{"id":141082,"date":"2026-02-02T20:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141082\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:39:18","slug":"fort-lauderdale-film-festival-40th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141082\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale Film Festival 40th Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiqLEJooyATxaikbB8Q4u6pjy97myPd54MqoOXM0T5LBEj_94-3dnZt8jJbdh-dRkdHBuxQh34K9CidS91fVMg06iPvc9OaD0vIFD7tbvWRjKlXgt9_C2Y5bsxGGeouC07oLj9COgb0GOthCoUg6LtU6xDpEm8xF44QdzSWrimxmvMEKpQlIAm4pFUHNGQ\/s1000\/FLIFF.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1000\" data-original-width=\"977\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FLIFF.jpg\" width=\"391\"\/><\/a>The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) is celebrating 40 years &amp; takes place from Friday February 20th to Saturday February 28th showcasing a fabulous lineup of over 50 films &amp; documentaries. This year\u2019s festival will feature world premieres &amp; U.S. premieres offering a wide array of parties &amp; receptions, special presentations, film features, documentaries &amp; short films. Attendees can look forward to red carpet appearances by directors, producers, actors &amp; special guests who will participate in Q&amp;A discussions &amp; mingle with festival-goers. Actors attending throughout the festival include \u201cMiami Nights\u201d cast Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Jeremy Sumpter, Danay Garcia &amp; Sydelle Noel, Chevy Chase, \u201cI\u2019m Chevy Chase &amp; You\u2019re Not\u201d, Paul Riser, \u201cThe Problem with People\u201d, Guy Harvey with \u201cGuy Harvey, The Documentary &amp; Jamie Kennedy\u2019s \u201cWingman\u201d. Also attending are Will Yun Lee, Brooklyn Prince &amp; Jon Huertas from \u201cCalifornia Scenario\u201d along with filmmakers from around the world. Lisa Grigorian FLIFF President &amp; CEO stated, \u201cWe are thrilled to present the 40th year of the festival with a diverse line up for all of South Florida. The festival includes \u2018something for everyone\u2019 &amp; will also host a series of curated events throughout the week.\u201d Since 1986 the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) reels out more than 60 American Indie &amp; international films during its annual film festival held each February. During the festival, celebrity &amp; filmmaker guests from around the world create an aura of excitement as they arrive at their red carpet premieres, attend over-the-top parties &amp; greet movie-goers. The 40th Annual FLIFF takes place February 20th to 28th at venues throughout Broward County.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEglTUvqnBG0-qLuQymAg1sbyV5hVgv8KjYPu-EJvloeJMOdwiXonmrrFPcAs-2qwhOdEy5yhwqLeeSsmcfWvqtdpoglUgx1hCimkP6CwWVsqbMSEJmcMeriIyLST62M-HyFHBWomNWj1JpOU-iDCqOzp5lZwhPkkvTXLnfye4DwQFjschoDUvBRS4Vxcj4\/s846\/Banner25-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"36\" data-original-width=\"846\" height=\"18\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Banner25-1.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) is celebrating 40 years &amp; takes place from Friday February 20th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-141082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}