard while examining the genre’s Black queer origins in an effort to counterbalance the whitewashed history of American pop. ---- Lisa Cortés is an Academy Award–nominated and Emmy-winning producer and director renowned for creating challenging, visionary stories. Follow Miami Film Festival on Instagram , Facebook and Twitter ....

Saturday, March 11, 2023, 12:15 - 2:15 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 16

Special Presentation Estranged childhood friends tentatively reunite for a trip to the Greek Islands. Recently divorced, and watching helplessly as her only son leaves home, Blandine is struggling to find her footing again. So when her former best friend Magalie, loud and fearless, suddenly resurfaces, she allows herself to be spontaneous for a change... ------ Marc Fitoussi is a French filmmaker best known for Copacabana (2010), Paris Follies (2014),Trainee Day (2016) and Selfi...

Saturday, March 11, 2023, 12:30 - 2:30 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 12

With their family stores being threatened by developers, teenagers Miguel and Rosa embark on a first date to search for a mysterious booth which holds an ancient good luck charm that can save the flea market from permanent closure. ----- Michael J. Ruiz-Unger is a director and comic book writer who grew up immersed in Miami’s punk scene. His recent work Dark Beach, a sci-fi noir graphic novel, was published by Simon & Schuster and is available in stores now. | Patti, a seemingly deferent...

Saturday, March 11, 2023, 12:45 - 2:45 PM @ Silverspot Cinema 11

Special Presentation Madeleine, 92 years old, calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Charles, a disillusioned driver with a tender heart, agrees to drive by the places that affected Madeleine's life. Through the streets of Paris, her extraordinary past is revealed. They don't know it yet, but they will forge a friendship during this drive that will change their lives forever. ---- Christian Carion is a French film director and screenwriter best kn...