{"id":161932,"date":"2026-02-20T00:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161932\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T00:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:25:08","slug":"40th-annual-fort-lauderdale-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161932\/","title":{"rendered":"40th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">40th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival<\/p>\n<p>February 20 \u2013 February 28, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Announces line up of films and celebrities attending premieres and screenings <\/p>\n<p>Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Chevy Chase, Paul Reiser, <\/p>\n<p>Guy Harvey, Harland Williams, Jamie Kennedy, Jeremy Sumpter, <\/p>\n<p>John Lewis, Danay Garcia and Sydelle Noel<\/p>\n<p>FLIFF features Over 50 films &amp; documentaries <\/p>\n<p>Including World Premieres and U.S. Premieres<\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale, FL \u2013 The 40th year of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) is set to take place from Friday, February 20 &#8211; Saturday, February 28, 2026, showcasing an exciting lineup of over 50 films and documentaries. This year\u2019s festival will feature world premieres and U.S. premieres, offering a wide array of parties and receptions, special presentations, film features, documentaries and short films. Attendees can look forward to red carpet appearances by directors, producers, actors and special guests who will participate in Q&amp;A discussions and mingle with festival-goers. <\/p>\n<p>Actors attending throughout the festival include \u201cMiami Nights\u201d cast: Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Jeremy Sumpter, Danay Garcia and Sydelle Noel; Chevy Chase, \u201cI\u2019m Chevy Chase and You\u2019re Not\u201d; Paul Riser, \u201cThe Problem with People\u201d; Guy Harvey, \u201cGuy Harvey, The Documentary,\u201d and Jamie Kennedy, \u201cWingman\u201d. Will Yun Lee, Brooklyn Prince, Jon Huertas, \u201cCalifornia Scenario\u201d along with filmmakers from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to present the 40th year of the festival with a diverse line up for all of South Florida,\u201d says FLIFF President &amp; CEO, Lisa Grigorian. \u201cThe festival includes \u2018something for everyone\u2019 and will also host a series of curated events throughout the week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*For a listing of all festival films, visit https:\/\/fliff.com\/event-grid-all<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: Visit FLIFF.com for the festival schedule of films, theatres and receptions attended by celebrities. For more information, contact Savor Cinema box office at 954-525-3456.  *All appearances are subject to change. For all appearance and schedule updates, please visit FLIFF.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"40th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival February 20 \u2013 February 28, 2026 Announces line up of films&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1099,21352,249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-161932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-festival","9":"tag-film","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale","11":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","12":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161932","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=161932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}