Independent Streak Magazine -- January 2016 by Rachel Galvin

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The Love Burn Jan 28-31 Come for the fun activities like the art, workshops and challenges, and, of course, you are expected to participate. Bring your own games, camps, drinks, ideas, art, costumes and more.

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The 17t h Annual Troma Dance Fil m Fest Accept ing FREE submissions Through April 30

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Highlights from The 16th Annual TromaDance selections can be viewed on Troma Movies YouTube account, and official film selections are available on the TromaDance website. Troma Hist ory

This year marks the 17th anniversary of TromaDance and the festival maintains its longstanding reputation as an exhibition for innovative, idealistic and independent artists and filmmakers. Submission does not require entry fees and screenings are free and open to the public. TromaDance accepts films both long and short in all genres, including experimental and documentary. TromaDance also cheerfully premieres controversial movies other festivals are afraid to show, like, "Banana Motherfucker" and "The Human Centipede". Last year's TromaDance was held at The Paper Box Theatre in Brooklyn, NY and was hailed by "Brooklyn Vegan" as, "The best underground party of Williamsburg." The festival featured films from around the world, shorts, feature length presentations, an educational panel with "Fangoria", former N.Y.S. Film Comissioner Patricia Kaufman and other panelists, including Vice Senior Creative Evan Husney, Veral Salm of Frightpix and DJ Sam Roberts of Sirius XM's The Sam Roberts Show. Additionally, there was an exclusive educational focus group screening of Troma Films most recent work-in-progress, "Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 2", along with a Q&A with the cast.

Established in 1974 by Yale friends Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, Troma Entertainment is arguably the longest-running independent movie studio in North America. It's world famous for movie classics like Kaufman's "The Toxic Avenger", Trey Parker's "Cannibal, the Musical", "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead", "Class of Nuke 'em High", Charles Kaufman's "Mother's Day" and "Tromeo & Juliet". Troma's seminal films are now being remade as big-budget mainstream productions by the likes of Brett Ratner, Richard Saperstein, Akiva Goldsman and Steven Pink. Early work of many of today's luminaries can be found in Troma's library of 1000 films, cartoons, TV shows and shorts. Jenna Fischer, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Costner, Fergie, Vincent D'Onofrio, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gunn and Eli Roth are just a few. Troma's Blu-rays, DVDs, books, t-shirts and movie merchandise can be purchased at Tromashop. Find Troma and LLoyd Kaufman on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook and visit their websites at www.troma.com and www.lloydkaufman.com,.

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"Must ang" direct or t al ks By Rachel Gal vin Nominated for a Golden Globe and chosen to be part of the short list for the Oscars as Best Foreign Language Film from France, the feature film ?Mustang? has garnered a lot of attention. Set in Turkey, the film, shown also in Cannes where it won the Europa Cinemas Label Award, follows the life of five sisters. Raised by their grandmother and uncle, the sisters struggle with conservative notions of what it means to be a young woman in Turkey. The story, in part, is based on the life of writer/ director Deniz Gamze Erg端ven, who spoke with Independent Streak about the making of the film. Q. What inspired you t o creat e t his f il m? 3 A. Well, I wanted to say what it was like to be a girl

in Turkey. The most striking thing ? is the way women are perceived. There is an age before adolescence when everything you do is sexual. Q. What was t he writ ing process l ike, working on script wit h Al ice Winocour? A. Alice was like a boxing coach on the side of the ring. I told her about my treatment. She was passing a state of urgency, saying things like 'If you don't have a script by the end of the summer, you are going to die.' Q. Was t he st ory about your real l if e? A. The treatment I had written and put in a drawer was too much like real life. I thought I cannot tell secrets that are not only mine to tell. [I did not have four sisters but] there were many generations of girls in my family -- mother, sisters, cousins. The story is not an exact mirror. Two real life people became one, [one person became two]. Q. How l ong did it t ake you t o writ e/ shoot ? A. After writing, I wanted to barge into shooting. I was hungry to do the film. The financing segment went a bit slower. It was three years total. Q. How was it f inding l ocat ions and where did you shoot ? A. We wanted to use every single resource [and film as far away as possible.] We wanted it to look like a tale. [We looked at 1000 km of coast on the Black Sea. We had a checklist for our needs. It was so exhaustive. One place corresponded. It looked like it was on the edge of the world. It had an eerie nature with long winding roads on the edge of the sea. For the house, we needed one that could look out at the road and at the houses and neighbors.

The shooting took place in Turkey ? on the tiptop of the country. [I grew up] mostly in France, but also in Turkey. Q. Tel l me about cast ing t he girl s. A. We had long months of auditions. I think we saw every young girl in Turkey. Only one young girl had acted before. I had a frame of things I wanted to test the girls with. The casting director saw thousands of girls. I saw hundreds. Q. How did you creat e t he int imacy bet ween t he girl s? A. I started working with them in a playful way. My idea of how to direct actors is to create a safe place emotionally. Their idea of a Turkish director is a hearing a hairy guy screaming orders. There were surprised to have someone being friendly with them. [It was about] engaging eye contact and physical contact, creating a safe place where they could say and try everything. They were always doing each scene with an acting coach [off camera] who would be a strong antagonist to play off of, do something off screen to make them laugh or go into a trance. The girls were aged 12 1/ 2 to 20. The 20-year-old had acted before. I was hoping she wouldn't grow up [too much in the middle of filming]. Q. What chal l enges did you f ace?

A. Three weeks before filming, the initial producer withdrew [and] everybody went back to Paris. I was in Istanbul alone with the film crashing. But, in three days, I found a new producer to get on board. Preparation had gone quite smoothly. It is a small budget film [so] it was a bit of a miracle. Shooting was postponed and we lost many of the crew; a lot fell apart. Making a film is such a big adventure. Q. Were you t rying t o make a pol it ical st at ement wit h your f il m? A. [Making a film] allows you to show your point of view. You [can't] state things through film without a message passing through. It was quite deliberate. The girls feel very universal. Many people all over the world have seen the film. People relate to it strongly and broadly. [I hope to] broaden the perspective of the audience. The perspective of women is very rarely seen. I am opening a breach into that ? first steps. [Show a ] view of the world through cinema. [Film usually] articulates the Point of View of men. Women have been objects for decades. Now, they are subjects. It changes everything. I showed the film in a prison in France. Women from different cultural backgrounds ? African, Gypsies, etc. said they had gone through [the virginity test]. They were taken 4 to doctors to check out if they were virgins are not.

[The country, government, society] doesn't enjoy seeing things that show bad secrets of the family. The doctor who told me [about the virginity tests] was from Ankara. He had seen it not just once, but 40 or 50 times a year. I had heard stories about honor crimes. I wanted to see what was behind it, the legal framework, the down-to-earth details. Q. What did you t hink when you were t ol d you were [nominat ed f or Academy Awards and Gol den Gl obes] ? A. I about fainted. It is a big deal. It is extremely moving to have the responsibility of representing France. It goes through the country. It is a big deal. "Must ang" is opening at Cinema Paradiso-Hol l ywood on Jan. 15 [as wel l as el sewhere]. See www.f l if f .com f or det ail s.

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"Hit t he Fl oor " VH1?s sl am dunk series Hit The Floor. ret urns Monday, Jan. 18 at 9/ 8c. The Super Geek Film Festival will be taking place at the Magic City Comic Con Jan 15-17, held at the Miami Airport Convention Center. FILMS Films focusing on geek culture, comics, gaming, animation, anime, manga, science fiction, fantasy, RPG, robotics, technology, and more will be screened. PANELS There will be special panels too with interviews of independent filmmakers, female filmmakers and more. Some filmmakers will even have Q&As after their films.

Season 3 is filled with more bombshells, sex, drama, secrets and excitement as well as 10 new jaw-dropping dance routines choreographed by the legendary Michael Rooney. Brent Ant onel l o, who hail s f rom Ft . Lauderdal e, FL, st ars as Jude Kinkade, who is a junior agent f or Devil s Nat ion.

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Let t er f rom t he Publ isher It's a brand new year. What will you do with it? It is a blank page waiting for you to write upon it. Write it well! A new year means New Year's Resolutions. What are yours? And will you keep them? Do you want to lose weight and get in shape? Do you want to find a day job to rake in some more cash ? Maybe now is the time to refresh your look and get new headshots or update your portfolio, or demo reel. Do people know you? Do they really know who you are? In the film biz whether you are an actor or filmmaker, you are not only who you know, but, more importantly, who knows you. Are you known in the biz? If not, now is the time to put yourself out there. Attend networking events, send out postcards or email blasts showcasing your newest projects or bookings. Don't do overkill. Pace yourself. But if this is something you have not been doing, now is the time to start. Are you too active? Do you find yourself feeling burnt out? Now is the time to just stop. Again, pace yourself. Slow down. Take some time for yourself. Have a happy New Year!

--Rachel Gal vin Any times mentioned in the magazine are Eastern Standard Time (EST) unless noted otherwise. The publisher does not necessarily endorse any advertisements in the mag.

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BAMPFA opens in Berkley The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is renowned internationally as one of the best venues for experiencing historical and contemporary world cinema. When BAMPFA opens its new downtown Berkeley building designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro to the public on Jan. 31, 2016, filmgoers will be treated to more of the stellar film programming they?ve come to expect, as well as vastly improved facilities for experiencing and studying the moving image. In its inaugural year, BAMPFA will expand the number of film screenings it presents, hosting programs 52 weeks per year, offering more film programming for K?12 students and lifelong learners, and introducing some limited engagements of selected films. BAMPFA patrons will enjoy two state-of-the-art film theaters (232 and 33 seats, respectively), an exterior LED screen for occasional outdoor screenings, and easier accessibility to the well-appointed Film Library and Study Center, galleries, store, and cafe. Cinema Mon Amour Launching the series is a week of special presentations by

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individuals who have been important to the institution. The opening night , on Feb. 3, 2016, features Barbro Osher, the Honorary Consul General of Sweden in California, after whom the new theater is named. She has chosen to screen Ingmar Bergman?s The Seventh Seal (1957). Marking this important milestone, BAMPFA has invited each of the past directors of the Pacific Film Archive to present a program they find inspirational. The former directors include Sheldon Renan, the founding director, as well as Tom Luddy, Lynda Myles, and Edith Kramer. Canadian filmmaker and cinephile Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg, The Forbidden Room, The Saddest Music In the World) will visit on Feb. 12?14 and present four of his films alongside films he loves by other directors. Hist orical and Cont emporary Fil m Programming f rom Al l Over t he Gl obe Between February and April 2016, BAMPFA will present retrospectives devoted to the films of French director, screenwriter, and actor Maurice Pial at ; a rare focus on the work of the late Brazilian filmmaker Eduardo Cout inho; contemporary Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bil ge Ceyl an, who most recently won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival for Winter Sleep (2014); and the legendary French filmmaker, theorist, literary critic, and novelist Jean Epst ein.

They will offer two six-week lecture/ screening series: In Focus: The Rol e of Fil m Archives and In Focus: Japanese Fil m Cl assics, each series featuring lectures by leading film authorities. Other series planned for the first season include the annual Af rican Fil m Fest ival ; Document ary Voices, which highlights notable recent and historical documentaries, and Commit t ed Cinema, which will shine the spotlight on Bay Area documentarian Charl es Ferguson (Inside Job, No End In Sight), who will be present at each screening. We are also pleased to welcome Isaac Jul ien, one of the leading artists of British, black British, and black queer independent cinema, who will be the UC Regents?Lecturer in 2016. BAMPFA?s year-round screening program will present 450 films annually in its new home. Upcoming retrospectives will include: Seijun Suzuki, William Cameron Menzies, Wim Wenders, Alberto Sordi, Jean-Marie Straub/ DaniĂ¨le Huillet, Nicholas Ray, Lucrecia Martel, Abderrahmane Sissako, Mexican Noir, and Abstract Cinema, exemplifying BAMPFA?s recognized range and depth. And BAMPFA will continue to be the East Bay destination for the annual San Francisco Int ernat ional Fil m Fest ival each April/ May. The Barbro Osher Theat er and Improved Facil it ies For the first time in 16 years, BAMPFA film screenings will take place under the same roof as the institution?s art galleries. The Barbro Osher Theater is suited to BAMPFA?s specialized needs for the presentation of a wide range of exhibition formats, from 35mm archival prints to 4K digital projection. Meyer Sound, a Berkeley-based leader in audio technology, has designed and outfitted the 9 theater?s sound system, ensuring ideal acoustics for

cinema. A stage will accommodate live musical accompaniment for silent film presentations, as well as lectures, panel discussions, and on-stage interviews that the BAMPFA is noted for. The theater?s 232-seat capacity is perfect for the institution?s film program? accommodating larger audiences, yet still intimate enough for its many guest presentations and post-screening discussions offered each year. A smaller 33-seat theater is nestled between several of BAMPFA?s lower-level galleries, and will give curators the ability to integrate film with gallery exhibitions and programs. For instance, the inaugural exhibition, Archit ect ure of Lif e, will feature a presentation of several short films on a rotating loop in the small theater during gallery hours. The exhibition explores ways that architecture? as concept, metaphor, and practice? illuminates various aspects of life experience, and will include short films by Kennet h Anger, Bruce Bail l ie, Yuri Ancarani, Kimsooja, and Brent Green, among others. The Barbro Osher Theater and the small theater are the first theaters in BAMPFA?s history that have been purpose-built specifically for the presentation of cinema. BAMPFA?s Film Library and Study Center, one of the premier film reference services in the United States, is located on the lower level of the building. The library, which had been a somewhat hidden feature of BAMPFA?s previous building, is enclosed by glass and visible both from the atrium and Oxford Street sidewalk above. The library will continue to provide film scholars and the general public access to its considerable holdings of film-related materials, which

includes more than 9,000 books, 150 journal titles, 10,000 posters, and 55,000 film stills, as well as countless screenplays, film festival programs, and distributors? catalogs. In addition, two viewing rooms offer researchers the ability to watch many films from BAMPFA?s collection by scheduled appointment and for a fee, and a pair of viewing carrels are available for drop-in access to digitized media during library hours (1?5 p.m. Wednesday?Friday).

Inf ormat ion: 510-642-0808 Websit e: www.bampf a.org.

BAMPFA VISITOR INFORMATION St reet address: 2155 Center St. Gal l ery hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Gal l ery admission: General admission is $12; admission for 65+, disabled persons, and non?UC Berkeley students is $10; admission for BAMPFA members, UC Berkeley students/ staff/ faculty/ retirees, and 18 & under is free. Free First Thursdays: Free gallery admission on the first Thursday of each month Theat er admission: General admission is $12; admission for UC Berkeley faculty/ staff/ retirees, non-UC Berkeley students, 65+, disabled persons, 18 & under is $8; admission is $7 for BAMPFA members and UC Berkeley students. *Additional same-day features are $5 unless otherwise noted. **Prices vary for some special screenings, including film festivals, film courses, and other special programs.

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Car s & Ar t s On Dec. 12, The Cars & Arts Charity Drive took place at Banyan Air Service in Ft. Lauderdale to benefit the Sheridan House. Many actors and filmmakers from Florida were involved in working the event.

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?HITCHCOCK/ TRUFFAUT? premiers Jan. 8 in Ft . Lauderdal e In 1962, Francois Truffaut, the young French filmmaker and critic who would go on himself to become a lion of world cinema, persuaded Alfred Hitchcock to sit with him for a weeklong interview. The great British auteur would share with his young admirer the secrets of his filmmaking. Based on the original recordings of this meeting? used to produce the seminal book

"Hitchcock/ Truffaut?? this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time and plunges us into the world of the creator of ?Psycho,? ?The Birds? and ?Vertigo.? Hitchcock?s singular vision is elucidated and brought vividly to life by today?s leading filmmakers: Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Arnaud Desplechin, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, James Gray, Olivier Assayas, Richard Linklater, Peter Bogdanovich, and Paul Schrader. Fil m is rel eased st art ing Jan. 8 at Cinema Paradiso -- Ft . Lauderdal e (503 SE 6 St reet ). About Producer/ Direct or Ol ivier Mil l e Olivier Mille has produced approximately 250 films (documentaries, TV dramas, feature-length films) for major French television channels or for cinema, in collaboration with a number of international partners. His company, Artline Films, focuses on ambitious productions with strong international potential, such as Farewell Comrades! The Black Sun of Hiroshima The Killer?s Opera, Cosa Nostra, Global Food et Global Drinks and Snow Business. Headshot phot o credit : GODLIS.

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Sil ver spot Cinema Jewish Fil m Ser ies Jan. 22- 28 Silverspot Cinema, 4441 Lyons Rd., Coconut Creek, FL, is launching a Jewish Film Series showcasing Judeo-centric films from Israel, Germany, France, Poland, Spain, Hungary, the U.S. and the U.K. This is a kickoff to their plan to feature exclusive engagements of independent films throughout the year, providing theater goers with ?The Global Experience? and unique programming from throughout the world. ?We are offering our guests documentaries and features throughout the year that one would only be able to see at a film festival, as well as an alternative venue in which filmmakers can experience a theatrical showing,? said Randi Emerman, senior director of Marketing for Silverspot Cinema. ?The Jewish Film Series will enrich, entertain and educate filmgoers about diverse Jewish and Israeli topics with films from all over the world.? In addition to the Global Experience, Silverspot?s on-going cultural programming will include such favorites as operas from around the globe including the Met, ballets, theater and Shakespeare. ?Seeing some of these highly acclaimed productions on the big screen is the next best thing to attending a live show,? added Emerman.

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Jewish Fil m Fest ival Feat ure Fil ms incl ude t he f ol l owing: 10% My Chil d Franny is 7 years old. Franny's mother's new boyfriend is 26 year old Nico To be with Franny's Mom, Nico has to win Franny's heart. Nico is trying to be a filmmaker but couldn't even finish his graduation film. The first time they meet, Franny finds Nico in her mother's bed. From that moment on, Nico and Franny need to find a way to get along, love and hate each other. Mostly they do all three in the same frame. Cuckoo and t he Donkey Conrad Weitzmann is not a very successful author. He is, however, convinced that the world needs to hear about the love story of his parents. Ten years ago, following the death of his mother, he began writing the screenplay ?The Orange Grove?. And indeed, the material seemed to inspire the television editor Stuckradt Halmer. But after five years of mail traffic and countless changes, Conrad is forced to accept that he hasn?t progressed a single step - and must now resort to drastic action. He makes a momentous decision: without further ado, Weitzmann, together with his father Ephraim, kidnaps the television man and holds him captive in their basement until he agrees to help finish the script. But it appears that Conrad?s hostage has never even heard about the screenplay. With a good dose of black humour, the Cuckoo and the Donkey leads us through the overwhelmingly large maze that is German television, in which some talented ? or even just obsessed ? filmmakers perish.

God?s Neighbors Rules must be followed. For the ?supervisors? of a Bat Yam neighborhood in Israel, this means ensuring that women are dressed appropriately, that people respect Shabbat, and that Arabs from Jaffa don?t enter the neighborhood. Let 's Go In 1968, 20-year-old Laura returns to Munich to attend her father?s funeral. Overcome with grief, Laura and her mother must face the family?s traumatic history: Having survived the Holocaust, Laura?s parents start a new life in post-War Germany. However, their horrific experiences loomed over their daily lives. Now, in the face of another tragedy, will Laura come to understand her parent?s traumatic past? Michael Verhoeven artfully presents a biting commentary on post-war German society through the cinematic adaptation of the autobiographical novel by Laura Waco. Magic Men A father-and-son road movie in search of a Greek magician who saved the father during WWII. The journey opens up old wounds and forces the two men to face the truth, to try to bridge the gaps between them, and to once again be father and son. Princess Princess is a deeply moving film that delves into a complex world of intolerable love, sensuality, sexuality and family. It tells the story of Adar, a 12-year-old girl who finds herself the center of attention in her workaholic mother's bohemian home. However, the attention is misplaced. Hungry for love and connection, Adar finds herself drawn into the fun and games of her over attentive stepfather and a haze of confusing sexual tension begins to surround her. She is changing, but not of her own volition. Looking for a way out, Adar meets the homeless Alan, a dreamy, mysterious boy who happens to be her mirror image, and brings him home. The two embark on a dark journey between childhood

and adolescence, reality and fantasy, which will forever change Adar's concept of ?family.? Document aries Censored Voices The 1967 'Six-Day' war ended with Israel's decisive victory; conquering Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the West Bank. It is a war portrayed, to this day, as a righteous undertaking - a radiant emblem of Jewish pride. One week after the war, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The recording revealed an honest look at the moment Israel turned from David to Goliath. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing the kibbutzniks to publish only a fragment of the conversations. 'Censored Voices' reveals the original recordings for the first time. Famous Nat han A Coney Island-inspired, densely-layered visually dynamic documentary portrait of the life and times of the original Nathan's Famous, created in 1916 by filmmaker Lloyd Handwerker's grandparents, Nathan and Ida Handwerker. Thirty years in the making, Famous Nathan interweaves decades-spanning archival footage, family photos and home movies, an eclectic soundtrack and never-before-heard audio from Nathan: his only interview, ever as well as compelling, intimate and hilarious interviews with the dedicated band of workers, not at all shy at offering opinions, memories and the occasional tall tale. Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Born into great wealth and yet experiencing a series of traumas that left her emotionally at odds with the world, the rebellious American socialite Peggy Guggenheim spent a lifetime (and a fortune) breaking society?s rules to become one of the preeminent art collectors of the 20th Century and a tireless champion of the avant-garde.

This absorbing documentary charts her journey from Jewish heiress (her financier father died in the sinking of the Titanic) to bohemian tastemaker, as she helped discover, support and promote the early careers of such talents as Wassily Kandinsky, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dali, Louise Nevelson, Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock. In a hidebound, male-dominated art world, she was early on dismissed as a dilettante and a ?shopper?; even the art foundation of her own uncle, Solomon Guggenheim (later of New York museum fame), accused her of ?propagating mediocrity.? The film, richly illustrated with her collected artwork and containing rare, candid audio interviews with Peggy Guggenheim herself, makes a strong case that she was one of her generation?s truly liberated women, single-mindedly forging a groundbreaking career as an independent gallery ownerist and collector, while moving through an astonishing series of sexual liaisons (and the occasional marriage) with brilliant artists including Samuel Beckett, Constantin Brancusi, Paul Bowles, and Max Ernst.

3rd ANNUAL FILMGATE INTERACTIVE RETURNS TO MIAMI Feb. 20-28

Congrat s t o act or Lou Pappas f or get t ing a rol e in Capt ainDil l usion's YouTube video ent it l ed "UFO Over India Debunk," which has al ready had over 60,000 hit s, as of press t ime ... and rising. Find t he video on YouTube.

FilmGate Interactive, U.S.A.?s only Immersive Media Conference, returns for its third year with more than 20 screenings, 6 performances, 5 interactive exhibits and 15 workshops, which explore the intersection of film, technology and interactive storytelling. For more information, visit www.filmgate.miami.