Miami International Film Festival to host special advance screening of Chris Weitz’s “A Better Life” at Tower Theater with star Demian Bichir in attendance for Q&A session

The 29th Annual Miami International Film Festival (MIFF), produced and presented by Miami Dade College (MDC), will host a special advance screening of Chris Weitz’s A Better Life on Saturday, June 25th at 7:00 p.m. at MDC’s Tower Theater with top Mexican box office talent Demian Bichir in attendance for a Q&A session following the film.  Mr. Bichir is best known by American audiences as Esteban Reyes, the charming drug lord, politician and love interest in the popular Showtime series “Weeds.”

Demian Bichir’s impressive filmography includes:
•    Don’t Tempt Me (Sin noticias de Dios) with Victoria Abril & Penélope Cruz (Nominated for 10 Goya Awards) and
•    Sex, Shame & Tears (Sexo, pudor y lágrimas) which broke box-office records in Mexico becoming the #1 movie in the history of Mexican cinema until El crimen del Padre Amaro. (Sex, Shame & Tears won 5 Silver Ariels and was Audience Award winner at the Guadalajara Film Festival.)
•   Che, directed by Steven Soderbergh

A Better Life will world premiere in Los Angeles on June 21 and Miami audiences will be among the first in the world to see it at this special advance screening.

WHO: Demian Bichir star of A Better Life, and Jaie Laplante, executive director of the Miami International Film Festival

EVENTS: Press Screening: Sunday June 26th at 2:00 p.m. (Contact Vanessa Krause of Allied Integrated Marketing for location and permission to attend, vkrause@alliedim.com 954-200-8016)

Photo Call: Saturday, June 25th at 6:30 p.m., MDC’s Tower Theater, 1508 SW 8th Street, Miami 33135 (Little Havana).   (Special entrance for pre-registered media to cover Photo Call with Bichir and Laplante.)

Miami Premiere: Saturday, June 25th at 7:00 p.m., MDC’s Tower Theater. (Limited complimentary tickets reserved for accredited press unable to attend the press screening, contact Vanessa Krause of Allied Integrated Marketing for more information.)

INTERVIEWS: Interviews with Demian Bichir: Monday and Tuesday, June 27th and 28th.   (Contact Vanessa Krause of Allied Integrated Marketing for all interview requests, vkrause@alliedim.com 954.200.8016)

Miami Film Society members receive a discount code for a $2 off advance tickets (before 5pm on Friday, June 24th) by e-mailing membership@miamifilmfestival.com.

Advance tickets available at:  TicketWeb.com

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