The inaugural Miccosukee Indigenous Film Festival is scheduled for October 9–12 at the University of Miami’s Bill Cosford Cinema in Coral Gables, according to the festival’s press release. The university’s event listing separately lists a program on Saturday, October 10, from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., and describes the gathering as a three-day event.
The festival is presented in partnership with the University of Miami’s Iron Arrow Honor Society as part of the society’s centennial, the festival press release says. Iron Arrow’s university page gives its founding year as 1926. Miami New Times reported that festival president Juan Manuel Lama proposed the project to mark that anniversary.
The festival press release says the program includes 22 films selected under criteria requiring a connection to Indigenous communities or cultures: a film must be written, directed or produced by Indigenous community members, feature Indigenous lead actors, or directly represent Native and Indigenous cultures. The university listing describes the program as including documentaries, narrative works, shorts and feature-length films. The festival website says attendees can buy tickets for individual screening blocks, day passes or full-festival access.
The published schedule includes a Saturday morning visit to the Miccosukee Indian Village for festival attendees. On Monday, October 12, the closing program is set to pair an awards ceremony with a screening of Becoming Buffalo, a non-competitive film about Buffalo Tiger and the Miccosukee Tribe’s sovereignty history, according to the festival’s schedule.
