2022 AWARD WINNERS
BEST SHORTER SHORT
The nominations for best Shorter Short are:
- Blind
- So, What Did We Learn Today Georgina?
- Pouchka
And the winner is… POUCHKA.
Pouchka
Country of production: Belgium
Language: French (English subtitles)
Year of production: 2021
Director: CHG Unfadable
Length of film: 8 mins 11
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Synopsis:
80s Belgian underworld story about a criminal trapped between his disabled brother and his gangster life.Sinopsis:
BEST SHORT
The nominations for best Short are:
- Musketeer
- Yellow Star
- Daejeon, 1960
And the winner is… YELLOW STAR.
Yellow Star
Country of production: Ukraine
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Year of production: 2022
Director: Serhii Skobun
Length of film: 18 mins
Synopsis:
1941. A small Ukrainian town occupied by German troops, A Jewish family who are living in the Ghetto, learns about a Nazi-planned operation to send children from the Ghetto to a concentration camp.Sinopsis:
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
The nominations for best Supporting Actress are:
- Rachel Warren for Last Heist
- Priscila Vaz for Secrets
- Ko Hyunjoo for Daejeon, 2960
And the winner is… PRISCILA VAZ for SECRETS.
Secrets
Country of production: Brazil
Language: English
Year of production: 2022
Director: Emiliano Ruschel
Length of film: 138 mins
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Synopsis:
After a fundraiser, a famous couple boards their jet and heads to their mansion. But a power outage forces them to spend an entire night together. And as the hours tick by, a terrible question arises, will her secrets be too big to ignore?Sinopsis:
BEST ACTRESS
The nominations for best Actress are:
- Nicole Faraday for Not By The Book
- Danni Suzuki for Secrets
- Claudia Scavone for The List
And the winner is… NICOLE FARADAY for NOT BY THE BOOK.
Not By The Book
Country of production: United Kingdom
Language: English (Spanish subtitles)
Year of production: 2021
Director: Raza Mallal
Length of film: 90 mins
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Synopsis:
Ben is caught cheating in his final A-level maths exam by his teacher, Ms Bushnell. In return for not reporting Ben she asks him to do her a favour, help kidnap her cheating husband, a task neither are cut out for.Sinopsis:
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
The nominations for best Supporting Actor are:
- Michael Head for Last Heist
- Nick Moran for Not By The Book
- Fernando Abadie for The List
And the winner is… FERNANDO ABADIE for THE LIST.
The List
Country of production: Paraguay
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Year of production: 2021
Director: Michael Hardy
Length of film: 93 mins
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Synopsis:
After a brutal dictatorship falls, Juan Torres and his family return home to The Gran Chaco but discover the new government has marked him as a collaborator with the old regime, and they must survive a night of being hunted to prove their innocence – if they can stay alive.
Sinopsis:
BEST ACTOR
The nominations for best Actor are:
- Emiliano Rushel for Secrets
- Kevin McNally for Musketeer
- Terry Stone for Last Heist
And the winner is… KEVIN McNALLY for MUSKETEER.
Musketeer
Country of production: United Kingdom
Language: English
Year of production: 2022
Director: Philip Shaw
Length of film: 13 mins
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Synopsis:
A once renowned Musketeer meets a youth on the road to Paris. Then along comes trouble.Sinopsis:
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The nominations for best Documentary are:
- Defeated but not Conquered
- Nearly Never Made Me
- 25 Years of UK Garage
And the winner is… 25 YEARS OF UK GARAGE.
25 Years of UK Garage
Country of production: United Kingdom
Language: English
Year of production: 2022
Director: Terry Stone & Richard Turner
Length of film: 100 mins
Synopsis:
25 Years of UK Garage is an in-depth documentary about how the UK Garage scene started and how it has ended up being such a huge music movement today. Featuring the stars of the UK Garage Scene the So Solid Crew, The Heartless Crew, DJ Scott Garcia, DJ Luck & MC Neat, Oxide and Neutrino, Pay As You Go Cartel, Miss Dynamite, DJ Majestic (Kiss FM) and a guest appearance by boxing legend MC Anthony Joshua this is the must see music documentary of the year.Sinopsis:
BEST DIRECTOR
The nominations for best Director are:
- Khatuna Vashadze for Bullet
- Michael Hardy for The List
- Cos Greenop for Last Heist
And the winner is… COS GREENOP for LAST HEIST.
The Last Heist
Country of production: United Kingdom
Language: English
Year of production: 2022
Director: Coz Greenop
Length of film: 90 mins
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Synopsis:
The Last Heist is inspired by true stories, real events and real people (with the names changed to protect the not-so-innocent). The Last Heist is a witty, gritty, thrilling insight into the real south London criminal underworld and how they plan and pull off an audacious bank heist - this is a look at real villains’ psyche and ongoing volatile relationships.
Sinopsis:
BEST FEATURE
The nominations for best Feature are:
- Not by the Book
- Last Heist
- Secrets
And the winner is… SECRETS.
Secrets
Country of production: Brazil
Language: English
Year of production: 2022
Director: Emiliano Ruschel
Length of film: 138 mins
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Synopsis:
After a fundraiser, a famous couple boards their jet and heads to their mansion. But a power outage forces them to spend an entire night together. And as the hours tick by, a terrible question arises, will her secrets be too big to ignore?Sinopsis:
Shorts 2022
Aping Edwin Porter
Genre: Comedy
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 27 mins 10
Language: English
Director: James O'Donnell
Trailer: Click here
4 Film Grads, Four Film Pitches, Only One Outcome!
Artistic Character
Genre: Black Comedy, Thriller
Country of Production: The Netherlands
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 15 mins
Language: Russian (English subtitles)
Director: Vasily Chuprina
Trailer: Click here
When a quiet artist spends his time daydreaming of his muse, he inadvertently sets in motion a series of actions that he has no control of. A quiet life suddenly upturned with each event and with consequences.
Blind
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country of Production: Republic of Korea
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 8 mins
Language: Korean (English subtitles)
Director: Wonjin Kim
Trailer: Click here
On a late-night train, a blind beggar asks for alms. The eight passengers in the carriage all avert their gaze, each preoccupied with their own concerns. But when the beggar drops behind him a crumpled fifty-dollar note, eyes start to falter.
Daejeon, 1960
Genre: Drama, Action
Country of Production: South Korea
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 30 mins
Language: Korean (English subtitles)
Director: Ki-won Bae
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As the Liberal Party’s fraudulent election intensified in 1960, Daeho Park, the leader of the Student National Guard Corps, secretly plans protests with his fellow student executives.
Endstatioun
Genre: Comedy
Country of Production: Luxembourg
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 15 mins
Language: French (English subtitles)
Director: François Baldassare
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Denis, a forty-something unemployed and unlucky man, realises the hard way that to believe in Santa Clause is not a child's game.
Fireflies
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Ukraine
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 13 mins 20
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Director: Sofiichuk Maryna
Trailer: Click here
Oleksiy never really felt connected or loved to his own mom. But suddenly he has an opportunity to find out all the reasons why, a car accident gives him a chance to relive his childhood fears, and to find a way out from a dark house where he once stayed alone with his father, and finally he has the strength to forgive.
God Will Forgive
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Ukraine
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 17 mins
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Director: Hovannes Khachatryan
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A Ukrainian priest, a chaplain, goes to the anti-terrorist operation zone with the military on a rotation to atone for his own guilt - he could not transgress and forgive the sins of a man who went to war because this man once killed a chaplain's loved one.
Lalibela
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Ukraine
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 25 mins
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Director: Anna Morozova
Trailer: Click here
On the eve of Easter, an icon depicting the Ethiopian Mother of God enters a Ukrainian village. This caused a conflict between the young priest and his flock. One night, someone cuts the icon. After the night events, the icon begins to pour myrrh.
Musketeer
Genre: Adventure/Family
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 13 mins
Language: English
Director: Philip Shaw
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A once renowned Musketeer meets a youth on the road to Paris. Then along comes trouble.
Not The 80’s
Genre: Romance
Country of Production: Germany
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 17 mins
Language: German (English subtitles)
Director: Marleen Valien
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Lucy likes Anton and Anton likes Lucy. As both are having two "cool looking drinks," Anton reveals that he is HIV positive. Meanwhile Lucy has to realize that her HIV education is in pretty bad shape.
Pouchka
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country of Production: Belgium
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 8 mins 11
Language: French (English subtitles)
Director: CHG Unfadable
Trailer: Click here
80s Belgian underworld story about a criminal trapped between his disabled brother and his gangster life.
Salvar
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Action, Drama
Country of Production: Republic of Korea
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 28 mins
Language: Korean (English subtitles)
Director: Ahn Sangwook
Trailer: Click here
Soo-hyeong, who visited the shrine after finding his missing mother, meets a shaman, there. She says he was possessed by an evil, so he needs a salpuri(exorcism). However, salpuri was an organ extraction surgery, he struggles to get out of it.
Sliced Bread
Genre: Comedy
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 3 mins
Language: English
Director: Gulliver Moore
Sliced Bread is a Comedy short film in which we imagine what a world would look like if Sliced Bread had never been invented - and what would happen in 21st Century society if suddenly it was.
So What Did We Learn Today, Georgina?
Genre: Comedy
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 6 mins
Language: English (Spanish subtitles)
Director: Franco Volpi
Georgina, a curious and energetic 10-year-old girl, comes home and has a lot to say about her day at school while her mum is busy preparing supper. But something Georgina overheard today is on her mind, a word she doesn't know.
Sweet Dreams
Genre: Black Comedy
Country of Production: France
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 18 mins 50
Language: French (Spanish, English subtitles)
Director: Massimo Pibiri and Mordjane Mira
One day, everyone's dreams suddenly start to come true. Jean wants to get rid of this strange spell, you never know that his nightmares could come true. In this he has the support of his girlfriend Marlène, but certainly not of his best friend Janine, who has always secretly dreamed of marrying him.
The Night Express
Genre: Black Comedy
Country of Production: Ukraine
Year of Production: 2019
Running Time: 27 mins
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Director: Maryna Artemenko and Oksana Artemenko
On a New Year's Eve journalist Tanya is setting on a train by her friend, for this removing another passenger. Friend says that Tanya is a surgeon and she's having an important surgery tomorrow. Drunk lawyer Tolya sit down in the same compartment. Train brakes, suitcase puts down and cuts off Tolya's finger. Now Tanya as a surgeon must save Tolya's life.
The Tree
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 19 mins
Language: English
Director: Oliver Blair
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Reeling from the recent death of their widower father, James and younger sister Yasmin now have to empty the boxes from his old place of work - a mouldy, dilapidated old burger van, a distant memory of his road-home and place of pride.
Through Their Eyes
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 30 mins
Language: English (Spanish subtitles)
Director: Daniel Drema
Trailer: Click here
One person’s struggle with authenticity in the dating world.
We Are the Apocalypse!
Genre: Black Comedy
Country of Production: United States
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 29 mins 14
Language: English (Spanish subtitles)
Director: Charles William Lane
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An arts collective turns to terrorism to fund a grand social film project by kidnapping a billionaire and holding him for ransom. What are they to do though when they realize they’ve snatched the wrong guy?
Yellow Star
Genre: Short Historical
Country of Production: Ukraine
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 18 mins
Language: Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Director: Serhii Skobun
1941. A small Ukrainian town occupied by German troops, A Jewish family who are living in the Ghetto, learns about a Nazi-planned operation to send children from the Ghetto to a concentration camp.
Features 2022
Abismo
Genre: Thriller
Country of Production: Spain
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 86 mins
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Director: Rafa Belmont Casado
Trailer: Click here
Eric finds himself burdened by debt and fed up with his dull life. Angel, his childhood friend, introduces him to a world where easy money and adrenaline combine with violence, deceit and ruthlessness.
Bless Me Father
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country of Production: United States
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 90 mins
Language: English/Italian (Spanish subtitles)
Director: Gianni McLaughlin
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A man confesses his sins and unveils the ugly truth of his life; he is killing for the same man that killed his father. Will Vinny choose his fate or accept his destiny?
Bullet
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Georgia
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 80 mins
Language: Georgian (English subtitles)
Director: Khatuna Vashadze
Trailer: Click here
The film is about dignity , honour and respect and generates strong messages of the family values , love friendship and brotherhood , shows how after a big tragedy man should live his life , revenge or die with a dignity … the question is to the audience.
Dub Daze
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country of Production: Ireland
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 81 mins
Language: English
Director: Shane J. Collins
Summer 2017 in Dublin. Dan and Baz are looking for kicks on their last day of school. Cork medical students Jack and Sean arrive to find their way among Ireland's affluent youth, and songwriter Fi struggles to break through on the cutthroat music scene.
Labyrinth
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: China
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 120 mins
Language: Chinese (English subtitles)
Director: Ma Xue
Trailer: Click here
It remains unknown whether Zhuangzhou dreams to be a butterfly or a butterfly becomes Zhuangzhou in a dream.
Not By The Book
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 90 mins
Language: English (Spanish subtitles)
Director: Raza Mallal
Trailer: Click here
Ben is caught cheating in his final A-level maths exam by his teacher, Ms Bushnell. In return for not reporting Ben she asks him to do her a favour, help kidnap her cheating husband, a task neither are cut out for.
Room 4D
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Country of Production: Spain
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 125 mins
Language: English (Spanish subtitles)
Director: Tony Bianchi
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Dr Charlotte Goettling is in a race against time. Left to die, wounded and alone in an apartment building about to be demolished. She only has her research and her self-determination to help her.
Secrets
Genre: Drama
Country of Production: Brazil
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 138 mins
Language: English
Director: Emiliano Ruschel
Trailer: Click here
After a fundraiser, a famous couple boards their jet and heads to their mansion. But a power outage forces them to spend an entire night together. And as the hours tick by, a terrible question arises, will her secrets be too big to ignore?
The Last Heist
Genre: True Crime
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 90 mins
Language: English
Director: Coz Greenop
Trailer: Click here
The Last Heist is inspired by true stories, real events and real people (with the names changed to protect the not-so-innocent). The Last Heist is a witty, gritty, thrilling insight into the real south London criminal underworld and how they plan and pull off an audacious bank heist - this is a look at real villains’ psyche and ongoing volatile relationships.
The List
Genre: Thriller
Country of Production: Paraguay
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 93 mins
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Director: Michael Hardy
Trailer: Click here
After a brutal dictatorship falls, Juan Torres and his family return home to The Gran Chaco but discover the new government has marked him as a collaborator with the old regime, and they must survive a night of being hunted to prove their innocence – if they can stay alive.
The Marvellous Spiral
Genre: Cine Arte, Cine Experimental
Country of Production: Spain
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 85 mins
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Director: Isabel Medarde
Trailer: Click here
Cinema was invented at the end of the 19th century. Leocadia Cantalapiedra tells us about her struggle to direct films at the beginning of the 20th century, when women's rights were limited. “The Marvelous Spiral”, looks in the mirror as her research mixes the historical data she has collected with the recreation of the life of a Spanish woman in the avant-garde.
Documentaries 2022
25 Years of UK Garage
Genre: Music Documentary
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 100 mins
Language: English
Director: Terry Stone & Richard Turner
25 Years of UK Garage is an in-depth documentary about how the UK Garage scene started and how it has ended up being such a huge music movement today. Featuring the stars of the UK Garage Scene the So Solid Crew, The Heartless Crew, DJ Scott Garcia, DJ Luck & MC Neat, Oxide and Neutrino, Pay As You Go Cartel, Miss Dynamite, DJ Majestic (Kiss FM) and a guest appearance by boxing legend MC Anthony Joshua this is the must see music documentary of the year.
Defeated But Not Conquered
Genre: Documentary
Country of Production: Spain
Year of Production: 2021
Running Time: 53 mins
Language: Spanish (English, French subtitles)
Director: Mau Cardoso
Trailer: Click here
The Franco regime subjugated the Spanish by introducing state terror as a form of domination. Women suffered physical, sexual, economic, educational, and political violence, even consenting to the greatest theft of babies in the history of recent Europe.
Nearly Never Made Me
Genre: Music Documentary
Country of Production: Ireland
Year of Production: 2022
Running Time: 29 mins 57
Language: English
Director: Shane J. Collins
The thirty-year story from one of Ireland's unluckiest, unheralded West of Ireland bands that never gave up on their dreams.
Wednesday 5th October 2022
Screen 1
4.30- 6.00pm – Shorts Group B (72 mins)
6.00- 7.00pm – The Inauguration of 2022 MIFF
7.00- 8.30pm – Shorts Group D (80 mins)
9.00– 11.00pm – Room 4D (125 mins)
Screen 2
4.30- 6.00pm – Shorts Group C
6.00- 7.00pm – The Inauguration of 2022 MIFF
7.00- 8.30pm – Bullet
8.45- 9.45pm – Defeated But not Conquered
10.00- 12.00pm – Labyrinth
Thursday 6th October 2022
Screen 1
5.00-6.30pm – Bless me father (90 mins)
7.00- 9.00pm – Ukraine cinema (105 mins)
9.30- 11.00 – The Marvellous Spiral (87 mins)
Screen 2
5.00- 6.30pm – Shorts Group B (72 mins)
6.45- 9.10pm – Secrets (140 mins)
9.30- 11.30 – Labyrinth (120 mins)
Friday 7th October 2022
Screen 1
5.00-6.20pm – Shorts Group C (80 mins)
7.00-9.00pm – Last Heist (90 mins)
9.30-11.00 – The List (100 mins)
Screen 2
4.30-6.30pm – Shorts Group D (80 mins)
7.00-9.00pm – TBA
9.30-11.00 – Not By the Book (90 mins)
Saturday 8th October 2022
Screen 1
5.00-6.30pm – Dub Daze (80 mins)
7.00-8.15pm – Shorts Group A (72 mins)
9.30-11.00 – 25 years UKG (90 mins)
Screen 2
4.30-5.45pm – Shorts Group B (72 mins)
6.00–8.30pm – Secrets (140 mins)
9.00-11.00pm – TBA
Sunday 9th October 2022
Screen 1
4.00-5.30pm – Shorts Group A (72 mins)
6.00-7.30pm – The Marvellous Spiral (87 mins)
7.45-9.15pm – Not By the Book (90 mins)
10.00–11.30pm – Last Heist (90 mins)
Screen 2
4.30-5.45pm – Bless me father (90 mins)
6.00–7.30pm – Abismo (86 mins)
8.00-9.00pm – Defeated But not Conquered (53 mins)
9.00–11.45pm – The List (100 mins)
Group A
Musketeer (13 mins) UK
So What Did We Learn Today Georgina? (6 mins) UK
Artistic Character (15 mins) Netherlands
Blind (8 mins) Korea
We Are The Apocalypse (30 mins) USA
Group B
Aping Edwin Potter (28 mins) UK
Pouchka (9 mins) Belgium
The Tree (20 mins) UK
Endstatioun (15 mins) Luxembourg
Group C
Daejeon, 1960 (30 mins) Korea
Through Their Eyes (30 mins) UK
Sweet Dreams (20 mins) France
Group D
Salvar (28 mins) Korea
Sliced Bread (3 mins) UK
Nearly Never Made It (30 mins) Ireland
Not The 80’s (17 mins) Germany
Ukrainian Cinema
Yellow Star (18 mins) Ukraine
Fireflies (14 mins) Ukraine
The Night Express (30 mins) Ukraine
God Will Forgive (17 mins) Ukraine
Lalibela (25 mins) Ukraine
Wednesday 5th October
11.00am – 12.00pm – Networking coffee morning at Hard Rock Hotel Marbella
6.00pm – Red Dog Cinema MIFF 2022 Opening Ceremony
10.00pm – 12.00am – Opening night party at Joy’s Front Line Puerto Banus
Thursday 6th October
11.00am – 12.00pm – Networking coffee morning at Hard Rock Hotel Marbella
10.00pm – 12.00am – Miff After Party at Hard Rock Hotel Marbella
Friday 7th October
11.00am – 12.00pm – Networking coffee morning at Hard Rock Hotel Marbella
10.00pm – 12.00am – Party at Navy Club, Second Line Puerto Banus
Saturday 8th October
11.00am – 12.00pm – Networking coffee morning at Hard Rock Hotel Marbella
10.00pm – 12.00am – Party at Terrazas 360, Puerto Banus
Sunday 9th October
11.00am – 12.00pm – Networking coffee morning at Hard Rock Hotel Marbella
7.30pm – 12.00am – Hard Rock Hotel Gala Dinner and MIFF 2022 Awards Ceremony
2022 News & Media
October 2022
MIFF 2022 Photo Wrap
Another day, another set of photos. This time, some more from the 7th and 8th of October to give you a taste of MIFF 2022. [...]
MIFF 2022 Photos
MIFF 2022 has drawn to a close, with some incredible films on show. With that in mind, here's a selection of photos from the closing day's red carpet photo wall. We'll have more soon, stay tuned. [...]
MIFF 2022 Opening Night Photos
MIFF 2022 opened with a bang, and we have some great photos of the opening night to give you a taste of what you may have missed. [...]
2022 Events Schedule
The events schedule has been updated for MIFF 2022, and you'll find a list of the notable events to attend below. We look forward to seeing you there. Wednesday 5th October 11.00am - 12.00pm - Networking coffee morning at Hard Rock Hotel Marbella 6.00pm - [...]
September 2022
MIFF 2022 Lineup Announced
The full list of movies and the timetable for the 2022 Marbella International Film festival is now finalised and available on our website. You can view it here; MIFF 2022 Timetable and Film List
August 2022
Hard Rock Hotel new home to MIFF
We are pleased to announce that HARD ROCK MARBELLA is the new home of Marbella International Film Festival. Where celebrities would be staying and the industry events as well as the gala dinner awards shall be held at. HARD ROCK HOTEL MARBELLA which is Located [...]
2022 AWARD WINNERS
To be announced at the festival.