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Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film \ Miami-Dade County Auditorium’s Away From Home Series \ Inkūb8 \ O Cinema \ present  305 INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '25 \ IX
Miami-Dade County Auditorium’s Away From Home Series/ Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film/ Inkūb8/ O Cinema present:
WATERMUSE
Inkūb8
355 NW 54th St,Miami, FL 33127 (Limited parking) Sat March 8 (8:30 pm) https://www.inkub8.org/
Watermuse is a multimedia performance that delves into the profound vulnerability of women amidst the challenges of climate change. The piece aims to evoke deep social and emotional resonance while highlighting the intricate connections between environmental and social issues.
Through impactful movement and artistic expression, Watermuse seeks to inspire personal transformation and foster greater societal awareness. By addressing this critical intersection of gender and environmental challenges, the project aspires to awaken a collective consciousness. 2025, USA Multimedia Performance 40' Conceived – Visualized + Directed by Carla Forte Dramaturgy Alexey Taran Improvised physical material by Carla Forte Music La Mer (The Sea) by Claude Debussy Videos de Archivo Video-Art Installation: Carla Forte & Alexey Taran Mamino by: Maritza Sillie Technical Director Alexey Taran Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium This performance is part of the Miami-Dade County Auditorium’s Away From Home Series, a program that brings off-site performances to alternative venues in partnership with community organizations. This initiative ensures that the magic of the performing arts continues to captivate audiences while MDCA undergoes renovations. “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor, and the Board of County Commissioners.” @miamidadearts Additional support by: Miami-Dade County Auditorium @miamidadecountyauditorium O Cinema @ocinema Inkūb8 @inkub8_mia Bisturí Teatro Físico y Cine (Costa Rica).
Miami-Dade County Auditorium’s Away From Home Series
Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Inkūb8 O Cinema present POR DENTRO
‘Por dentro’ is a transdisciplinary work that challenges traditional norms through contemporary dance, physical theater, and video art. This visceral and bold creation tells the story of two women who, in a convulsed present, reclaim the right to rewrite their histories. They choose to embody past lives, reinterpreting them through their own bodies and voices as an act of defiance against a world that persistently seeks to define them.
The video is an extension of their narrative, a mirror that not only documents but amplifies their presence. During the 55 minutes of the performance, a live camera captures and projects their movements, transforming the performative action into a cinematic narrative built in real time. This constant dialogue between body, image, and stage invites the audience to reflect on the role of women as creators and protagonists of their own stories. ‘Por dentro’ is a collective cry that celebrates the complexity, strength, and vulnerability of women. It is a laboratory that exposes the instability of reality and embraces ambiguity as a tool to challenge patriarchal structures. Through its poetic and visual language, the work offers a space for reflection on the transformative power of the female body as a living archive of memory and change.
Conceived – Visualized + Directed by Alexey Taran
Dramaturgy + Improvised physical material by Carla Forte Heather and Maloney Music by Daniela Padrón Video-Art Installation by Carla Forte and Alexey Taran Artwork by Visual Artist Vicente Forte Lighting + DP + Stage Manager Alexey Taran Light installation + Technical Director Corey Silverman Video Assistant Carlos Fabian Medina Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Production Assistant Maritza Sillie and Sandy Hernandez Commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium This performance is part of the Miami-Dade County Auditorium’s Away From Home Series, a program that brings off-site performances to alternative venues in partnership with community organizations. This initiative ensures that the magic of the performing arts continues to captivate audiences while MDCA undergoes renovations. “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor, and the Board of County Commissioners.” "POR DENTRO is supported in part by the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) through a grant from the NALAC Fund for the Arts.” Additional support by: NALAC Fund for the Arts (NFA) Miami-Dade County Auditorium O Cinema Inkūb8 Bisturí Teatro Físico y Cine (Costa Rica).
Inkūb8
355 NW 54th St,Miami, FL 33127 (Limited parking) Fri Oct 25 (8:30 pm) Sat Oct 26 (8:30 pm) https://www.o-cinema.org/events/por-dentro https://www.inkub8.org/ https://alexeytaran.com http://fortecarla.com http://heathermaloney.org/about https://www.danielapadron.com/ @miamidadearts @miamidadecountyauditorium @ocinema @fortecarla @nalac_arts @inkub8_mia @danielapadronviolin Sunday, 10/13 @ 1:00PM In 2024, O Cinema ANYWHERE features "Alien" by Carla Forte, a collection of 21 AR video portraits documenting the important role of Latinas in our community. The works are planned for installation along Phase 1 of Miami's Underline, a 10-mile linear park, urban trail, and public art destination that transforms the land below Miami's Metrorail into a vibrant cultural landmark. In September, award-winning prolific filmmaker Carla Forte released Miki Maniaco, a dark, twisted vision of exile, celebrity, and South Florida and was named Best Film Director in 2023 by Miami New Times. She is a Venezuelan-born multidisciplinary artist based in Miami and an active member of Bistoury Physical Theater and Film, a non-profit organization whose mission is to carry out research and development while taking aesthetic and physical risks that break the pre-established boundaries between dance, theater, and film. Forte's project "Alien" involves identifying 21 Latinas from varying backgrounds and interviewing them about their migrations to Florida and their experiences living here. Breaking ground as a living, interactive, historical, and interpretive document, each portrait will be made accessible to the public via QR codes posted at different locations along the Underline.  Based on and inspired by stories of Latina women.
Bird Woman is a multimedia performance by Carla Forte that fuses dance, film, original music and sound installation. It is based on and inspired by stories of Latina immigrant women. The piece explores the human condition and translates their stories into gestures, emotions and movements, creating a new language to express these women’s thoughts, desires, emotions and hopes.
Conceived and Directed by: Carla Forte Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film
March 1 at 8pm
MDCA On.Stage Black Box Theatre 2901 West Flagler St Miami, FL 33135 305-547-5414 March 1, 8:00PM Buy tickets here... www.miamidadecountyauditorium.org/event/bird-woman-by-bistoury-physical-theatre-film 
Miami Dade County Auditorium & Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film Present "Por Dentro" Directed by: Alexey Taran With Carla Forte & Heather Maloney. 'Por dentro' is a transdisciplinary exploration laboratory focused on contemporary dance and physical theater—a multifaceted and evolving endeavor, offering a realm of infinite possibilities for interpretation by whomever observes it. 'Por dentro' serves as a metaphor for a new worldview in which reality is perceived as unstable, ambiguous, and in a perpetual state of flux. Supported by: “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” Miami Dade County Auditorium O Cinema Inkub8 Miami Light Project Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film October 5 - 6 @ 8:30 pm EDT / Buy tickets MDCA On.Stage Black Box Theatre 2901 West Flagler St Miami, FL 33135 US  Directed by Choreographer/Transdisciplinary artist Alexey Taran and and filmmaker Carla Forte, the 305 & HAVANA INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST is a festival that promotes the art of improvisation in performance and film. This year 305HAVIIF23 presents screenings and performances that deepen into the art of improvisation, bringing together performing artists, filmmakers and audiences across the city. The 305HAVIIF VII Edition partnering venues includes the Miami-Dade County Auditorium, INKUB8, Plataforma Canibal (Barranquilla, Colombia, Cinemateca Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Sala Cabrujas Alcaldia del Municipio Chacao (Caracas, Venezuela).
PERFORMANCES & SPECIAL FILM PROGRAM305HAVIIF23 - Commissioned Artists  Nightstand by Cecilia Andrea Benitez “Paying homage to the extravagant fantasy world of the artist’s mind, Nightstand is an improvised solo that invites the viewer into the moments of intimacy, wonder, and absurdity that take place in one’s bedroom. By reenacting the physical memory of the artist’s personal moments in her bedroom, this work aims to inspire the audience to allow their wildest ideas come to life, especially when they think no one is watching.” Cecilia Andrea Benitez was born and raised in Miami, Florida where she attended New World School of the Arts High School. She earned her BFA in modern dance with a minor in psychology from Point Park University in 2020. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Senior Scholarship upon graduation. In the spring of 2019, she studied abroad in Madrid, Spain at the Conservatorio de Danza Superior "María de Avíla". There she worked closely with distinguished choreographer Mario Bermudez Gil. Upon graduation she worked as a freelance artist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania performing with an improvisation-based company The Pillow Project under the direction of Pearlann Porter. She also served as the lead dancer and rehearsal director in the original production of Milton created by Kaylin Horgan. Now a freelance dancer and teacher based in Miami, she dances for Rosie Herrera Dance Theater and Syncopate Collective, while also choreographing and teaching for various schools and programs. Her work has been featured in ScreenDance Miami, Pioneer Winter's Grass Stains, as well as Miami Light Project's Here and Now 2022 program, where she premiered her work Manteca in collaboration with Stephanie Perez. When not dancing, you can find her reading, biking, writing letters, or making Cuban coffee.  Fluxus Nervousa by Maya Nadine Billig Over the last five years, I've been collecting audio clips on my phone of moments I want to remember. A mix of poems, friends, lovers and everything in between. Each memory was selected based on how strongly it activated my nervous system and its ability to transcend time and space. A moment becomes immortalized through a 5-second sound bit and I'm transported exactly back to where I was. Weaving in and out of the landscape of my mind, I allow the body to remember things my brain never could. Maya Billig is a Miami-based choreographer, director, and dancer. A cross between fantasy and reality, her work is rooted in building surreal, hybrid worlds through the mediums of dance, film, and photography. Her work has been supported by the Knight Foundation, Jacob’s Pillow, Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami Light Project, Locust Projects, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Deering Estate. Her dance films have been screened in 5 countries thus far. Besides receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from New World School of the Arts, Maya has trained heavily in contemporary dance, physical theater, and improvisational techniques throughout the US, Europe, Israel, and Australia. A vagabond at heart, she has traversed 31 countries and plans to spend her life exploring the world through movement. mayanadinedance.com 305HAVIIF23 - FILM PROGRAM A curated screening of dance for camera short films inspired by the art of improvisation. These films are characterized by unscripted scenes and improvised structures. WITUK (8'15" Ecuador) De la tierra ancestral nace un nuevo lenguaje que nos permite fluir en los afectos y la confianza. De la tinta quedan memoriados un conjunto de trazos que nos unen entre dos culturas alejadas por el tiempo y el espacio. Wituk es un diálogo interdisciplinario entre la danza contemporánea y el arte audiovisual. En donde la vibración del movimiento se vuelve en un nuevo método de expresión y sabiduría en el arte. Creación e Interpretación Mario Suarez Victor Guatatuca Producción Fragmentos de Junio Dirección Audiovisual Fran Bravo Cámaras Juan Carlos Castro Out of the Folds of Women (5' US) With direction and choreography by Anabella Lenzu and videography and music by Todd Carroll, "Out of the Folds of Women" tells a personal vision of femininity, and what it means to be a woman, mother, and immigrant today. “Unfolded out of the folds of the woman Man comes unfolded, And is always to come unfolded" -Walt Whitman Writer and Director Anabella Lenzu Producer Anabella Lenzu & Todd Carroll Key Cast Anabella Lenzu "Director, Choreography, and Dancer" Todd Carroll "Videography, Edition, and Music " https://www.anabellalenzu.com/dance-films the occurrence of colours by night (5'7" Germany) The dystopian genderfluid fashion of textile artist Sophie Lenglachner focuses on the beauty of darkness and reflective shimmers of light. The choreography of contemporary dancer Jan Kollenbach plays with the dynamic of oscillating between shadow and brightness. The textile as a canvas leaves its state as an inanimate object to conquer a ruinous industrial landscape. Director Sophie Lenglachner Producer Sophie Lenglachner, Lydia Flössel Key Cast Jan Kollenbach Camera Alexander Fricke Light Sebastian Vandrey Score Composer Johanna Schlömicher Sound Mastering Alexander Lausch Editing Solenne Drechsler Production Assistant Noemie Ebert Sign of Life (4'29" US) How do you move through the loss of a pregnancy and create new ways to heal the mental and physical scars? This is an attempt of healing Director Pedro Wazzan Co-Director/Art Direction Augusto Esquivel Artist Maria Theresa Barbist Writer and Producer Maria Theresa Barbist Key Cast Maria Theresa Barbist, Paloma Lujan Cinematographer Crist Ortiz Art Director Dulce Escalante Camera Operator Edson Smittor Make-up Artist Yvo Hernandez Editor Vanesa Bozo Choreography Soto Production Assistants Jason Aponte, Diana Espin, Alfonzo Briceno Madera Music My Auxiliary Ego Resurrection Under the Ocean (2'57" Turkey) Director Serkan AKTAŞ Producer Serkan AKTAŞ Writer Serkan AKTAŞ Key Cast Adnan YANBAY Underwater Director of Photography Akın BAĞCILAR Underwater Gaffer Berke Aydın Edit Serkan AKTAŞ Music Emil Erten Sound Effect Serkan Aktaş Colorist Utkan Topuzlu
Bird Woman is a multimedia performance that fuses dance, film, original music and sound installation. It is based on and inspired by stories of Latina immigrant women. The piece explores the human condition and translates their stories into gestures, emotions and movements, creating a new language to express these women’s thoughts, desires, emotions and hopes.
Written By Sean Erwin October 13, 2022 at 8:27 PM ArtburstMiami.com  If Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film’s first part of “The Commune” constituted a search for alternative ways of being in the world and 2022’s part 2 “The Commune” presented practices of freedom, its latest did a deep dive into the existential consequences of rejecting freedom and abandoning the self. On Thursday, Oct. 6 and Friday, Oct. 7, BFTF (the acronym by which they identify the group) performed “The Commune, Chapter 3: Fear of Freedom,” at the Miami Dade County Auditorium’s On.Stage Black Box Theatre. Miami Dade County Auditorium commissioned “The Commune.” I attended both performances and, although on different nights, the execution differed minimally. Choreographer Alexey Taran and filmmaker Carla Forte founded the company in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2005 as an avant-garde creative platform for dance and film. In 2007, BFTF moved to the city of Miami. The company’s projects reflect a philosophy of respect, admiration, and curiosity for the extraordinary creative movement and diversity of Latin American megalopolises. In its latest “The Commune” chapter, BFTF laid out the psychological tics and neuroses of four people trapped in a pandemic-like form of physical and emotional isolation. In show notes published online, the group claimed “Fear of Freedom” reflects on the thought of Frankfurt School psychoanalyst and political theorist, Erich Fromm (1900-1980). For Fromm, freedom occurs in the sphere of the interpersonal. In the practice of freedom, people aim at knowledge of what others really need which emerges only through caring and having respect for their autonomy. People either embrace or reject their freedom, and those who reject it do so in different ways – by socially conforming or submitting entirely to powerful personalities or deepening the destructive tendencies of their isolation until they destroy their world. Whatever the strategies they employ, the rejection of freedom initiates profound mental conflicts that can deepen into acute forms of mental illness. BFTF’s performance opened with the theater divided into four large squares. One square contained a suitcase, another a huge pile of clothes. The two squares at the back of the stage was strewn with sheets of crumpled white paper and the last contained a potted white orchid and a box. The show began by showing four videos of the performers – Taran, Forte, Heather Maloney and Carlos Fabian – doing different actions like staring at their faces in a mirror, climbing a wall, shuffling through photos, hugging themselves or undressing and raising a fist. Clips showed Forte with a box over her face and Fabian with a bag over his head. The Christmas song, “Carol of the Bells” – a recurring musical motif of the piece – played faintly in the background. As the film ended, the stage was illuminated by a bank of lights from the left and a timer flashed on the back of the stage and started to count backwards from 40 minutes. In one of the back squares, Forte sat with her head covered by a cardboard box and a white orchid in her lap. She recited into a microphone statements about grief like “El luto es la Avenida principal de la ciudad” (“Grief is the main avenue of the city”) and “El luto es las memorias” (“Grief is the memories”). Sometimes she would begin sobbing, sing scales or call out for “Gloria,” presumably a pet. At one point she dumped a box of what looked like cat litter over her head. With his back to the audience, Taran sat in the square adjacent to Forte in the midst of huge sheaths of white paper, which he either shredded or folded up and snapped beneath his arm. His movements were erratic and robotic. At times he would snatch a tablet and launch into a pantomimed lecture or fiercely conduct Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Symphony from his chair. Occasionally he would stand, salute and declare: “Aqui por la patria!” (“Here, for the Fatherland!”) In the square in front of Forte, Fabian shuffled through a huge pile of clothes and then frantically began dressing and undressing. At times he had a difficult time keeping his pants on while at others he stuffed more and more clothes into his shirt and pants until they clownishly bulged. At one point Fabian kneeled and recited the “Apostle’s Creed” in Spanish before donning a red dress and leopard print jacket and running circles in his square. In front of Taran, Heather Maloney – her face pained – hugged herself tightly or slowly ran her hands up her legs, briefly palming her face. At times she moved as if drugged. At other moments, she would tie on a red dress and dance, pirouetting or standing en pointe before collapsing on the floor and slowly spinning in place. None of the performers behaved as if they were aware that others shared their space. Each played out their compulsive behaviors as if entirely engaged in medicating the internal sense of deep conflict each experienced. With the stage trashed, the countdown hit six minutes. Fabian in black jeans and black sunglasses held his phone in front of him as if beginning a FaceTime call, waving and repeating, “Hi Everyone! Love you guys!” As he did so, he crossed the stage and became the first performer to break from his square, crossing Maloney’s space who then danced along the full floor’s diagonal. At the cue, Taran hung over his chest a disco ball and bright white light then spun and danced around the theater to Laura Branigan’s 1982 pop hit, “Gloria.” Facing the audience Forte danced and joined in with the vocals. Given the chaos on the stage, Branigan’s line, “I think you’re headed for a breakdown so be careful not to show it” hit home. For these four characters that ship had already sailed. Then the timer struck zero, flashed red, and the house lights went black. After a few seconds of darkness a bright blue light streamed from the ceiling to the center of the performance floor. As the four performers all huddled in its beam, Fabian opened an umbrella over them. For the first time in the 50-minute show they spoke to one another in low tones and touched as a stream of what looked like snow fell from the ceiling onto the umbrella. BFTF’s “Fear of Freedom” constituted a brilliant, risk-taking work of multimedia theater. The performers powerfully brought to life Fromm’s thesis concerning the neurotic, self-destructive mindsets that capture people in their gambit to escape the demands posed by their lives and other human beings. The work’s closing with the four performers huddled together for protection stayed consistent with Fromm’s thesis – that only through the sphere of the intersocial can the emotional disturbances initiated by rejection of freedom be healed. If you didn’t get the chance to catch “The Commune, Chapter 3” this time around, BFTF plans on staging it again in December, on a date yet to be determined, at inkub8, 2021 NW 1st Place, Miami. For information, call 305-482-1621. 
The commune Chapter 3: THE FEAR OF FREEDOM
Directed by Alexey Taran Presented by Miami Dade County Auditorium & Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film CARLA FORTE HEATHER MALONEY CARLOS FABIAN ALEXEY TARAN October 6-7, 8:30PM Miami Dade County Auditorium ON.STAGE BLACK BOX THEATRE 2901 West Flagler St Miami, FL 33135 Commissioned by Miami-Dade County Auditorium “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” Supported by O Cinema Inkub8 Miami Light Project by TRAE DELELLIS, Miami New Times Miami can seem like a bright place, but in reality, it can be downright dark. For proof, you only need to see filmmaker Carla Forte's Miki Maníaco. It is a tale of celebrity, exile, and malcontent. Miki Maníaco follows its titular character, Miki, a former children's entertainer in professional ruin following his banishment from the industry. Literally washed up, Miki lives on a tiny boat with his former professional partner and lover, Mimi. The film alternates between the couple airing their grievances adrift in the water and an E! True Hollywood Story-esque documentary project about Miki and his former fame. The film opens at O Cinema South Beach tonight, September 2. A darker-than-dark comedy with surreal and satirical flourishes, Miki Maníaco isn't a film for everyone, but nor is it worried about pleasing everyone. The first images in stark black-and-white contrast the conventional imagery of Miami, one of sun, greenery, and neon nights. The South Florida setting was integral to Forte's vision. Having moved from Venezuela in 2007, Forte was interested in Florida as a "state that has always been known as a place of transition and retirement for the country." Both accurately describe Miki's predicament. He is treading water, trapped in a moment of transition brought on by his forced retirement from the entertainment industry. A former performer with a slight messiah complex, he's in purgatory, awaiting salvation or damnation. Amid the angry diatribes of a "forgotten man" and existential questions from a disembodied documentarian Forte intersperses sublime scenes of striking motion such as dance, a man seemingly walking on water, and a triumphant pack of dogs. They perfectly contrast the dark humor and bitter tone of Miki Maníaco, which is ultimately a film about how systems (or industries) can discard and dehumanize people and potentially create monsters. Central to Forte's film is a deconstruction and interrogation of the "Dream Americano" and experience of exile, rooted in her experiences as a Latin American artist living in the United States. "In Latin America, we perceive the American Dream in a very particular way," Forte explains. "We think of it as a delusion, [one that] we can only really understand once we live in the United States." In many ways, the film is a satire about bureaucracy and cruelty with shades of Kafka and Buñuel. Again, these overarching ideas emerged from Forte's own experience. Fueled by frustration with the constant consumption of the entertainment industry, Miki Maníaco is a therapeutic and cathartic product of confronting those ideas. Forte's exploration of deteriorating fantasy is one of the film's most fascinating elements. It can be seen in Miki Maníaco's subversion of Disney tropes. Each of the characters' names is derived from a classic Disney character: Miki, Mini, Donalt, and even a brief cameo from an Ariel-like figure, as Forte takes abstract aim at the illusions and delusions we're fed by the entertainment industry. As a child, Disney represented an ideal world to Forte, who, as an adult, is more interested in the fragility of fantasy. Firmly believing that the perfect place does not exist, she remains fascinated by the fractures of fantasy, extending to the country we live in, which isn't as solid as we thought it was. What interests Forte is how unhappiness can masquerade as happiness. Miki Maníaco is a dark film, for sure — a kind of Miami Inland Empire — but it is also fascinating and singular. This is partly due to the close collaborations between Forte and her cast and crew. The making of Miki Maníaco seems to counter its own dark tale of the entertainment industry and show the possibilities of local artists working together to create art. Working closely with Forte on the project is cinematographer and editor Alexey Taran. In 2005, Forte and Taran founded Bistoury Physical Theater and Film, a platform for avant-garde dance, theater, and film. The translation of avant-garde theater, mainly regarding movement, provides an intriguing component to the film. Forte values the partnership, saying they speak the same language. An interesting addition to the creative team is first-time collaborator Abiram Brizuela, who contributed a musical score that provides some of Miki's haunting moments. The final piece of the puzzle is the actors, Carlos Antonio León (Miki), Lola Amores (Mimi), Chaz Mena (Donalt), and Jose Manuel Dominguez (Mailmain), who give equally frenetic and committed performances. Conveying such disgruntled and aggrieved characters requires trust between director and actor. Forte, who worked closely with each performer, says it was all about unmaking the characters — and that they had a lot of fun doing it. Supported by O Cinema, this project is quintessentially made in Miami and is an example of what independent film can do in the city. In its entirety, Miki Maníaco is like a funhouse mirror. The image can be distorted and grotesque, yet you can't look away. Forte and her collaborators have crafted an allegorical tale about the warping of the American Dream, fully aware that it has always been warped. Miki Maníaco. Friday, September 2, through Thursday, September 8, at O Cinema South Beach, 1130 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 786-471-3269; o-cinema.org. Tickets cost $11. The feature film directed by Carla Forte opens for theatrical release September 2-8 in the US
A BISTOURY PHYSICAL THEATRE AND FILM PRODUCTION | DIRECTED BY: CARLA FORTE | 2022 | 1H 28M | UNRATED | IN SPANISH W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES
MIKI MANIACO 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.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
Miki Maniaco is a feature film that tells us about exile and what is disposable from the point of human view and personal relationships. As a Latin American artist, I grew up with a very local, and to a certain extent, my own conception of what the dream meant to be American; a dream that is demonstrated with: advancement, triumph, and success. Miki Maniaco is inspired by iconic characters, those who for me as a child represented the fantasy, within a magical world where everything was possible. When I grew up and moved to the United States, I understood in a more profound and more personal way, the meaning of the “Dream Americano”, what it implies, and what is behind that search. A dream that is tied to an economic and political reality of a country. Miki Maniaco is a feature film that plays with black humor, with fantasy and with the honesty of the characters, where there are no taboos, nor fear of saying what they feel and that they have lived As Miki characters, Mimi and Donalt want to tell and share their stories after having been forgotten, abused, banished, and discarded by a system that advances like an avalanche, where history goes into the background. Miki Maniaco was filmed in the territorial waters of Florida, a state that has always been known to be a place of transition and retirement in the country. Behind a costume, there is a story. Miki Maniaco is an irreverent critic of the use of images and their language. A way to reveal myself to the American dream and undertake the true pursuit of happiness, which goes beyond success and money. – Carla Forte 'MIKI MANIACO' @newparkcinema We are proud and happy. Our new feature film 'MIKI MANIACO' directed by Carla Forte is an official selection of the upcoming 30th Chichester International Film Festival besides renowned movies! We had the great pleasure of working with an astonishing cast: @carantoleon @lolamores19 @chazmena Jose Manuel Dominguez @antiheroes_project @roque9672 @marsillie0110 and @marcotulli We want to thank our amazing crew for the incredible work. Producers: Carla Forte, @alexeytaran and @carantoleon Original Music: @abirambrizuela Director of Photography and Editor: Alexey Taran Second Assistant Camera: @kevin_tw_one Drone Operator: @marcotulli Sound: Felix Riera Ruas Sound Design: Felix Riera Ruas and Edgar Davila Production Manager: Omar Roque Poster: Alexey Taran Music Department: @carlosjp819 , @carolina_cova_siman Aquiles Hernandez,Pedrito Lopez & Aaron Mckay,Charles Tsai, Shabnam Kalbasi, Eddie Cordero, Luis Sierra, Patricia Cova & German Marcano, Alex Berti, Alexis Angulo. Jewelry: @vforte47 Locations: Popeye, Koubeck and Territorio de Zaguates. Produced by @bistoury_physical_theatre and Espacio de Revoltillo Escenico Bisturi. With the support of @ocinema @velozdistribucion and @territorio_de_zaguates “With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” @miamidadearts It is a co-production between Venezuela and the USA. 
FEMME Directed by Carla Forte @ cuadropordanza
[Sábado 18/06, Asociación Cultural Humboldt, Caracas, Venezuela ] Programa de videodanzas sábado 18 de junio, 4ta edición de #CPD2022 Dignidad | @elnicolook | Venezuela | 3:09 The end does not see | #DavideBelotti | Holanda | 10:00 YEL | @rima_pipoyan | Armenia | 3:46 COLONY | @didier.mulleras | Francia | 8:00 Werewolf Heart | @christianweberstudio + @dalelbacre | EEUU | 3:59 Femme | #CarlaForte@bistoury_physical_theatre | Venezuela-EEUU | 9:45 N E X U M | @flavia_mazz | Austria | 5:00 Co Pa Ku | @papi_rai + @agentelibredanza | Venezuela-México | 3:30 Face to face | @florentmahoukou | República del Congo | 19:54 Sábado 18 y domingo 19 de junio a las 3:00pm #AsociaciónCulturalHumboldt@asohumboldt2022 Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre. Supported by: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge Miami 2019, FL. The Miami Foundation. Miami Light Project. Oolite Arts. O Cinema. Cultural Arts Exchange.“Con el apoyo de Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.” 
 FEMME directed by Carla Forte
ScreenDance Miami 2022 Special Edition, present by Miami Light Project. North Beach Bandshell on JUNE 9, 2022 at 8pm. RSVP for free entry at northbeachbandshell.com FEMME Knight Arts Challenge 2019 grated by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation @knightfdn Supported by: @miamilightproject @oolitearts@miamifoundation @ocinema. Cultural Arts Exchange. With the support of Miami- Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. @miamidadearts Produced by: @bistoury_physical_theatre Thanks to all our women participants: Carmen Juliana Morgado, Isolina Leon, Maritza Ortega, Adela Josefina Rios Guevara, Antonela Magaldi, Jeannina Rios, Jacqueline Elisa Delgado, Niurca Elie Marquez Concepcion, Dinorah De Jesus Rodriguez, Maria Teresa Puentes Delgado, Leysli Rodriguez, Carla Forte, Ana Figueroa, Juana Ortega, Maria Curbelo, Antonietta Lentini, Rosa Jimenez, Rosalinda Paredes, Mercedes Prieto, Alla T. Thanks to Francois Szony for wardrobe legacy. Thanks to all our wonderful team @alexeytaran @niurcamarquez@abirambrizuela @carlosjp819@maritzasillie @evelgonzalez @vicenteforte_ 
Art by @vicenteforte_
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Our Feature Film "Conejo" directed by Carla Forte. Official Selection Košice International Film Festival.
June 8-10, 2022 Košice, Slovakia @44filmsproduction @wajirosfilms_cuba @kosice_film_fest
CONEJO
2020 Feature Film 85’ Venezuela, United States, Cuba Written and Directed by Carla Forte 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: Dumbo Film Festival (December - January bimonthly competition 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 Narrative Feature. Dumbo Film Festival (2021) Best Lead 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) Produced by Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film, 44 Films.. Supported by: O Cinema, FilmGate Interactive. 305 HAV INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FEST '22 (6TH EDITION) |
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