Knight Made In MIA Award

$55,000 Knight 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. The jury will award a first prize of $30,000; a second prize of $15,000 and a third prize of $10,000.

2022 WINNERS

(From left to right: Greko Sklavounos, Juan Luis Matos, & Marianna Serrano)

 

FIRST PRIZE ($30,000) 


“You Can Always Come Home,”
directed by Juan Luis Matos.

Jury: Molly Asher, Nicholas Griffin, Keisha Rae Witherspoon, and Johann Zietzman. 

 

SECOND PRIZE ($15,000) 

“In Beauty It Is Unfinished,” directed by Greko Sklavounos.

Jury: Molly Asher, Nicholas Griffin, Keisha Rae Witherspoon, and Johann Zietzman.

 

THIRD PRIZE ($10,000) 

“Un Pequeño Corte,” directed by Marianna Serrano.

Jury: Molly Asher, Nicholas Griffin, Keisha Rae Witherspoon, and Johann Zietzman.

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.