FILMOGRAPHY
MIKI MANIACO
Feature Film (82') 2022, USA - Venezuela Producer/Cinematographer/Editor Follows Miki and his friends as they grapple with reality after being cast away from a world of magic and unfulfilled dreams. Now depressed and stuck somewhere in South Florida, the trio looks back at an era of fame and glory that will never come back. SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS Festival de Cine “Entre Largos y Cortos Oriente ELCO (September 12-15, 2023”) Anzoátegui, Venezuela. Cine Del Mar 16 (July 14, 2023) Punta del Este Uruguay. Ciudad de México International Film Festival (July 14-16, 2023) Ciudad de México, Mexico. Festival del Cine Venezolano (July 10 & 12, 2023) Merida, Venezuela. Malibu Film Festival - Online Selection (June 15 - 30, 2023) California. Centro Cultural Parque Central (May 18, 2023) Caracas, Venezuela. Berlin FimlHause (Nov 22-26, 2023) Online Program. Berlin, Germany. Asolo Art Film Festival (June 14-18, 2023) Asolo, Italy. Beyond Hollywood International Film Festival (April 21, 2023) LA, CA. Bayamón International Film Festival (March 21-24, 2023) Puerto Rico. SANFICI Santander Festival internacional de cine Independiente (February 21, 2023) Santander, Colombia. Cinemateca Museo de Bellas Artes (February 2, 2023) Caracas, Venezuela. Cinemateca San Carlos (February 4, 2023) San Carlos- Cojedes, Venezuela. Cinemateca Tucupita (February 4, 2023) Tucupita- Delta Amacuro, Venezuela. Bizarro Land Film Festival (December 9-11, 2022) Orlando, Florida. Salerno International Film Festival (November 28 -December 03, 2022) Salerno, Italy. Festival de la Critica Cinematográfica de Caracas (Noviembre, 2022). Caracas, Venezuela. Bizarroland Film Festival (December 2, 2022) Orlando, Florida. Cucalorus Film Festival (November 20, 2022) Wilmington, North Carolina. Hollywood Film Festival (November 6, 2022) Hollywood, Florida. Cines Unidos and Cinex (October 27 Oct - 9 Nov, 2022) Caracas, Venezuela. North America Premier at O Cinema South Beach (September 2-8, 2022) South Beach, Florida. Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (August 31, 2022) Guayaquil, Ecuador. Chichester International Film Festival (August 12, 2022) Chichester, UK. PRIZES Best Original Music Festival del Cine Venezolano, Merida (2023). Honorable Mention Original Music Red Movie Awards, LA (2023). Best Feature Hollywood Gold Award, LA (2023). Best Actor, Best Picture and best Black and White Film. 8 & Half Awards Roma, Italy (2023). Best Feature Film Vesuvius Film Festival Napoli, Italy. (Edition XXXII 2023). Best supporting Actress. Lonely Wolf International Film Festival London (2023). Best Lead Actor, Best supporting Actress and Best Ensemble Cast. Berlin FilmHaus (2023). Best Foreign Film. Beyond HollywoodInternational Film Festival (2023). Outstanding Excellence to the Art House Feature Film. Hispanic International Film Festival. Delaware, Dover (2023). Best Actor. Actors Award (2023). Online Audience Award Bizarro Land Film Festival (2022) Orlando, Florida. Best Actress Festival de la Critica Cinematográfica de Caracas (2022) Caracas, Venezuela. Best Feature Film Festival. Hollywood Film Festival (2022) Hollywood, Florida. Best Actor. Hollywood Film Festival (2022) Hollywood, Florida. Best Actress. Hollywood Film Festival (2022) Hollywood, Florida. |
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HYSTERIA
Feature Film (78') 2020, USA - Venezuela Producer/Editor Hysteria is a one take and real time feature film that tells the story of Marina, a woman who is not able to recognize her emotions. Her partner Martin will try to help by submitting her to some exercises and tests that trigger a hysteria in which both will be victims. SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS Cines Unidos and Cinex (December 15 - December 22, 2022) Caracas, Venezuela. Festival Internacional Amorpho (Octubre 9, 2022) San José, Costa Rica. Under Berlin Film Festival (October 8, 2022) Berlin, Germany. FINDECOIN - Independent International Short & Feature Film Festival "The day is short" (February 22-24, 2022) Anzuategui, Venezuela. SANFICI Santander Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (February 21, 2022) Santander, Colombia. Festival de la Critica Cinematografica de Caracas (December 15 -19, 2021) Caracas, Venezuela. Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground (December 8- 12) Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cucalorus Film Festival (November 12, 2021) Wilmington, NC. Bahía Independent Cinema Festival (November 4-7, 2021) Brazil. One Take Film Festival (October 22-24, 2021) Zagreb, Croatia. Elco Film Festival (August 8- October 15, 2021) Oriente, Venezuela. Guayaquil International Film Festival (Septiembre 17-22, 2021) Guayaquil, Ecuador. One Shot International Film Festival (September 4-11, 2021) Yerevan, Armenia. Cine del Mar (July 10, 2021), Punta del Este, Uruguay. New Filmmakers New York (April 6, 2021) NY, NY. Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (December 9, 2020) Salerno, Italy. PRIZES Best Feature Film Festival Internacional Amorpho (2022) San José, Costa Rica. |
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NOSTALGIA DI DOMICELLA
Video Art (6') January 2019, Italy Director, Producer/ Cinematographer/ Performer/ Editor A nostalgic exploration of the self and loneliness in a small town in Italy. SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS InShadow Lisbon Screen Dance Festival (November 15 - December 18, 2021) Lisbon, Portugal. Festival International de Videoarte de Camaguey (November 8-10, 2021). Camaguey, Cuba. O Cinema "Welcome to Our World" / AltspaceVR (July 30, 2021) Miami Beach, Florida. Fonlad Digital Art Festival (2020) Coimbra, Portugal. ARTE LATINO NOW 2021. Virtual exhibition at Queens University of Charlotte (April, 2021) Charlotte, NC. Centro Cultural Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (March 4, 2021) Caracas, Venezuela. Vesuvius International Film Festival (January Edition, 2021) Naples, Italy. Rochester International Film Festival (August 20-22, 2020). Rochester, NY. Miami New Media Festival (November, 2020) Miami, Florida. ScreenDance Miami (January 18, 2020) Perez Art Museum. Miami, Florida. International Dance Film Festival (October 5, 2019) Brussels, Belgium. Prizes Best Dance for Camera. Vesuvius International Film Festival Naples, Italy (2021). |
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CONEJO
Feature Film (85’) February 2020, USA - Cuba - Venezuela Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor The film shows the creative process between a director and an actress while they rehearse a play called "Rabbit". Two stories are narrated in the midst of demanding rehearsals in total isolation: The creation of a character, and the daily lives of those involved. Psychological abuse and mistreatment by the director, end up bringing the actress to the point where her deepest desires merge into the character she represents: the rabbit. SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS Cines Unidos and Cinex (December 08 - December 21, 2022) Caracas, Venezuela. Spring Edition Košice International Film (June 8-10, 2022) Košice, Slovakia. SANFICI Santander Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (February 25, 2022) Santander, Colombia. Aporia Film Festival (December 15 - January 15, 2021-2022) DMZ Village, South Korea. Festival Internacional de Cinema em Balneário Camboriú (November 24 - December 7, 2021) Brazil. Elco Film Festival (August 8- October 15, 2021) Oriente, Venezuela. Parana International Films Festival (September 3-10, 2021) Parana, Argentina. LETNetworks #AmLatino Film Festival (June, 2021) Maracay International Film and Video Festival (June 21-23, 2021) Maracay, Venezuela. FesCine con Riesgo (December 19-22, 2021) Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dumbo Film Festival (September, 6, 2021) Brooklyn, NY. Vesuvius International Film Festival (December Edition, 2020) Naples, Italy. South Film and Arts Academy Festival (2020) Rancagua, Chile. LatinUy 12 (December 20, 2020) Punta del Este, Uruguay Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (December 8, 2020) Salerno, Italy. Festival de Critica cinematografica de Caracas (December 3-6, 2020) Caracas, Venezuela. Icaro Festival Internacional de Cine de Centroamerica (December 5-12, 2020) Guatemala. Cucalorus Film Festival (November 14, 2010) Wilmington, NC. Festival Internacional Cine del Mar (August 27, 2020) Punta del Este, Uruguay. Festival de Cine Venezolano (September 10-24, 2020) Caracas, Venezuela. Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine (16-23, August 2020) Santiago de Chile, Chile. The Nickel Independent Film Festival (July 25, 2020) St. John's, Canada. Miami International Film Festival, Ibero America Competition (March 8, 2020) Miami, Florida. Big Muddy Film Festival, Opening Ceremony (February 24, 2020) Carbondale, Illinois. PRIZES Best Best Drama Feature Film (2021) Maracay, Venezuela. Best Narrative Feature. Dumbo Film Festival (2021) Best Actress. Vesuvius International Film Festival. Naples, Italy (2020) Best Lead Actress. Festival Internacional Cine del Mar Punta del Este, Uruguay (2020) Special Awards: Feature Film Of The Month, Best Drama Feature, Best Director In A Feature Film, Best Screenplay In A Feature Film, Best Lead Actor In A Feature Film, Best Supporting Actor In A Feature Film, Best Lead Actress In A Feature Film. Best Cinematography In A Feature Film, Best Art Direction In A Feature Film and Best Poster at South Film and Arts Academy Festival (#39 December 2020) |
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FEMME
Dance-video series art installation (9'51'') January 2021 USA Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor Femme is focused on and inspired by Latin American women in South Florida who in some way have felt oppressed by their social circumstances. SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS International Contemporary Art Exhibition (August 25-28, 2022) Assisi, Italy. Cuadro por Danza, festival de video y fotografía de danza. Asociación Cultural Humboldt (June 18-19 2022) Caracas, Venezuela. ScreenDance Miami Special Edition, (June, 9 2022) North Beach Bandshell Miami Beach, Florida. Arte Latino Now 2022 Virtual Exhibition (April, 2022) USA. Women of vision Strength and Softness in Motion (March 8, 2022) Doral Contemporary Museum. Miami, Florida. Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (November 22-27, 2021) Salerno, Italy. Fonlad Digital Art Festival (November 20-27, 2021 Coimbra, Portugal Paadmaan Video Event (November 26 - December 7, 2021) Tehran, Iran. Centre Film Festival (November 1-7, 2021) Philipsburg, PA. Miami New Media Festival, UCAB & AWA Caracas, Venezuela (October 27, 2021). Doral Museum (October 30, 2021) Miami. ADAF Physical Edition, Museum of Modern Greek Culture (October 13-17,2021) Athens, Greece. Athens Digital Arts Festival (September 20- October 31, 2021) Athens, Greece. Motif Film Screening Series (September 21, 2021) Providence, Rhode Island. CICA Museum (November 3-21, 2021) Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Borders ArtFair Venice FUTURE LANDSCAPES (August 30 to September 19, 2021) Venice Italy. PBS Season 4 (June 15-17, 2021 - December 2022) Miami, Florida. Miami Dade County Auditorium. Drive -Through. Theatre experience (February 13, 2021) Miami, Florida. Melamegi Lab Contest (February- March, 2021) Villanova, Italy. ScreenDance Miami (January 22, 2021) New World Center's Projection Wall at Soundscape Park. Miami, Florida. |
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QUARANTINE RAIN
Video Art (2'47''). January 2020, USA Cinematographer/Editor Quarantine Rain is a dance film that combines movement, actions and emotions, taking body language as the starting point. The rain plays an important role, representing life, crying, cleaning, change and the passage of time, a magical symbol to promote good prospects for humanity in the time of pandemic. Fonlad Digital Art Festival (2023) Coimbra, Portugal. South Florida PBS Episode 1004 -The Story of Us (February 1, 2022) Miami, Florida. Ephemereye moving images in focus (September 1, 2021) Vallejo, California. 305 & HAVANA International Improv Fest (May 2, 2020) Miami, Florida. O Cinema "Welcome to Our World" / AltspaceVR (April 24, 2021) Miami Beach, Florida. |
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FEMME (Little Havana)
Dance-video series art installation (14'') December 2019 USA Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS "Litle Havana Unmasked" Koubek Center, Miami - Dade College (October 26, 27, 2019) Miami, Florida. Doral Contemporary Art Museum (November 30, 2019) Doral, Florida. |
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TALASHIMAII
Experimental Feature Film (60’) September 2015, USA Director/ Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor Talashimaii where happiness is a deep and authentic positive, fulfilling state of being that is lasting and not merely transient and ultimately unsatisfying, requiring constant modification. SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS FilmGate Interactive Conference Week (February 26, 2016) Miami, Florida. O Cinema Wynwood, Cine al Fresco (December 12, 2015) Miami, Florida. FUTURE WORLD : UNKNOWN iiiPoints Dot Fifty-one Gallery (October 11, 2015) Miami, Florida. |
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ELLA
Director/ Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor (16´) December 2015, USA Ella is a study of the body in 41 weeks and 2 days. An ode to the transformation of story, memory, and time that takes place in the making of a heartbeat. SCREENINGS/EXHIBITIONS GEOFILMFESTIVAL and EXPOCINEMA (November 9, 2017- March 3, 2018) Citadella, Italy. New Media Festival (October 8, 2016) Miami, Florida. Festicaribe International Theater Festival (September 14, 2016) Santa Marta, Colombia. KurzFilmFestival (May 19-22, 2016) Weimar, Germany. Proxy Act Festival (May 29, 2016) London, UK. Screen Dance Miami, PAMM Museum (January 23, 2016) Miami, Florida. Golden Sun Short Film Festival (January 4-12, 2016) Zebbug, Malta. |
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STARING AT THE CEILING
Dance for Camera. December 2014, USA Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor The ceiling stares at you and you do not stare back, and you leave it all alone, without sky, staring at its palindrome – which is the floor. Screenings/Exhibitions: The University Galleries. Florida Atlantic University (September 17-0ctober 30, 2021) Miami Film Machine. Indie Pasion Indie Film Festival. (April 5, 2019) Boca de Raton, Florida. Miami New Media Festival (October, 2019) Miami, Florida. Another Experiment by Women Film Festival (December 6, 2017) NY, NY. REFLEKS program at Zagreb Dance Centre (November 18, 2107) Zagreb, Croatia. Fabrica de Arte Cubano (July 23- 30, 2017) Havana, Cuba. New Mavericks Film Series (November 19, 2016) Georgia, Atlanta. LadyFest Miami (September 24, 2015) Miami, Florida. Teatro Maderos (June 27, 2015) Valledupar, Colombia. Index Art Center 10th Annual Film and Video Screenings (April 25, 2015) Newark, New Jersey. Experiments in Cinema (April 15-19, 2015) Albuquerque, New Mexico. Screen Dance Miami (January 24- 25, 2015) Miami, Florida. Prizes Second Place. Screen Dance Miami (2015) Miami, Florida. |
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INTERRUPTA
Dance for Camera (6’) February 2013, USA Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor Four characters, united by their thoughts and separated by their realities, transform their existence into movement. Screenings/Exhibitions Brooklyn Studios for Dance (October 21, 2017) Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Key West Film Festival (November 22, 2015) Key West, Florida. Miami Beach Cinematheque as part of Speaking in Cinema (October 17, 2015) Miami, Florida. The Sagamore Hotel as part of Speaking in Cinema (October 17, 2015) Miami, Florida. New Media Festival (October 8 - 31, 2015) Miami, Florida. LadyFest Miami (September 24, 2015) Miami, Florida. Teatro Maderos (June 27, 2015) Valledupar, Colombia. FEMCINE (March 25-29, 2015) Santiago de Chile, Chile. Cucalorus Film Festival (November 12- 16, 2014) Wilmington, North Carolina. Festival Les Instants Vidéo (November 10, 2014) Marseille, France. POOL 14 – INTERNATIONALE TanzFilmPlattform (September 12, 2014) Berlin, Germany. Art Screening at Trestle Gallery (April 15, 2014) Brooklyn, New York. Index Internacional Arts Festival (April 10-11, 2014) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Screen Dance Miami (January 25, 2014) Miami, Florida. Quinzena de Danca de Almada -Contemporary Dance Festival Portugal (October 18, 2013) Almada, Portugal. International Dance Film Festival Uruguay (October 5, 2013) San Salvador, Uruguay. Dances Made to Order Edition 21 (March 6, 2013) Seattle, Washington. |
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THE HOLDERS
Documentary Feature (80’) February 2015, USA Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor "In a city where everything looks pretty and new, it becomes fashionable to dispose of all that which for some reason is no longer considered useful, with the inhabitants of this community being the "holders" of all those legally-conceived "things" that surround them." Screenings Filmoteca Virtual Fundacion Festival de Cine de Guayaquil (April 8, 2020) Guayaquil, Ecuador. Cine Animal Bogota (November, 2018) Bogota, Colombia. Strasburg Film Festiva (November 9, 2018) Strasburg, Virginia. Instituto de Derechos del Animal del Colegio de Abogados de Rosario (June 04, 2018) Santa Fe, Argentina. GEOFILMFESTIVAL and EXPOCINEMA (November 9, 2017- March 3, 2018) Citadella, Italy. Cardiff Independent Film Festival (27- 29 October 2017) Cardiff Bay, UK. Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne (March 7, 2017) Melbourne, Australia. Culture Unplugged Festival (June 19, 2016) Mountain View, CA. World Congress Animal Rights (December 11-12, 2015) Buenos Aires, Argentina. St. Louis International Film Festival (November 15, 2015) St. Louise, Missouri. Miami Beach Cinematheque as part of Speaking in Cinema (October 17, 2015) Miami, Florida. Los Angeles CineFest (October 6, 2015) LA. Matsalu Natures Film Festival (September 17, 2015) Lihula, Estonia. Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil (September 10, 2015) Guayaquil, Ecuador. Miami International Film Festival (March 8-14, 2015) Miami, Florida. Prizes Winner Chrysalis Documentary Feature Film. Cine Animal Bogota (2018) Bogota, Colombia. Winner Best Documentary Feature Film. Cine Animal Bogota (2018) Bogota, Colombia. |
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IMAGINARIUM
Video-Art (15’) April 2013, USA Director/ Producer/ Cinematographer/ Editor Imaginarium is a visual experiment where theatre and film fuse to shed light onto a dark world of desires and disorder. It is translated by a new form of communication, serving as an escape from the established social order. Screenings Teatro Maderos (June 27, 2015) Valledupar, Colombia. Leiden International Short Film Experience (May 1- 3, 2014) Scheltema, Netherlands. Miami Beach Cinematheque (March 15-17, 2013) Miami, Florida. SandBox Series 2012-2013 Miami Theater Center (December 6-22, 2012) Miami, Florida. Cannes Court Métrage, Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival (May 15-26, 2013) Cannes, France. |
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