Excellent filmmaking and compelling cinema is timeless. It captures the human experience on the silver screen for all to see. This week, Wire Magazine features the 36th annual Miami Film Festival taking place March 1-10, 2019. In this week's issue, we also showcase 15 spotlight film selections to preview some of the many outstanding films to be shown this year and help you learn more about the upcoming Festival. We also feature Pride Fort Lauderdale, the oldest Pride organization in Florida February 21-24, 2019. This week's cover and centerfold model is Tim Dittes, who was recently photographed by David Vance. Tim was born in Mühlheim an der Donau, Germany, and now lives in Toronto, Canada. In Out & About, we preview this year's 27th annual Florida Renaissance Festival, returning to Deerfield Beach's Quiet Waters Park February 9 through March 24. This year, the Renaissance Festival will play host to knights, wizards, Vikings and more during seven themed weekends each with acts and performances.