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GEMS, the Miami Film Festival’s fall showcase, has a different selection process from the festival’s spring edition. While the spring edition accepts submissions, “GEMS is purely curation,” says Director of Programming Lauren Cohen, with films that have premiered at major festivals such as Toronto, Telluride, Berlin, Cannes and Venice.

According to festival organizers, the multi-day event offers "three days of curated screenings, filmmaker Q&As, special events and networking opportunities, all centered around the art of the short film."

The movement for watching vertical movies and series is growing rapidly. A South Florida startup wants to disrupt global streaming by putting creators first.

The star-studded Fall movie season kicks off as Miami Film Festival GEMS returns Thursday, Oct. 29. Organized by Miami Dade College, the festival serves as a prime destination for early award-season previews. It runs through Thursday, Nov. 5.

Fort Lauderdale’s Autonation IMAX theater, at the Museum of Discovery and Science so far,  has sold tickets equivalent to 136 consecutive sold-out shows, with visitors coming from as far as Puerto Rico to watch "The Odyssey" in its optimal format.

The American Black Film Festival is underway this weekend in Miami Beach for its 30th year, featuring roughly 90 world premieres, series and microdramas.

Love, loss and borders collide in Melodrama — the Dominican and Haitian drama-romance making its U.S. premiere at the 43rd Miami Film Festival.

A new Venezuelan film set to be featured at the Miami Film Festival depicts a story of loss and escape that paints a sobering picture of the country’s reality during the protests in 2017.

A new documentary explores the 1915 U.S. occupation of Haiti, often described as a forgotten chapter of American and Haitian history.

In a new film by a Miami-based director, Catholicism and Judaism are portrayed not as opposing forces – but as complementary sources of comfort for a grieving teenager.

Across five days of programming, FilmGate Interactive returns in its 12th year with the spotlight on AI along with a lineup of art, music, and, or course, film.

On "The Florida Roundup," we talked about a Flagler College film exploring the story of Francisco Menéndez. He was the leader of the first free Black settlement, Fort Mose.