Focus On: Famous Actors in Short Films
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View a lineup of shorts featuring notable actors on Sunday, September 14 at the Deering Estate. Presented in partnership with MIAMI short FILM Festival, the Deering Estate is hosting Focus on: Famous Actors in Short Films, a screening of 6 shorts starring prominent film stars such as Donald Sutherland, Oscar Isaac and Katie Holmes. Enjoy a cocktail at 6:30 PM before the screenings commence.
Shorts featured in this program:
LIGHTNINGFACE - Starring Oscar Isaac and directed by Brian Petsos
Oscar Isaac as Basil Stitt, who in the aftermath of an inexplicable incident, decides to sequester himself inside his apartment, setting the stage for a profound transformation.
Pointed and Shoot - Starring Donald Sutherland and directed by Thomas Leisten Schneider
When an attempted burglary turns into an unlikely carjacking, two aspiring criminals learn an important lesson: only practice makes perfect.
Boy Boy Girl Girl - Starring Katie Holmes and directed By Ross Kauffman
A gay couple attempts to adopt from a pregnant meth addict and her criminal girlfriend.
Fortress - Starring and directed by Amir Arison
The story of April and Kalev who meet at an Italian restaurant after connecting online & agreeing to go on their first date. Is this unlikely match destined for disaster, or is something bigger at play?
Elevate - Starring Jason Butler Harner and Tracie Thoms, directed Dylan Boom
Tiffany works the graveyard shift as a security guard at a high-rise building. Over the course of one night on shift, her morality is tested.
What Cheer - Starring Richard Kind and directed by Dylan Boom
After the sudden passing of his wife, Stan (Richard Kind) finds himself in a state of shock. He tries to ignore his pain but finds himself followed by inescapable grief, or rather, followed by the inescapable “What Cheer?” brigade, a 20-piece brass and percussion band drowning out his world with boisterous, ear-numbing song.