Made In MIA Award

$45,000 Made in MIA Award is a cash competition for jury-selected films of any genre that features a qualitatively and quantitatively substantial portion of its content (story, setting and actual filming location) in South Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and/or Monroe counties) and that best utilizes its story and theme for universal resonance.

2023 WINNERS 


Febrero,
directed by Hansel Porras Garcia.

 

Plantadas, directed by Lilo Vilaplana and Camilo Vilaplana. 

2022 WINNERS

First Prize ($30,000): You Can Always Come Home, directed by Juan Luis Matos.

Second Prize ($15,000): In Beauty It Is Unfinished, directed by Greko Sklavounos. 

Third Prize ($10,000): Un Pequeño Corte, directed by Marianna Serrano.

2021 WINNERS

FEATURE WINNER
Roberto Salinas’ Cuban Dancer

Jury: Dudley Alexis, Aeden O’Connor Agurcia, and Carmen Pelaez.

SHORT WINNER
Caro Hernandez’s “Caro Comes Out”

Jury: Dudley Alexis, Alicia K. Harris and Aaron Stewart-Ahn.

2020 WINNERS

FEATURE WINNER
Dudley Alexis’ When Liberty Burns

Jury: Stephen Arboite, Rachel Bleemer, and Kevin Chinoy.

SHORT WINNER
Keisha Rae Witherspoon’s “T”

Jury: Patrick Bresnan, Jayme Gershen, and Ivete Lucas.

2019 WINNER
FEATURE WINNER: Ivette Lucas and Patrick Bresnan’s Pahokee

SHORT WINNER (Tied):Faren Humes’ “Liberty”, Jayme Gershen’s “Six Degrees of Immigration“

Jury: Victoria Rogers, Xander Robin, and Valerie Brooks.

2018 WINNER
David Abel’s Gladesmen: The Last of the Sawgrass Cowboys

Jury: Victoria Rogers, Brad Abrahams, and Carmen Pelaez.