In order to heal her grieving mother, a devout 9 year old girl pushes her faith to its limit in hopes of divine intervention.
Written & Directed by Cris Gris
"San Miguel" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it on the Vimeo Blog: vimeo.com/blog/post/san-miguel-cris-gris
San Miguel was made possible through the assistance of a grant from the Spike Lee Film Production Fund and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Fellows Fund.
AWARDS:
National Board of Review Grant Winner (New York, 2019)
Wasserman King Screenwriting Award (New York, 2019)
Female Film Force 1st Place Honoree, 18th Ivy Film Festival (Providence, RI, USA 2019)
Best Script, Brooklyn Women Film Festival (Brooklyn, NY 2019)
Honorable Mention, New Renaissance Film Festival (London, UK 2019)
Special Jury Award, Beirut Women International Film Festival (Beirut, Lebanon 2019)
Best Plot, Beyond Earth Film Festival (Kolkata, India 2018)
FUNDS/GRANTS:
Hollywood Foreign Press Association Fellows Fund (NY, 2018)
Spike Lee Film Production Fund (NY, 2017)
LICENSED BY:
Non-exclusive license Sony - Cine Sony.
OFFICIAL PROGRAMMING (50+ Film Festivals):
Semaine de la Critique, Festival de Cannes (Cannes, France 2019)
Morelia International Film Festival (Morelia, Mexico 2018)
HollyShorts Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA 2019) Oscar Qualifying
Oaxaca Film Festival (Oaxaca, MX 2019)
BronzeLens Film Festival (Atlanta, USA 2019)
Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival (Brooklyn, USA 2019)
47th Festival Int’l De Cine de Huesca (Huesca, Spain 2019)
First Run Film Festival (New York, USA 2019)
Athens International Film and Video Festival (2019)
Beirut International Women Film Festival (Beirut, Lebanon 2019)
4th Indie-Lincs International Film Festival (Lincolnshire, UK 2019)
2nd Moscow Short International Film Festival (Moscow, Russia 2019)
6th Berlin Feminist Film Week (Berlin, Germany 2019)
5th Beeston Film Festival (Beeston Nottingham, United Kingdom 2019)
9th Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival (Venice, Italy 2019)
Sarasota Film Festival (Florida, USA 2019)
6th Torino Underground Cinefest (Turin, Italy 2019)
8th Headwaters Film Festival (Bemidji, MN, USA 2019)
19th Beverly Hills Film Festival (Beverly Hills, USA 2019)
18th Ivy Film Festival (Providence, RI, USA 2019)
2nd Swindon Independent Film Festival (Swindon, Wiltshire, UK 2019)
48th Sehsuchte International Student Film Festival (Potsdam, Germany 2019)
8th Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (Wales, UK 2019)
3rd Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (Jim Thorpe, PA, USA 2019)
22nd Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (Austin, TX, USA 2019)
10th Leiden Int’l Short Film Experience (Leiden, The Netherlands 2019)
5th Nassau Film Festival (Princeton, NJ, USA 2019)
48th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist (Kyiv, Ukraine 2019)
8th Annual Breakthroughs Film Festival (Toronto, Canada 2019)
Olbia Film Network (Olbia, Italy 2019)
4th Burgas International Film Festival (Burgas, Bulgaria 2019)
OFF Odense International Film Festival (Odense, Denmark 2019)
Atlanta International Film Festival, (Atlanta, USA 2018)
NALIP National Association of Latino Independent Producers, (Los Angeles, USA 2018)
New Orleans International Film Festival (New Orleans, USA 2018) Oscar Qualifying
Lady Filmmakers Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA 2018)
Beyond Earth Film Festival (Kolkata, India 2018)
OLBIA FILM NETWORK (Film Market Professional Video Library, Olbia, Italy 2019)
4th BURGAS INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Burgas, Bulgaria 2019)
1st BALTIC INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Mechelinki, Poland) JUNE 29, 2019
4th NEW RENAISSANCE FILM FESTIVAL (London, United Kingdom 2019)
3rd MANIFESTO FILM FESTIVAL (Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2019)
8th VISIONI CORTE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Gaeta, Italy 2019)
5th MINIKINO FILM WEEK (Bali, Indonesia) OCTOBER 5, 2019
4th ADIRONDACK FILM FESTIVAL (Glens Falls, New York, USA 2019)
14th LA PLATA LATINAMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL (La Plata, Argentina 2019)
+ others...
