Here's the Complete Miami Film Festival 2025 Lineup

The Miami Film Festival has unveiled its 2025 lineup, with the 42nd-annual edition of the festival shaping up to be its most ambitious to date — and that's including its milestone anniversary program in 2023.

This year's festival runs from April 3 to 13, with 198 films from more than 45 countries screening at various supporting venues around town. One such venue is the Olympia Theater, which will host the festival's opening- and closing-night films — Meet the Barbarians and On Swift Horses — after years of sparse activity. Other films, including world premieres of Chirino and Ethan Bloom, as well as the hotly anticipated Selena y Los Dinos documentary, will also screen at the storied downtown venue.

Among other highlights at this year's festival is the celebrity roster, which includes appearances from Julie Delpy, Mark Duplass, Paul Feig, Melanie Lynskey, Roger Ross Williams, and Billy Zane. Delpy will introduce a 30th-anniversary screening of Before Sunrise, while Amanda Schull will participate in a Q&A at a 25th-anniversary screening of Center Stage. Other screenings include a 50th-anniversary screening of Picnic at Hanging Rock and a 20th-anniversary outdoor screening of Pride & Prejudice at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in partnership with the Miami Book Fair.

This year's special events also include a preview night screening of Freaky Tales starring Pedro Pascal, a screening of 2002's Secretary starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader (part of the festival's Uncomfortable Brunch event), and a showing of Magic Hour at the Mayfair House Hotel & Garden with director Jacqueline Christy and star Miriam Shor in attendance.

As always, the festival's programming will spotlight only-in-Miami stories. River of Grass is described as an ode to the Everglades, the aforementioned Chirino tells the story of legendary Cuban-American musician Willy Chirino, and El Sonido de Miami (The Sound of Miami) traces the evolution of the city's signature Latin music sound. But perhaps the most intriguing Miami story in the lineup is Know Me: The Untold Miami Bath Salts Phenomenon, a narrative film that sets out to tell the true, complex story of Rudy Eugene, the man behind the infamous so-called "Miami cannibal attack" of 2012.

Intrigued? Here is the complete lineup for the 2025 Miami Film Festival.

Opening Film: Meet the Barbarians (France, directed by Julie Delpy)
Closing Film: On Swift Horses (United States, directed by Daniel Minahan)

Marquee Screenings

● Another Simple Favor (United States, directed by Paul Feig)
● Two Women (Canada, directed by Chloé Robichaud)
● Waltzing With Brando (United States, directed by Bill Fishman)

CINEDWNTWN Gala Screenings

● Chirino (Cuba, United States, directed by Jorge A. Soliño)
● Ethan Bloom (United States, directed by Herschel Faber)
● Selena y Los Dinos (United States, directed by Isabel Castro)

Special Presentations

● A House on Fire (Spain, directed by Dani de la Orden) — East Coast Premiere
● A Line of Fire (United States, directed by Matt Shapira) — World Premiere
● Borderland | The Line Within (United States, directed by Pamela Yates)
● Boys Go to Jupiter (United States, directed by Julian Glander)
● Centered: Joe Lieberman (United States, directed by Jonathan Gruber)
● Diamanti (Italy, directed by Ferzan Özpetek) — North American Premiere
● Duino (United States, directed by Juan Pablo Di Pace and Andres Pepe Estrada) — Florida Premiere
● Hambre (Venezuela, directed by Joanna Nelson) — East Coast Premiere
● Happyend (Japan, directed by Neo Sora — Florida Premiere
● I Am Nevenka (Spain, directed by Iciar Bollain — East Coast Premiere
● Interstate (United States, directed by Oscar Corral and Haleem Muhsin) — World Premiere
● Mistura (Peru, directed by Ricardo de Montreuil) — Florida Premiere
● Motel Destino (Brazil, directed by Karim Aïnouz) — Florida Premiere
● Pavements (United States, directed by Alex Ross Perry) — Florida Premiere
● Pink Narcissus (United States, directed by James Bidgood)
● Queens of Drama (France, directed by Alexis Langlois) — Florida Premiere
● Reinas (Switzerland, directed by Klaudia Reynicke) — Florida Premiere
● Rent Free (United States, directed by Fernando Andrés) — Florida Premiere
● River of Grass (United States, directed by Sasha Wortzel) — Florida Premiere
● Samaná Sunrise (Spain, directed by Rafa Cortés) — North American Premiere
● Silent Partners (United States, directed by Jorge "Jokes" Yanes) — World Premiere
● Spermageddon (Norway, directed by Tommy Wirkola and Rasmus A. Sivertsen) — Florida Premiere
● Tatami (Georgia, directed by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir)
● The Goldsmith’s Secret (Spain, directed by Olga Osorio) — International Premiere
● The Inn Between (United States, directed by Ondi Timoner) — Florida Premiere
● The Luckiest Man In America (United States, directed by Samir Oliveros) — East Coast Premiere
● The Other Way Around (Spain, directed by Jonás Trueba) — Florida Premiere
● The Surfer (Australia, directed by Lorcan Finnegan) — Florida Premiere
● The Things You Kill (Turkey, directed by Alireza Khatami) — Florida Premiere
● The Threesome (United States, directed by Chad Hartigan) — Florida Premiere
● The United States of Elie Tahari (United States, directed by David Serero) — Florida Premiere
● The Wedding Banquet (United States, directed by Andrew Ahn) — Florida Premiere
● Two Islands (United States, directed by Humberto Ochoa) — World Premiere
● Waltzing with Brando (United States, directed by Bill Fishman) — Florida Premiere
● Wish You Were Here (United States, directed by Julia Stiles) — Special event with director Julia Stiles in attendance

Marimbas Award Competition

● Adios Cuba (Spain, directed by Rolando Díaz) — World Premiere
● Aguadilla (United States, directed by Alexander Zeke Musca and Tom Musca) — East Coast Premiere
● Cherri (Cuba, directed by Fabián Suárez) — World Premiere
● El Casero / The House Sitter (Argentina, directed by Matias Lucchesi) — North American Premiere
● Escape (Spain, directed by Rodrigo Cortés) — North American Premiere
● Espina (Panama, directed by Daniel Poler) — World Premiere
● Four Mothers —(Ireland, directed by Darren Thornton) — Florida Premiere
● Meet the Barbarians (France, directed by Julie Delpy) — Florida Premiere
● Reading Lolita in Tehran (Italy/Israel, directed by Eran Riklis) — Florida Premiere
● The Dog Thief (Bolivia, directed by Vinko Tomičić Salinas) — Florida Premiere
● The Exiles (Spain, directed by Belén Funes) — East Coast Premiere
● The Last Meal (Le dernier repas) (Canada, directed by Maryse Legagneur) — International Premiere
● The Summer Book (United States, directed by Charlie McDowell) — Florida Premiere
● The Virgin of The Quarry Lake (Argentina, directed by Laura Casabe) — Florida Premiere
● Trifole (Italy, directed by Gabriele Fabbro) — East Coast Premiere
● Two Women (Canada, directed by Chloé Robichaud) — East Coast Premiere
● Undercover (Spain, directed by Arantxa Echevarría) — East Coast Premiere
● Waves (Czech Republic, directed by Jiří Mádl) — Florida Premiere
● Zoe (Italy, directed by Emanuela Galliussi and Dean Ronalds) — World Premiere

Made in MIA Award Competition

● A Weird Kind of Beautiful (United States, directed by Gabriel Mayo) — World Premiere
● Becoming Vera (United States, directed by Sergio Vizuete) — East Coast Premiere
● Edge Of Hope (United States, directed by Dudley Alexis) — North American Premiere
● El Sonido de Miami (United States, directed by Emilio Oscar Alcalde) — World Premiere
● Ethan Bloom (United States, directed by Herschel Faber) — World Premiere
● Hablando con Chago (United States, directed by Emilio Oscar Alcalde) — World Premiere
● Know Me - The Untold Miami Bath Salts Phenomenon (United States, directed by Edson Jean) — Florida Premiere
● News Without a Newsroom (United States, directed by Oana Liana Martisca) — World Premiere
● The Python Hunt (United States, directed by Xander Robin) — Florida Premiere

Made in MIA Short Film Award Competition

● Ana y La Distancia (directed by Hansel Porras García)
● Blue Mirror (directed by Angela Rio) — World Premiere
● Boat People (directed by Al'Ikens Plancher)
● Florida Boys (directed by Nicholas Gelakis) — Florida Premiere
● Hermano Hermana (directed by Rodrigo Cuartas, Jonathan Cuartas, and Michael Cuarta) — World Premiere
● La Última Memoria (directed by Felipe Carlos Barandiaran) — World Premiere
● Little Haiti (directed by XF Serrano)
● Manny & Papo (directed by Andres Monsalve Roca) — Florida Premiere
● Pollo Punch (directed by Alec Castillo) — Florida Premiere
● Selfness (directed by Isis Masoud)
● The Big Time (directed by Tristan Wauchope) — Florida Premiere
● The Crack in my Heart (directed by Harrison Lum)
● George V. (directed by Dennis Scholl and Dia Kontaxis) — World Premiere
● Night Train Last Stop (directed by Gina Margillo) — World Premiere
● Test of Time (directed by Julian Alicea and Common Interest) — World Premiere

Jordan Ressler First Feature Award

● An Autumn Summer (United States, directed by Jared Isaac) — East Coast Premiere
● Arenas (France, directed by Camille Perton) — Florida Premiere
● Chlorophyll (Clorofilla) (Italy, directed by Ivana Gloria) — US Premiere
● Corina (Mexico, directed by Urzula Barba Hopfner) — East Coast Premiere
● DJ Ahmet (North Macedonia, directed by Georgi M. Unkovski) — Florida Premiere
● Fury (Spain, directed by Gemma Blasco) — East Coast Premiere
● Hot Milk (United Kingdom, directed by Rebecca Lenkiewic) — East Coast Premiere
● Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (France, directed by Laura Piani) — Florida Premiere
● Loveable (Norway, directed by Lilja Ingolfsdottir) — Florida Premiere
● Magic Hour (United States, directed by Jacqueline Christy) — Florida Premiere
● Malecón (Spain, directed by Carlos Larrazabal) — World Premiere
● Olivia & Las Nubes (Dominican Republic, directed by Tomás Pichardo Espaillat) — East Coast Premiere
● Omaha (United States, directed by Cole Webley) — Florida Premiere
● On Swift Horses (United States, directed by Daniel Minahan) — Florida Premiere
● Rains Over Babel (Colombia, directed by Gala del Sol) — Florida Premiere
● The Fisherman (Ghana, directed by Zoey Martinson) — East Coast Premiere
● The Party's Over (Spain, directed by Elena Manrique) — Florida Premiere
● The Salt Path (United Kingdom, directed by Marianne Elliott) — Florida Premiere
● The School Duel (United States, directed by Todd Wiseman Jr.) — North American Premiere
● Transplant (United States, directed by Jason Park) — Florida Premiere

Documentary Achievement Award

● 42nd Street (Dominican Republic, directed by Jose Maria Cabral) — Florida Premiere
● A Photographic Memory (United States, directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed) — Florida Premiere
● All God's Children (United States, directed by Ondi Timoner) — Florida Premiere
● Apocalypse in the Tropics (Brazil, directed by Petra Costa) — Florida Premiere
● Balomanía (Denmark, directed by Sissel Morell Dargis) — Florida Premiere
● Checkpoint Zoo (United States, directed by Joshua Zeman) — Florida Premiere
● Chirino (Cuba, directed by Jorge A. Soliño) — World Premiere
● Chronicles of the Absurd (Cuba, directed by Miguel Coyula) — Florida Premiere
● Googoosh – Made of Fire (Germany, directed by Niloufar Taghizadeh) — Florida Premiere
● Heightened Scrutiny (United States, directed by Sam Feder) — Florida Premiere
● Isla Familia (Cuba, directed by Abraham Jimenez Enoa & Claudia Calviño) — Florida Premiere
● La Noche Eterna de Cuba (Cuba's Eternal Night) (United States, directed by Jordan Allott) — World Premiere
● Out of Plain Sight (United States, directed by Daniel Straub & Rosanna Xia) — Florida Premiere
● Predators (United States, directed by David Osit) — Florida Premiere
● Sally (United States, directed by Cristina Costantini) — Florida Premiere
● The Dating Game (United States, directed by Violet Du Feng) — Florida Premiere
● The Librarians (United States, directed by Kim A. Snyder) — Florida Premiere
● The Perfect Neighbor (United States, directed by Geeta Gandbhir) — Florida Premiere

Miami International Short Film Award

● Ask A Punk (directed by Kevin Contento) — World Premiere
● Attachment Theory (directed by Katherine Jackson)
● Capitanes (directed by Kevin Castellano and Edu Hirschfeld)
● Complications (directed by Ivar Aase)
● Die Bully Die (directed by Nathan Lacey and Nick Lacey)
● Dirty Towel (directed by Callie Carpinteri)
● Flash Warning (directed by Allegra Leguizamo) — World Premiere
● French Lessons (directed by Anna Maguire and Kyle Greenberg) — North American Premiere
● Frenesi (directed by Natasha Elías) — World Premiere
● Gender Reveal (directed by Mo Matton) — Florida Premiere
● Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites (Chao Somnop Chet) (directed by Chheangkea) — Florida Premiere
● hija de Florinda (directed by Shenny de Los Angeles and Amanda Morell "iiritu") — East Coast Premiere
● Invincible Summer (directed by Arnaud Dufeys) — US Premiere
● Jane Austen's Period Drama (directed by Julia Aks and Steve Pinder)
● Jeff (directed by Julia Hebner) — World Premiere
● My Best Friend (directed by Elina Street)
● Neuro (directed by Wes Ellis) — East Coast Premiere
● Not Today (directed by Christian Meola) — World Premiere
● On a Sunday at Eleven (directed by Alicia K. Harris) — Florida Premiere
● Or Forever Hold Your Peace (directed by Babalola) — World Premiere
● Queen of Samba (directed by Stacy Pascal Gaspard) — North American Premiere
● RAT! (directed by Neal Suresh Mulani)
● Sandra (directed by Jen Chuck and Hannah Levy) — East Coast Premiere
● She and Her Good Vibrations (directed by Olivia Griselda and Sarah Cheok) — Florida Premiere
● Swamp Angels (directed by Emily Kobert)
● Teen Mary (directed by Ali Rosenthal) — North American Premiere
● The Bullfighter (directed by Giselle Bonilla)
● The Sacrifice (directed by Christopher Werner)
● This Edible Ain't Shit (directed by Frank Volk)
● Trois Vagins Qui Crient (directed by Alexia Roc) — US Premiere
● Wassupkaylee (directed by Pepi Ginsberg) — Florida Premiere
● What to Expect (directed by Gabriela Garcia Medina) — East Coast Premiere

Short Documentary Award

● Confessions of a Jumbotron Addict (directed by Mickey Duzyj) — Florida Premiere
● Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens (directed by Kristal Sotomayor)
● Que Hay Allí Afuera (directed by Mateo Formoso-DeLucia)
● Stud Country (directed by Lina Abascal and Alexandra Kern)
● The Boricua's Dilemma (directed by Sebastian Nazario-Colon) — Florida Premiere
● View From the Floor (directed by Megan Griffiths and Mindie Lind) — Florida Premiere
● Foreverglading (directed by Gregory Pesochin and Rey Jaffet) — World Premiere
● Open Dialogues: Gen QueerZ (directed by Freddy Rodriguez) — World Premiere
● Chasing The Passage of Time (directed by Dennis Scholl and Ed Talavera) — World Premiere
● Tiger (directed by Loren Waters) — Florida Premiere

Cinemaslam Competition

● ¡Que Colombianada! (directed by Samuel Vargas)
● Consummation (directed by Van Galex)
● Dirt Therapy (directed by Sebastian Valencia) — World Premiere
● Gag (directed by Lex Morales)
● Phantom Contact (directed by Andres Eduardo Gonzalez Campillo) — World Premiere
● Prélude (directed by Paolo Cesti) — World Premiere
● Purple Grooves: A Funky Tragedy (directed by Larry Flores II)
● The Brother and Sister Duo (directed by Perry Feder)

Miami Film Festival. Thursday, April 3, through Sunday, April 13, at various locations. miamifilmfestival.com. Ticket prices vary.