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MAR 1-10, 2019
MIAMI, USA
The first edition of the Miami International Film Festival opened on February 3, 1984, and was founded by the non-profit Film Society of Miami Inc. It aims to celebrate thought-provoking international cinema for film lovers. It screens feature films, documentaries, short films, retrospectives, socially-relevant films, multi-disciplinary and experimental films. The festival provides a platform to both established and up-and-coming filmmakers, and international music artistes.
The 36th edition of the festival will screen films across multiple genres from more than 40 countries. A new program called Knight Heroes has been launched to support and honour a new generation of creators from South Florida.
OPENING NIGHT FILM
This Changes Everything
Tom Donahue’s documentary sheds light on the sexism and gender disparity that women in Hollywood have been facing. It features interviews with artistes who have worked towards spearheading a change such as Geena Davis, Meryl Streep, Sandra Oh, Rosario Dawson, Taraji P Henson, Cate Blanchett, Chloë Grace Moretz, Yara Shahidi, Jackie Cruz and filmmaker Maria Giese.
CINEDWNTWN GALAS
The Extraordinary Journey Of Celeste Garcia
The Accused
Gigantes
PRECIOUS GEM AWARD
The Party
MARQUEE SERIES
Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Tremors
KNIGHT MARIMBAS AWARD
303
Ash Is Purest White
The Most Beautiful Couple
KNIGHT MADE IN MIA FEATURE FILM AWARD
The Great Mother
Magic City Hustle
Pahokee
HBO IBERO-AMERICAN FEATURE FILM AWARD
Jose
Rojo
This Is Not Berlin
HBO IBERO-AMERICAN SHORT FILM AWARD
A Fishes’ Recall
Lucy
Vaca
JORDAN RESSLER FIRST FEATURE FILM AWARD
Dead Pigs
Freaks
Jasmines In Lidice
DOCUMENTARY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Biggest Little Farm
Botero
I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story
ZENO MOUNTAIN AWARD
Carlotta’s Face
Cathedrals
The Weight Of Water
CINEMA 360°
Hidden Man
The Mustang
Screwball
IMDBPRO SHORT FILM AWARD
Bug
Calm Your Curls
The Electric Chair
REEL MUSIC
16 Bars
Score: Haiti
Indian Connect
Chuskit
Set in Ladakh, the Priya Ramasubban directorial centres on the life of a mischievous young girl named Sprightly Chuskit, who spends most of her time dreaming of the day she will go to school. Following a tragic incident, her life turns upside down but she continues dreaming about the impossible.
Fashion In Film Festival
This is a three-day program that will include screenings, performances, talks and conversations to explore the intersection between fashion and cinema, along with the coming together of choreography. The various sections under this event encapsulate the Art of Fashion Film, Choreography of Movement and The Enigma of Fashion. Films such as Inferno, Rhapsodia Satanica, Lupe and Chumlum will be screened.
– Titas Chowdhury
