Film

Opening Night: Radical + Party Based on a True Story In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries a radical new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential… and maybe even their genius. Based on a true story. After the screening, [...]

Centerpiece: Society of the Snow Based on a True Story On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world's toughest environments. --- J. A. Bayona is a Spanish film director best know for The Orphanage (2007), The [...]

Culinary Pairing: The Taste of Things Film Screening: Saturday, November 4 at 2:30PM at the Theater at Koubek Center Dinner Seating: Saturday, November 4 at 6:00PM Undisclosed Miami 2207 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33145 For a dining experience that transcends a mere meal to resonate with the very essence of the film it's inspired [...]

Memory Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past. --- Michel Franco is a Mexican director, producer, and writer best [...]

Tótem TÓTEM is a choral film about life. Seven-year-old Sol spends the day at her grandfather’s home, helping her aunts Nuri and Alejandra with the preparations for a surprise party they are throwing for Sol’s father, Tonatiuh. As daylight fades, a strange and chaotic atmosphere takes over, shattering the bonds that hold a family [...]

The Delinquents Moran works as a clerk in a bank in Buenos Aires. He is as good as invisible to his colleagues. Over dinner with his colleague Roman, Moran tells him that he stole $650k, double what he would have made until his retirement. He plans to turn himself in, but not before offering [...]

Miami Dade College’s Cuban Cinema Series resume, presented by Miami Film Festival at the Koubek Center Series launches with a tribute to León Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez Leal with screenings of: El Super screening on January 26th at 7:30 PM

The successful Cuban Cinema Series, founded and directed by film critic Alejandro Ríos since 1993 at Miami Dade College, continues its performances at the Koubek Center with the film 8 – A by cuban director  Orlando Jimenez Leal on Thursday February 29th at the Koubek Center. The Kafkaesque world of Cuba under Castro's rule [...]

Welcome to the Miami Dade College’s 41st Miami Film Festival! Explore the more than 180 films from more than 30 countries that are in this year’s official selection. The Festival will take place from Friday, April 5 – Sunday, April 14, 2024. Tickets on sale to members on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Tickets on sale [...]

Special Presentation It is August 1971. Football teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark and Italy are gathering at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium. The scale of the tournament is monumental: lavish sponsorship, extensive TV coverage, and crowds of over 100,000 hollering fans turn this historic stadium into ‘a cauldron of noise and heat’ match [...]

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award Director Tamara Segura will be in attendance to participate in a post-screening Q&A. This screening is a part of the Spotlight on Cuba at Miami Film Festival, made possible with support of ArtesMiami.  In her feature documentary Seguridad, Newfoundland-based filmmaker Tamara Segura—once named “Cuba’s youngest soldier” in a militia [...]

Jordan Ressler First Feature Director Romina Tamburello and Producer Santiago King will be in attendance to participate in a post-screening Q&A. 17-year-old Vera divides her days between volleyball, school, and a secret hobby: she rents out an empty apartment to teenagers looking for a place to have sex. She steals the keys from [...]