About
Films
Slamdance Miami continued Slamdance's 25-year history of providing emerging filmmakers with the platform they need to develop long-term artistic careers. The festival’s programming was a fully collaborative endeavor between Slamdance, its alumni, and Miami's own arts leaders. This coalition selected 18 films from filmmakers in 9 countries representing the future of filmmaking from these regions of the Americas.
( ( ( ( ( /*\ ) ) ) ) ) aka Echoes of the Volcano
Director
Charles Fairbanks & Saúl Kak
"A tatiesque and exhilarating sonic and architectural tour of a Mexican village that was founded by displaced people fleeing a volcanic eruption. Pure cinema." - Présence Autochtone: First Nations Festival of Montreal
Bridge of the Mischievous Children
Director
Fabián León López
One day, La Misha arrives into Jhony´s neighborhood. Nobody knows about her, they call her that because of her green eyes, like those of cats.
ColOZio
Director
Artemio Narro
Three outcasts lost in a quest to save the presidential candidate from being murder.
La Casa de Mama Icha
Director
Oscar Molina
Mama Icha returns home to Colombia, finding joy and heartbreak after decades in the US.
Malpaso
Director
Héctor M. Valdez
In the border town of Malpaso: Braulio works with his grandfather while his twin, Candido, remains secluded due to his albinism. After their grandfather passes, Braulio will look after Candido, who dreams of the return of their father.
My Mud, My Hillside (Mi Fango, Mi Cerro)
Director
Julia Mendoza Friedman
The story of one Puerto Rican artist's fixation on a rural hillside community and his desire to paint it green.
Paris Is Here
Director
Quentin Chantrel
The peaceful life of Georges, an introverted Guyanese teenager, becomes complicated when he falls in love with Gisèle, a dreamy girl who hopes more than anything to see Paris.
Parkland Rising
Director
Cheryl Horner McDonough
Follow the high school's students and families who became fierce leaders of a national movement for gun reform following the shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High.
Steps Out of the Blue
Director
Hector David Rosales
A young woman fights within herself to discover who she really is in the middle of a different society and she realizes something that will change her forever.
Stunned, I Remain Alert
Director
Henrique Amud
Journalist Dermi Azevedo has never stopped fighting for human rights and now, three decades after the end of the military dictatorship in Brazil, he's witnessing the return of those same practices.
The Absences (Las Ausencias)
Director
Hansel Porras Garcia
After trying to revive once again the lost passion of her marriage, a young woman will make a radical decision she had planned some time ago.
The Needle and the Drum
Director
Andrés Solis Barrios
The Needle and the Drum is a warm and tender look at the director’s grandparents, a story told through memories that intertwine in an abyss of dreams and illusions.