2025 Miami Film Festival Showcases Films Made in South Florida
One of the highlights of the Miami Film Festival is the chance to see movies made right here in the 305. For the 42nd year of the festival, opening Thursday, April 3 and running through Sunday, April 13, there is an impressive array of narratives and documentaries that are produced in the MIA.
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James Woolley: Executive Director of the Miami Film Festival
In 2024, JAMES WOOLLEY became the Executive Director of the Miami Film Festival. He has worked on more than 20 large-scale film festivals throughout his career, including the Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane Film Festivals. Most recently, he was executive director of the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco.
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Mary Ellen Scherl: Art with Backstories
After a 17-year career as an Art Director at two premier advertising agencies, MARY ELLEN SCHERL transitioned from commercial art to fine art — sculpture, painting, installation photography, writing, and most recently filmmaking.
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Alan Zweibel Knows Funny
An original “Saturday Night Live” writer, ALAN ZWEIBEL has won five Emmy Awards for his work in television, which also includes “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” (which he co-created and produced), “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
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Conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson: Born to Make Music
In 2005, JERI LYNNE JOHNSON made history as the first Black woman to win an international conducting prize when she was awarded the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship. Since then she has continued to break barriers in Europe and the US as the first woman and/or African-American woman on the podium for many orchestras and opera companies in the US and Europe. Johnson is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.
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Daniel Robbins: Filmmaker
DANIEL ROBBINS is a filmmaker best known for the 2018 horror film “Pledge” and the 2024 comedy “Bad Shabbos,” which won the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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