In partnership with Deering Estate, the MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL (MIAMIsFF) presents: Focus On: Films from South America, July 13, 2025, 7 PM at Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave., Miami, FL 33157. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Welcome Cocktail Reception at 7:00 PM • Screening - 8:00 PM ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Focus on: Films from South America ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ EL DIA DE MI INDEPENDENCIA –Dir by: Constanza Majluf – Narrative - 19:00 MIN - CHILE Seven-year-old Manuela dreams of winning the "best folkloric dress" contest in the commemoration of Independence Day at her school. Meanwhile, her brother Gabo (16) takes the risk of protesting in the streets for the plebiscite that will put end to the dictatorship of Chile in 1988. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ Las continuidades –Dir by: Merlina Mercedes Molina Castaño, Jorge Sesan - Narrativa - 15:00 MIN - ARGENTINA The world as we know it is coming to an end. A girl and a young woman reach an abandoned shack in the woods, they are not alone. They must claim the space. All the while a mysterious hum in the air has them on high alert. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ Lo Que Nos Queda - Dir by: Fernando Arze Echalar – Narrative - 20:00 MIN - BOLIVIA Leónidas, an eccentric artist, enters an existential crisis, and seeing that his new art exhibit's success does not motivate him, he decides to fabricate a relationship between his wife and a younger couple, hoping this will generate some inspiration for his work and life. ____________________________________________________________ ⦿ El rastro del agua – Dir by: Anderson Ascanio Arenas– Narrative - 13:20 MIN – COLOMBIA A woman holds on her past through daily life, between her job and her customs tries not to forget without any clue if it is possible to get back what she already lost. ________________________________________________________________ ⦿ Pilona – Dir by: July Naters – Narrative – 15:00 Min – PERU LEA, a 10-year-old girl, still urinates in bed. GLORIA, her mother, divorced and almost absent, is looking for a babysitter. This is how MARÍA arrives, a young woman who believes with fervor that good wishes can come true. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ This event will be held indoors in the Visitor Center Theater. * There is FREE PARKING in the Visitor Center parking lot, which is located on SW 168 Street, just west of 72nd Avenue. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ Sponsored in part by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council, and the Funding Arts Network. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏.