40TH MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
With another year in the books, Miami Film Festival is thrilled to announce the full list of award winners from our 40th edition! From March 3-12, we celebrated the finest in cinema with over $100,000 going to films that were selected by our esteemed juries of industry professionals. Congratulations to all the winners:
$2,500 Goya Quick Bites Short Film Award –
Not the 80s, directed by Marleen Valien$4,000 Miami International Short Film Award:
Nanos, directed by Emilio Subía$10,000 Knight Made in MIA Short Film Award:
Carmen, directed by Cristine BracheRene Rodriguez Critics Award –
The Beasts, directed by Rodrigo SorogoyenAlacran Music in Film Award –
The Beasts, directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen$10,000 Jordan Ressler First Feature Award –
I Like Movies, directed by Chandler Levack$25,000 Knight Marimbas Award –
The Beasts, directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen$45,000 Made in MIA Feature Film Award-
Febrero, directed by Hansel Porras Garcia
Plantadas, directed by Lilo VilaplanaI and Camilo Vilaplana
The winners of the Knight MARIMBAS award and Jordan Ressler First Feature award will receive special support from Slated through a script and financial analysis package.
$1,000 Florida CinemaSlam Competition
Cash Out, directed by Andres Monsalve
Miami Film Festival Audience Award Winner
Plantadas, directed by Lilo Vilaplana and Camilo Vilaplana
Miami Film Festival Audience Award Winner for Documentary Achievement
The Padilla Affair, directed by Pavel Giroud
Miami Film Festival Audience Award Winner for Shorts
Save the Flea directed by Michael J. Ruiz-Unger