Arnel served as the Festival Theater Manager for O Cinema Miami Beach in 2017 and for the Coral Gables Art Cinema in 2016 at the Miami Film Festival, the largest film festival in the city which draws over 70,000 visitors in ten days. San Pedro supervised all front-of-house operations including tech checks, vendors, box office, Q&As, intros, talent, signage, sponsors, red carpet arrivals, logistics, volunteer teams, trailers, posters | one sheets, balloting, scanning, setup | breakdown, seating, and rush sales. MFF was named the #1 Film & Media Event in Miami | South Florida, according to BizBash.

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