Alumni Thesis Film 'Hierophany' Premiering in Florida and New York in March

Hierophany, written and directed by alumnus Kevin Contento '18 and assistant directed by alumnus Daniel Pfeffer '18, will have its Florida Premiere at the 36th Miami Film Festival (March 1-10, 2019) as part of the Made in MIA Short Film Award. It will also receive its New York Premiere as part of the Caribbean Film Series: A 5th Anniversary Festival which will be held at BAM in Brooklyn (March 14-17, 2019). The film has previously screened at prestigious film festivals including the LA Film Festival 2018 as well as Slamdance Film Festival earlier this year.

In Hierophany, Aaron steals a backpack full of rabbits, which he hopes to sell for cash. An encounter with a lost falcon searching for its falconer beckons him to repent and return to his divine origin. In glistening black and white cinematography, Hierophany finds a visual expression of an eternal cerebral struggle to understand the intangible presence of spiritual power in our lives. The film was developed in a thesis workshop with Professor and Film Program Chair Hilary Brougher.

Kevin Contento is a Colombian-American filmmaker who grew up in South Florida. A University of Central Florida alumni, he majored in Cinema Studies and earned his MFA in Directing at Columbia. Hierophany is Contento’s directorial debut.