Marbella International Film Festival2025-01-12T15:00:40+00:00

The 20th Marbella Film Festival

Marbella International Film Festival brings together artists and creators to present their talents to the commercial world of film professionals, financiers and distributors.

MIFF is the place for filmmakers who want to achieve commercial success as well as displaying their artistic work.

Marbella on the southern coast of Spain is considered one of the most exclusive cities in the world, making it a perfect location for the high calibre MIFF, conveniently placed for filmmakers looking to showcase their work in the glamour and glitz of Marbella while networking with some of the high net-worth international individuals who call Marbella their home.

The 20th Marbella International Film Festival will take place between 1st – 5th October 2025.

What’s on Offer?

  • Five days of screening in a state of the art cinema.
  • Opportunity for red carpet screening of your film
  • Networking events.
  • Expert panel discussions and workshops.
  • Nightly VIP theme parties.
  • The festival concludes with a black-tie awards ceremony which is the highlight of the Marbella social calendar attracting visitors from all over the world. MIFF offers endless networking opportunities to pitch for your next project, while screening your film as a red-carpet premiere event, a great opportunity for promotion and distribution of your work.

VENUES

We are pleased to announce that HARD ROCK MARBELLA is the new home of Marbella International Film Festival, with additional events such as the gala dinner awards ceremony being held at the Melia Banus Hotel.

The main screening venue including number of world premieres for MIFF is the Red Dog Cinema, Puerto Banus. Red Dog Cinema Marbella is the new avant-garde multi-space in Puerto Banus, Costa del Sol, which offers attractive possibilities to held events and conferences in an unbeatable environment, exceptional location and unique microclimate.

Seven auditoriums with a varied capacity from 115 to 475 pax.,an adaptable multipurpose space of 500 sqm and a stunning Sky Garden with spectacular sea views, distributed in a total of 3,000 sqm.

MIFF Live

MIFF 2019 Day Five Award Winners

The 2019 Marbella International Film Festival drew to a close last night with the prestigious awards ceremony to pick out this year's winners.   The standard this year was incredibly high (I know we say that every year) and it was very difficult to decide between movies, cast and others involved with the productions.  However, decide we must and decide we did.   Here's the full list of winners and nominees. 2019 AWARD WINNERS Here is the full list of nominations and winners from the 2019 Marbella International Film Festival. BEST SHORTER SHORT FILM The [...]

MIFF 2019 WRAPPING UP

Another day, another photo gallery!   The 2019 Marbella International Film Festival is finally one for the record books, and we had photo opportunities for those in attendance to commemorate the event.    To conclude the festival was the prestigious Gala Dinner Awards Ceremony at the incredible H10 Andalucía Plaza, Puerto Banus, where Trick or Treat took home the Best Feature Film award.

MIFF 2019 Day Five Awards Photos

So we're almost there.  The fifth and final day of the Marbella International Film Festival is coming to an end, and our festival award winners have been decided.    We'll have plenty more on that in an official announcement shortly, but before we get to that, how about an image gallery from the wonderful H10 Andalucía Plaza that will give you a clue as to who took home the big prizes..

MIFF 2019 Day Three Premiere

Day three of the festival saw the red carpet premiere of the highly anticipated 'Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella', and everyone in attendance had a fantastic evening.    As for the film itself, you'll just have to take our word for it, but it's a real blockbuster.  Here's a synopsis to whet the appetite: Fresh out of prison, Pat Tate (Craig Fairbrass) steps right back into his Essex nightclub business. But although the money is good, he can't stop brooding about the man who had him put away. It's not long before he's off to Marbella to find [...]

Latest News & Media

Latest Festival News & Photos

1309, 2021

MIFF 2021 Winners Announced (and 2020 too!)

September 13th, 2021|Comments Off on MIFF 2021 Winners Announced (and 2020 too!)

The 2021 Marbella International Film Festival came to a close earlier with the gala awards ceremony, and we're happy to reveal our esteemed list of winners.   The ceremony also served as the Covid-delayed awards [...]

709, 2021

MIFF 2021 Gets Underway

September 7th, 2021|Comments Off on MIFF 2021 Gets Underway

The 16th edition of the Marbella International Film Festival got underway today with press conference at Marbella Town Hall. Introducing and welcoming the delegates of this year's event was the Marbella Minister of Tourism, who [...]

2608, 2021

Screening Tickets Available

August 26th, 2021|Comments Off on Screening Tickets Available

If the latest films from some of the world's most talented and up and coming filmmakers are your thing, then we may have exactly what you're looking for.  You can now purchase tickets to any [...]

Latest Press and Media

610, 2015

Coast Sun TV Report

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Alsodelacosta.com has added a nice report on this year's festival, via Coast Sun TV.  You can find out what festival director Mac Chakaveh had to say concerning the event below.   https://youtu.be/juySv-JrT_8 In other news, they [...]

510, 2015

Mijas International TV Spot

October 5th, 2015|Comments Off on Mijas International TV Spot

The Marbella Film Festival was featured heavily on the October 2nd edition of Mijas International, with an in depth interview featuring festival director Mac Chakaveh. You can view the full interview below.

510, 2015

Talk Radio Europe Interview

October 5th, 2015|Comments Off on Talk Radio Europe Interview

We caught up with long time Marbella Film Festival supporters Talk Radio Europe recently for a quick interview concerning this year's event, explaining our objectives and what to expect from MIFF 2015. You can listen [...]

Marbella Film Festival Archives

Our archives are the perfect place to look back at the festival over the years.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Festival Over The Years

The Marbella International Film Festival has a rich history in the film industry, and a reputation for providing quality films from up and coming film makers.

The video above gives you a little look at the festival in its early years.

Looking Back to 2016

The 2016 Marbella International Film Festival was a roaring success, drawing plaudits from the talented participants and worldwide media alike.  The quality of the films in 2016 was higher than ever, but which films, actors, actresses, and directors took home the prestigious awards?  Find out right here.

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