Cinema celebrated with the Film Tour Bus

As part of Film Month, which is June, exclusive Film Tours are behing hosted. The Miami Film Tour Bus is offering a behind-the-scenes, insider’s look at the locations and stories that have made the destination such an important center of film-making. The tours will include films shot and produced in Miami as well as a visit to the locations where the films were shot, while listening to a narrative on each film provided by exclusive insiders. The selected film will be screened at the end of the tour. 

Coming up are:
Sunday, June 22 – “Goldfinger” at Miami Beach Cinematheque
Sunday, June 29 – “Two Much” with Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith and Daryl Hannah at Miami International Film Festival/Cosford Cinema

From a new bus tour touting the destination’s famous film locations and local art cinemas, to an impressive list of influential film festivals, Miami locals have been a big part of the big screen. To celebrate the big screen’s illustrious presence in Miami, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) partnered with MasterCard and Stella Artois to host the third annual Miami Film Month in June, with its biggest line-up of activities yet.

Miami Film Month gives visitors and residents a front row seat to the destination’s diverse film culture with discounted pricing at participating art cinemas. This includes $8 movie screenings with a Miami Film Month coupon, available online at MiamiFilmMonth.com.  

Participating cinemas include:
· Bill Cosford Cinema
· Coral Gables Art Cinema
· Miami Beach Cinematheque
· O Cinema  Wynwood
· O Cinema Miami Shores
· Tower Theater

Three film festivals have also partnered with the GMCVB to organize featured events in honor of Miami Film Month.The Miami Jewish Film Festival Summer Matinee Series will include a showing of the 1940 film “Foreign Correspondent” on June 22nd at The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU on Miami Beach at 3pm. Tickets can be found at JewishMuseum.com.

The Miami Short Film Festival will host a special cocktail reception and screening on June 25 (starting at 7:30 pm) at Paragon Cinemas 13 in Coconut Grove. The screening will spotlight important and influential Miami filmmakers, with tickets available for purchase online at MiamiFilmMonth.com.

As part of Miami Film Month, the GMCVB is launching a contest in which film fans can enter to win two seats on the bus and to special showings of the films. To enter visit facebook.com/VisitMiami.