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The 2024 Miami Film Festival presents a celebration of up and coming talent being nurtured right in our own backyard. These films by college students across our state are some of the best representations of the future of film in Florida.
Do You See What I See
World Premiere, United States, English, 5 minutes
A mad housewife tries killing her noxious husband on Christmas Eve. The problem comes, however, when her pesky husband won’t stay dead!
Directed by Vance Malcom Osteen
Florida Family Fun
United States, English, 9 minutes
A flat tire leaves a college freshman stuck in rural Florida, but while exploring the area she unknowingly threatens the sadistic outcast family nearby.
Directed by Sabino Venuti
Liquid Courage
World Premiere, United States, English, 14 minutes
BEERS, BABES, AND BROTHERS, OH MY! A year after her brother’s death Stevie finds herself catering to the wants of a bumbling highschooler who reminds her of what she’s lost.
Directed by Brittany Alexia Young
Silver Alert
Florida Premiere, United States, English, 10 minutes
A grandfather leaves his retirement community without a trace, leading his grandson and their best friend on a journey through Central Florida.
Directed by Atticus Hohman
Retrospection Of A Home (once upon a time…)
United States, English, Spanish 9 minutes
A personal essay film dives into the collective memory of a family and their home in Venezuela that they had to leave behind years ago.
Directed by Sebastian Marcano-Perez
¿Y Tu Que Has Hecho?
World Premiere, United States, Spanish, 6 minutes
A single, Cuban immigrant mother and her son are at odds with one another on the day that he moves out of the house.
Directed by Paolo Cesti
Lucas
United States, English, Spanish 14 minutes
This short film is about Lucas struggling to pay for his hormonal treatment while figuring out how to heal from obstacles imposed by a sexual predator. ” Lucas” speaks about inequality and unacceptance towards transgender and the importance of mental health.
Directed by Pablo Velho
i dreamt of this, Esther
United States, English, 20 minutes
A girl’s dormant eating disorders resurface when she returns home from college to her overbearing mother, leading her to abuse medications in a desperate effort to regain autonomy.
Directed by Nicole Santiago
Tres Leches
United States, Spanish 18 minutes
The poignant story of a family at the brink of collapse: Daniel, a devoted single father in his 40s, grapples with the weight of caring for his father, Alejandro, who battles Alzheimer’s.
Directed by Cristian Campocasso
Check out the complete 2024 Miami Film Festival lineup here.
