MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Art Basel will be showing several films this year including a special screening of Tim Burton's new movie.

Big Eyes is based on the true story of Walter Keane, who presented his wife Margaret Keane's works as his. Her paintings of children with big eyes caught on in the 1950s and 1960s.

ART BASEL FILM EVENTS

Soundscape Park

500 17th St., Miami Beach

'Scraped and Bowed:' 6 p.m., Dec. 3,

 ‘Playfulness:' 8 p.m., Dec. 3

‘Armchair Surfers:' 9 p.m., Dec. 3

‘Ex-Romance:' 10 p.m., Dec. 3

'The Mogya Project:' 6 p.m., Dec. 4

‘The Digital Revolutionaries:' 10 p.m., Dec. 4

'From the Low to Higher Resonance:' 6 p.m., Dec. 5

'Radio Ga Ga:' 8 p.m., Dec. 5

'The Night of Forevermore:' 9 p.m., Dec. 5

''The Deaf Oud:' 6 p.m., Dec. 6

'Rites of Spring:' 8 p.m., Dec. 6

'The Magic of Things' 9 p.m., Dec. 6

The film portrays the psychological abuse that her domineering, alcoholic husband puts her through.

Thorough a dictatorial style, the charming hustler leeches away her strength and pushes her toward a state of crisis.

Burton shows viewers the artist's monomania and surreal perceptions, which are like those of a cartoonist distorting reality.

Despite the darkness of the artist's experience, the story is inspiring, as it depicts a victory in the feminist struggle.

"Key figures in the film's production" will be present for a discussion after the screening, an event organizer said. 

The film hits theaters on Christmas Day.

The special Dec. 5th screening is open to the public and free, but there is limited seating. It starts at 8:30 p.m. at the Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road, in Miami Beach.

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