Focus On: shorts Films from Mexico & Central America
Come and enjoy six (6) short films from Mexico & Central America
Date & Time
Price
$20
Event Description
In partnership with Deering Estate, the MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL (MIAMIsFF) presents: 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐎𝐧: 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, July 14, 2025, 7 PM at Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave., Miami, FL 33157.
• Welcome Cocktail Reception at 7:00 PM • Screening - 8:00 PM
Come and enjoy six (6) short films from Mexico & Central America
⦿ Sin Estar – Dir by: Marisa Martínez – Narrative – 15:27 Min - México ~ Diana is a young woman struggling to find a job, when her sister Paula, on whom she depends financially, tells her that she is moving. So Diana must leap into adulthood and accept her insecurities to face the realities of work life.
⦿ La Leyenda del Sombrerón – Dir by: Enrique A. Mendoza – Narrative - 09:00 Min – Guatemala ~ Susana, an orphan, wakes from a nightmare gasping for air, and struggles to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Unsure who to trust, she maneuvers through a maze of eerie events set up by an evil being, Sombrerón.
⦿ Desconexión – Dir by: Alvaro J Martínez – Narrative – 04:50 Min – El Salvador ~ Camila and Fernando are so engaged using their cell phones that they lose awareness of everything that is happening outside of their screens. Their lives feel empty, and the routine is killing them. Technology might be making them lose the opportunity to meet the love of their lives.
⦿ El Dilema Artístico – Dir by: Michael Douglas Lardizábal Foglia – Narrative – 18:48 Min – Honduras ~ Stuck in a theater with an audience of one, three artists are forced to perform their sets in an endless loop as we get to find out how they got there through the narrations of a mysterious entity.
⦿ La Carpa – Dir by: Gabriel Traversari – Narrative – 11:34 Min – Nicaragua ~ In a very small town of Mesoamerica, where time seems to stand still and the monotonous and secret life of its people demands some degree of mental distraction, travelling circuses have become a temporary but necessary escape.
⦿ De Armas Tomar – Dir by: César Hernández Piedra – Narrative – 12:53 Min – Costa Rica ~ An unfortunate incident ends the life of an innocent person. Based on true events, De Armas Tomar is a short film that aims to raise awareness about firearms at home.
