As of Oct. 16, the $85 GEMS industry badge window has closed; applications ran to Oct. 15 at 11:59 p.m. Miami Film Festival GEMS 2026 runs Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, and the festival's ticketing page says public tickets are on sale now. Prices, venues and dates.
Miami Film Festival's documentary fund, The Louies, will award $100,000 to six Miami-based filmmakers. Applications run Sept. 28 to Nov. 6. Here are the tiers, the eligibility rules, the key dates and what the published materials leave out.
Popcorn Frights Pre-Early Bird hits Wed Sep 30 — live FilmFreeway fees for Florida premiere genre shorts/features at Savor Cinema, Best Florida Film jury door, Aug 5–15 2027 fest map.
Fort Lauderdale's studio chapter with Buffalo FilmWorks, the federal film incentive study and coalition, and a record of the Sept. 18 to Oct. 2 owner deadlines, plus what is still ahead: Hallandale Beach CRA FY2026-27 appointments and Delray Chamber's Oct. 16 AI session.