FilmGate Miami

🎬✨ FILMGATE FREE-FOR-ALL FESTIVAL — OFFICIAL SELECTIONS ✨🎬

Join us for a wild night of bold storytelling, unexpected genres, and Florida-made short films on the big screen — anything goes in this legendary FREE-FOR-ALL edition!

✅ OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
🎥 Real Men Have Sleepovers — Dir. Vasisth Sukul
📱 I Met Someone On Facebook Dating — Dir. Tyler Council
🏃 RATIO RUNAWAY — Dir. Kris Sardi, Coby Marcus
⏱️ The Countdown Dude — Dir. Lorenzo Patanè, Alessandra Rucco
📏 One Rule — Dir. Jewel Ernest, Aaron Fisher
🥭 Mango Movie — Dir. Jayme Kaye Gershen
🙏 The Hands of God — Dir. Luke Michael Panzo
🎲 Two Truths And A Lie — Dir. Brianna Jade
🌧️ Small Showers — Dir. Alex Rosales
🌆 Little Haiti, Miami, USA — Dir. XF Serrano

🗓 Wed, June 24 | 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
📍 Silverspot Cinema – Downtown Miami
🎟 $16 online | $20 at the door (includes popcorn 🍿)
🎫 Tickets: bit.ly/FGFJUNE2026

🎟️ Your ticket includes: meet filmmakers + Q&A moments, networking, community connection, Percolator pitch session, and pre & post-show creative vibes. 🍸

✨🎬 And that’s a wrap on the FilmGate Documentary Festival! ✨🎬

Huge thank you to everyone who came out to Silverspot Downtown Miami and made the night feel so alive — thoughtful questions, real community energy, and big love for documentary storytelling. 🍿💛
Congratulations to this month’s award winners 🏆👇

🏆 Jury Award Winner
Paying Attention — Dir. Pedro Guzman


🏆 Audience Award Winner
Keep On Rollin’ (Trucks Gone Wild) — Dir. Pete Russell


🎥 Best Cinematography
Breaking Ice — Dir. Mary Ellen Scherl
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✂️ Best Edit
The Last Console — Dir. Dan Abrusci


From intimate portraits to wild slices of Florida life, tonight reminded us why docs hit different: real people, real stakes, real heart — and the conversations that continue after the credits roll. 🌴🎥✨

See you at the next FilmGate Festival: Free For All edition on June 24th
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🎭 Meet the readers for WHY THE DRAMA? LIVE 🎭

Join us for an afternoon of live table reads, creative exchange, and industry connection at FilmGate Miami as actors bring excerpts from original feature film scripts to life.

🎬 FEATURED LIVE READS:

🌙 OTRA NOCHE EN MIAMI — Written by Andreina Gonzalez & Jessi Calidonio ( & )Four high school seniors go out their first day as adults. Literally everything goes wrong.

🍽️ ANNIVERSARY DINNER — Written by Tina Cottin & David Chocarro ( & )Sixteen-year-old Olivia believes her parents are preparing for a sw***er party, only to discover something far more horrifying. Trapped inside the house, she must fight to save her family from cannibals.

🏖️ WEEKEND — Written by Pedro Delguy ()A young woman flees her mafia-connected boyfriend on a chaotic road trip through Miami and the Florida Keys, where an unexpected connection could change her life.

🚔 NARC — Written by Crissa-Jean Chappell ()Aaron Foster is human wallpaper, a stoner outcast... until he’s forced to go undercover as a narc. Too bad he couldn’t help falling in love.

✨ Some roles will be filled through our WILDCARD selections — meaning audience members will have the chance to jump in and read live during the event. Come ready for a chance to perform!

Come celebrate the writers behind the work and hear these stories come alive at Why the Drama? LIVE! 🎥✨

🗓 Sat, May 30⏰ 2:30–6:00 PM📍 El Oro Theater at the Downtown Media Center168 SE 1st Street, 4th Floor, Miami, FL 33131

🎟 RSVP: filmgate.miami/events

🎬 Got a story to tell? Bring your ideas to the Percolator and pitch your projects to Miami’s vibrant film community.

Connect with filmmakers, creatives, and collaborators at Silverspot Cinema in Downtown Miami.

🗓 May 27
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Silverspot Cinema, Downtown Miami

🎬 Tonight’s schedule at the FilmGate Short Documentary Festival:

📍 Silverspot Cinema
⏰ Starts at 6:30 PM

🎬 Meet the filmmakers and jurors tonight at the FilmGate Short Documentary Festival 🎬

Join us for a special documentary-focused edition of Florida’s longest-running monthly short film series featuring powerful short documentaries and conversations with the creatives behind them. 🌴🎥

📍 Silverspot Cinema
🗓 Tonight — Wednesday, May 27
⏰ 6:30 PM

🎟 $16 online | $20 at the door (includes popcorn 🍿)
🎫 Tickets & Info: bit.ly/FGFDOC2026

🤝 Connect with Miami creatives
🍹 Happy Hour vibes before the screening
✨ Celebrate documentary storytelling with the community

🎬 ONE DAY AWAY 🎬

Tomorrow night, join us for the FilmGate Short Documentary Festival — a special documentary-focused edition of Florida’s longest-running monthly short film series.

Experience an incredible lineup of short documentaries from emerging and established filmmakers exploring culture, community, resilience, history, and unforgettable real-life stories on the big screen. 🌴🎥

📍 Silverspot Cinema
🗓 Wednesday, May 27
⏰ 6:30 PM

🎬 Featured Films:
🍕 Test of Time: Frankie’s Pizza — Directed by Julian Alicea
👀 Paying Attention — Directed by Pedro Guzman
🎮 The Last Console — Directed by Dan Abrusci
💯 Centenarians Episode 1 — Directed by Michael Cantalupo & Andriy Kyryllov
🚛 Keep On Rollin’: Trucks Gone Wild — Directed by Pete Russell
🏛 Washington Week — Directed by Andrea Medina
⚰️ Chief of Cemetery — Directed by Ilya Veitsman
🧊 Breaking Ice — Directed by Mary Ellen Scherl
🏠 Room For One More: The Siverling Story — Directed by Nick Puga

🎟 $16 online | $20 at the door (includes popcorn 🍿)

🎫 Tickets & Info: bit.ly/FGFDOC2026

🎥 Meet filmmakers
🤝 Connect with Miami creatives
🍹 Happy Hour vibes before the screening
✨ Celebrate documentary storytelling with the community

🎭✨ We’re still casting for WHY THE DRAMA on May 30 at the El Oro Theater! ✨🎭

We’re currently looking for actors for two featured scripts that will be performed live in front of a Miami audience of filmmakers, actors, writers, and creatives as part of FilmGate Miami’s legendary cold read series.

💥 WEEKEND — Pedro Delguy
A bold young woman escapes her dangerous mafia-affiliated boyfriend on a chaotic road trip through Miami and the Florida Keys, where she forms an unexpected connection that could change everything.

🍽 ANNIVERSARY DINNER — Tina Cottin & David Chocarro
Sixteen-year-old Olivia thinks her parents are preparing a sw***er party — only to discover something far more horrifying. Trapped in the house, she must fight to save her family from cannibals.

🎬 Actor submissions: bit.ly/WTDACTOR-2026
🎟 RSVP: filmgate.miami/events

📍 El Oro Theater @ FilmGate Miami / Downtown Media Center
168 SE 1st Street, 4th Floor, Miami, FL 33131

We’re thrilled to welcome Katharine Labuda as part of the FilmGate Documentary Festival ✨🎬

Katharine Labuda is a preservationist and educator who has worked in the archives and libraries world for over 15 years. In her current role as a Special Collections Librarian with the Miami-Dade Public Library System, she manages the 16mm Film Collection and archival materials in the Helen Muir Florida Collection. 📚🎞️

Through her acclaimed AV CLUB series, Katharine brings curated screenings of rare 16mm films from the library’s collection to libraries, museums, and cultural spaces across South Florida. By collaborating with local filmmakers, curators, and journalists as guest hosts, she creates unique community experiences that celebrate film history, preservation, and storytelling. ✨

In June 2024, Miami New Times named AV CLUB the “Best Film Series” of the year — recognizing Katharine’s dedication to keeping analog cinema alive and accessible for new audiences. 🎥🏆

A passionate advocate for archival film and local culture, Katharine continues to champion the importance of preservation, projection, and shared cinematic experiences in Miami’s creative community.

🗓️ Wednesday, May 27th | 6:30 PM
📍 Silverspot Cinema, Downtown Miami
🎟️ $16 online | $20 at the door
🍿 Includes a complimentary lil’ bag of popcorn
🎫 Seats are limited – grab yours now: bit.ly/FGFDOC2026

Support local film. Celebrate Florida’s untold stories. Experience a night of documentary cinema with us! 🎥✨