BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents "I'm Every Woman" Short Block, a female-focused program shining a spotlight on films by and about women, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11th. Featured films are: "By Your Side": Love turns memory into meaning. "Too Romantic": When a collaboration between two influencers unexpectedly turns romantic, Samantha Carr’s perfect night takes a downturn, forcing her to navigate today’s toughest choice: what’s more important – love or Likes? "September, All Over": In the sweltering wake of Hurricane Irma, a young woman strikes up a connection with her older neighbor, stirring up revelations that will last [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents the North American premiere of "Heysel 85" at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, April 11th. When violence erupts before the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus at Brussels’ Heysel Stadium, killing 39 people, the mayor’s daughter and a journalist with Italian roots are drawn into the heart of the tragedy, caught between professional duty, family loyalty, and moral responsibility. Fresh off its world premiere and rave reviews at the Berlin International Film Festival, "Heysel 85" utilizes a masterful blend of real archival footage and deft narrative filmmaking to reconstruct one of the darkest [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents the crime-drama "Mouse" from director Kenny Riches at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 12th. Between stealing bicycles and breaking into cars, Denny’s only social outlet is spending time with his mother. Driven by loneliness, he signs up for a pen pal service through a classified ad. He begins writing letters to a woman named Tess, whom he develops feelings for and lies to about his nonexistent wealth and success. But the pen pal service is a scheme that Tess and her real-life boyfriend, Maury, run to take advantage of the lonely. So when Tess [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents the world premiere of the documentary "When Men Dance" from director Abbas A. Motlagh at 6:15 p.m. Sunday, April 12th. "When Men Dance" invites audiences into the intimate worlds of a diverse group of young male dancers bound by their passion for movement and self-expression. Behind the artistry lies a complex reality: battles with racism, loneliness, financial strain, and a rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigrant sentiment. Straight, gay, and nonbinary, these dancers reveal the scars they carry and the courage that keeps them moving. As they prepare for their next performances, each [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents a special screening of the episodic series "Hal & Harper" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 13th. From Cooper Raiff ("Cha Cha Real Smooth") comes "Hal & Harper," a wry and heartfelt series about two siblings whose closeness is both their comfort and their curse. Hal (Raiff) and Harper (Lili Reinhart) have built their adult lives side by side in Los Angeles, tethered by a lifetime of inside jokes and shared pain. When their father (Mark Ruffalo) announces he's having a baby with his girlfriend, Kate (Betty Gilpin), it forces the siblings to reexamine [...]

BUY TICKETS HERE The Miami Film Festival presents the East Coast Premiere of “Rope Tied” from directors Chiara Padejka and Evan Friedmann at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, April 18th. Relegated into irrelevance after a controversial exhibition, avant-garde artist Vasil Daslavov (Dimiter D. Marinov) searches for a way to win back the favor of his longtime art dealer, the bombastic Wilhelm Heinkempf (Stuart Murphy). As he prepares a new collection, his eccentric muse, Luna Monroe (Carl Nowak) proposes another, more extreme concept – to tie themselves together by rope for a year. Testing the lengths at which humans can coexist, personal differences are [...]