Miami Film Festival

The 12th edition of the Miami Film Festival GEMS, the organization’s fall midseason event, unveiled its full lineup of cinema from Oct. 29 to Nov. 5.

The award will be presented following a screening of Van Sant's latest film, “Dead Man’s Wire,” during a special live recording of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast.

In partnership with the Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation, the program will award a total of $100,000 to six Miami-based documentary filmmakers, MFF officials announced Wednesday

The award honors Hawke’s illustrious career spanning more than three decades in film, theater, and television. The event

Interstate is a powerful new documentary by Miami-based filmmakers Oscar Corral and Haleem Muhsin. Miami's Overtown is among several communities featured in the film.

The Miami-based film Ethan Bloom will premiere on April 6 at the Olympia Theater, alongside 35 other films making their debut at the 42nd Miami Film Festival. The film follows Ethan as he embarks on a spiritual quest, bouncing between Catholicism and Judaism, all while handling a teenage boy's typical challenges: girls, bullies and parents.

For the 42nd year of the festival, opening Thursday, April 3, and running through Sunday, April 13, there is an impressive array of narratives and documentaries that are produced in the Miami.

The nearly century-old Olympia Theater will reopen as the opening night venue for the Miami Film Festival on April 3.

This year’s GEMS will take place in several venues in Miami beginning Wednesday, Oct. 30 through Sunday, Nov. 3, featuring 30 films from more than fifteen countries.

Grammy-Award-winning producer and an authority on cinema, Nat Chediak, joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to discuss his career and legacy in South Florida. He describes himself as the black sheep of his family, having to fight to be able to pursue the arts. Chediak is also the founder of the Miami Film Festival.

Donna Kalil, a Python Elimination Specialist with the South Florida Water Management District, is at the center of the documentary "Python Huntress" being featured in this year's Miami Film Festival.