MANIAC MIKI follows Miki and his friends as they grapple with reality after being cast away from a world of magic and unfulfilled dreams. Now depressed and stuck somewhere in South Florida, the trio looks back at an era of fame and glory that will never come back.
Carla Forte lives and works in Miami, Florida. Forte as first trained as a contemporary dancer, received a bachelor degree, earning the highest GPA at Dance University Institute in Caracas - Venezuela (2000-2004). Forte soon established herself as an interdisciplinary artist incorporating dance, film and performance through different media, focusing on the emotions as starting point. She is the co-founder and film director of Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film (2007 - Present) in Miami, Florida. Her feature films and experimental pieces have been screened at prominent festivals such as: 74 "Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno", “62nd Rochester International Film Festival” (2020), 37th “Miami Film Festival” (2020), “41st Atlanta Film Festival” (2017). She has also been featured in Galleries including: “ OGA VideoArt Exhibitions Roma, Italy (2018); Cube Art Project Lincoln, Nebraska. (July 21, 2017) and Les Instants Vidéo Marseille, France (2014). Her works have been acquired by Gravitas Adventures (2019) and South Florida PBS. Forte has won awards and artistic residencies from prestigious programs such as Dance Miami Choreographers (2020); Knight Arts Challenge Miami (2019); En Residencia Koubek Center (2019); Kulturscio'k Live Art Collective, Domicella- Italy (2018- 2019); FONLAD Residency Program Coimbra- Portugal (2018); Berlinale Talent Berlin (2017) among others.
