Shorts In The Park

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You guys should really check out "Shorts In The Park"

Last year it was really cool. They had the screening outside on the park, they gave away blankets, FREE DRINKS ALL NIGHT and live music. Good way to support local film directors.

GEN ART PRESENTS:

the 2nd Annual
MIAMI SHORTS IN THE PARK

November 18th, 2004
6:30pm - 11:00pm

Margaret Pace Park
1745 North Bayshore Drive
(off of 17th & Biscayne Blvd)
Miami, FL 33132

Bring your blanket and enjoy a beautiful night under the stars championing today's most talented emerging Florida-based independent filmmakers

6:30pm: Evening begins with live musical performance by:

Suenalo

7:45pm: Screening of three short films by finalists selected by a committee of distinguished film industry professionals (competing for a $5,000 grant made possible by Quantum on the Bay by Terra International)

The short films are:

Lechón (5 minutes)
Director: Carlos Gutierrez
A boy stumbles upon the farm of a lonely pig butcher and learns a life-changing lesson.

Hot Java (12 minutes)
Director: Adam Stein
David, an obsessive coffee barista distills a potion out of rare beans in order to win his dream girl. The chaos of the coffee world gets the better of David's intricate strategy, launching him into the unknown.

Conversations (16 minutes)
Director: Ben Rock
Josh Candleman (Curtis Armstrong), a small-town mortician, just wants to talk. He finds, however, that his most meaningful interactions take place with the people he's preparing for burial. When he's starved for conversation, he is not above murder if it will bring more "friends" to the slab.

8:30pm: Screening of Modern Classic Film

SWINGERS
directorial debut by Doug Liman
(Bourne Identity, Go)
starring Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Ron Livingston & Heather Graham

11:00pm - 1:00am:
After-Party @ Sky Bar
1901 Collins Avenue
hosted by Heineken & Quantum on the Bay

complimentary beverages provided throughout night by
Boru Vodka, Heineken, Perrier, SoBe & Flor de Caña Rum

The Inaugural Shorts in the Park program took place in Miami in October of 2003. The evening was a huge success as over 1,500 people turned out to watch great films under a starlit sky. Showing that night were Daheli Hall’s The Memo and Joel Fendelman’s Writing Through, while Victor Quiñaz received a $5,000 grant for his film Chinese Dream. The film was selected by an industry-based jury which included Nicole Guillemet of the Miami International Film Festival and Joanne Butcher of the IFP, is currently being considered for an Oscar nomination.

TICKETS:
* Gen Art Members: complimentary admission for 2

* Non-members: $10/ticket - can be purchased here or by calling (305) 695-8200. Also available at door for cash.

* All proceeds go to benefit the Gen Art Foundation.

For more information, please email miami@genart.org or call (305) 695-8200.

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Gen Art has the BEST parties. I highly recommend it. We will probably be going, but it will probably be late.