7 PM

Borscht Velorio (Wake)

Maspons Funeral Home

Say hello to Borscht Diez by saying goodbye and paying your respects at this velorio. Funeral home art installations, screenings, free drinks. Strict dress code.

9 PM

Borscht Motorcade

Meet at Maspons Funeral Home

Join us as we transfer our hard drives to their final resting place, escorted by Miami Dade PD deep in the swamp .

9:30 PM

Borscht Viking Funeral

Where the Ouroboros Ends
(Secret Everglades Location)

Enjoy clips of Borscht films one last time as we give all our hard drives and online accounts a viking funeral in a fireworks spectacular.

10 PM

LASH #NoBroZone Party

Gramps Bar

Dance away your sorrows at LASH, an unconventional ladies night celebrating resistance, girl gangs, and empowerment. Featuring Porn Nail’s feminist/artist/nail tech and classic tunes.

11 PM

Official Borscht Diez Kickoff Party

The Ground

Now that we are dead, we can start the festival. Performances by Poorgrrl, Byrdipop, and XXYYXX.

*presented by iiiPoints

2 PM

Time Travel Booze Cruise

Meet at the docks

Travel through Miami’s sordid past onboard a magical pontoon while Miami’s foremost historian Dr. Paul George serves as our veteran Virgil through the secret history of our swamp-city-sea.

*presented by HistoryMiami, time travel fuel courtesy of Patron Tequila.

3 PM

Stiltsville Welcome Reception

Stiltsville

Cruise in the fearsome Borscht Armada to enjoy a fresh conch lunch and Patron margaritas in one of the last remaining stilt houses in the middle of Biscayne Bay.

*presented by HistoryMiami

5 PM

Borscht Jetski Parade

Meet at Stiltsville

A processional on boats, jetskis, and hovercraft (maybe) from Stiltsville to Borscht Island. Bring your own watercraft.

6 PM

NO NEW WAVES

Doomwave Island

Come by boat to experience Miami’s absurd present and diluvian future at Doomwave Island, a small island in Biscayne Bay that we have annexed for an evening. One island will have site-specific Doomwave installations and screenings, performances by Jacuzzi Boys and Neon Indian (DJ set). In between, Kevin Reynold’s Waterworld will play from a floating screen.

Boat transportation not provided.

11:30 PM

West Kendall International Film Festival

Coral Gables Art Cinema

The first ever West Kendall International Film Festival, a sidebar festival/ bitter rival to the Borscht Film Festival. This will be a nomadic festival for The People, bringing you the best films that Miami has to offer in a fun setting.

12 PM

John Wilson: American Treasure

Miami Beach Cinematheque

John Wilson, documentarian and national hero, blesses us with some of his idiosyncratic and occasionally-banned work.

A game of 'Johnpardy,' wherein the audience is quizzed on the intimate details of John's life, will follow the screening.

2 PM

Opuntia: Film Screening for Cacti

Miami Beach Cinematheque

Screening of feature film by Miami native David Fenster about a conquistador-turned-shaman, Cabeza de Vaca, that explores cultural, personal and natural transformation. As the film is narrated by a cactus, several will be present and will provide live commentary during the screening via an electronic translator.

*presented by Kickstarter.

4 PM

23 FILMS ABOUT A MAN NAMED ARTHUR

Miami Beach Cinematheque

The Miami Beach Cinematheque is turned into a Polish Bathhouse for Julian Yuri’s first feature film: a domestic fantasia on Flagler street (entirely in Polish with English subtitles) that is as brutal, hilarious, moving, and confounding as it is indescribable.

Event will be livestreamed in Poland, Q and A between audiences to follow screening.

6 PM

CORAL ORGY

New World Center

An explosion of the concept of a film festival that also part concert, part haunted house, and part art installation. There has never been an event like this in Miami.

Frank Gehry’s acclaimed building is transformed into its past and future states as a psychedelic coral reef via immersive projection-mapping by local marine biologists/artists Coral Morphologic with a live score performed by Animal Collective as a site specific performance of all-new music.

The audience is free to explore various experiences throughout the building, including a special performance by Hot Sugar, a Bermuda triangle ritual by Otto von Schirach and a special guest, screenings of short films by Jacolby Satterwhite, and new virtual, augmented, aural, and physical realities by Rachel Rossin, Mayer\Leyva, Tenderclaws, and more.

Borscht, III Points, New World Center, and Coral Morphologic are excited to present this unique activation: a once-in-a-lifetime hallucinatory aesthetic experience.

6 PM

CORAL ORGY Wallcast

Soundscape Park

You may not get the immersive experience of being inside the Coral Orgy, but you can get a taste with a livestream wallcast projected onto one of the largest screens in North America, with a special activation by John Hancock III.

11 PM

Pootie Tang on 35mm 16th Anniversary Screening

Faena Hotel Screening Room

Very important celebration of an overlooked classic directed by Louis CK, as well as the debut of the Secret Celluloid Society Roadshow’s new portable 35mm system!

11:30 PM

MIAMI 2001 hosted by Fat Nick

Cucu's Nest

Dance to all the hits from 2001 at the premiere of Nick Corirossi’s South Miami nightmare short Miami 2001 (sequel to Miami 1996), with performances by Fat Nick and Pouya.

11 AM

Borscht T Time: Warn a Brother

Miami Center for Architecture & Design

The T will be served in this conversation between Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) and Tamir Muhammad (OneFifty) that examines the transition from independent filmmaking to working with big studios while maintaining your voice and explores opportunities that exist for filmmakers looking to make this transition. Moderated by Christine Davila (Warner Bros, Ambulante Film Festival).

*presented by OneFifty

12:30 PM

Borscht T Time: Based Miami Unveiling

Miami Center for Architecture & Design

Mo Twine reveals a process that may change filmmaking forever. He's working with custom software to algorithmically generate new films from existing work using only text input, and will showcase pieces that demonstrate the potential of this new storytelling tool.

*presented by OneFifty

1 PM

Borscht T Time: Omniboat Unveiling

Miami Center for Architecture & Design

The rumors are true, instead of trying to finance a feature film, Borscht is getting a speedboat. In a guided tour of the certified Greatest PDF of All Time, find out how we are doing it, what we are going to do with this really sick, really fast boat, as well as why buying a sweet boat is smarter than making an independent film.

2 PM

Borscht T Time: Code Switch Your Way To The Top!

Miami Center for Architecture & Design

The T will be served in this practical guide for people of color on how to succeed in an industry dominated by wealthy straight white men. With Walter Newman (Adult Swim), Dilcia Barrera (LACMA, Sundance), and Tamir Muhammad (OneFifty). Moderated by Agatha Christie (comedian, cam girl).

*presented by OneFifty

5 PM

SHART TANK Live!

Alfred I. Dupont Building

Be part of the studio audience at a live taping of SHART TANK, a game show where ‘entrebroneurs’ pitch their best worst ideas to a panel of mostly powerful white men to win $500 and/or an investment deal, or fail and face unspeakable consequences. Sign up with your idea to win $500 cash and maybe an investment deal.

*presented by OneFifty

7 PM

BORSCHT 10

Olympia Theater

Our flagship event: a screening of short films specifically commissioned for this festival made in/for/about Miami by local and guest filmmakers. In years past, these films have gone on to become feature films, play at Sundance and hundreds of other fests, and become viral sensations. See films in the city they were made for, before anyone else.

Arrive early to catch a psychedelic opera and other surprises. Hosted by a team of sentient corals from the future.

*presented by Cinereach

11:00 PM

Pamplemousse Party!

Alfred I. Dupont Building

The iconic former gilded bank is converted into the #NOBROZONE, a celebration of female-identifying artists and debut of works created within an ecosystem where no men were involved in the green-lighting process.

The opulent space will be activated with over 25 installations and screenings, including a Slumpie Garden, a Sex Club Inc. booth, a performance by Marnie Ellen with new music by Dan Deacon, a living room made entirely of military-grade bullet-proof foam, poetry textiles by sadpapsmear, a vogue ball by Catwalk, and a fitness rave by HyperBody & Honnda.

Performances by Poorgrrrl and Trina on top of a bank vault.

*presented by LaCroix Sparkling Water

1 PM

Black Voices on Silent Film

African Heritage Cultural Arts Center

In the early 1900’s Florida was the center of “race films,” silent films that depicted African Americans in a more nuanced and positive light than other forms of entertainment at the time. This screening sheds light on the few films that survived, with a live score.

3 PM

The Boom Squad

African Heritage Cultural Arts Center

World Premiere of Vice World of Sports: Rivals episode The Boom Squad about Liberty City’s youth football team. Hosted by Uncle Luke.

Q and A and discussion around Liberty City’s newfound cinematic identity will follow screening, with Evan Rosenfeld (The Boom Squad director), Luther Campbell (musician, football coach), and more. Moderated by Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys; The U).

5 PM

Moonlight Comes Home

African Heritage Cultural Arts Center

Free screening of Moonlight by Barry Jenkins, the record-breaking film that was created by Liberty City Natives and filmed right in the neighborhood, now nominated for eight Academy Awards!

This film originated as a Borscht collaboration, was made in Miami by locals, and has grown to be the most awarded film of the year. It is living proof that with the right development and support, there is no limit to what Miami voices can achieve.

If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t miss it.

*presented by A24

7 PM

#MOONLIT Block Party

African Heritage Cultural Arts Center

Root for the Moonlight home team to take home statues at the ONLY official Moonlight Oscar Party. Bring pots and pans to celebrate the wins in true Miami style!

*presented by A24