Summer Shorts: Echoes & Encounters

Five short films explore memory, mystery, grief and strange encounters in a themed program presented by the Miami Short Film Festival at O Cinema South Beach. Summer Shorts: Echoes & Encounters takes place Thursday, July 9, at 6 p.m. in Miami Beach, presenting an 81-minute lineup of narrative films from the U.S. and Canada.

Featured shorts include:

• Consider the Lilies, directed by Cristina Spina, about a woman who enters a luxury Brooklyn open house and forms an emotional connection with the space
• Patina, directed by Jake Hull, in which a 12-year-old boy encounters a mysterious woman during his grandfather’s birthday celebration
• Cast Away Sorta, directed by Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette, a comic riff on isolation during the COVID lockdown
• All That Rumbles, directed by Eve Saint-Louis, following a group of teens on a winter outing disrupted by an inexplicable event
• The Big Everything, directed by Salvador Paskowitz, a surreal story set in heaven’s bar, where a man encounters his dog, God and his greatest loss in human form

Together, the selections move across comedy, drama, fantasy and psychological unease. O Cinema South Beach is located inside Old City Hall at the corner of 12th Street and Washington Avenue. A city-owned parking lot is located behind the building on 12th Street, with additional public and private parking options nearby. Ticket sales are final.