Seven rooms, three neighbourhoods
Miami Film Festival runs GEMS from 29 October to 5 November 2026. The festival publishes seven screening venues and dates 47 sessions inside that window. Two rooms sit in Coral Gables, four in Miami, one in Miami Beach. Six of the seven carry a session inside the window.
Three dates sit ahead of the window
The calendar carries a Wicker preview at Koubek Center on 20 October at 7 pm, an industry happy hour at TULUM on 27 October at 6 pm and Marie Antoinette (20th Anniversary) at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, 3251 South Miami Avenue, on Wednesday 28 October at 7 pm. The Vizcaya night is the arrival anchor: Sofia Coppola's 2006 film runs 123 minutes, and the calendar carries no other session that day. A 28 October arrival puts the room in place for the 6 pm opening night at Koubek Center the next evening.
Opening night runs in two rooms
Thursday 29 October carries two sessions, both in Miami. The Debut opens the festival at Koubek Center, 2705 Southwest 3rd Street, at 6 pm with a pre-reception, at $55 or $50 for members. Silverspot Cinema, 300 Southeast 3rd Street, screens The Only Living Pickpocket in New York at 7 pm on a General ticket of $16.50, or $14.50 for members.
Coral Gables holds nineteen of the 47
The Bill Cosford Cinema at 5030 Brunson Drive carries 9 sessions. Coral Gables Art Cinema at 260 Aragon Avenue carries 10. The two rooms together hold 19 of the 47 dated sessions. The Miami rooms hold 27: Silverspot 13, Koubek 12 and MDC Wolfson at 300 Northeast 2nd Avenue 2. O Cinema at 1130 Washington Avenue on Miami Beach holds one, Bedford Park on 5 November at 6 pm.
The shape of each evening
Friday 30 October puts one session in Coral Gables and three in Miami, with the last start at 8:45 pm at Silverspot. Saturday 31 October runs 11 sessions, five in Coral Gables and six in Miami, from a 12:15 pm start at Cosford and Koubek to 8:30 pm at Coral Gables Art Cinema. Sunday 1 November runs 12, six in each neighbourhood, from 12:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Monday 2 November runs five sessions at 7 pm, three in Miami and two in Coral Gables. Tuesday 3 November runs six, three in each, with two starting at 8:45 pm. Wednesday 4 November runs four at 7 pm, three in Miami and one in Coral Gables. Thursday 5 November closes with one session in each neighbourhood: O Cinema at 6 pm, Club Kid at Koubek at 7 pm and First Light at Coral Gables Art Cinema at 7:30 pm.
Moving between the two clusters
Koubek Center to Coral Gables Art Cinema is 2.66 miles and about 7 minutes by road. Cosford Cinema to Coral Gables Art Cinema is 2.69 miles and about 8 minutes. Silverspot Cinema to Cosford is 7.85 miles and about 15 minutes. Vizcaya to Silverspot is 3.09 miles and about 8 minutes. The figures come from the published street addresses through OpenStreetMap routing on 20 October and are free-flow times. Seven of the eight festival days carry sessions in both Coral Gables and Miami. Thursday 29 October runs in Miami alone.
Buying seats for a party
The festival takes no reservations. Its FAQ reads: "Tickets are either purchased or not purchased." Every screening sells to capacity in advance. Once a room reaches capacity, the advance sale closes and the event becomes Rush Line Only. Empty seats go on sale onsite at full price about 15 minutes before the start. A ticket-holder who arrives after the rush line opens is seated at the venue manager's discretion. Late seating is not guaranteed. Lines form about an hour before a start, and rooms open about 30 minutes before.
Silverspot Cinema sells reserved seats. A guest chooses a seat at purchase and holds it for the programme. The room has recliners and a food and beverage menu. The festival runs no rush line at this venue. A full Silverspot screening reads Sold Out and every original purchase is honoured.
Platinum and Visionary members can request premium seats for an entire group at official screenings and events, up to 24 hours ahead, held for the run at every venue.
What a seat costs
General screenings are $16.50, or $14.50 for members. Opening Night is $55, or $50, and Closing Night $25, or $22. Each ticket carries a $2 to $10 processing fee. The Pick Six and Take Twelve passes redeem on General and Centerpiece screenings. Opening Night, Closing Night, retrospectives and celebrity conversations sit outside both passes, and the festival publishes no pass price.
Nights to book
A 28 October arrival for the Vizcaya screening needs a checkout on 6 November to keep the room through the 7 pm closing night at Koubek. That is nine nights. An eight-night stay from 28 October checks out on 5 November, the morning of closing night. The festival travel page names three hotel partners: JW Marriott Marquis Miami, labelled Downtown Miami, W Miami and 1 Hotel South Beach. It publishes no rate, no booking code and no cut-off date for any of the three.