Miami Short Film Festival presents 'Spooktacular!'

Try to keep your eyes open with the Miami Short Film Festival at the spooky screening as they celebrate the mysterious month of Halloween with a Spooktacular.

These short films will chill your bones with toil and trouble to spare, enter at the Cinepolis Theater in Coconut Grove if you even dare.

Showtime is 8 pm on Wednesday, October 28.

On the schedule:

Velvet Road – Dir: L. Gustavo Cooper – NARRATIVE - 0:14:00 – USA

In the racially charged South of the 1960's the black population of a small town is blamed for the spread of a virulent plague.  Bobby, a white mechanic, is racing through the countryside with his wife Carolyne.  She was bitten by one of those infected and is fading fast.  Awakening in a wrecked car with Carolyne missing, Bobby follows a trail of blood down the road towards a fateful encounter and an unthinkable choice.

FOXED! – Dir: James Stewart – ANIMATION - 0:03:30 – CANADA

Emily has been Foxed! in this 3D stop-motion tale of human rights and fighting for what you believe in. Filmed in stunning 3D over a two-year period, Director James Stewart crafts a cautionary tale about child labor, growing up in an environment of parental control, and how children are often portrayed in the eyes of their parents.

Honeymoon Suite Directed by Zao Wang, , 14 minutes, Narrative, China, 2013

Service is the top priority at this posh boutique hotel in Beijing, China. So when a mysterious American guest wreaks havoc, the new guest services manager must take charge to tame this beastly terror of a man while risking her own life to protect his secret and the hotel's reputation.

Inmentis, Dir. Francisco de la Fuente, TRT 12:25,  Narrative, Argentina

A man trapped in a route trip, over and over again.

Gwoemul: Dir; Seong-Kyu Ryu            Narrative, 23:06 South Korea

Members of the family have been infected with the unknown virus and they are turning into monsters. The mother who survived until the end has to make a decision.-

TERCERO B: Directed by José Mari Goenaga, Spain, 2002, 19 minutes
A woman entrusts her belongings to a stranger while she goes into the sea to take a swim. But when she comes out again, the stranger has disappeared, taking everything with him, including the keys to her house.

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