Illustrative image; it does not depict the Little Haiti Cultural Complex.
For its final Miami screening of the Fall Edition, OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival is heading to a cultural center, not a multiplex. The festival’s closing-night choice (Sunday, Oct. 25, at Little Haiti Cultural Complex) puts a neighborhood arts venue at the end of a program that has brought queer films to cinemas across South Florida.
That is a notable programming detail, not a claim about a sweeping change in the festival’s direction. OUTshine has often built its editions around cinema venues, including the multiplex screenings scheduled elsewhere in this year’s program. But closing at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex gives the festival a different setting for its final gathering, and locates that moment in one of Miami’s neighborhood cultural spaces.
The Fall Edition runs Oct. 15–25 and marks OUTshine’s 28th year presenting queer film in South Florida. Broward screenings took place Oct. 15–22; Miami screenings continue through Sunday. Select films will then be available through OUTshine At-Home from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1. The festival’s program and event information lists more than 20 international, North American, East Coast and Florida premieres from 20 countries across Broward and Miami-Dade. Individual tickets start at $17.
The festival poster lists the Fall Edition’s South Florida dates. Image: OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
A closing night built around second chances
The Sunday event begins at 6 p.m. at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, 212 NE 59th Terrace, with the Florida premiere of Before I Do. Directed by Gary Jaffe, the 85-minute romantic comedy follows John Michael, days away from marrying the man he believes is the love of his life. At a lakeside cabin bachelor weekend, he reunites with his best man Alex, who is also his former flame.
The festival describes the film as a comedy about old feelings, unexpected attractions and second chances. It is an official selection of Frameline. Jaffe and actors Cole Doman and Michael Hsu Rosen are listed as attending talent. OUTshine’s closing-night listing describes the event as a film and after-party; the venue is listed as wheelchair accessible.
The location gives the screening a distinct frame. A cultural complex is not simply another screen on the festival map: it is a community arts venue hosting the closing event. The choice makes Little Haiti part of the festival’s final-night setting without requiring the venue to carry a larger symbolic claim than the facts support.
A still from Gary Jaffe’s Before I Do, the festival’s Florida-premiere closing film. Image: OUTshine Film Festival.
Friday’s Latin American spotlight
Before the closing, Friday brings another Miami program with a clear regional focus. At 7 p.m. on Oct. 23, Noche CineMundo takes place at Silverspot Cinema Downtown Miami, 300 SE 3rd St. The Latin American night pairs the international premiere of Love on a Tightrope (Tal Vez), a 2026 film from Spain directed by Arima León, with the Florida premiere of Narciso, a co-production involving Paraguay, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Spain, France and Uruguay. León and actor Diro Romero are listed as attending.
At 9:30 p.m., OUTshine After Dark returns with the Southeast premiere of Corpus, a 2026 U.S. film. The festival listing outlines the evening’s screenings and the edition’s broader slate.
Another still from Before I Do. Image: OUTshine Film Festival.
Other regional debuts include I Am Mario (Soy Mario) in the Trans Spotlight slot, alongside The Golden Age, Jim Queen, The Arrangement, Chica Checa, A Good Child, Labrador or the Autopsy of Silence, Downtown, I Come Home and Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders. The program also features world premieres of The Mirror and The Fixation.
The festival’s week has already included the opening-night film La Bola Negra at Regal Dania Pointe and the centerpiece screening of Faroe Islands folk horror No Rest for the Wicked, followed by a Halloween party. Its final Miami gathering now shifts the scene to Little Haiti.
With the closing film, after-party and attending filmmakers, OUTshine’s Oct. 25 event brings its 2026 Fall Edition to a neighborhood cultural complex rather than another multiplex auditorium.
