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FilmGate Miami is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit championing fearless filmmakers, immersive artists, and creative technologists. Your donation fuels future job skills, hands-on media labs, youth programs, interactive festivals, and boundary-pushing art. Support the bold. Back the weird. Help us grow a more inclusive, innovative media scene—from Miami to the metaverse. All donations are tax-deductible.

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Learn valuable skills and tools through our regular programs and classes led by some of the industry's best talent.

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Create and showcase your projects during monthly screenings, in the curated gallery, or in our annual interactive festival.

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Create and showcase your projects during monthly screenings, in the curated gallery, or in our annual interactive festival.

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Israel Consuegra

With a background in scriptwriting, directing, and production, Israel Consuegra is a distinguished producer in Miami’s short-form industry. He began his career in Cuba, directing and producing documentary and fiction projects, which led him to focus on producing. In 2012, after winning Best Film for a project he produced, he moved to Montreal, Canada, where he continued developing his career.

After relocating to the United States in 2015, Israel worked as a producer for CNN Latino and Mira TV, gaining valuable experience in broadcast media. He later co-founded KPRA FILMS, a production services and equipment rental company, collaborating with major production houses, creative agencies, and record labels including Sony Latin Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Universal Music, Warner Latin Music, Def Jam Recordings, Univision, and Telemundo.

In 2019, he founded Singular Pictures, focusing on short-format content such as commercials and music videos, where he serves as producer and creative director. In 2022, in partnership with Matices Media, he launched Stage 22, a startup production company dedicated to producing original films that amplify Latin talent in the U.S. and bring their stories to a global audience.

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FilmGate Miami 2026 All-Access Pass

FilmGate All Access Pass 2026

A Year of Feature Filmmaking, AI Creativity & Limitless Storytelling

Step into the future of storytelling with the FilmGate All Access Pass 2026 — your all-inclusive passport to a year of cinematic growth, collaboration, and creative evolution.

Designed for filmmakers, writers, and innovators, this pass unlocks every FilmGate program throughout 2026 — helping you shape your feature film, expand your network, and use AI as a creative tool to bring your vision to life.

Includes Access To:

✨ All Monthly FilmGate Festivals – Celebrate Florida’s boldest filmmakers and connect with the local creative community.

🌌 All FilmGate Fusion Events – Immersive audiovisual showcases at Frost Planetarium & Downtown Miami that fuse art, story, and technology.

🎭 All Why the Drama? Live! Performances – Experience storytelling come alive through live scene readings and actor collaborations.

🎓 All Master Classes & Educational Workshops – Learn hands-on skills in feature filmmaking, producing, financing, distribution, and AI-powered creative media.

🤝 All Networking Events – Build real industry connections with producers, casting directors, and creative collaborators.

(Excludes FilmGate Interactive Media Festival 2026 events and talks)

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Writing & Directing Low-Budget Features with Tom Musca

Saturday, January 24, 2026

10:00 AM - 1:30 PM

FilmGate Miami / Downtown Media Center: 168 SE 1st St, 4th Floor, Miami, FL 33131

Learn the complete creative and production process behind making a successful low-budget feature—from your first story spark to distribution—guided by one of Miami’s most accomplished filmmakers. In this intensive masterclass, Tom Musca demystifies the artistic, strategic, and practical decisions that shape a film at every stage.

Through lectures, scene analysis, script tools, directing techniques, and an interactive student pitch session, you’ll gain the essential skills to move your project from the page to the screen with clarity, confidence, and vision. Whether you’re a writer, director, or producer, this class is designed to help you avoid costly mistakes, strengthen your creative voice, and learn how to fight for the film you want to make.