In partnership with Deering Estate, the MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL (MIAMIsFF) presents: 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐎𝐧: 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, July 14, 2025, 7 PM a@ Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave., Miami, FL 33157. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Welcome Cocktail Reception at 7:00 PM • Screening - 8:00 PM ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐎𝐧: 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ Sin Estar – Dir by: Marisa Martínez – Narrative – 15:27 Min - México Diana is a young woman struggling to find a job, when her sister Paula, on whom she depends financially, tells her that she is moving. So Diana must leap into adulthood and accept her insecurities to face the realities of work life. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ La Leyenda del Sombrerón – Dir by: Enrique A. Mendoza – Narrative - 09:00 Min – Guatemala Susana, an orphan, wakes from a nightmare gasping for air, and struggles to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Unsure who to trust, she maneuvers through a maze of eerie events set up by an evil being, Sombrerón. _______________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ Desconexión – Dir by: Alvaro J Martínez – Narrative – 04:50 Min – El Salvador Camila and Fernando are so engaged using their cell phones that they lose awareness of everything that is happening outside of their screens. Their lives feel empty, and the routine is killing them. Technology might be making them lose the opportunity to meet the love of their lives. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ El Dilema Artístico – Dir by: Michael Douglas Lardizábal Foglia – Narrative – 18:48 Min – Honduras Stuck in a theater with an audience of one, three artists are forced to perform their sets in an endless loop as we get to find out how they got there through the narrations of a mysterious entity. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ La Carpa – Dir by: Gabriel Traversari – Narrative – 11:34 Min – Nicaragua In a very small town of Mesoamerica, where time seems to stand still and the monotonous and secret life of its people demands some degree of mental distraction, travelling circuses have become a temporary but necessary escape. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ De Armas Tomar – Dir by: César Hernández Piedra – Narrative – 12:53 Min – Costa Rica An unfortunate incident ends the life of an innocent person. Based on true events, De Armas Tomar is a short film that aims to raise awareness about firearms at home. ________________________________________________________________________________ ⦿ This event will be held indoors in the Visitor Center Theater. * 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.