She Dances
2025-11-01 13:00 (America/New_York) | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Director: Rick Gomez
Language: English
Country: United States
Forced to reconnect on the road to her final dance competition, a father and daughter must confront their fracturedrelationship. As they navigate a shared tragedy, the whirlwind of the Young Miss Southeast Regional Dance Finals becomes thebackdrop for their journey toward healing.
Fresh off its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, She Dances is an intimate and moving treasure of a film. Starring Steve Zahn alongside his real-life daughter Audrey Zahn in her feature film debut, and co-starring our GEMS Variety VirtuosoAward honoree Ethan Hawke, it’s a story about rediscovering family and finding yourself – and about accepting what is, lettingit shape you, and recognizing who you are through the memories of those you love most.

Is This Thing On?
2025-11-01 16:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Director: Bradley Cooper
Language: English
Country: United States
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) facing middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose on theNew York comedy scene, while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family – forcing them to navigateco-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form. Bradley Cooper’s third film as a director after A Star is Born andMaestro, Miami Film Festival GEMS is screening Is This Thing On? just three weeks after its world premiere as the closing nightfilm of the New York Film Festival.
Funny and revealing, it’s a cathartic look at finding the humor in the face of life’s curveballs.

Sirât
2025-11-01 19:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Director: Oliver Laxe
Language: Spanish, French
Country: France, Spain
A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They’re searching for Mar –daughter and sister – who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic musicand a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading, but they push through andfollow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, thejourney forces them to confront their own limits.
Spain’s official submission for the Oscars, this Cannes sensation won the Jury Prize and three others, including Palm Dog forbest canine performance.

A Private Life (Vie privée)
2025-11-02 13:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Language:French
Country: France
Renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner is deeply troubled by the sudden death of one of her patients. Convinced it was murder,she decides to investigate…
An official selection at some of the world’s most renowned film festivals – including Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, San Sebastian,and New York – A Private Life marks two-time Academy Award-winning actress Jodie Foster’s first French-speaking lead role.In her remarkable hands, she takes a story about obsession and infuses it with both camp and sincerity. And while at firstglance it appears to be a murder mystery, there’s something much more interesting bubbling beneath the surface in thispsychological tale of emotional suppression and personal discovery.

Jay Kelly
2025-11-02 15:15 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Director: Noah Baumbach
Language: English
Country: United States
Jay Kelly, the new film from Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach, follows famous movie actor Jay Kelly (GeorgeClooney) and his devoted manager, Ron (Adam Sandler), as they embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journeythrough Europe. Along the way, both men are forced to confront the choices they’ve made, their relationships with their lovedones, and the legacies they’ll leave behind.
A gripping character study played by a phenomenal George Clooney in the title role, Jay Kelly also stars Adam Sandler, LauraDern, Billy Crudup, and Greta Gerwig. The end result is an entertaining mediation on identity, isolation, and celebrity – and howthe hardest role to play in life is that of ourselves.

The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
2025-11-02 18:15 | FL
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Language: Portuguese
Country: Brazil, France, Netherlands,
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week hoping toreunite with his son, but soon realizes that the city is far from being the nonviolent refuge he seeks.
The Secret Agent was the winner of multiple awards at the Cannes Film Festival, including best actor for Wagner Moura, bestdirector for Kleber Mendonça Filho, and the FIPRESCI Prize.
Kleber Mendonça Filho is a master filmmaker and has directed myriad Brazilian classics, including Neighboring Sounds,Aquarius, and Bacurau. The Secret Agent is one of his most striking films yet: a neo-noir political thriller that also pays lovinghomage

Eternity
2025-11-03 19:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Director: David Freyne
Language: English
Country: United States
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with (Miles Teller) and her first love (Callum Turner), who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
In this imaginative, funny, and swoonworthy romantic dramedy from director David Freyne, the love triangle is given a fresh – and surprisingly profound – twist. With a buoyancy and charm that lend a playful energy to its high-concept premise, Eternity is as emotionally layered as it is visually striking. What truly gives the film its weight is the quiet melancholy running just beneath the surface. Eternity reminds us that love is rarely simple…even in the afterlife.

Ibero American Film Festival
2025-11-17 - 2025-11-23 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
La magia del séptimo arte regresa a la ciudad con la 7ª edición del Ibero American Film Festival Miami (IAFFM), que se celebrará del 17 al 23 de noviembre en el emblemático Koubek Center del Miami Dade College.
Durante una semana, el festival reunirá a cineastas, artistas y amantes del cine para disfrutar de una programación única que celebra la riqueza cultural, la diversidad y la creatividad de Iberoamérica. Desde potentes dramas hasta comedias inspiradoras, pasando por documentales reveladores y cortometrajes innovadores, el IAFFM es una ventana abierta a las historias que definen y conectan a nuestras comunidad
Asegura tu lugar en este encuentro cinematográfico imperdible ingresando en: https://iaffm.com/home/

No pierdas la oportunidad de vivir una experiencia cultural inolvidable: proyecciones exclusivas, encuentros con directores, paneles de conversación, y actividades especiales que harán del IAFFM 2025 un punto de encuentro para todos los apasionados del cine.
17 al 23 de noviembre
Koubek Center – Miami Dade College
¡Ven a celebrar con nosotros el talento, la diversidad y la fuerza del cine iberoamericano en Miami!

Programa En Residencia 2025
2025-11-27 08:00 - 17:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
El programa En Residencia, creado en julio de 2021, nació con el propósito de fortalecer y nutrir el ecosistema cultural de Miami a través del trabajo de nuestros artistas locales. Esta iniciativa busca impulsar la creatividad, abrir espacios de experimentación y fomentar el diálogo entre los creadores y la comunidad.
En Residencia está abierto a artistas de todas las disciplinas y en cualquier etapa de su carrera. Como parte del programa, los participantes tienen acceso a las aulas y al estudio de ensayo del Koubek Center para desarrollar nuevos proyectos, investigar, crear y colaborar. Además, según cada caso, los Residentes pueden integrarse a la programación del Centro y formar parte de actividades especiales que conectan su obra con el público.
“En Residencia es un pilar de la misión del Koubek Center de construir comunidad a través de las artes”, afirma Melissa Messulam, directora del Centro. “A través de este programa, esperamos proporcionar un espacio que inspire a los artistas a ser creativos, les ayude a mantener su práctica, genere nuevas posibilidades y fomente conexiones entre ellos y con la comunidad”.
Hoy te invitamos a conocer más sobre esta experiencia transformadora.
¡Ya puedes ver el documental del programa En Residencia y descubrir de cerca el proceso creativo de nuestros artistas!
The Artist-in-Residence Program, created in July 2021, was born with the purpose of strengthening and nurturing Miami’s cultural ecosystem through the work of our local artists. This initiative seeks to spark creativity, open spaces for experimentation, and foster dialogue between creators and the community.
The program is open to artists from all disciplines and at any stage of their careers. As part of the residency, participants gain access to the Koubek Center’s classrooms and rehearsal studio to develop new projects, research, create, and collaborate. Additionally, depending on each case, Residents may be integrated into the Center’s programming and take part in special activities that connect their work with the public.
“En Residencia is a pillar of the Koubek Center’s mission to build community through the arts,” says Melissa Messulam, the Center’s director. “Through this program, we hope to provide a space that inspires artists to be creative, helps them sustain their practice, generates new possibilities, and nurtures connections—both among artists and with the community.”
We invite you to learn more about this transformative experience.
You can now watch the En Residencia documentary and explore firsthand the creative process of our artists!

Perseverancia
2026-03-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
Spanish/English
Mexico
Perseverancia is a tangible portrait of the life and extraordinary work of Tomás Sánchez, one of the most relevant contemporary Latin American artists of our time. A master of dazzling imagery capable of contrasting nature in its vital, almost mystical state – or wounded by human indifference – Sánchez’s poetic landscapes are a perpetual hymn to beauty and freedom consistent with his ecological philosophical vision.
Perseverancia is the name of the sugar mill in Cienfuegos, Cuba, where Sánchez enjoyed his childhood alongside his mother, his earliest artistic influence. Juan Carlos Martín presents Sánchez not only through his origins and influences, but through the lens of the generation that marked a turning point amid the dictatorial uncertainty of 1980s Cuba.
Expected guest:
JUAN CARLOS MARTÍN / DIRECTOR
2024
108 MINS

Tropical Park
2026-03-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama
Spanish
United States
During a driving lesson, two Cuban siblings – a newly arrived trans woman (Lola Bosch) and her estranged conservative brother (Ariel Texidó) – face each other for the first time in years, with a silent Miami bearing witness outside their car windows.
From local filmmaker Hansel Porras Garcia, Tropical Park is a hybrid observational drama film shot in a single take and a love letter to Miami.
One of countless stories from the Cuban exile experience in the U.S., it’s a quiet meditation on coexistence, memory, and empathy. Here, Garcia explores what it means to share space with those who see the world through a different lens, and how love evolves when certain identities gently disrupt what once felt unquestionable.
Expected guest
HANSEL PORRAS GARCIA / DIRECTO
2025
85 MINS

El Regresado
2026-03-16 20:45 - 2026-04-15 20:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama
Spanish
Cuba/Colombia
El regresado tells the story of a young Cuban painter, a graduate of the National Art School, who returns to his hometown of Gibara in Eastern Cuba to complete his mandatory social service.
At the same time, he has also been drafted into military service, from which he hopes to be exempted once he begins working at a local cultural institution. In Gibara, he reunites with his admired former professor – himself an artist – who has been purged for his aesthetic vision and statements that do not align with the doctrine of Castroism. Gibara has become a small inferno ruled by fear, opportunism, and repression – and compels the young man to make a drastic decision.
DIRECTED BY ARMANDO CAPO
2025
100 MINS

Miami Film Festival 2026
2026-04-09 - 2026-04-19 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Miami Film Festival returns April 9th – April 19th to theaters all across Miami, with film lineup announced & tickets on sale now. Catch the best international, indie, and local films of the year, as well as unforgettable parties, exclusive celebrity talks, award presentations, and more! Experience the authentic movie-going experience as a Miami Film Festival audience member alongside film lovers just like you! See full program at miamifilmfestival.com.
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Revolution's Daughter
2026-04-10 19:30, 2026-04-18 15:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
English/Spanish
United States
This is a singular documentary that revisits the drama of the Cuban dictatorship and its impact across generations, drawing on testimonies from diverse voices within the exile community and using as its leitmotif Fidel Castro’s daughter, Alina Fernández Revuelta. The film highlights perspectives seldom heard in discussions of the turmoil Castroism brought to the island, with figures such as Gloria Estefan, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, José Bedia, Margarita Cano, Nilo Cruz, and Bonco Quiñongo, among others, sharing personal stories conveying hope and long-awaited freedom.
Collectively, they underscore the success of Cuban Americans in the United States – and how their entrepreneurial spirit could help shape a future free Cuba.
Expected guests
Thaddeus D. Matula
Filmmaker: Director / Producer / Writer — President Double Life Films & Cinematula
Alina Fernández
Executive Producer
Ricardo Pau-Llosa
Documentary subject, Poet, Art Critic
Pablo Cano
Documentary Subject, Marionette Maker

American Pachuco
2026-04-11 14:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
English/Spanish
United States
Evolving from migrant farmworker to revolutionary artist, Luis Valdez changed American culture. In the 1960s, his El Teatro Campesino performed on flatbed trucks and helped mobilize workers to win the first farmworkers union contract, and his Zoot Suit was the first Chicano play on Broadway.
Yet despite critical rejection that killed the show, he persevered, creating La Bamba – a breakout blockbuster that authentically depicted Mexican American life to the world. Now in its 60th year, El Teatro continues to be a beacon for Latino/a creators. This is the story of an artist who gave voice to the overlooked and opened pathways for generations.
Winner of both the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary and Festival Favorite Award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
DIRECTED BY DAVID ALVARADO
2026
92 MINS

Blue Trail
2026-04-11 17:45, 2026-04-19 14:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Drama
Portuguese
Brazil/Mexico/Netherlands/Chile
In a near-future Brazil, productivity is a religion and the elderly are deemed expendable. Tereza (Denise Weinberg) is unceremoniously sent to The Colony, a state-run exile for seniors.
Refusing to be erased, she escapes her daughter’s guardianship to pursue a final wish: to fly. Her journey down the Amazon’s waterways, aided by a drug-smuggling boatman (Rodrigo Santoro) and a bible-selling rebel, becomes a post-tropical delirium fueled by the psychedelic slime of a blue snail.
Director Gabriel Mascaro (Neon Bull) delivers an exquisite odyssey that reinvents the road movie. Visually stunning and fiercely anti-authoritarian, The Blue Trail is a transfixing meditation on the radical, sensual right to stay free.
DIRECTED BY GABRIEL MASCARO
2025
86 MINS

No Slagas
2026-04-11 20:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama, Horror
Spanish
Dominican Republic
Liz, a young college student still traumatized by the brutal murder of her girlfriend, tries to hold it together by passing as straight. A weekend getaway with friends offers a desperately needed respite, but the arrival of a magnetic woman triggers Liz’s buried queer desires. This internal awakening summons a malign, supernatural force that feeds on the group, twisting their proximity into collective violence. Director Victoria Linares handles the collision of queerness and horror with sharp restraint, letting the terror build slowly in a world that demands you stay hidden.
No Salgas is screening in the Generation section of the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival.
Expected guest:
VICTORIA LINARES VILLEGAS / DIRECTOR, COWRITER, PRODUCER
2026
105 MINS

Coolie
2026-04-12 12:00 | FL
Drama, Episodic
English, Mandarin
Dominican Republic/Panama
Twenty-two-year-old Chulin, a poor orphaned Chinese girl, leaves the shores of Southern China and ventures thousands of miles across the oceans to Cuba as a promised bride to Chinese coolie Tung Ho.
But once she arrives she finds that her expected fate is destined to change, as she overcomes many hurdles to eventually fall in love with her master, Don Leonardo Alejandro Ortega, the Cuban owner of a large sugar cane plantation – making the country her home and Ortega her heart and soul.
Miami Film Festival will screen the first three episodes of this new episodic series directed by Arvin Chen (Pachinko) and Julian Acosta, from esteemed producer Meileen Choo.
DIRECTED BY ARVIN CHEN, JULIAN ACOSTA
2025
126 MINS
Expected guests:
Inah Lee
Producer
Ed Buhr
Producer
Arvin Chen
Director
Julian DaCosta
Director
Camila Arteche
Actor
Sian Chiong
Actor
Milly Figuero
Actor

Calle Cuba
2026-04-12 15:15 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
Spanish
Chile/Cuba/Mexico
Calle Cuba is an emblematic street in the island nation’s Old Havana municipality, as well as the title of this unusual documentary, in which several longtime residents of the area perform their own lives before the cameras with the naturalness of seasoned actors.
All of them try to find the hope that has been promised to them, only to see it dissipate with no solution in sight. Complaints and protests abound, silenced by resignation. Escaping the anguish of the cursed island is one possible solution, yet the paths of flight are complex.
The promise of a better life may lie in crossing the dangerous Darién jungle, embarking on the uncertain journey to Russia, or obtaining a visa by any means necessary.
2026
93 MINS
Expected guests:
Vanessa Batista Fernández
(Director)

Romería
2026-04-12 18:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Biography, Drama, Romance
Spanish, Catalan, French
Spain
Armed with a camcorder and a thirst for truths long buried, 18-year-old Spanish orphan Marina is piecing together the ghosts of her parents. Traveling to Vigo to secure a document from her paternal grandparents that’s required for her university application, she finds in her father’s family an icy evasion, forcing her to untangle a web of conflicting memories about her deceased parents.
Carla Simón delivers a luminous, intimate study of auto-fiction, utilizing a mesmerizing performance from Llúcia Garcia to dissect the gap between the stories of absent family members, the stories we create about them, and who they truly were. This is a heart-shattering master class on identity.
Romería screened in competition in Cannes.
DIRECTED BY CARLA SIMÓN
2025
112 MINS

The King Of The Internet
2026-04-12 20:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama, Comedy
Portuguese
Brazil
The King of the Internet is a wild and dramatic saga that follows how Daniel Nascimento rose to become one of Brazil’s top hackers, joined a criminal organization that moved millions of reais, lived a lavish, high-rolling life, and was arrested in a federal police operation – all before turning 17.
This latest film from Brazilian director Fabrício Bittar is brash, loud, exciting, and – most of all – extremely entertaining. His prior films include How to Become the Worst Student in School, a top-10 Brazilian box-office hit; Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary, selected by 15+ international festivals and winner of Best Gore at FrightFest; How to Hack Your Boss, released on Netflix; and Inexplicável, which went on to rank as a Top 3 Global title on Netflix.
DIRECTED BY FABRÍCIO BITTAR
2026
134 MINS

Miami Stories
2026-04-15 18:15 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Comedy, Local
Spanish
Uniteds State
Miami Stories is a wild, collective comic confessional where some of the most outlandish figures from Cuba’s complex political scene – coming from both sides of the conflict – gather to reveal their Miami gospels, not without a touch of arrogance. The notoriously infamous Wasp Network, Castroism’s spy ring operating in the heart of the exile capital, is transformed – through sharp, corrosive satire – into the Mosquito Network.
FBI agents, influencers, radio and TV hosts and producers, actors, and filmmakers express themselves in torrents of unchecked speech, full of winks and double meanings that expose the humorous extremes of an unstoppable, razor-sharp ideological landscape.
Miami Stories prove that laughing at oneself remains the ultimate mark of intelligence.
Expected guest:
ELIECER JIMENEZ ALMEIDA / DIRECTOR
2026
74 MINS

Madwoman's Game
2026-04-16 18:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
English
United States/France/Mexico
Madwoman’s Game follows Bianca Mitchell-Avila, a young Latina chess player who sees the game not simply as competition, but as the blueprint for navigating life. Through travel, mentorship, and matches with world-class women players, Mitchell-Avila explores how the lessons of chess extend far beyond the board. At the heart of this documentary is a simple, resonant question: If life is like a game of chess, how do we play it?
Directed by Zach Zamboni, a multiple Primetime Emmy Award winner, and the winner of a Peabody Award, Madwoman’s Game is executive produced by Keanu Reeves and Miami’s own Carla Berkowitz (Critical Thinking).
DIRECTED BY ZACH ZAMBONI
2025
73 MINS

Cuban Contemporary Independent Shorts
2026-04-17 18:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
This documentary seeks to unravel the Cuban catastrophe through two narrative sources: dialogues and conversations of ordinary citizens as a kind of soundtrack—sometimes humorous, at other times deeply dramatic—reflecting on and citing examples of a nation’s tragedy under the whims of a cruel and inept dictatorship, steeped in hopelessness.
The other perspective is conveyed through images of daily survival: the elderly under the protective wing of nuns, endless lines, scarcity, blackouts, repression—a city resembling a postwar landscape. In the end, there is no hope other than the longed-for freedom.
DIRECTED BY ANA VICTORIA PÉREZ
SPAIN, CUBA
2025
41 MINS
Rancor A young man who has left Cuba reflects on three fundamental spaces in his life: Madrid, where he lives with his wife and his dog; Miami, where his mother, sister, and nephews live; and Republican Cuba before the Revolution, when his grandparents built the house that, over time, the entire family eventually abandoned.
DIRECTED BY CARLOS A HALLEY
CUBA, SPAIN
2026
15 MINS
The Last Game (El último juego) In a lonely, gray city, a boy says goodbye to his friends as he prepares to leave the country with his parents, but he engages in one last game that takes an unexpected turn.
DIRECTED BY DANIEL CHILE
CUBA
2025
24 MINS
Night and Fog Luanda and Vladimir must carry their father's dead body out of the house -a daunting task, given that everything they know is contained within those four walls.
"Everything" truly means everything, from the most ordinary objects to memories and hope.
DIRECTED BY BORIS GONZÁLEZ ARENAS
CUBA
2026
16 MINS
Norheimsund A girl’s long-distance romance with an older Norwegian man promises to pull her and her mother out of their austere life in Cuba, but her dreams are shaken when she realizes he isn’t as idyllic as he seems.
DIRECTED BY ANA A. ALPIZAR
CUBA, UNITED STATES
2025
12 MINS

The Last Viking
2026-04-17 20:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Dark comedy
Danish, Swedish
Denmark/Sweden
The Last Viking is a Danish dark comedy directed by Anders Thomas Jensen about two brothers searching for buried treasure. Anker (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has just been released from prison following a 15-year sentence for robbery, and he’s intent on recovering the cash from a prior heist that his brother, Manfred (Mads Mikkelsen) has buried.
But Manfred has since developed a mental health issue that’s caused him to forget everything, including where the money is. Together, the brothers embark on an unexpected journey to locate the hidden cache and discover who they really are.
The Last Viking – which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and also screened at Toronto International Film Festival – is an offbeat, intriguing, and devious comedy.
DIRECTED BY ANDERS THOMAS JENSEN
2025
116 MINS

Uncle Roly
2026-04-18 14:45 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama, Comedy, Loca
Spanish
United Statesl
In a dramedy tone, Uncle Roly tells the story of an incorrigible and rebellious relative who never followed the customs of social and family life. After many years of absence, two spoiled nephews – protected by overbearing parents and who have yet to decide what to do with their lives – must unexpectedly deal with their uncle on an unforeseen adventure to find treasure in the Everglades.
An insoluble cultural clash arises between the bilingual young Miamians and their uncle, who displays his apparent disregard for American social expectations as if it were a virtue. Life will never be the same again for any of them as the hunt becomes a catharsis and a revelation of family secrets.
Expected guest:
DENNIS VELAZQUEZ / DIRECTOR
2025
81 MINS

Maria Antonia
2026-04-19 12:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Drama
Spanish
Cuba
Miami Film Festival is proud to present the world premiere screening of the restoration of Sergio Giral’s classic film, Maria Antonia. Set in pre-revolutionary Havana, it follows the turbulent life of a fiercely independent Afro-Cuban woman whose defiance of social norms puts her in constant conflict with the world around her. Adapted from Eugenio Hernández Espinosa’s acclaimed stage play, the film portrays María Antonia’s struggle against poverty, machismo, the rigid moral codes of her neighborhood, and her passionate but destructive relationship with a charismatic boxer – which pulls her into a spiral of jealousy, violence, and fatalism.
Through her story, Giral explores race, class, spirituality, and the resilience of Afro-Cuban women, delivering a portrait that is both intimate tragedy and social critique.
DIRECTED BY SERGIO GIRAL
1990
103 MINS

Coronoer To The Starts
2026-04-19 13:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Documentary
English
United States
Coroner to the Stars chronicles the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County chief medical examiner-coroner, whose groundbreaking autopsies forever shaped American culture.
From Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy to Sharon Tate and Natalie Wood, Noguchi pushed forensic science into the spotlight – even as Hollywood elites and political adversaries sought to silence him. A Japanese immigrant who unwittingly rose to fame in a city driven by stardom, Noguchi’s fearless pursuit of truth often placed him in the crosshairs of controversy.
Best described as “CSI meets TMZ,” Coroner to the Stars is a behind-the-curtains look at someone who shaped the way we – and history – view the deaths of some of our most beloved fallen icons.
DIRECTED BY BEN HETHCOAT, KEITA IDENO
2025
83 MINS
