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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.
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