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

Sur in English Announces the Festival Dates

Film-makers from around the world will be in Marbella for the town's 10th festival this October. Article by Ash Bolton MARBELLA, Hundreds of film fanatics are expected to descend on Marbella for the town's International film festival to be held from 7 to 11th October 2015, A red carpet will be rolled out during the five-day movie extravaganza that will see more than 50 independent films screened at the newly refurbished Teatro Goya in Puerto Banus. The festival will be packed with features, animations, documentaries and world premieres from countries including Japan, Panama, the USA, the UK, Russia, Israel and [...]

El Sol Dela costa

Del 7 al 11 de octubre se celebrará la X edición del Marbella International Film Festival, donde se prevee el estreno de películas procedentes de Japón, EEUU, Reino Unido, Rusia, Israel y países sudamericanos. La mayoría de las cintas son en inglés o subtituladas en este idioma. En la programación de este MIFF 2015 se anuncian estrenos de filmes británicos como “Rise of Krays” , “North VS South” and “ Arthur & Merlin” y la americana Romcom “ Casual Encounters”. La gran novedad de este año es el lugar de las proyecciones, el Teatro Goya( en Puerto Banús) mientras que [...]

Latest News & Media

Latest Festival News & Photos

2709, 2016

MarbellaAzul Press Conference Coverage

September 27th, 2016|Comments Off on MarbellaAzul Press Conference Coverage

MarbellaAzul.com were at Teatro Goya in Puerto Banús on 22nd September for the press conference introducing this year’s Marbella International Film Festival. In attendance were Mac Chakaveh (MIFF director), Miguel Luna (Marbella’s Minister of Tourism), [...]

2209, 2016

MIFF 2016 Ticket Availability

September 22nd, 2016|Comments Off on MIFF 2016 Ticket Availability

If you're interested in attending screenings at the Marbella International Film Festival 2016, festival tickets are available from Teatro Goya. Individual screenings are priced at 5 Euros per screening, but if you're a hardcore film [...]

2109, 2016

2016 Screening Program Online

September 21st, 2016|Comments Off on 2016 Screening Program Online

Below you'll find the official screening brochure for the 2016 Marbella International Film Festival.

Latest Press and Media

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.

Did You Miss… ?


Mommy

Country: UK
Language: English
Director: Filippo Marciano
Length: 4 mins 30 secs
Year: 2018

See more films from 2018 here.

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