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2024 Gallery

Film Schedule 2024.

Nominated Films 2024.

Winners 2024

Best Narrative US-Canada

Best Narrative Foreign

Best Animation

Best Experimental

Best Documentary

Best Music Video

Best Local

Best Student short Film

Audience Award

Director’s Choice

Nov. 8 – 8 PM / O Cinema
Opening Night Screening #1
Silk Road Stories in short films

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3 Day Pass/Nov. 8, 9, 10
● O Cinema South Beach
● Silverspot Downtown Miami

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1 Day Pass/Nov. 9

● Silverspot Downtown Miami

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1 Day Pass/Nov. 10

● Silverspot Downtown Miami

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Nov. 9 – 3 PM / Silverspot
Screening #2
Spanish short films, Tapas Style

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Nov. 9 – 6 PM / Silverspot
Screening #3
A Gaze into Synthetic Dreams

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Nov. 9 – 8 PM / Silverspot
Screening #4
Silent Wars, Invisible Scars

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Nov. 10 – 3 PM / Silverspot
Screening #5
The short films Ultimate Medley

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Nov. 10 – 6 PM / Silverspot
Screening #6
Neighborhood meets the Classroom

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Nov. 10 – 8 PM / Silverspot
Screening #7 The Great
Afro-Caribbean Soul in short films

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Nov. 10 – 7 PM / Deering
Screening #8
Journey into the world of short films

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Best North America Narrative

Dir. Parker Croft – Narrative – 21:43 Min – USA

Dir. Will Pinke – Narrative – 17:28 Min – USA

Dir. Sarah Sellman – Narrative – 10:51 Min – UK

Dir. Alexandra Qin – Narrative – 10:00 Min – USA

Best Foreign Narrative

Dir. aida tebianian – Narrative – 15:00 Min – Iran

Dir. Lam Can-zhao – Narrative – 15:00 Min – China

Dir. AYOUB LAYOUSSIFI, ZAHOUA RAJI – Narrative – 24:00 Min – Morocco

Dir. Yoro MBAYE Diegane Niang – Narrative – 21:00 Min – Senegal

Dir. Qiao H – Narrative – 15:00 Min – China

Dir. Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani – Narrative – 19:33 Min – Iran

Dir. Donovan Marsh – Narrative – 04:00 Min – South Africa

Dir. Aryasb Feiz – Narrative – 16:40 Min – Iran

Best Experimental

Dir. Donovan Marsh – Narrative – 04:00 Min – South Africa

Dir. Martin Gerigk – Experimental – 12:30 Min – Germany

Dir. Edith Jorisch – Experimental – 15:45 Min – Canada

Best Documentary

Dir. David Harriman, James Bettney – Documentary – 04:56 Min – UK

Dir. Isabella Breton – Documentary – 09:59 Min – USA

Best Music Video

Dir. Adrian Pruett, AMMO – Music Video – 04:23 Min – USA

Dir. Lilia Li-Mi-Yan, Katherina Sadovsky – Experimental/Music Video – 05:58 Min – Armenia

Dir. Sebastian Juszczyk – Music Video – 06:56 Min – Poland

Best Local film

Dir. Inga Moren Tapias – Narrative/Local – 11:47 Min – USA

Dir. XF Serrano – Narrative/Local – 08:50 Min – USA

Dir. RUBEN MORALES – Narrative/Local – 15:40 Min – USA

Best College/University Student

Dir. Lucca Vieira – Narrative/Local/Student – 05:28 Min – USA

Dir. Phi Phi – Narrative/Student – 18:33 Min – USA

VENUES

O Cinema South Beach

Regal South Beach at Lincoln Road

Deering Estate

Luis Fernando Aleman
Dir. TAG! You’re It!

Mari Mantela
Dir. Rabobesto Or How I Saved a Monster

Isaac Areizaga
Dir. Reserva Familiar

As Easy as closing your eyes
Dir. Don’t say butterfly

Margaux Calla Susi
Dir. The Sperm Bank

By Emily Singer
Dir. Stick & Stones

Dir. Parker Croft – Narrative – 21:43 Min – USA

Dir. Paolina Weber – Narrative – 17:00 Min – USA

Dir. Frederic Mosbeux – Narrative – 19:41 Min – Belgium

Dir. Carsten Woike – Narrative – 11:50 Min – Germany

Dir. Eulàlia Ramon – Narrative – 12:00 Min – Spain

Dir. Isabella Breton – Documentary – 09:59 Min – USA

Dir. David Harriman, James Bettney – Documentary – 04:56 Min – UK

Dir. José Luis Acosta – Narrative – 12:57 Min – Spain

Dir. Lucca Vieira – Narrative/Local/Student – 05:28 Min – USA

Dir. Jackie Shijie Xing – Narrative/Student – 12:34 Min – USA

Dir. Phi Phi – Narrative/Student – 18:33 Min – USA

Dir. Sebastian Macchia – Experimental – 09:30 Min – USA

Dir. Martin Gerigk – Experimental – 12:30 Min – Germany

Dir. Julian J. Delacruz – Narrative – 13:22 Min – USA

Dir. Victoria Warmerdam – Narrative – 22:22 Min – Netherlands

Dir. Edith Jorisch – Experimental – 15:45 Min – Canada

Dir. XF Serrano – Narrative/Local – 08:50 Min – USA

Dir. RUBEN MORALES – Narrative/Local – 15:40 Min – USA

Dir. Inga Moren Tapias – Narrative/Local – 11:47 Min – USA

Dir. Qiao H – Narrative – 15:00 Min – China

Dir. Lam Can-zhao – Narrative – 15:00 Min – China

Dir. aida tebianian – Narrative – 15:00 Min – Iran

Dir. Aryasb Feiz – Narrative – 16:40 Min – Iran

Dir. Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani – Narrative – 19:33 Min – Iran

Dir. Yoro MBAYE Diegane Niang – Narrative – 21:00 Min – Senegal

Dir. AYOUB LAYOUSSIFI, ZAHOUA RAJI – Narrative – 24:00 Min – Morocco

Dir. Donovan Marsh – Narrative – 04:00 Min – South Africa

Dir. Sarah Malléon – Narrative – 16:00 Min – Martinique

Dir. Adrian Pruett, AMMO – Music Video – 04:23 Min – USA

Dir. Lilia Li-Mi-Yan, Katherina Sadovsky – Experimental/Music Video – 05:58 Min – Armenia

Dir. Alexandra Qin – Narrative – 10:00 Min – USA

Dir. Uriya Hertz – Narrative – 16:00 Min – Israel

Dir. Sebastian Juszczyk – Music Video – 06:56 Min – Poland

Dir. Will Pinke – Narrative – 17:28 Min – USA

Dir. Eddie Grey – Narrative – 09:58 Min – USA

Dir by: David Glass – Experimental – 5:54 Min – USA

Dir by: Enrique Rambal – Narrative – 20:20 Min – Spain

Dir. Sarah Sellman – Narrative – 10:51 Min – UK

Dir by: Nüll García – Narrative – 10:00 Min – Spain

Dir by: MJ Fuentes Mateos – Narrative – 9:00 Min – Spain

Dir. By Fabio Rosi – Narrative – 17:37 Min – Italy

Film	Director	Country
(Almost) A Star	Keilah Ayum	USA
8pm Sharp	Kane Radu	USA
A Thing about Kashem	Bijon Imtiaz	Bangladesh
All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones	Max C Tullio	USA
Alondra	Tete Pacas, Joan Cabrera, Kevin Araúz	Panama
Bajo el paraguas del romance	Andrés Silva	Guatemala
Being Human	André Mancebo Heizer, Sergio Diaz-Silverio	USA
De un Hilo	Fernanda Camacho, Alejandro Camarena	Mexico
Capturada	Isabela Paiao, Ryan Rivera, Sophie Gould	USA
Cats	Danilo Stanimirović	Serbia, Switzerland
Las Continuidades	Merlina Mercedes Molina Castaño, Jorge Sesan	Argentina
DELULU	ATHAN TOM SKLAVOS	Greece
Distancia	César Hernández	Honduras
Dos Brazaletes de Plata	José Orive	Guatemala
Edel Rodriguez: Freedom is a Verb	Mecky Creus, Adrienne Hall	USA
El Pescador	William Reyes	Honduras
Eyes Behind The Window	Golriz Abbaspour	Canada
Fountain (Chawk)	Hazhir As’adi	Iran, Islamic Republic of
Hasta la futura	Rodrigo Rodríguez	Colombia
Hearts Of Stone	Tom Van Avermaet	Belgium, Croatia
HOLY HEAVASNESS	Farnoosh Abedi, Negah Khezre Fardyardad, Mohammad Ghaffari	Iran, Islamic Republic of
i want to go to moscow	Sarah Baskin	USA
Il taglio di Jonas	Rosario Capozzolo	Italy
Kind Mother	Clare O’Connor	USA
Life Begins	Oleksii Taranenko	Ukraine
Luisa	Kiyomi DallasKidd	USA
Lumen	Stéphanie Bélanger	Canada
Magdalena, Te Amo.	Andrea Calao	USA
Mr.Bai	Hai Liang	China
My Anxiety and Freediving	Jesus Olarte	USA
El dia de mi independencia	Constanza Majluf	Chile
perfectly a strangeness	Alison McAlpine	Canada
Phantom Contact	Andres Eduardo Campilllo	USA
Prayer of the Sea	Martin Gerigk	Germany
San Simon	Michael Flores	El Salvador
Tasliman	Gokhan Bulut	Turkey
The Alpaca Connection	Tom Brown	USA
The Housekeeper	surya balakrishnan	India
The Inevitable	Arjen Schotel	Netherlands
The Night Shift	Salih Ortacay	Turkey
Wild Animal	Tianyun Lyu	USA
Young People Big Dreams	Vanessa Schefke	USA

Film	Director & Country
(Almost) A Star	Keilah Ayum USA
8pm Sharp	Kane Radu USA
A Thing about Kashem	Bijon Imtiaz Bangladesh
All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones	Max C Tullio USA
Alondra	Tete Pacas, Joan Cabrera, Kevin Araúz Panama
Bajo el paraguas del romance	Andrés Silva Guatemala
Being Human	André Mancebo Heizer, Sergio Diaz-Silverio USA
De un Hilo	Fernanda Camacho, Alejandro Camarena Mexico
Capturada	Isabela Paiao, Ryan Rivera, Sophie Gould USA
Cats	Danilo Stanimirović Serbia, Switzerland
Las Continuidades	Merlina Mercedes Molina Castaño, Jorge Sesan Argentina
DELULU	ATHAN TOM SKLAVOS Greece
Distancia	César Hernández Honduras
Dos Brazaletes de Plata	José Orive Guatemala
Edel Rodriguez: Freedom is a Verb	Mecky Creus, Adrienne Hall USA
El Pescador	William Reyes Honduras
Eyes Behind The Window	Golriz Abbaspour Canada
Fountain (Chawk)	Hazhir As’adi Iran, Islamic Republic of
Hasta la futura	Rodrigo Rodríguez Colombia
Hearts Of Stone	Tom Van Avermaet Belgium, Croatia
HOLY HEAVASNESS	Farnoosh Abedi, Negah Khezre Fardyardad, Mohammad Ghaffari Iran, Islamic Republic of
i want to go to moscow	Sarah Baskin USA
Il taglio di Jonas	Rosario Capozzolo Italy
Kind Mother	Clare O’Connor USA
Life Begins	Oleksii Taranenko Ukraine
Luisa	Kiyomi DallasKidd USA
Lumen	Stéphanie Bélanger Canada
Magdalena, Te Amo.	Andrea Calao USA
Mr.Bai	Hai Liang China
My Anxiety and Freediving	Jesus Olarte USA
El dia de mi independencia	Constanza Majluf Chile
perfectly a strangeness	Alison McAlpine Canada
Phantom Contact	Andres Eduardo Campilllo USA
Prayer of the Sea	Martin Gerigk Germany
San Simon	Michael Flores El Salvador
Tasliman	Gokhan Bulut Turkey
The Alpaca Connection	Tom Brown USA
The Housekeeper	surya balakrishnan India
The Inevitable	Arjen Schotel Netherlands
The Night Shift	Salih Ortacay Turkey
Wild Animal	Tianyun Lyu USA
Young People Big Dreams	Vanessa Schefke USA

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Miami short Film Festival is dedicated to promoting the short film genre, showcasing films from 1-30 minutes long. The Festival is international in scope, bringing exposure to the world’s best independent up-and-coming filmmakers.

MIAMIsFF’s goal year after year is focused on motivating directors, screenwriters, actors, and producers to make films and share them with fellow film makers and industry professionals. The ultimate goal is to bring exposure to independent up-and-coming filmmakers.

WHAT FILMMAKERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

“Thank you for selecting Lily’s Mirror and nominating us for Best North American Narrative! What a wonderful festival! William, Ricardo, and Georgina are excellent hosts and you can tell everyone really loves movies and the craft of making them. Venues and screeners were perfect and the Q&A was the best we’ve experienced.”

Megan Dahl

Producer – Lily’s Mirror

“Awesome, thank you so much! This was great William!! I really love what you guys are doing and this fuels my motivation to continue to pursue filmmaking! BIG THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM!!!!”

Jaime Andres Montenegro

Neon Gravity | Metaverse 7

“Fantastic Festival! Our film was selected and I was there the entire festival and everything was great: the organization, communication and networking. A great mix of a very professional and also a warm friendly atmosphere. I can totally recommend it! Thank you dear MiamisFF!!”

Anne Kraft

No Kidding

“Great experience. A well-organized festival with tradition, in beautiful Miami venues. An honor to be selected and would definitely submit again!”

Gabe Silva

Skeletons

“I want to let you know that this specific festival has been a complete and resounding drastic turn in my life as a filmmaker and director for this beautiful industry, your consideration with my project means much more than any word I can put in this text, I am mercilessly and undyingly full of gratitude and humility for everything, and surely more projects will be in order in the future, always wishing you and yours the best and good fortune.”

Guillermo Diaz

Tactica & Estrategia

“What a night!! Thank you so much for the wonderful screening last night — the venue was so beautiful, the films were awesome (plus they looked & sounded great), the audience was warm & responsive, and the Q&A was professional and fun! I couldn’t ask for more!!”

Nancy Nagrant

MIRACLE BABY

WITH CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council.

The 22^nd edition of the Miami Short Film Festival is made possible in part with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Arts Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the City of Miami Beach Department of Tourism and Cultural Development, Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Miami Beach Mayor and City Commissioners, and the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs.

Miami Short Film Festival is made possible in part with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Arts Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the City of Miami Beach Department of Tourism and Cultural Development, Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Miami Beach Mayor and City Commissioners, and the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs.