John Crowley’s hit Sundance drama Brooklyn starring Saoirse Ronan and Patricia Riggen’s Chilean smash The 33 with Antonio Banderas bookend the festival, set to run in Miami from October 22-25.

Brooklyn

The precursor to spring 2016’s Miami International Film Festival will screen selections from Cannes, Berlin and Sundance, Oscar prospects and international hits.

Selections include Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin from Taiwan, Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre, Pablo Larraín’s The Club, Ciro Guerra’s Embrace Of The Serpent and Stephen Daldry’s Trash.

GEMS will also screen Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth, Trey Edward Shults’ Krisha, Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days and Nir Bergman’s Yona.

The late composer James Horner, whose credits include The 33, will be the subject of a Master Class Tribute

“Film festivals are dazzling times, when the shiniest lights of the current cinema are collected in one place for a concentrated moment,” said executive director and director of programming Jaie Laplante.

“So it is with this year’s GEMS selection, and I invite film lovers of all types to experience las joyas de la corona of the season.”

For further details visit the official website.

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