CinemaSlam

CinemaSlam CinemaSlam is Miami Film Festival’s Florida film school competition, sponsored by Lynn & Louis Wol

Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in participating Florida film schools/programs are welcome to apply for $42,500 in cash prizes from the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation CinemaSlam Competition 2020 at Miami Film Festival. The purpose of CinemaSlam is to foster excellence in student filmmaking, encourage the utilization of archival footage* in visual storytelling, and expose

students to the value of film festivals in connecting their work with public audiences and industry professionals.

*Archival footage is pre-existing historical content that is incorporated into a new production of any genre for the purpose of enhancing story, theme and/or style. Archival footage differs from “stock footage” in that archival footage illuminates a historical context, whereas stock footage is created for the commercial purpose of replacing the need for original footage that is called for by a script. CinemaSlam 2020 is now open only to films using archival footage from the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at Miami Dade College. For information on how to locate, browse, research and find archival footage to fit your script or project, please visit this link for instructions: bit.ly/WolfsonArchivesGuide

31/10/2019

Calling all Florida film students! Consider including FREE archival footage in your short film or work in progress and be eligible to win cash! Up to $42,000 in prizes available from Miami Film Festival’s CinemaSlam competition. Visit miamifilmfestival.com/cinemaslam-2020/ to learn more.

07/08/2019

Scene from 2019 Wolfson Cinemaslam Award for Best Film “Happy to Be Nappy”

07/08/2019
Meet Our 2019 Wolfson Cinemaslam Award Winner for Best Film

University of Miami film student producer Cathleen Dean is part of the filmmaking team that won Miami Film Festival’s Wolfson Cinemaslam Award for Best Film Featuring Archival Material in 2019, for “Happy to Be Nappy”, a music video for Florida musician Alana DaCosta, directed by graduate student Xiao Che. Dean was awarded $5,000 cash. In 2020, the Award will be open to all eligible film students across the State of Florida, and this year there will be $27,500 awarded to up to five films – see details at miamifilmfestival.com/cinemaslam-2020.

University of Miami film student producer Cathleen Dean is part of the filmmaking team that won Miami Film Festival’s Wolfson Cinemaslam Award for Best Film Featuring Archival Material in 2019, for “Happy to Be Nappy”, a music video for Florida musician Alana DaCosta, directed by graduate stud...

12/03/2018

CinemaSlam's cover photo

12/03/2018

Photos from CinemaSlam's post

12/03/2018

congratulations to OPPOSITE S*X by Lidia Rosa Hernandez of CENTER OF CINEMATOGRAPHY, ARTS AND TELEVISION, which won the 2018 Cinemaslam AUDIENCE AWARD

21/03/2017

Congratulations to all the 2017 CinemaSlam winners!

CINEMASLAM CHAMPION - “Ballet Bus” by Isaac Mead-Long from University of Miami.

Best Actor - George Smith III, for “Paradise”, Andrea Garcia Marquez, from University of Miami.

Best Actress - Amy Schulz Hoeler, for “Kuru”, by Jonathan Cuartas, from Miami Dade College.

Best Technical Achievement - “ Paradise” by Andrea Garcia Marquez from University of Miami.

Best Director - “Deer God” by Tomorrow Mingtian from University of Miami.

Best Documentary - “Ballet Bus” by Isaac Mead-Long from University of Miami.

Best Drama - “Deer God” by Tomorrow Mingtian from University of Miami.

Audience Award Winner - "Oscuro" by Yolanda Baez Oyola from Center of Cinematography Arts & Television.

20/03/2017

Miami Dade College's Miami Film Festival: CinemaSlam Screenings and Award Presentation.

08/11/2016

CinemaSlam is now OPEN for submissions for the 34th Miami Film Festival! Any student enrolled in a participating South Florida college/university on the completion date of the film is eligible to participate. Submissions are due by January 13, 2017. More info: miamifilmfestival.com/cinemaslam-2017/

25/04/2016

2016 WINNERS:
Amy Hoerler, Best Actress -- "Fade In, Fade Out"
Matthew S.Rubino, Best Documentary -- "Vicenta & Hospitalito"
Sean Ormond, Best Actor -- "I Want to Beat Up Clark Peters"
Joseph Picozzi, Best Director and Champion of CinemaSlam -- "I Want to beat Up Clark Peters"
Andrew Garcia, Best Drama and Best Technical Achievement -- "Hollow Bodies"

16/03/2016

Students competition, Miami International Film Festival.

16/03/2016

Directors of the short films participating in CinemaSlam 2016.

10/02/2016
CinemaSlam 2016

Congrats to the finalists of CinemaSlam 2016! Thanks to all the students who have submitted their amazing short films, making the selection process hard work for us! And also thanks to the educators for their support in spreading the word and encouraging the students to participate.

08/01/2016
CinemaSlam 2016

Today is the day! Last day to submit your short films, graduate and undergraduate students of South Florida!

The CinemaSlam competition aims to discover, showcase, and celebrate the work of undergraduate and graduate students in Miami/South Florida film schools. Open to any student enrolled in a participating South Florida college/university upon the completion date of the film. Miami/South Florida schools…

04/01/2016
CinemaSlam 2016

Hey, students of South Florida: Don´t miss the opportunity and apply with your short films for CinemaSlam! Deadline on Jan. 8th!

The CinemaSlam competition aims to discover, showcase, and celebrate the work of undergraduate and graduate students in Miami/South Florida film schools. Open to any student enrolled in a participating South Florida college/university upon the completion date of the film. Miami/South Florida schools…

23/11/2015
CinemaSlam 2016

Undergraduate and graduate students in Miami/South Florida film schools, submit your short films!

The CinemaSlam competition aims to discover, showcase, and celebrate the work of undergraduate and graduate students in Miami/South Florida film schools. Open to any student enrolled in a participating South Florida college/university upon the completion date of the film. Miami/South Florida schools…

20/11/2015
Film Events at Miami Book Fair 2015

¨Exciting literary events for film lovers featuring actors Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Jesse Eisenberg, John Leguizamo, and Rosie Perez coming up this weekend at the Miami Book Fair.¨

Last weekend, the Miami Book Fair kicked off with “punk poet laureate” Patti Smith reading from her new book M Train. The fair, now underway, is chock full of exciting literary events, including several for film lovers this upcoming weekend. On Saturday, November 21st at 6:30pm, Academy-Award

04/11/2015
Upcoming Events | Jesse Eisenberg & Kunal Nayyar | Miami Book Fair

Jesse Eisenberg, best known for his role as Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network", will be at the Miami Book Fair on November 22nd in promotion of his new collection of short stories entitled Bream Gives Me Hiccups. Get your free ticket!

Academy Award-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg‘s first collection of stories Bream Gives Me Hiccups, throws the reader into a universe of social misfits, reimagined scenes from history, and ridiculous overreactions. Yes, My Accent Is Real: And Some Other Things I Haven’t Told You is a collection of h…

09/03/2015

A first for CinemaSlam at Miami International Film Festival RITA PEREYRA of Miami Dade College, SCHOOL OF ENTERTAINMENT & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY beat out all the other contestants to take a clean sweep in the following categories for her film EL PRIMA DIA : BEST DRAMA, BEST ACTRESS TO to SAHYLY ESPONDA BEST ACTOR to JUAN JIMENEZ BEST DIRECTOR to RITA PEREYRA, CHAMPION 2015 - CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FACULTY STAFF, STUDENTS AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THIS FILM.

09/03/2015

CINEMASLAM BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD goes to: ROMANA directed by LUIS GALVIS of University of Miami
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION with CinemaSlam Jury Member Ayoub Qanir

09/03/2015

CINEMASLAM BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD goes to: TOP SHELF directed by TIMOTHY WILCOX of Miami Dade College SCHOOL OF ENTERTAINMENT & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY with CinemaSlam Jury Member Aaron Moorehead

07/03/2015

Clean sweep by EL PRIMA DIA including BEST DRAMA, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS, AUDIENCE AWARD congratulations to all the students and faculty staff at Miami Dade College for the first time in 5 years Miami Dade College has the bragging rights to CINEMASLAM CHAMPION - we will be posting pictures soon of all the winners!

25/02/2015

Meet the amazingly talented CinemaSlam Jury who will be deliberating on the 11 short listed films!

28/01/2015

Congratulations to the 11 filmmakers that got shortlisted Miami International Film Festival - 5th Annual CinemaSlam 2015

25/09/2014

Hello Miami Dade College; University of Miami; Barry University; The Art Institutes Miami - Miami International Film Festival is now accepting submissions for CinemaSlam 2015 see here www.miamifilmfestival.com/program/cinemaslam.aspx to submit your student film.

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Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in participating Florida film schools/programs are welcome to apply for $42,500 in cash prizes from the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation CinemaSlam Competition 2020 at Miami Film Festival. The purpose of CinemaSlam is to foster excellence in student filmmaking, encourage the utilization of archival footage* in visual storytelling, and expose students to the value of film festivals in connecting their work with public audiences and industry professionals.

*Archival footage is pre-existing historical content that is incorporated into a new production of any genre for the purpose of enhancing story, theme and/or style. Archival footage differs from “stock footage” in that archival footage illuminates a historical context, whereas stock footage is created for the commercial purpose of replacing the need for original footage that is called for by a script.

CinemaSlam 2020 is now open only to films using archival footage from the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at Miami Dade College. For information on how to locate, browse, research and find archival footage to fit your script or project, please visit this link for instructions: bit.ly/WolfsonArchivesGuide

NOTE: This is a change from previous editions of CinemaSlam in prior years.