As part of our 2025 Guide to the Arts in PRIME Magazine, entertainment writer Phillip Valys offers his Critic’s Picks for the best film festivals coming up in South Florida. Want to see the full Guide? Go to SunSentinel.com/prime .

OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Oct. 16-23 at Regal Dania Pointe in Dania Beach and Fort Lauderdale venues including NSU Art Museum, Savor Cinema and Paradigm Cinemas: Gateway Fort Lauderdale; and Oct. 24-26 at multiple theaters in Miami. 877-766-8156 or OUTshineFilm.com .

The 17th edition of stereotype-defying indie movies, documentaries and riotously fun after-parties is still chiseling its lineup as of this writing, but already there are unmissable highlights. One is “Blue Moon,” director Richard Linklater’s (“Dazed and Confused,” “Boyhood”) comedy-drama

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