Events for April 2025

PROGRAM INFO AND TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents the short-film block "Subtropic" at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 4th. From Everglades art to punk rebellion, flamingo love stories to Miami street culture—this Subtropic Film Festival x Miami Film Festival collab delivers fresh, bold, and unexpected stories straight from South Florida’s indie scene!   Tickets are $15.50 for the general public and $14.50 for students, military and seniors (62+) with ID. Click on the link above.

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents Cinemaslam, a celebration of films by college students across our state representing the future of film in Florida, at noon Saturday, April 5. Featured films are: "What Happened to Our Vision:" A brother tries to care for his ambitious sister as she tries to achieve her dream of being a photographer while legally blind. "The Brother and Sister Duo": A darkly comedic tale of ambition, rivalry, and the price of the spotlight, The Brother and Sister Duo blends campy theatricality with unsettling twists, proving that some stars will do anything to shine. "Prélude": [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE Life is filled with moments we wished we would’ve captured. The Miami Film Festival presents a program of short films that explore the feeling of wanting those times back, or not realizing those times are slipping past us. Showtime is 2:45 p.m. Saturday, April 5. Tickets are $15.50 for the general public and $14.50 for students, military and seniors (62+) with ID. Click on the link above.  

MORE INFO AND TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents a diverse range of made-in-Miami short documentaries, reminding us that Miami really is a one-of-a-kind city. Showtime is noon Sunday, April 6th. Tickets are $15.50 for the general public and $14.50 for students, military and seniors (62+) with ID. Click on the link above.

The Miami Film Festival presents the revelatory documentary "Out of Plain Sight" at 2:45 p.m, Sunday, April 6th. From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia and Academy Award®-winning L.A. Times Studios, Out of Plain Sight is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California. Not far from Catalina Island, aboard one of the most-advanced research ships in the world, David Valentine discovered a corroded barrel on the seafloor that gave him chills. The full environmental horror sharpens into greater clarity once he calls Los Angeles Times journalist Rosanna Xia, who pieces together a shocking revelation: In [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents the East Coast Premiere of "Aguadilla," a psychological thriller directed by Alexander Zeke Musca and Tom Musca, at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6. A Dominican couple washes ashore on a Puerto Rican estate owned by Benicio Libre (Lou Diamond Philips), a former big-wave surfer who battles against the constraints of his wheelchair. On the verge of turning the migrants over to Border Patrol, Benicio becomes intrigued with the alluring Talisa, unwittingly stoking the ambitions of Raúl, Talisa’s manipulative pseudo-brother. Benicio sees through Raúl’s scheme but plays the role of the unsuspecting fool, allowing [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents a program of short films cut to the root of what all movies are about: connection. Whether it be between lovers or friends, these films capture the longing we know all too well. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8th. Tickets are $15.50 for the general public and $14.50 for students, military and seniors (62+) with ID. Click on the link above.

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents "Boys Go to Jupiter," an animated film of humid surrealism by director Julian Glander, at 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 8. Set during the liminal period between Christmas and New Year’s, the film follows a week in the life of teenage delivery driver Billy 5000 (Jack Corbett) as he tries to out-smart the gig economy. After a routine dropoff, Billy becomes the caretaker of a mysterious egg that hatches an alien creature. Through ridiculous humor, plenty of heart and a stellar voice cast (Comedic all stars Julio Torres, Sarah Sherman, Cole Escola, & Janeane [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival and the University of Miami's School of Communication present this diverse competition of short-documentary films, with a $1,000 prize awarded to the winning movie. List of films: "Chasing the Passage of Time" A determined crew of 25 takes on the monumental challenge of transporting the largest Richard Serra sculpture across Florida, navigating treacherous roads, logistical obstacles, and the relentless weight of art history—proving that moving a masterpiece is an art form in itself.   "View From the Floor" From a very early age Mindie Lind has had a deep obsession with performance and profound love [...]

The Miami Film Festival presents the psychological thriller "Transplant" at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 10th. A motivated surgical resident pushes himself to extreme lengths while training under a legendary heart transplant surgeon obsessed with protecting his perfect reputation. Like the medical world version of Damien Chazelle’s "Whiplash," "Transplant" is about a mentor-mentee relationship that gets pushed to dangerous levels. Filmmaker Jason Park tackles themes such as ambition – and the way our family dynamics shape that very ambition – and what happens when one’s moral compass collides with ruthless determination. When other people’s lives hang in the balance, how does that [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents writer-director Oana Liana Martisca's timely documentary "News Without a Newsroom" at 6:30 p.m Friday, April 11. As local newsrooms vanish and the industry’s first digital transformation redefines journalism, News Without a Newsroom explores the profound shift in journalism’s culture, values, and connection to the communities it serves. Once a pillar of democracy, local newspapers provided a voice for the marginalized and a check on power. Now, with shrinking staffs, remote journalists, and AI-driven social media shaping the news people see, the newsroom’s collaborative spirit and public service mission are at risk. Through frontline [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents the provocative drama "The Threesome" at noon Saturday, April 12th. One fateful night, the stars seemingly align for Connor – a kind and unassuming young man – as his long-time crush – the electric and irreverent Olivia – steers them into a threesome with a sweet, alluring stranger Jenny. The encounter sparks a relationship between Connor and Olivia and their love grows quickly, all the way toward planning a life together. But their happy romance is soon demolished when Jenny reappears in their lives, thrusting all three into a difficult journey towards true [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents the documentary "Python Hunt" at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12th. Every year, the Florida government calls upon the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in the Everglades in an attempt to save the threatened ecosystem. For ten grueling nights, an eclectic group of amateur hunters confront the dangerous terrain, nocturnal creatures and their own desires. Meanwhile, one professional hunter leads the charge to undermine the competition, questioning what hides beneath the python mania gripping the ‘glades. Called ‘the next Tiger King’ by Deadline after the film’s SXSW premiere, "The [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents the Turkish drama "The Things You Kill" at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 12th. Reaping what you sow, as a concept, stretches all the way back to the apostle Paul and Galatians—maybe further—but it gets an interesting twist in this film about Ali, a university professor who spirals into a dissociative rage after his mother’s suspicious death and eventually recruits a near-otherworldly gardner named Reza as a vessel to exact revenge. That is the sowing. The reaping comes once the violence unearths family secrets and refracts Ali’s reality, a multitude of selves and shadow [...]