Diverse coalition of Slamdance alumni, local filmmakers, and arts leaders choose 18 films for inaugural event
August 16th, 2021 (Los Angeles, CA) — Slamdance, the nonprofit organization dedicated to discovering and nurturing emerging filmmakers is launching a new kind of film festival: Slamdance Miami, coming October 28-30 2021. Slamdance Miami celebrates emerging filmmakers from Central and South America, the Caribbean and Florida via an open-air, COVID-sensitive festival experience at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami, Florida and on Slamdance’s virtual platform.
Slamdance has a 25-year history of providing emerging filmmakers with the platform they need to develop long-term artistic careers. Slamdance Miami aims to do the same for the emerging artists coming together in Miami, with a twist: The festival’s programming is a fully collaborative endeavor between Slamdance, its alumni, and Miami's own arts leaders. This coalition has selected 18 films from filmmakers in 9 countries representing the future of filmmaking from these regions of the Americas. Slamdance Miami’s opening night film is Malpaso, directed by Héctor M. Valdez from the Dominican Republic.
"Slamdance belongs in Miami-Dade because it can build from the region's strong cultural ties with the Carribean, Central and South America and the rest of Florida. Here, Slamdance Miami can become the center for the most talented content creators from these parts of the world," says Miami Dade Film Commissioner Sandy Lighterman.
Festival programmer Ron Baez says, “It's truly as if Slamdance and Miami were made for each other. The only way to truly represent Miami is to prioritize radical cultural inclusion and its spirit of hopeful rebellion. Slamdance Miami is a distinctive celebration of extraordinarily singular voices indicative of Miami's cultural identity.”
Slamdance Miami also aims to shine a spotlight on the emerging artists and arts organizations that make Miami special, laying the groundwork for Miami’s artistic future. “Constructing relationships with artists, programmers and educators inside Miami creates a bridge to and from our own stories and organizations,” says Slamdance Miami Festival Manager Taylor Miller. “We are honored to collaborate and continue learning from the people, the stories and the city of Miami.”
Ticketing Information: Passes and tickets to the three-day physical event are available through the North Beach Bandshell’s website. Passes cost $90 for all three days, with discounted passes available at $65 for Miami Beach residents, seniors, students, frontline workers, and active-duty military. Tickets to individual film screenings cost $15, with discounted tickets also available for the above listed. Tickets to individual film screenings are also available at the door on the day of the events. Passes for Slamdance Miami’s virtual festival will be available on slamdance.com and cost $9.
COVID-19 Policy: Slamdance Miami believes in providing a healthy environment for all. The festival will be presented in-person to a limited audience with COVID-19 protocols in place. The venue is open-air (covered with a canopy), and mask-wearing will be mandatory throughout the entire festival. Bandshell staff and crew follow strict COVID-19 protocols, including mandatory masks while working, and rapid-tests for all who have not yet been vaccinated. Slamdance reserves the right to remove any guest from the facility who refuses to follow COVID-19 and other public safety guidelines. This event is subject to change based on the COVID-19 situation at the time of the event. Up-to-date information about the festival’s COVID policy will be posted on the Slamdance Miami website.
Slamdance Miami Film Festival Founding event sponsors are:
GMCVB, The Miami Film Commission, FilMiami, O Cinema, Faena, Miami Media and Film Market & Miami Club Rum.
Feature Film Program
ColOZio – (Mexico) (90 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: Artemio Narro - Screenwriters: Artemio Narro, Maria Gonzalez de Leon - Producers: Artemio Narro, Carlos Narro, Ixel Rion, Juan Sarquis, Oliver Castro, Matias Barberis, Ruben Gutierrez
In 1994, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio garnered attention for his democratic ideology and anti-corruption stance until he was shot through the head in Tijuana. The wondrous ColOZio, which is partly based on true events, starts three days prior with a prophecy to tripping friends Diego and Gael: save Colosio from death.
Cast: Orlando Moguel, Diego Calva, Manolo Caso, Hector Kotsifakis & Ignacio Perales
Death Doesn’t Exist and Love Doesn’t Either – (Argentina) (81 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: Fernando Salem - Screenwriters: Fernando Salem, Esteban Garelli - Producers: Diego Amson, Lucila de Arizmendi.
Based on Romina Paula’s Novel August, Emilia is invited to return to her hometown in Patagonia to spread the ashes of Andrea, her best friend. Emilia pauses her whole life and travels for the ceremony. The snow and the wind are the setting of a trip to the past in which she revives her friendship with Andrea, accompanies the family and reunites with Julian, her first love, who has just become a father. Emilia scatters the ashes and with them she will let go of her past, her family, the south and also, love.
Cast: Antonella Saldicco, Justina Bustos, Agustín Sullivan, Osmar Nuñez, Susana Pampin
Malpaso – (Dominican Republic) (80 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: Héctor M. Valdez - Screenwriters: Héctor Valdez, José Ramon Alama, David Maler, Ángel de la Cruz, José Pastor - Producers: Héctor Valdez, Michael Carrady
Candido and Braulio are twin brothers growing up near the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. While Candido stays home secluded due to his albinism, Braulio helps his grandfather sell coal in the market. Their life takes a turn for the worst after the unexpected death of their grandfather. Now Braulio will need to look after his brother and will attempt to make ends meet in the border town market. All the while, Candido dreams of the eventual return of their absent father.
Cast: Ettore D'Alessandro, Ramón Emilio Candelario, Vicente Santos,Pepe Sierra,Ariel Diaz and James Saintil
Parkland Rising – (USA) (93 mins) Documentary Feature
Director: Cheryl Horner McDonough - Executive Producers: Katie Couric, will.i.am, Kenan Kristen Turnacioglu - Producers: Cheryl McDonough, Emilie Bunnell, Bill Richmond, Lori Raimondo
On February 14, 2018, a school shooting took the lives of 17 people and suddenly changed the conversation about guns in America. Local and national news crews descended on the suburban town of Parkland, Florida in droves. A handful of media-savvy student survivors saw that all eyes were on them and seized the opportunity to be heard.
Cast: David Hogg, Manuel Oliver, Patricia Padauy- Oliver, Fred Guttenberg, Jaclyn Corin
The House of Mama Icha – (US & Colombia) (85 mins) Documentary Feature
Director: Oscar Molina - Screenwriters: Oscar Molina, Gustavo Vasco, Brenda I. Steinecke Soto - Producers: Brenda I. Steinecke Soto, Oscar Molina
Mama Icha feels the end of her life is close and thinks only of one thing: returning to her homeland, Colombia. Decades ago, she immigrated to the United States to help her daughter and care for her grandchildren. Mama Icha returns home to Colombia, finding joy and heartbreak after decades in the US.
Cast: María Dionisia Navarro (Mama Icha), Epifanía Ortíz, Michelle Ángela Ortiz, Gustavo Niño Navarro & Alberto Niño Navarro.
The Border – (Colombia) (90 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: David David - Screenwriter: David David - Producer: David David
Amid a political crisis, on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, an Andean woman, her husband, and her brother survive by looting travelers. However, fate pushes her to the brink of illusion, and she gets lost inside mysterious dreams.
Cast: Daylin Vega Moreno, Sheila Monterola, Nelson Camayo, Alejandro Aguilar, Yull Núñez
Short Film Program
Breastfeeding Bats – (Brazil) (15 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Gabriel Gomes - Screenwriter: Gabriel Gomes - Producers: Daniela Freire, Maria Elisa Nascimento
Lucas is a kid filming a school project that aims to show his day, his family, and his friends. After his mother's interview he tries to make it more interesting by playing some pranks on his brother and their maid. In his short videos, we get to know his family's daily life and their behavior. A short movie about the influences that kids receive and the examples they choose to follow.
Cast: Pedro Henrique Barros, Carla Pagani, Pedro Martins, Malu Whit & Paulo Ernesto
Bridge of the Mischievous Children – (Mexico) (17 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Fabian Leon Lopez - Screenwriter: Fabián León López - Producer: Christian De La Luz
Jhony’s summer passes slowly as he watches his older brother’s life. He wastes time with his friends and becomes obsessed with alcohol, pornography, and the different women whom they take into the maternal bedroom. One day, La Misha arrives in the neighborhood, fracturing their monotony. Nobody knows about her. They call her that because of her green eyes, like those of cats.
Cast: Gabo Anguiano, Ángel Alvarado, Michelle Betancourt, Fernando Cuautle, Constantino Morán
(((((/*\))))) Echoes of the Volcano – (USA/Mexico) (18 mins) Documentary Short
Directors: Charles Fairbanks & Saúl Kak - Producers: Charles Fairbanks & Saúl Kak
In 1982, the eruption of a volcano called Chichonal forced the Zoque community to relocate. Filmed over the course of six years, (((((/*\))))) captures the unique atmosphere of the Indigenous group’s Chiapas village. This ethnographic excursion is a feast for the eyes and an auditory journey paced by quaint music and advertisements blaring from shops and roving trucks. Gradually, political themes come to the surface.
Extracts – (Brazil) (8 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Sinai Sganzerla - Screenwriter: Sinai Sganzerla - Producers: Mercúrio Produções, Sinai Sganzerla
Extracts is a short film with images from 1970 to 1972 in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, London, Marrakech, Rabat, and the Sahara desert region. All images were filmed by Helena Ignez and Rogério Sganzerla.
Cast: Helena Ignez and Rogério Sganzerla
I See Colorful Mists – (Brazil) (18 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Pedro Jorge - Screenwriters: Pedro Jorge, Renato Sircilli - Producer: Pedro Jorge
Gisele Marie Rocha is a Muslim and guitarist for the thrash metal band Eden Seed. She was enchanted by the Koran and from then on she felt free to devote herself to metal as a musical genre. She seeks recognition in music, but feels that being a woman and Muslim brings issues in her daily life. To overcome this, Gisele seeks to protect herself in mists of various colors that bring inspiration to produce her art.
Cast: Gisele Marie Rocha
Lavosi – (Guatemala) (10 mins) Documentary Short, Slamdance UNSTOPPABLE Film
Directors: Mohammad Jastaniah, Gabriela Williams, Alejandro Vergara - Producers: Alejandro Vergara, Mohammad Jastaniah, Gabriela Williams, Eddie Del Carmen
An inspiring story of a little school in Antigua, Guatemala that's changing kids' lives.
My Mud My HIllside – (USA) (19 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Julia Mendoza Friedman - Producer: Julia Mendoza Friedman
A story about a Puerto Rican community engagement artist who spent ten years painting one mountainside village green. The film touches on themes of life post-Maria, American colonialism, and the magic of community resilience.
Cast: Chemi Rosado-Seijo, Marsel Rosado Collado, Doris Serraechno, Nahiely Rosendo, Michy Marxuach
Paris is Here – (French Guiana) (17 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Quentin Chantrel - Screenwriters: Léa Magnien, Quentin Chantrel - Producers: Jil Servant, Palaviré Productions
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.
Cast: Amine Slimani, Emmanuella Lalois, Ivan Télémaque, Rosita Joacilien, Quentyn Baste
Steps Out of the Blue – (USA) (4 mins) Experimental
Director: Hector David Rosales - Screenwriter: Hector David Rosales - Producer: Hector David Rosales
A poetic testimony of an immigrant struggling to redefine her identity in a new society.
Cast: Claudia Hilda Rodriguez Pozo
Stunned, I Remain Alert – (Brazil) (15 mins) Documentary Short, Slamdance UNSTOPPABLE Film
Director: Henrique Amud - Screenwriters: Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, Henrique Amud - Producers: Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, 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 – (USA) (7 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Hansel Porras Garcia - Screenwriter: Hansel Porras Garcia - Producer: 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.
Cast: Camila Rodriguez & Frank Egusquiza
The Needle and The Drum – (Mexico) (14 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Andrés Solis Barrios - Screenwriter: Andrés Solis Barrios - Producer: Andrés Solis Barrios
A warm and tender look at the director's grandparents told through memories that intertwine in an abyss of dreams and illusions. In a Mexican setting of an ancient era (the director is of Mexican origin), the grandfather is a musician and the grandmother embroiders at home. Using only archival footage, the film is a reflection about memories and the fact that memory deteriorates over the years.
Cast: María Cruz Dominguez Vargas & José Solis Adame
About Slamdance:
The mission of Slamdance is to champion emerging artists who in turn will shape our cultural future.
Slamdance has successfully discovered and supported independent artists since 1995. Though Slamdance has greatly evolved since the early years, its spirit remains the same. Slamdance is a community, a year-round experience, and a statement in which everyone is invited to take part. As an artist-led group Slamdance has been able to thrive working outside the system to create a disruptive co-operative run ”by filmmakers, for filmmakers” Slamdance continues to discover and nurture diverse, international creators through new programs like Unstoppable, which focuses on creators with visible and nonvisible disabilities, Slamdance Joshua Tree (September 24-26, 2021) and Slamdance Miami, which serves emerging talent from Central and South America, the Caribbean and Florida. Additionally, Slamdance nurtures talent through its ongoing programs including its Screenplay Competition, DIG--Digital, Interactive and Gaming, grants and mentorships, and the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (January 21-27, 2022).
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16 de Agosto, 2021 (Los Angeles, CA) - Slamdance, la organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a descubrir y nutrir a cineastas emergentes presenta un inédito festival de cine: Slamdance Miami, que tendrá lugar del 28 al 30 de Octubre, 2021. Slamdance Miami celebra cineastas emergentes de América Central y del Sur, el Caribe, y la Florida en un festival al aire libre, prudente al COVID, en el North Beach Bandshell en Miami, Florida, y en la plataforma virtual de Slamdance.
Slamdance tiene 25 años de historia en proveer la plataforma necesaria para que cineastas emergentes desarrollen sus carreras artísticas a largo plazo. Slamdance Miami tiene el mismo objetivo para los artistas emergentes que se encontraran en Miami, pero con una peculiaridad: La programación del festival es una tentativa enteramente colaborativa entre Slamdance, sus previos participantes, y los líderes de las comunidades de artistas de Miami. Esta coalición ha seleccionado 18 películas de cineastas provenientes de 9 países que representan el futuro del cine de estas regiones de las Américas. La película que dará apertura a Slamdance Miami es Malpaso, dirigida por Héctor M. Valdez de República Dominicana.
"Slamdance pertenece en Miami-Dade ya que puede construir a partir de sus fuertes lazos culturales de su región con el Caribe, el Centro y el Sur de América, y el resto de la Florida. Aquí, Slamdance Miami puede convertirse en el centro de los creadores de contenido más talentosos de estas partes del mundo.” dice la Comisionadora de Cine de Miami Dade, Sandy Lighterman.
Ron Baez, programador del festival, dice, “Realmente es como si Slamdance y Miami fueran hechos el uno para el otro. La única forma de verdaderamente representar a Miami, es priorizar la inclusión cultural radical y su espíritu de rebelión esperanzadora. Slamdance Miami es una distintiva celebración de extraordinarias voces singulares, indicativo de la identidad cultural de Miami.”
Slamdance Miami también apunta a iluminar y destacar a los artistas emergentes y a las organizaciones artísticas que hacen a Miami tan especial, sentando las bases para el futuro artístico de Miami. “Construir relaciones con artistas, programadores, y educadores dentro de Miami genera un puente hacia y desde nuestras propias historias y organizaciones'', dice Taylor Miller, Administradora del Festival Slamdance Miami. “Estamos honrados de colaborar y seguir aprendiendo de la gente, las historias, y la ciudad de Miami.”
Información sobre Pases y Entradas: Los pases y las entradas para el evento físico de tres días están disponibles mediante la página web de North Beach Bandshell . El valor de los pases es de US$90 por los tres días, con pases en descuento por el valor de US$65 para residentes de Miami Beach, ancianos, estudiantes, trabajadores de primera línea, y militares en servicio activo. Las entradas para proyecciones de películas individuales cuestan US$15, con descuentos disponibles para aquellos anteriormente mencionados. Las entradas para películas individuales también estarán disponibles en la puerta el día del evento. Los pases para el festival virtual de Slamdance Miami están disponibles en la página web Slamdance.com y tienen un valor de US$9.
Póliza de COVID-19: Slamdance Miami cree en proveer un entorno saludable para todos. El festival será presentado en persona a una audiencia limitada cumpliendo con los protocolos de COVID-19. El lugar es al aire libre (cubierto por un dosel), y el uso de máscaras será obligatorio durante la totalidad del festival. El staff y equipo siguen los protocolos de COVID-19 estrictamente, incluyendo el uso de máscaras mientras trabajan, y pruebas rápidas para todo aquel que aún no esté vacunado. Slamdance se reserva el derecho de remover de las instalaciones a cualquier invitado que se rehuse a seguir las pautas de seguridad públicas y de COVID-19. Este evento está sujeto a cambios basado en la situación de COVID-19 al momento del evento. La información actualizada respecto a la póliza de COVID-19 del festival, será publicada en la página web de Slamdance Miami.
Slamdance Miami Film Festival Founding es patrocinado por:
GMCVB, The Miami Film Commission, FilMiami, O Cinema, Faena, Miami Media and Film Market & Miami Club Rum.
Programa de Largometrajes
ColOZio – (Mexico) (90 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: Artemio Narro - Screenwriters: Artemio Narro, Maria Gonzalez de Leon - Producers: Artemio Narro, Carlos Narro, Ixel Rion, Juan Sarquis, Oliver Castro, Matias Barberis, Ruben Gutierrez
In 1994, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio garnered attention for his democratic ideology and anti-corruption stance until he was shot through the head in Tijuana. The wondrous ColOZio, which is partly based on true events, starts three days prior with a prophecy to tripping friends Diego and Gael: save Colosio from death.
Cast: Orlando Moguel, Diego Calva, Manolo Caso, Hector Kotsifakis & Ignacio Perales
Death Doesn’t Exist and Love Doesn’t Either – (Argentina) (81 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: Fernando Salem - Screenwriters: Fernando Salem, Esteban Garelli - Producers: Diego Amson, Lucila de Arizmendi.
Based on Romina Paula’s Novel August, Emilia is invited to return to her hometown in Patagonia to spread the ashes of Andrea, her best friend. Emilia pauses her whole life and travels for the ceremony. The snow and the wind are the setting of a trip to the past in which she revives her friendship with Andrea, accompanies the family and reunites with Julian, her first love, who has just become a father. Emilia scatters the ashes and with them she will let go of her past, her family, the south and also, love.
Cast: Antonella Saldicco, Justina Bustos, Agustín Sullivan, Osmar Nuñez, Susana Pampin
Malpaso – (Dominican Republic) (80 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: Héctor M. Valdez - Screenwriters: Héctor Valdez, José Ramon Alama, David Maler, Ángel de la Cruz, José Pastor - Producers: Héctor Valdez, Michael Carrady
Candido and Braulio are twin brothers growing up near the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. While Candido stays home secluded due to his albinism, Braulio helps his grandfather sell coal in the market. Their life takes a turn for the worst after the unexpected death of their grandfather. Now Braulio will need to look after his brother and will attempt to make ends meet in the border town market. All the while, Candido dreams of the eventual return of their absent father.
Cast: Ettore D'Alessandro, Ramón Emilio Candelario, Vicente Santos, Pepe Sierra, Ariel Diaz and James Saintil
Parkland Rising – (USA) (93 mins) Documentary Feature
Director: Cheryl Horner McDonough - Executive Producers: Katie Couric, will.i.am, Kenan Kristen Turnacioglu - Producers: Cheryl McDonough, Emilie Bunnell, Bill Richmond, Lori Raimondo
On February 14, 2018, a school shooting took the lives of 17 people and suddenly changed the conversation about guns in America. Local and national news crews descended on the suburban town of Parkland, Florida in droves. A handful of media-savvy student survivors saw that all eyes were on them and seized the opportunity to be heard.
Cast: David Hogg, Manuel Oliver, Patricia Padauy- Oliver, Fred Guttenberg, Jaclyn Corin
The House of Mama Icha – (US & Colombia) (85 mins) Documentary Feature
Director: Oscar Molina - Screenwriters: Oscar Molina, Gustavo Vasco, Brenda I. Steinecke Soto - Producers: Brenda I. Steinecke Soto, Oscar Molina
Mama Icha feels the end of her life is close and thinks only of one thing: returning to her homeland, Colombia. Decades ago, she immigrated to the United States to help her daughter and care for her grandchildren. Mama Icha returns home to Colombia, finding joy and heartbreak after decades in the US.
Cast: María Dionisia Navarro (Mama Icha), Epifanía Ortíz, Michelle Ángela Ortiz, Gustavo Niño Navarro & Alberto Niño Navarro.
The Border – (Colombia) (90 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: David David - Screenwriter: David David - Producer: David David
Amid a political crisis, on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, an Andean woman, her husband, and her brother survive by looting travelers. However, fate pushes her to the brink of illusion, and she gets lost inside mysterious dreams.
Cast: Daylin Vega Moreno, Sheila Monterola, Nelson Camayo, Alejandro Aguilar, Yull Núñez
Programa de Cortometrajes
Breastfeeding Bats – (Brazil) (15 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Gabriel Gomes - Screenwriter: Gabriel Gomes - Producers: Daniela Freire, Maria Elisa Nascimento
Lucas is a kid filming a school project that aims to show his day, his family, and his friends. After his mother's interview he tries to make it more interesting by playing some pranks on his brother and their maid. In his short videos, we get to know his family's daily life and their behavior. A short movie about the influences that kids receive and the examples they choose to follow.
Cast: Pedro Henrique Barros, Carla Pagani, Pedro Martins, Malu Whit & Paulo Ernesto
Bridge of the Mischievous Children – (Mexico) (17 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Fabian Leon Lopez - Screenwriter: Fabián León López - Producer: Christian De La Luz
Jhony’s summer passes slowly as he watches his older brother’s life. He wastes time with his friends and becomes obsessed with alcohol, pornography, and the different women whom they take into the maternal bedroom. One day, La Misha arrives in the neighborhood, fracturing their monotony. Nobody knows about her. They call her that because of her green eyes, like those of cats.
Cast: Gabo Anguiano, Ángel Alvarado, Michelle Betancourt, Fernando Cuautle, Constantino Morán
(((((/*\))))) Echoes of the Volcano – (USA/Mexico) (18 mins) Documentary Short
Directors: Charles Fairbanks & Saúl Kak - Producers: Charles Fairbanks & Saúl Kak
In 1982, the eruption of a volcano called Chichonal forced the Zoque community to relocate. Filmed over the course of six years, (((((/*\))))) captures the unique atmosphere of the Indigenous group’s Chiapas village. This ethnographic excursion is a feast for the eyes and an auditory journey paced by quaint music and advertisements blaring from shops and roving trucks. Gradually, political themes come to the surface.
Extracts – (Brazil) (8 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Sinai Sganzerla - Screenwriter: Sinai Sganzerla - Producers: Mercúrio Produções, Sinai Sganzerla
Extracts is a short film with images from 1970 to 1972 in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, London, Marrakech, Rabat, and the Sahara desert region. All images were filmed by Helena Ignez and Rogério Sganzerla.
Cast: Helena Ignez and Rogério Sganzerla
I See Colorful Mists – (Brazil) (18 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Pedro Jorge - Screenwriters: Pedro Jorge, Renato Sircilli - Producer: Pedro Jorge
Gisele Marie Rocha is a Muslim and guitarist for the thrash metal band Eden Seed. She was enchanted by the Koran and from then on she felt free to devote herself to metal as a musical genre. She seeks recognition in music, but feels that being a woman and Muslim brings issues in her daily life. To overcome this, Gisele seeks to protect herself in mists of various colors that bring inspiration to produce her art.
Cast: Gisele Marie Rocha
Lavosi – (Guatemala) (10 mins) Documentary Short, Slamdance UNSTOPPABLE Film
Directors: Mohammad Jastaniah, Gabriela Williams, Alejandro Vergara - Producers: Alejandro Vergara, Mohammad Jastaniah, Gabriela Williams, Eddie Del Carmen
An inspiring story of a little school in Antigua, Guatemala that's changing kids' lives.
My Mud My HIllside – (USA) (19 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Julia Mendoza Friedman - Producer: Julia Mendoza Friedman
A story about a Puerto Rican community engagement artist who spent ten years painting one mountainside village green. The film touches on themes of life post-Maria, American colonialism, and the magic of community resilience.
Cast: Chemi Rosado-Seijo, Marsel Rosado Collado, Doris Serraechno, Nahiely Rosendo, Michy Marxuach
Paris is Here – (French Guiana) (17 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Quentin Chantrel - Screenwriters: Léa Magnien, Quentin Chantrel - Producers: Jil Servant, Palaviré Productions
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.
Cast: Amine Slimani, Emmanuella Lalois, Ivan Télémaque, Rosita Joacilien, Quentyn Baste
Steps Out of the Blue Island – (USA) (4 mins) Experimental
Director: Hector David Rosales - Screenwriter: Hector David Rosales - Producer: Hector David Rosales
A poetic testimony of an immigrant struggling to redefine her identity in a new society.
Cast: Claudia Hilda Rodriguez Pozo
Stunned, I Remain Alert – (Brazil) (15 mins) Documentary Short, Slamdance UNSTOPPABLE Film
Director: Henrique Amud - Screenwriters: Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, Henrique Amud - Producers: Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, 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 – (USA) (7 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Hansel Porras Garcia - Screenwriter: Hansel Porras Garcia - Producer: 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.
Cast: Camila Rodriguez & Frank Egusquiza
The Needle and The Drum – (Mexico) (14 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Andrés Solis Barrios - Screenwriter: Andrés Solis Barrios - Producer: Andrés Solis Barrios
A warm and tender look at the director's grandparents told through memories that intertwine in an abyss of dreams and illusions. In a Mexican setting of an ancient era (the director is of Mexican origin), the grandfather is a musician and the grandmother embroiders at home. Using only archival footage, the film is a reflection about memories and the fact that memory deteriorates over the years.
Cast: María Cruz Dominguez Vargas & José Solis Adame
Sobre Slamdance:
La misión de Slamdance es patrocinar artistas emergentes que darán forma a nuestra futura cultura.
Slamdance ha descubierto y apoyado a artistas independientes exitosamente desde 1995. Si bien Slamdance ha evolucionado en gran forma con el pasar de los años, su espíritu se mantiene intacto. Slamdance es una comunidad, una experiencia de todo el año, y una declaración que invita a todos a participar. Como grupo liderado por artistas, Slamdance ha podido prosperar trabajando fuera del sistema para crear una cooperativa liderada “por cineastas, para cineastas”. Slamdance sigue descubriendo y nutriendo a diversos creadores internacionales mediante nuevos programas como Unstoppable, que se enfoca en creadores con discapacidades visibles y no-visibles, Slamdance Joshua Tree (24-26 de Septiembre, 2021), y Slamdance Miami, que está al servicio del talento emergente de América Central y del Sur, el Caribe, y la Florida. Adicionalmente, Slamdance nutre talento mediante sus constantes programas como su Competición de Guión, DIG--Digital, Interactivo y Gaming, subsidios y mentorías, y el Festival de Cine Slamdance en Park City, Utah (January 21-27, 2022).
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16 de agosto de 2021 (Los Angeles, CA) - Slamdance, organização sem fins lucrativos dedicada a descobrir e nutrir cineastas emergentes, está lançando um novo tipo de festival de cinema: Slamdance Miami, que acontecerá de 28 a 30 de outubro de 2021. Slamdance Miami celebra cineastas emergentes da América Central e do Sul, Caribe e Flórida por meio de uma experiência de festival ao ar livre sensível ao COVID,North Beach Bandshell em Miami, Flórida e na plataforma virtual do Slamdance.
Slamdance possui uma história de 25 anos providenciando a cineastas emergentes a plataforma necessária para desenvolver carreiras artísticas a longo prazo. O Slamdance Miami pretende fazer o mesmo para os artistas emergentes que estão se reunindo em Miami, com uma reviravolta: a programação do festival é um esforço totalmente colaborativo entre o Slamdance, seus ex-alunos e os próprios líderes artísticos de Miami. Essa aliança selecionou 18 filmes de cineastas de 9 países que representam o futuro do cinema dessas regiões das Américas. O filme da noite de estreia de Slamdance Miami é Malpaso, dirigido por Héctor M. Valdez, da República Dominicana.
"Slamdance pertence a Miami-Dade porque pode construir a partir dos fortes laços culturais da região do Caribe, América Central e do Sul e do resto da Flórida. Aqui, Slamdance Miami pode se tornar o centro dos criadores de conteúdo mais talentosos dessas partes do mundo ", diz a comissária de cinema de Miami Dade, Sandy Lighterman.
O programador do festival Ron Baez diz: “É realmente como se Slamdance e Miami tivessem sido feitos um para o outro. A única maneira de representar Miami de verdade é priorizando a inclusão cultural radical e seu espírito de rebelião esperançosa. Slamdance Miami é uma celebração distinta de vozes extraordinariamente singulares da identidade cultural de Miami. ”
O Slamdance Miami também visa destacar os artistas emergentes e as organizações artísticas tornando Miami especial, lançando as bases para o futuro artístico de Miami. “Construir relacionamentos com artistas, programadores e educadores dentro de Miami cria uma ponte para nossas próprias histórias e organizações”, disse o gerente do Slamdance Miami Festival, Taylor Miller. “Estamos honrados por colaborar e continuar aprendendo com as pessoas, as histórias e a cidade de Miami.”
Informações sobre os ingressos: Para o evento físico de três dias estão disponíveis no site North Beach Bandshell. Os ingressos custam US$90,00 incluindo os três dias, com descontos disponíveis no valor de US$65,00 para residentes de Miami Beach, idosos, estudantes, trabalhadores da linha de frente e militares ativos. Os ingressos para exibições de filmes individuais custam US$15,00, ingressos com desconto também estão disponíveis para os itens listados acima. Os ingressos para as exibições individuais de filmes também estão disponíveis na porta no dia dos eventos. Os ingressos para o festival virtual do Slamdance Miami estarão disponíveis no slamdance.com e custarão US$9,00.
Política COVID-19: Slamdance Miami acredita fornecer um ambiente saudável para todos. O festival será apresentado pessoalmente para um público limitado com os protocolos COVID-19 em vigor. O local é ao ar livre (coberto com uma cobertura), e o uso de máscara será obrigatório durante todo o festival. A equipe do Bandshell seguem os protocolos COVID-19 estritos, incluindo máscaras obrigatórias durante o trabalho e testes rápidos para todos os que ainda não foram vacinados. O Slamdance se reserva ao direito de remover qualquer hóspede das instalações que se recusar a seguir o protocolo do COVID-19 e outras diretrizes de segurança pública. Este evento está sujeito a alterações com base na situação do COVID-19 no momento do evento. Informações atualizadas sobre a política COVID do festival serão publicadas no site do Slamdance Miami.
Os patrocinadores do evento da fundação do Slamdance Miami Film Festival são:
GMCVB, The Miami Film Commission, FilMiami, O Cinema, Faena, Miami Media and Film Market e Miami Club Rum.
Feature Film Program
ColOZio – (Mexico) (90 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: Artemio Narro - Screenwriters: Artemio Narro, Maria Gonzalez de Leon - Producers: Artemio Narro, Carlos Narro, Ixel Rion, Juan Sarquis, Oliver Castro, Matias Barberis, Ruben Gutierrez
In 1994, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio garnered attention for his democratic ideology and anti-corruption stance until he was shot through the head in Tijuana. The wondrous ColOZio, which is partly based on true events, starts three days prior with a prophecy to tripping friends Diego and Gael: save Colosio from death.
Cast: Orlando Moguel, Diego Calva, Manolo Caso, Hector Kotsifakis & Ignacio Perales
Death Doesn’t Exist and Love Doesn’t Either – (Argentina) (81 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: Fernando Salem - Screenwriters: Fernando Salem, Esteban Garelli - Producers: Diego Amson, Lucila de Arizmendi.
Based on Romina Paula’s Novel August, Emilia is invited to return to her hometown in Patagonia to spread the ashes of Andrea, her best friend. Emilia pauses her whole life and travels for the ceremony. The snow and the wind are the setting of a trip to the past in which she revives her friendship with Andrea, accompanies the family and reunites with Julian, her first love, who has just become a father. Emilia scatters the ashes and with them she will let go of her past, her family, the south and also, love.
Cast: Antonella Saldicco, Justina Bustos, Agustín Sullivan, Osmar Nuñez, Susana Pampin
Malpaso – (Dominican Republic) (80 mins) Narrative Feature
Director: Héctor M. Valdez - Screenwriters: Héctor Valdez, José Ramon Alama, David Maler, Ángel de la Cruz, José Pastor - Producers: Héctor Valdez, Michael Carrady
Candido and Braulio are twin brothers growing up near the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. While Candido stays home secluded due to his albinism, Braulio helps his grandfather sell coal in the market. Their life takes a turn for the worst after the unexpected death of their grandfather. Now Braulio will need to look after his brother and will attempt to make ends meet in the border town market. All the while, Candido dreams of the eventual return of their absent father.
Cast: Ettore D'Alessandro, Ramón Emilio Candelario, Vicente Santos,Pepe Sierra,Ariel Diaz and James Saintil
Parkland Rising – (USA) (93 mins) Documentary Feature.
Director: Cheryl Horner McDonough - Executive Producers: Katie Couric, will.i.am, Kenan Kristen Turnacioglu - Producers: Cheryl McDonough, Emilie Bunnell, Bill Richmond, Lori Raimondo
On February 14, 2018, a school shooting took the lives of 17 people and suddenly changed the conversation about guns in America. Local and national news crews descended on the suburban town of Parkland, Florida in droves. A handful of media-savvy student survivors saw that all eyes were on them and seized the opportunity to be heard.
Cast: David Hogg, Manuel Oliver, Patricia Padauy- Oliver, Fred Guttenberg, Jaclyn Corin
The House of Mama Icha – (US & Colombia) (85 mins) Documentary Feature
Director: Oscar Molina - Screenwriters: Oscar Molina, Gustavo Vasco, Brenda I. Steinecke Soto - Producers: Brenda I. Steinecke Soto, Oscar Molina
Mama Icha feels the end of her life is close and thinks only of one thing: returning to her homeland, Colombia. Decades ago, she immigrated to the United States to help her daughter and care for her grandchildren. Mama Icha returns home to Colombia, finding joy and heartbreak after decades in the US.
Cast: María Dionisia Navarro (Mama Icha), Epifanía Ortíz, Michelle Ángela Ortiz, Gustavo Niño Navarro & Alberto Niño Navarro.
The Border – (Colombia) (90 mins) Narrative Feature.
Director: David David - Screenwriter: David David - Producer: David David
Amid a political crisis, on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, an Andean woman, her husband, and her brother survive by looting travelers. However, fate pushes her to the brink of illusion, and she gets lost inside mysterious dreams. Cast: Daylin Vega Moreno, Sheila Monterola, Nelson Camayo, Alejandro Aguilar, Yull Núñez
Short Film Program
Breastfeeding Bats – (Brazil) (15 mins) Narrative Short.
Director: Gabriel Gomes - Screenwriter: Gabriel Gomes - Producers: Daniela Freire, Maria Elisa Nascimento
Lucas is a kid filming a school project that aims to show his day, his family, and his friends. After his mother's interview he tries to make it more interesting by playing some pranks on his brother and their maid. In his short videos, we get to know his family's daily life and their behavior. A short movie about the influences that kids receive and the examples they choose to follow.
Cast: Pedro Henrique Barros, Carla Pagani, Pedro Martins, Malu Whit & Paulo Ernesto
Bridge of the Mischievous Children – (Mexico) (17 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Fabian Leon Lopez - Screenwriter: Fabián León López - Producer: Christian De La Luz
Jhony’s summer passes slowly as he watches his older brother’s life. He wastes time with his friends and becomes obsessed with alcohol, pornography, and the different women whom they take into the maternal bedroom. One day, La Misha arrives in the neighborhood, fracturing their monotony. Nobody knows about her. They call her that because of her green eyes, like those of cats.
Cast: Gabo Anguiano, Ángel Alvarado, Michelle Betancourt, Fernando Cuautle, Constantino Morán
(((((/*\))))) Echoes of the Volcano – (USA/Mexico) (18 mins) Documentary Short
Directors: Charles Fairbanks & Saúl Kak - Producers: Charles Fairbanks & Saúl Kak
In 1982, the eruption of a volcano called Chichonal forced the Zoque community to relocate. Filmed over the course of six years, (((((/*\))))) captures the unique atmosphere of the Indigenous group’s Chiapas village. This ethnographic excursion is a feast for the eyes and an auditory journey paced by quaint music and advertisements blaring from shops and roving trucks. Gradually, political themes come to the surface.
Extracts – (Brazil) (8 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Sinai Sganzerla - Screenwriter: Sinai Sganzerla - Producers: Mercúrio Produções, Sinai Sganzerla
Extracts is a short film with images from 1970 to 1972 in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, London, Marrakech, Rabat, and the Sahara desert region. All images were filmed by Helena Ignez and Rogério Sganzerla.
Cast: Helena Ignez and Rogério Sganzerla
I See Colorful Mists – (Brazil) (18 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Pedro Jorge - Screenwriters: Pedro Jorge, Renato Sircilli - Producer: Pedro Jorge
Gisele Marie Rocha is a Muslim and guitarist for the thrash metal band Eden Seed. She was enchanted by the Koran and from then on she felt free to devote herself to metal as a musical genre. She seeks recognition in music, but feels that being a woman and Muslim brings issues in her daily life. To overcome this, Gisele seeks to protect herself in mists of various colors that bring inspiration to produce her art.
Cast: Gisele Marie Rocha
Lavosi – (Guatemala) (10 mins) Documentary Short, Slamdance UNSTOPPABLE Film
Directors: Mohammad Jastaniah, Gabriela Williams, Alejandro Vergara - Producers: Alejandro Vergara, Mohammad Jastaniah, Gabriela Williams, Eddie Del Carmen.
An inspiring story of a little school in Antigua, Guatemala that's changing kids' lives.
My Mud My HIllside – (USA) (19 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Julia Mendoza Friedman - Producer: Julia Mendoza Friedman
A story about a Puerto Rican community engagement artist who spent ten years painting one mountainside village green. The film touches on themes of life post-Maria, American colonialism, and the magic of community resilience.
Cast: Chemi Rosado-Seijo, Marsel Rosado Collado, Doris Serraechno, Nahiely Rosendo, Michy Marxuach
Paris is Here – (French Guiana) (17 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Quentin Chantrel - Screenwriters: Léa Magnien, Quentin Chantrel - Producers: Jil Servant, Palaviré Productions
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.
Cast: Amine Slimani, Emmanuella Lalois, Ivan Télémaque, Rosita Joacilien, Quentyn Baste
Steps Out of the Blue Island – (USA) (4 mins) Experimental
Director: Hector David Rosales - Screenwriter: Hector David Rosales - Producer: Hector David Rosales
A poetic testimony of an immigrant struggling to redefine her identity in a new society.
Cast: Claudia Hilda Rodriguez Pozo
Stunned, I Remain Alert – (Brazil) (15 mins) Documentary Short, Slamdance UNSTOPPABLE Film
Director: Henrique Amud - Screenwriters: Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, Henrique Amud - Producers: Lucas H. Rossi dos Santos, 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 – (USA) (7 mins) Narrative Short
Director: Hansel Porras Garcia - Screenwriter: Hansel Porras Garcia - Producer: 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. Cast: Camila Rodriguez & Frank Egusquiza
The Needle and The Drum – (Mexico) (14 mins) Documentary Short
Director: Andrés Solis Barrios - Screenwriter: Andrés Solis Barrios - Producer: Andrés Solis Barrios
A warm and tender look at the director's grandparents told through memories that intertwine in an abyss of dreams and illusions. In a Mexican setting of an ancient era (the director is of Mexican origin), the grandfather is a musician and the grandmother embroiders at home. Using only archival footage, the film is a reflection about memories and the fact that memory deteriorates over the years.
Cast: María Cruz Dominguez Vargas & José Solis Adam
Sobre Slamdance:
A missão do Slamdance é defender artistas emergentes que, por sua vez, moldarão nosso futuro cultural.
O Slamdance descobriu e apoiou artistas independentes desde 1995. Embora o Slamdance tenha evoluído muito desde os primeiros anos, seu espírito permanece o mesmo. Slamdance é uma comunidade, uma experiência que dura o ano todo e uma declaração da qual todos são convidados a participar. Como um grupo liderado por artistas, o Slamdance foi capaz de prosperar trabalhando fora do sistema para criar uma operação cooperativa disruptiva "por cineastas, para cineastas" Slamdance continua a descobrir e nutrir diversos criadores internacionais por meio de novos programas como Unstoppable, que se concentra em criadores com deficiências visíveis e invisíveis, Slamdance Joshua Tree (24 a 26 de setembro de 2021) e Slamdance Miami, que atende talentos emergentes da América Central e do Sul, Caribe e Flórida. Além disso, o Slamdance estimula o talento por meio de seus programas contínuos, incluindo a Competição de Roteiro, DIG - Digital, Interactive and Gaming, bolsas e mentores, e o Slamdance Film Festival em Park City, Utah (21 a 27 de janeiro de 2022).
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