2015 Miami Film Festival
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- DirectorSergio CabreraStarsTahimi AlvariñoFélix AntequeraMaría Teresa CarrascoThe movie is based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Cuban writer Wendy Guerra, which has been translated into five languages. Nieve, an eight year old Cuban girl, is involved in the struggle of her parents to get her custody. Eva is her mother, an artist who believes in the revolution without censorship or authoritarianism. She remarried to Dan, a Swede who works in the construction of a nuclear plant. Manuel is her father, a playwright who sacrifices himself to writing pamphleteer plays in a remote area of the country. This story is a celebration of freedom and a confrontation to authority that takes place in the '80s, in the midst of one of the worst economic crisis in Cuba.
- DirectorÁlex PinaStarsÁlex GarcíaEduardo BlancoVerónica EcheguiSlastan, from Karadjistan, is willing to immolate himself on a plane from Moscow to Madrid, but a storm forces a change in his plans.
- DirectorAlberto RodríguezStarsJavier GutiérrezRaúl ArévaloMaría VarodTwo cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose.
- DirectorDaniel AugustoStarsJúlio AndradeRavel AndradeFabiana GugliA chronicle of Paulo Coelho's rise from his troubled life to become one of the most influential writers in Brazilian history.
- DirectorPavel GiroudJuan Manuel Villar BetancortStarsRaimundo AmadorAna BelénMichel CamiloA fabulous documentary with the all star Latin Jazz pianists and musicians doing the narration. Michel Camilo, Chucho Valdez and Ganzalo Rubalcaba. Music is the universal language.
- DirectorCarlos QuintelaStarsMario BalmasedaMario GuerraLeonardo GascónIn an abandoned nuclear project conceived by Cuba and the USSR, a disillusioned engineer survives with his mean father and his frustrated son, while 1970s found footage of the "project of the century" describe its ambitious scope.
- DirectorÁlvaro Fernández ArmeroStarsRaúl ArévaloInma CuestaAlberto San JuanThree couples in their forties attempt to navigate through interpersonal relationships, facing day-to-day challenges in the search for love and a better future in life.
- DirectorDamián SzifronStarsDarío GrandinettiMaría MarullMónica VillaSix short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
- DirectorRodrigo SepúlvedaStarsAmparo NogueraLuis GneccoJaime VadellAfter she reads in the newspaper that a newborn baby is found in a dumpster, a teacher feels that the baby deserves a burial. But because the baby has no legal identity, she goes to a judge.
- DirectorLírio FerreiraStarsDaniel de OliveiraCaroline AbrasSandra CorveloniTwenty two years ago, an arid, volcanic and island paradise nestled in the middle of the South Atlantic, a nine year old boy, Pedro was separated from his sister, Raquel. Rosa, their mother, fearful of a forbidden attraction between them, decides to send his son, not daughter, for the continent. The boy was taken by Kaleb, the rider of an old circus, passing by the island. On the mainland, Kaleb instructed the boy in circus arts and spirit, where the former islet became Zolah the Bullet Man. BLUE BLOOD begins when Zolah and the circus back to paradise. The circus is established as an island within an island, and the most solitary of these isles Zolah himself, a beautiful man who seduces everyone and everything, yet remains deeply lonely, because he could not love anyone.
- DirectorÓscar Ruiz NaviaStarsJovan Alexis MarquinezCalvin BuenaventuraAtala EstradaRas is a construction worker and graffiti artist in his neighborhood of east Cali, Colombia. After he loses his job he sets off on a journey across the city to find another graffiti artist.
- DirectorAbner BenaimStarsRufina AlfaroAbner BenaimRubén BladesINVASION is a documentary about the collective memory of a country. The invasion of Panama by the U.S in 1989 serves as an excuse to explore how a people remember, transform, and often forget their past in order re-define their identity and become who they are today.
- DirectorAndreas DalsgaardVivana GomezViviana Gómez EcheverryViolence is a fact of everyday life in Colombia, where the drug cartels have kept the country in an armed conflict for decades, and where almost all families have lost a loved one.
- DirectorErnesto ContrerasStarsJosé María YazpikCecilia SuárezIrene AzuelaIgor and Pina long for each other but cannot act. When spring comes, their passions are unleashed, though burdened by guilt.
- DirectorKenny RichesStarsLisa BanesAshly BurchPaul ChamberlainThe Strongest Man is a Miami-centric comedy about an anxiety-ridden Cuban man, who fancies himself the strongest man in the world. In a quest to recover his most beloved possession, a stolen bicycle, he finds and loses so much more.
- DirectorGustavo TarettoStarsMarina BellatiElisa CarricajoLuisana LopilatoA group of girlfriends gather almost everyday to sunbathe on the terrace of a building, in an age where getting the perfect tan was everything.
- DirectorCristián JiménezStarsIngrid IsenseeMaría José SiebaldPaulina GarcíaSofia, 35, lives in Valdivia. She's beautiful and vegan. She has two kids she loves, but still everything seems to go wrong. In need of peace since her recent separation from her husband, she decides to take a reversed veil of silence: no more cell phone, TV, Internet or reading for a year. But peace doesn't occur. Following her example, her father leaves her mother. Her nasty sister comes back to Chile. Her kids become obsessed by meat. And Sofia discovers a disturbing secret about her dad.
- DirectorJanelle GueitsStarsLai-Si FernandezFelice GorordoChris Gueits13 Million Voices explores questions of peace and expression in Cuba through the parallel story lines of a massive peace concert in Cuba and the journey of young independent actors who supported, experienced, and suffered for it.
- DirectorDaniel JungeStarsKen BergSeth EnslowRay GunnThe real story behind the myth of American icon Robert 'Evel' Knievel and his legacy.
- DirectorRobert GordonMorgan NevilleStarsGore VidalWilliam F. BuckleyDick CavettA documentary on the series of televised debates in 1968 between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley.
- DirectorLaura GabbertStarsDavid ChangRoy ChoiJonathan GoldA documentary portrait that takes us into Jonathan Gold's universe to tell the improbable story of a revolution inspired by the pen, but driven by the palate.
- DirectorBilly CorbenStarsAlex CaceresDhafir HarrisCedric JamesWest Perrine, Florida is a suburban ghetto in Southwest Miami-Dade County. Over 73% of its residents are African-American and more than a third of them are unemployed. Violent crimes occur on a daily basis in this neighborhood of less than two square miles, where much of its adult male population winds up dead or in prison before their 30th birthday. But there is hope in the hood... Dhafir "Dada 5000" Harris (6'3", 270lbs., bench presses 670lbs) grew up blocks away from Perrine's MMA sensation, Kimbo Slice, and spent a year traveling the world as Kimbo's bodyguard. When Kimbo's manager buried video of Dada's spectacular backyard fight debut, for fear of Dada overshadowing his rising superstar, Dada leaves Kimbo's crew and makes a life-changing decision: Dada builds a ring in his momma's backyard and transforms himself into the Don King of illegal backyard fights in Perrine. No doctors, no ambulance. Just two men in a 12'x12' ring battling in a savage bare-knuckle fight to the finish. Dada's gladiators give everything in the the backyard to feed their families and to try to fight their way out of hood. Meanwhile Dada returns to the ring, is discovered by professional scouts and gets his shot at turning pro in the octagon at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
- DirectorJulia Patricia PerezStarsGaston AcurioAndoni AdurizAlex AtalaThere are many great chefs around the world. Only one is considered to be a National hero. Meet chef Gaston Acurio and follow him in a journey to find out the stories, the inspirations and the dreams behind the man that has taken his cuisine outside the kitchen in a mission to change his country with food. Let this journey take you into the world of peruvian cuisine to discover the power of food in peru. Because the people that are passionate enough to believe they can make a difference, are actually the ones who do.
- DirectorCarla ForteEvery week, hundreds of cats and dogs are abandoned at the Miami-Dade County Animal Services. Some are brought in by their own owners; others are found wandering the streets of the city. This documentary hopes to inspire the public's consciousness to, bear the responsibility of respecting animal life and to offering them the protection they need.
- DirectorJill BauerRonna GradusStarsTressa SilgueroRiley ReynoldsRachel BernardA documentary about young women who have been drawn into the sex trade - and how easy it is for a web-savvy generation to end up making porn.