Miami Film Festival Announces 2022 Lineup for Hybrid Event

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Shalini Dore Features News EditorThe Miami Film Festival returns this year with a hybrid event that includes nine premieres, with three films bowing in special red carpet presentations from March 4-13 in the Florida city.

The festival had previously announced that “The Good Boss” would open the event while “Plaza Catedral” would be the closer. In total, 120 films from more than 35 countries will unspool next month.The festival, organized by Miami Dade College, will bestow its Precious Gems Awards on Ramin Bahrani and Ryusuke Hamaguchi, while DP Ari Wegner and composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive the Art of Light Awards.“The collective spirit of joy and gratitude that we felt from patrons and filmmakers at last year’s shared in-person theatrical screenings strengthened the always mighty creative heart of Miami Film Festival,” said executive director Jaie Laplante. “As we take all necessary precautions to ensure the continued safety of our patrons, we look forward to completing our fourth decade of programming by shining a light on some truly new and veteran outstanding creative cinematic talents.” The three special presentations will be for “Borrowed,” directed by Oscar Ernesto Ortega and Carlos Betancourt; “Croqueta Nation,” directed by Guillermo Alfonso; and Venezuela’s “Jezebel,” directed by Hernán Jabes Aguila.Knight Heroes, created with the support of John S. & James L.

Knight Foundation returns for the fourth consecutive year with a new format. Field of Vision’s If/Then Shorts co-directors Caitlin Mae Burke and Merrill Sterritt will lead a panel for South Florida creatives, “Scaling a Short Film into a Short Form Series,” which will include filmmaker and development executive panelists.