MIAMI short FILM Festival presents: Shorts & Beats ~ Venezuela, Sept 26,'26

Join us as we present "Shorts & Beats" Venezuela & immerse yourself in the Vibrant Venezuelan culture through a captivating blend of film & music & food by @paellayolecatering

Experience a selection of six (6) short films from Venezuela. Followed by a live performance by Susana Behar and friends—Venezuelan Sounds- inside the historic Deering Estate Theater.

Followed by a live performace by Susana Behar and friends - Venezuelan Sounds. * Susana Behar (voice), Saul Vera (cuatro, bandola llanera and mandolin), Adolfo Herrera (percussion and vocals) and Elvis Martinez (guitar and bass) inside the historic Deering Estate Theater. Don't miss this night of entertainment and cultural enrichment!

• 7:00 PM - Welcome Cocktail Reception

• 8:00 PM - Screening

• Followed by a live performance of Venezuelan sounds

Shorts & Beats ~ Venezuela

* La Soja - Directed by: Gabriel Eduardo Lacruz Salas - Fiction - 17 min - Venezuela

In the Venezuelan highlands, a pregnant Mercedes—fed up with her drunken husband—decides to take her two children and head down the dusty road toward freedom.

* Guardame Puesto - Directed by: Alfredo Hueck - Fiction - 11:26 min - Venezuela

Caracas is known worldwide for many things, but few realize that one of its citizens’ greatest daily traumas is simply finding a parking spot. A couple takes the risk and puts their relationship to the test in the city’s chaotic streets.

* Caracoles y Cascabeles - Directed by: Gustavo Rondón Fiction - 14 min - Venezuela

Ramiro, a fisherman, wants to teach his craft to his 8 year old son, Jonah. But Jonah has been acting strangely terrified of something lurking in the bushes behind their home.

*Caracas en Moto - Directed by: Daniel Ruiz Hueck - Documentary - 10 min - Venezuela

In this lively documentary, traffic in Caracas is petrifying—considered by experts around the globe, and by exhausted citizens, to be a source of extreme and often fatal stress.

* Centripeta - Directed by: Alex Mendez - Fiction - 7:08 min - Venezuela

Through a downpour in the middle of the night, a couple travels a deserted highway. Unexpectedly, the headlights of their car illuminate what appears to be a crime scene: a man is dragging a body on the asphalt.

* Ley Organica 1/92 - Directed by: Juan Luis Fermín - Fiction - 11 min - Venezuela

An incompetent police officer uses the so called “1/92 law” as a pretext to mistreat two women who arrive at the station to file charges and report a rape.

* This event will be held indoors in the Visitor Center Theater. * There is FREE PARKING in the Visitor Center parking lot, which is located on SW 168 Street, just west of 72nd Avenue.

* Sponsored in part by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.