Miami gay and lesbian film festival

The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Now MiFo

The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (MGLFF), a critically acclaimed event, started in 1998 and is based in the world-renowned historic South Beach neighborhood with additional films screened at locations throughout Miami-Dade County. MGLFF officially changed it's name to MiFo in 2015. Visit the new website here - mifofilm.com

The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is committed to its mission: To inspire, entertain and educate the public, encourage a sense of community through international and culturally diverse film, video and other media that offer historical and contemporary perspectives on the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.

The festival has grown from a 3-day event in which 25 films were presented to the current format of 10 days with over 65 films. The Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is an internationally acclaimed event serving as a platform for numerous World Premiers, North American Premiers and East Coast Premiers. The Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is the first MAJOR LGBT film f

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Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival announced its acclaimed lineup for its upcoming Festival taking place from April 3-13. The Festival will open with Meet the Barbarians, with director Julie Delpy in attendance on Thursday, April 3, when she will receive the Festival’s Impact Award. The Festival will close with On Swift Horses,directed by Daniel Minahan, on Saturday, April 12. Here is a list of the LGBTQ films at the festival.

On Swift Horses – Closing Night Film

Directed by Daniel Minahan – Florida Premiere | Country: United States | Language English | Genre: Drama, Romance | Theme: LGBT+, Jordan Ressler First Feature Award | 117 mins |2024

Muriel and her husband Lee are beginning a bright recent life in California when he returns from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler with a classified past. A dangerous love triangle quickly forms. When Julius takes off in search of the young card cheat he’s fallen for, Muriel’s longing for something more p

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