FilmGate Festival: Best-of-Fest 2024 [Season Finale]

Hello FilmGatos!

How time flew! It's time to celebrate Florida Film and their creators with all the previous winners of our past monthly editions. This is Best of 2024!

All previous winners will be competing for an array of awards, including the covenant Crystal Kraken Award.

Come celebrate our local creators in an amazing night of our best winning films and the battle to take home awards.

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ABOUT US

FilmGate Miami is a non-profit organization with the goal to ensure the empowerment and growth of local creators and talent. Providing them with a platform in which they can showcase their art, reaching new audiences locally and internationally.

FilmGate Festival is the longest-running monthly short film series in Florida, created to celebrate local culture, diversity and regional creativity.  Every month, FilmGate Miami highlights Florida's community of actors, filmmakers, and video + audio production studios. We accept short films, documentaries, music videos and web series from Florida or made by a Florida citizen, 20 minutes or less.

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OFFICIAL FILM SELECTIONS (COMING SOON...)

January Free-For-All: Coney Island Baby (Directed by Jose Navas)

February Social Justice: TBA

March Femme Directors: TBA

April Comedy: TBA

May Documentary: TBA

June Free-For-All: TBA

July Films with Subtitles: TBA

August Free-For-All: TBA

September Music Video: TBA

October Horror : TBA

MEET THE JURORS (COMING SOON...)

Come back to this webpage to learn who our jurors will be.

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FILM COMMUNITY NETWORKER B4 AND AFTER

Enjoy meeting other creatives and film geeks during our film community networker before the screening. Grab some drinks, some grub, and start mingling!

We will also have networking at the end of the event so feel free to gush about the cool films afterwards too.

PERCOLATOR

Starting off the night, we have our Percolator. Sign up and tell the audience your skills or if you are looking for a professional in particular! You will have 1 minute to pitch.

FILMMAKER Q & A

After the screening, as our jury judges discuss the night's award-winning film, we will invite our featured filmmakers for a Q&A session about their creative process and inspiritations in creating their films.

AWARDS CEREMONY

At the end of the screening, we will present the jury's choice in the best film of the night! Our jury is a team of industry professionals that use their expertise to judge the techincal and artistic qualities of each film screened.

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PARKING

• Courtyard Marriott Downtown: $5 for 4 Hours (validation at FilmGate check-in desk)
• MET 3 Parking Garage: 250 SE 3rd Ave - $8 for 4 Hours (validation on first floor at entrance of Silverspot Cinema)

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