Slamdance Film Festival Coming To Miami Beach In 2020

MIAMI BEACH, FL — The Slamdance Film Festival is coming to Miami Beach in May 2020. The Miami Beach edition of the festival will highlight the multi-cultural and diverse communities of Florida, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.

“We’re proud to have been selected by Slamdance as their next city destination,” said Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber in announcing the event on Friday. “By attracting prestigious alumnae and providing resources to produce new work, Slamdance will be instrumental in ensuring our local, talented filmmakers can receive the recognition and reach they deserve.”

The festival will come ashore in Miami Beach following its 26th installment in Park City, Utah. The Miami Beach event will run from May 28 to May 31, 2020.

“Miami Beach is a hot spot for film and television,” explained Matt Kenny, the city's director of tourism and culture. “We have had an immense amount of success in films shooting in this tropical paradise, from 'Bad Boys 3' to 'The Last Resort' and the most recent filming of 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.' We’re thrilled Slamdance recognizes the strong success of our local film industry and wants to be a part of the thriving scene.”

The festival will feature an entirely different lineup of films programmed by Slamdance alumni from Miami, Central and South America in addition to leaders from a collection of Miami-based arts and education organizations.

"The intention is to make this an annual film festival and it will continue in Utah," the city's Melissa Berthier told Patch.

O Cinema will serve as the official cinema venue for the weekend event in Miami Beach along with Miami Beach Cinematheque, The Colony Theater, The Wolfsonian-FIU and Faena Miami Beach.

Alumni who first showcased their work at Slamdance have collectively generated more than $15 billion at the box office to date.

Slamdance Festival has already discovered a long list of industry favorites, including: Ana Lily Amirpour ("A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night"), Ari Aster ("Hereditary"), Miami Beach resident Sean Baker ("The Florida Project"), Gina Prince Bythewood ("Shots Fired'), Lena Dunham ('Girls'), Marc Forster (Christopher Robin, "World War Z'), Seth Gordon ('Horrible Bosses'), Jared Hess ("Napoleon Dynamite"), Matt Johnson ('Operation Avalanche"), Bong Joon-Ho ("Okja"), Francis Lee ("God’s Own Country"), Christopher Nolan ("Dunkirk, Interstellar)", Oren Peli ("Paranormal Activity"), Anthony and Joe Russo ("Avengers: Infinity War"), Jeremy Saulnier ("Green Room"), Lynn Shelton ("Outside In, Humpday"), and Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild").

“We're honored to be working with Miami Beach and contributing to its creative community, now and for our cultural future in the Americas,” said Slamdance President and Co-Founder Peter Baxter.