38th Miami Film Festival 2021
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- DirectorSergio RamírezStarsEduardo CabreraDaniela CastilloAlejandro Díaz1991: Guatemala is at war, but this is not an issue for Daniel and his friends. All they want to do is have fun. They travel around with baseball bats, but their goal is not to play a game, they are on the hunt.
- DirectorJulia von HeinzStarsMala EmdeNoah SaavedraTonio SchneiderHow far one is willing to go for the sake of one's political commitment.
- DirectorChristos NikouStarsAris ServetalisSofia GeorgovassiliAnna KalaitzidouAmidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.
- DirectorTracey DeerStarsKiawentiioRainbow DickersonViolah BeauvaisBased on true events, Tracey Deer's debut feature chronicles the 78-day standoff between two Mohawk communities and government forces in 1990 Quebec.
- DirectorJose NavasStarsMekhi BlackSpain BlackCaroline De LeonSuffering from mutism has kept Marcus quiet his entire life. After years of home-schooling Marcus faces his biggest challenge yet - real school. But soon everyone will discover the incredible gift Marcus has been hiding from the world.
- DirectorJavier Fuentes-LeónStarsGhia BurnsRoberto CanoGracia OlayoA long-hidden secret flips generational hierarchies upside down at a huge birthday celebration.
- DirectorEmmanuel CourcolStarsKad MeradDavid AyalaLamine CissokhoAn actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
- DirectorNicolas BotanaStarsHugo PiccininiLaura TipoldiDavid Roizner SelanikioA few days after he moved in with his girlfriend, Jorge receives the visit of his future self who traveled through time to warn him that she is going to leave him for another guy, and proposes him a plan to avoid it.
- DirectorMatthew HeinemanStarsJ BalvinColombian reggaeton singer J Balvin prepares for his 2019 homecoming concert amid intense political turmoil, in Matthew Heineman's latest documentary.
- DirectorMaria Corina RamirezStarsMaria Corina RamirezMarialejandra MartinNathalia LaresA Latina high school valedictorian grapples with her fate and identity as graduation day approaches, all while her mother veers too close to a ghost from the past and her younger sister swears she's found the answer to it all: winning the lottery.
- DirectorMiguel FausStarsPaula GrimaldoGuillermo CampraAres AixalàIn a mansion in the Costa Brava, a young domestic worker has to serve two rich kids while they enjoy their summer. Amongst cocktails, drugs and dishwashers, she will look for her own way to have fun.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsIvan TrojanJosef TrojanJuraj LojThe life of successful Czech healer Jan Mikolasek, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and strong familiarity with plants, set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
- DirectorMoritz BleibtreuStarsMoritz BleibtreuNadja UhlEmily KuscheHagen develops disturbing nightmares and soon can no longer distinguish between dream and reality.
- DirectorAsori SotoStarsDanilo OttavianiMarc SchöttnerCuban Food Stories is a documentary that follows the various culinary delights made in Cuba, often showing how they're made.
- DirectorBrad AbrahamsStarsDavid DeesFrom illustrating for Sesame Street to exposing the New World Order, this is the story of the controversial David Dees, unofficial artist of conspiracy theory culture. What sent him down the rabbit hole, and is there a path out?
- DirectorAna KatzStarsRaquel BankDaniel KatzNicolás LevinSebastián, a man in his thirties, works a series of temporary jobs and he embraces love at every opportunity. He transforms, through a series of short encounters, as the world flirts with possible apocalypse.
- DirectorSian-Pierre RegisStarsRebecca DanigelisSian-Pierre RegisAfter a 75 year-old mother gets fired from her job, her son takes her on a bucket-list adventure to reclaim her life. As she struggles to find work, he documents a journey that uncovers the betrayals plaguing her past and the economic insecurity soon to shape not only her future, but that of an entire generation.
- DirectorKathryn Boyd-BatstoneStarsMelinna BobadillaRick ManciaIdalia VallesInspired by the Madrigal Ten, a group of women who were ten of many Latinas sterilized without consent while giving birth at Los Angeles County USC Medical Center during the 1970s. This story follows Eva, a fictional mother, who after being informed of her sterilization, is faced with the life altering decision of joining Jessica, a 26 year old fierce Chicana attorney, and nine other women in a lawsuit against the hospital despite the shame she might receive from her community and family.
- DirectorPat HeywoodJamil McGinnisStarsShaq BynesKaron TraceyJihad MarshallShaq, a young man grappling with depression, returns to his New Jersey hometown, where his exploration of grief and brotherhood transforms into the imagining of an inner life.
- DirectorCarlton DanielStarsDerrick BentonChazz Giovanni BruceAyyhaunnah de la RentaWorking as a mortician at his father's funeral parlor, Junior cycles through an unsatisfying life routine. A night out with friends forces him to see the world as it truly is.
- DirectorKamir AïnouzStarsZoé AdjaniAmira CasarLyès SalemSelma, 17, who lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets Julien in college, she realizes for the first time the impact of patriarchal rules on her intimacy.
- DirectorJosé María CabralStarsLumy LizardoNashla BogaertJazz ViláThe lives of prostitutes at a brothel in the Dominican Republic take a dramatic turn when the U.S troops invade during the 1965 war.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsTilda SwintonAgustín AlmodóvarMiguel AlmodóvarA woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.
- DirectorSameh AlaaStarsNourhan AhmedYousef ElrashidySeif HemedaAfter an 82-day separation, Adam travels a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes.
- DirectorLeonardo AranguibelStarsRebeca AlemanHéctor BonillaAlice BragaTop Latin American artists unite for a reading of excerpts from Gabriel García Marquéz's "100 Years of Solitude", which tell the story of a town that succumbs to a highly contagious plague of sleeplessness and amnesia. The narration is accompanied by apt and current real-world images, drawing parallels between the magical realism of García Marquéz's novel and the surreal circumstances we live in.