The Miami Jewish Film Festival will celebrate its 24th year in 2021. Typically scheduled in January, however, this latest edition has been pushed to April.

Considered one of the three largest of its kind in the world, the festival will take place April 14-29. It traditionally showcases more than 100 films by more than 50 filmmakers every year.

A scene from the film, “Forgiveness,” featured during a previous edition of the Miami Jewish Film Festival.

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In previous years, the festival has been offered throughout theaters and temples around Miami, but the 2021 schedule has yet to be released.

On the official festival website, organizers have shared testimonials from festival board members as well as directors. They called it, “My Favorite Festival Memory Is … ” – and you can read the memories by clicking here.

According to a post on the official Facebook page, the festival was named one of the 50 best in the world in 2020:

“The Miami Jewish Film Festival is proud to announce that it has been named one of the 50 best film festivals in the world by MovieMaker Magazine, a renowned entertainment, business and film industry news magazine. This is the first time ever that a Jewish film festival has received this prestigious recognition in the history of MovieMaker Magazine’s annual list, and the Miami Jewish Film Festival is also the only local film festival included in this year’s edition.

“We celebrate this landmark recognition with all the film lovers and supporters, members and sponsors, filmmakers and artists, and everyone who has ever championed our Miami Jewish Film Festival for these last 23 years. We are thrilled to head into the 24th edition of the Festival with this tremendous momentum and look forward to welcoming the best emerging and established filmmakers and celebrating their bold and singular visions.”

We will post the schedule as soon as it becomes available, so keep checking back.

Popular Miami events canceled for 2020-21

This past year has brought many firsts and never-before-seens. Now, it has canceled some of our favorite events, including Santa’s Enchanted Forest, Coral Gables Festival of the Arts, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Florida Renaissance Festival and more.

We’ve compiled a roundup of canceled events, so you can see if your favorite festivals will take place or not. Many will have to wait for now, but hopefully they’ll be back soon! Click here to see which ones have been affected for the 2020-2021 season.