Discovering the unexpected side of Miami
Directed by Javi Eyzaguirre for Miami Beach’s Find Your Wonder campaign, Lost & Found turns the city’s iconic shoreline into an unexpected stage for art, culture, and performance.
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What if Miami Beach had a Lost & Found for more than lost keys?
That question inspired Lost & Found, a film built around a simple idea: beyond its famous coastline, Miami Beach holds a rich cultural world waiting to be explored. At the centre is a concierge in a cream suit, running a pink Art Deco kiosk on the sand. But visitors aren’t searching for misplaced sunglasses. They’re looking for ballet, theatre, and live music, all just steps from the water.
Each request sparks a performance: a dancer appears at the counter, a curtained stage rises on the beach, and a brass band plays by the shore. Through these encounters, Javiera Eyzaguirre presents culture as an unexpected part of everyday beach life.
Shot on location among the lifeguard towers, striped umbrellas, and Art Deco buildings that define Miami Beach, the film uses the real environment as part of its visual language rather than treating it as a backdrop.
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- Director Javiera Eyzaguirre
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The kiosk functions as a proscenium, with the camera positioned frontally and composed like an audience member in the front row. Action unfolds horizontally across the frame: a girl runs past the counter, while a dancer extends along the same visual line. Keeping everything in focus brings the ocean, loungers, and umbrellas into the composition, making the beach itself part of the set
The production balances the natural softness of the beach with a palette of pastel pink, gold, and teal. Carefully arranged frontal compositions reinforce the theatrical aesthetic, while Art Deco-inspired title cards introduce each vignette like the opening of a new act.
Purpose-built elements, including the kiosk and a wall of wooden drawers behind the counter, give the setting its distinctive character. Selective letterboxing adds a cinematic dimension to key moments, leading into a whip transition that reveals a hand-painted watercolour finale featuring the city’s cultural landmarks.
Filming on the beach brought practical challenges, particularly limited shooting hours and changing natural light. The team used these constraints to shape the atmosphere, balancing the light inside the kiosk with the scenery beyond it to create a dreamlike contrast between the constructed set and the real landscape.
The result is a film that reframes Miami Beach through its cultural identity, using theatrical staging and thoughtful production design to reveal what lies beyond the expected. For Estudio Fe, Lost & Found reflects how a strong creative concept, brought to life through carefully considered execution, can transform a familiar location into a world of its own.
