About | ShortsMiami

Who Are We?

Shorts Miami is built by filmmakers who deeply appreciate short-form storytelling. Our festival celebrates talent from around the world and serves as a hub for artists to connect. As filmmakers ourselves, we know the importance of not only showcasing your work but also having a space to meet future collaborators and friends. After attending our festival, we hope filmmakers leave with new contacts, pride in their work, and, hopefully, a cash prize!

Shorts Miami is held at the Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami in historic Coral Gables, Florida. Just moments from all the classic Miami spots, our festival offers a taste of the Miami you know while introducing you to spots only locals know about.

- In order to submit a film, you must own the rights or have permission from the owner.
- The maximum length allowed is 20 minutes.
- Films must have been completed in the last 3 years.
- The Festival relationship will be exclusively related to the film submitter.
- Any film not in English must have English subtitles.
- All fees are non-refundable.
- If your film is not selected, we're unable to provide personalized feedback.
- By submitting your film, you authorize Shorts Miami International Film Festival to use, distribute, and share the film poster, trailer, clips, synopsis, and movie stills on our social media.

Where Are You?

What Are The Rules?

Jury

2027 SMIFF JURY

Sope Aluko

Sope is a Nigerian-born British-American Actress/Filmmaker. She is most known for her film role in Marvel’s “Black Panther” and “Wakanda Forever”. As a Writer and Filmmaker, Sope feels compelled to shine a spotlight on the positive and most engaging stories about the African Diaspora that will resonate with the diverse global audience. She started her production company, ‘SopeBox Productions’ in 2020 under which she wrote, produced, executive produced, co-directed and starred in her first short film titled, “Chidera” (also a proof-of-concept TV series). “Chidera” world premiered at the prestigious Oscar qualifying 2023 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) in June 2023.

Gio Benitez

Gio Benitez is co-anchor of “Good Morning America” Saturday and Sunday, and transportation correspondent for ABC News based in New York. He covers aviation, space, railroads and the auto industry across all ABC News programs and platforms, including “20/20,” “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” “World News Tonight with David Muir,” ABC News Live and ABC News Radio.

Nestor Carbonell

Néstor Carbonell is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He came to prominence for his role as Luis Rivera in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan. He is known for his roles as Richard Alpert in the ABC drama series Lost, Sheriff Alex Romero in the A&E drama series Bates Motel, and Yanko Flores in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show. Carbonell also starred as Mayor Anthony Garcia in Christopher Nolan's superhero films The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).

David Frankel

David Frankel’s work as a director includes The Devil Wears Prada, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci; Marley & Me, starring Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston and Alan Arkin; The Big Year, starring Jack Black, Steve Martin and Wilson; Collateral Beauty, starring Will Smith, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, and Michael Pena; Hope Springs, starring Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carell. He won an Academy Award for Best Short for his film, Dear Diary, and an Emmy for his direction of HBO’s Band of Brothers. His other work for HBO includes the pilot for Entourage, several episodes of Sex and the City, and From the Earth to the Moon.

Cher Hawrysh

Cher Hawrysh is a Producer on the awards contender World War II drama Nuremberg, featuring Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, and Leo Woodall and on the Cold War espionage thriller Billion Dollar Spy, starring Academy Award winner Russell Crowe, Harry Lawtey, Willa Fitzgerald, and Vera Farmiga currently in post-production.

As EVP Production at Walden Media, Hawrysh oversaw production on Manhunt (Apple TV+), the limited series chronicling the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the critically acclaimed Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club, which earned two Children & Family Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Series.

Michael Zakin

Michael Zakin began producing music videos at Virgin Records in the mid 90s, working with artists like The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, N.E.R.D., and Janet Jackson, and with directors like Jonathan Glazer, Mark Romanek, and Roman Coppola. Shortly after leaving the music industry he re-connected with Roman, and began a 10-year residency at American Zoetrope, where he produced several films, including The Bling Ring, Life After Beth and Joshy, as well as shorter-form projects like A Very Murray Christmas, for which he earned an Emmy nomination, and Mozart in the Jungle for which he received a Golden Globe Award.

Antonio Mora

Antonio Mora is the Frances L. Wolfson Chair in Communication at the University of Miami. A veteran television news anchor and correspondent, he worked as the news anchor for Good Morning America and as the host of Good Morning America Sunday, among many other national and local news shows. He's won a dozen national and local Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards and a national Edward R. Murrow Award. He was born in Cuba and grew up in Venezuela and the U.S.

Muriel Pearson

Muriel Pearson is the Executive Producer of Special Projects at ABC News Studios. She created several series at ABC News including the network series "Truth & Lies" and the biography series "Superstar." She also works with David Muir on both his news and Hulu specials. Muriel began her career at CBS Reports. She has also produced breaking news at CNN and was a senior producer at World News Tonight before her focus turned to long form journalism.

Ira Rosen

Ira Rosen has produced some of the most memorable, important and ground-breaking stories for 60 Minutes. He has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including 24 national Emmy Awards, placing him in the top ten all-time news Emmy winners in broadcast history.

His report on who is responsible for the opioid epidemic, won more awards for 60 Minutes than any segment in the show’s 52 year history.

Phyliss McGrady

Before retirement, Phyllis McGrady was Senior Vice President of Early Morning, Primetime and News Program Development for ABC NEWS. She was formerly Executive Producer of ABC’s Good Morning America, Primetime Live, Turning Point and the Barbara Walters Specials. She oversaw the documentary unit at ABC NEWS and has won numerous Emmy’s, DuPonts and Peabodys.