All events free with the purchase of a Borscht 9 ticket at borscht9.com or $5 suggest donation unless otherwise noted.

WED DEC 17

Indie Film Club Miami Showcase
Shirley’s Cinema, 7 PM
Indie Film Club Miami hosts a presentation of interactive work from the FilmGate Conference.

Miami Filmmakers Collective Showcase
Shirley’s Cinema, 8:30 PM
Short films by Miami Filmmakers Collective (MFC), psychic readings.

Miami Filmmakers Unite! Opening Night Party
Gramps, 9:30 PM
Come say hello and enjoy drink specials with Miami Filmmakers Collective, Indie Film Club Miami, and the Borscht Corporation at the home base for Borscht 9: Gramps!

A Little Strong: Jose El Rey Retrospective
Shirley’s Cinema, 10 PM
Survey of the brief but influential life of fictional recording artist Jose El Rey. Equal parts performance art, parody, and raw sex appeal.

Late Night Mystery Miami Movie #1
Shirley’s Cinema, 11:15 PM
Secret Celluloid Society presents a screening of a mystery movie from Miami’s cinematic past, Phillip Michael Thomas’s straight-to-VHS followup to Miami Vice, released in 1993. Hosted by Billy Corben.

THU DEC 18

Spaceship Miami
Miami Museum of Science Planetarium, 7 PM
A night of local short films, interactive projections, a satellite launch by the Miami Aeronautics and Space Administration (MASA), laser shows, and performances by Kool AD (Das Racist) and John Hancock III (ANR).
General admission and short films are free, performances $10 at door limited to first 200 guests

Hector.LA Screening and Criterion Collection Release Party
Shirley’s Cinema, 11:30 PM
The Miami premiere and official Criterion Collection 3-disk Blu-Ray release of Hector.LA by famous Hollywood director and local con-artist Nick Corirossi.

Late Night Mystery Miami Movie #2
Shirley’s Cinema, 1 AM
Secret Celluloid Society presents a screening of a mystery movie from Miami’s cinematic past about violent multi-ethnic gangs on the streets of Miami and the delightful electro music they make, released in 1986. Hosted by Billy Corben.

FRI DEC 19

Papa Machete Short Film Screening and Machete Fencing Master Class
Little Haiti Cultural Center, 1:30 PM
Screening of short documentary Papa Machete and master class in the ancient, esoteric art of tire machèt, better known as Haitian machete fencing.

Law for Artists and Filmmakers
Shirley’s Cinema, 4 PM
Andrew Gerber, who has represented artists like Ahol Sniffs Glue and Bleeding Palm on intellectual property litigation matters, presents a brief overview of IP law, fair use, copyright infringement, DMCA, trademark dilution, and how artists and filmmakers can avoid infringement and protect themselves from being infringed upon.

Borscht Dickie Ride!
Meet at Gramps, 5 PM
Bring your bicycle or hop on a complimentary Citibike as we bike through various locations for drink specials and secret screenings, making our way from Gramps to Borscht events at Museum Park, Intercontinental Hotel, and the YoungArts Campus.

Ignition Remix: Lobby Takeover
Intercontinental Hotel, 6 PM
Join us in the lobby and exterior of the Intercontinental Hotel as we unveil new installations of video and interactive art by Jillian Mayer, Coral Morphologic, Bleeding Palm, Paul Korzan, Ahol Sniffs Glue, Vince Mckelvie, and more.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Pet Friendly Outdoor Screening)
Museum Park, 7 PM
A special outdoor screening of The Greatest Miami Story Ever Told. Bring your pets, we will have treats for them!

THE MULTIVERSE
YoungArts Campus, 7 PM
Disney has Disney World, Borscht has THE MULTIVERSE, our DIY sketch of a theme park. Enjoy an emotional arcade, weird carnival games, virtual reality installations, and screenings in an outdoor cinema:

7 PM- Screenings of short films by YoungArts alumni.

9 PM- Short films by local high school students

10 PM- Documentaries about Raider Klan, Coral Morphologic, and the premiere of Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse! Part 2

Regional Film Showcase: New Orleans
Shirley’s Cinema, 11 PM
Court 13 (Beasts of the Southern Wild) brings you The Weekly Revue, New Orleans’ finest omni-sensual showcase, featuring a variety of soul-tainting entertainments and informations.

No Seasons Pool Party
Shirley’s Cinema, 11:30 PM
Special preview of the first three episodes of new series NO SEASONS, a surreality show exploring Miami’s strange underworld, starring Julian Yuri Rodriguez.

Michael Arcos Retrospective
Shirley’s Cinema, MIDNIGHT
A brief overview of Cutler Ridge filmmaker’s body of work that has defied categorization since the 90’s, culminating in the premiere of his new film and interactive installation Dream Throat at a nearby motel (transportation provided).

Late Night Mystery Miami Movie #3
Shirley’s Cinema, 2 AM
Secret Celluloid Society presents a screening of a dumb movie about a giant crab shot in Miami in 1980. Hosted by Nayib Estefan, founder of Secret Celluloid Society.

SAT DEC 20

Regional Film Showcase: Weird NorthWest
Shirley’s Cinema, 1 PM
Filmmakers from Corvallis and Olympia present a program of work representative of the interests, ethos, means of production and distribution from the Pacific Northwest, followed by a zine making session.

Regional Film Showcase: Native American & Indigenous Communities
Shirley’s Cinema, 2:30 PM
A program of work representative of the interests, ethos, means of production and distribution of filmmakers from Native American & Indigenous communities.

Borscht 9
Knight Concert Hall at Adrienne Arsht Center, 7:30 PM
Our flagship event. Screening of short films specifically commissioned for this festival made in/for/about Miami by local and guest filmmakers like Gil Green, Ahol Sniffs Glue, Pepe Billete, Jillian Mayer, Terence Nance, Ray Tintori, Jacolby Satterwhite+Trina, Sebastian Silva, and more! Arrive early for a bodybuilding exhibition inside.
Tickets $25 or $15 for students

Borscht 9 Official After Party
Gramps, 11:30 PM
Official afterparty for Borscht 9, with performances by Norvis Jr. and Miami bass legend and Pineal Warrior Otto von Schirach and friends.

SUN DEC 21

A Morning Light
Miami Beach Cinematheque, 12 PM
An atmospheric feature about wilderness, psychology, and extraterrestrial visitation, directed by Ian Clark. With Celia Rowlson-Hall and Zach Weintraub.

MA
Miami Beach Cinematheque, 2 PM
A modern day silent film about a virgin mother on a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to give birth to our savior, directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall. With Amy Seimetz and Andrew Pastides.

Beach Picnic
13th Street and the Ocean, 4 PM
Sunshine, sand, ocean, dolphins. Come outside, jump in the water, have a sandwich. Nature, remember?

Scarface Redux
Mansion Nightclub, 8 PM
Mansion Nightclub used to be a grand movie house, and for one night we restore that spirit with the premiere of the ongoing crowdsourced remake of Brian de Palma’s Scarface.

Scarface Redux is a global, collaborative effort to remake Brian de Palma’s Scarface (1983), We divided Scarface into 15 second clips and invited anyone to remake and upload the clips to scarfaceredux.com. Now we are recombining those clips with the original film to create a new, crowd-sourced Scarface Redux!

Closing Night Party
Broken Shaker at the Freehand, 10:30 PM
Say goodbye, maybe forever. Also, take a book with you from Bookleggers mobile library.

For more info go to borscht9.com