Focus On: Films from Spain
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Experience the world of Spanish cinema at the Sunday, July 9 installment of the Miami Short Film Festival's Focus On series. Presented in partnership with Deering Estate, this special event kicks off with cocktails from 6:30 to 7:00 PM followed by a mini-concert by Susana Behar and Michel Gonzalez from 7:00 to 7:30 PM. The film screenings start at 7:30 PM and run till 8:45 PM. Shorts selected for this presentation reflect Spanish cinema's current focus on relevant social topics such as inclusion, LGBT rights, immigration, and mental illness, among others. This event will take place indoors at the Deering Estate Visitor Center theater.
Here's the lineup of featured shorts:
Emilia
Directed by Christina Guillen – Narrative – 15 min Emilia and her granddaughter Silvia have a very special bond. This relationship will be truncated with the appearance of the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s.
Consecuencias
Directed by León Velásquez – Narrative – 15 min, A coming of age story about a Latin American adolescent living in Madrid, in the face of social and economic discrimination.
Re-Animal
Directed by Rubén Garcerá – Animation – 12 min, A series of crimes is devastating the city, and there is only one person who is capable of finding the culprit: Toni Clues.
Una noche en el cósmico
Directed by Luis De Val & Diego Herrero – Narrative – 15 min, A working-class law student struggles against his destiny: failure. He must study for an exam, and since he can’t concentrate, he goes to the Cósmico bar with the idea of having a coffee and focusing.
Smiles
Directed by Javier Chavanel – Narrative – 13:25 min, Borja is about to meet his girlfriend´s parents. This is meant to be a tricky moment and even awkward moment. However, he hasn´t even imagined what he´s going to suffer next. The best way to overcome the situation: is to smile and wait.
Phase 5
Directed by Carles Valdés – Narrative – 13:15 min, Anna is fighting to start a new life after a traumatic experience. Trapped between loneliness and the memories of happier times, she tries to go through the phases of a hard and little known process where even the kindest of words can feel like a knife.