The Miami Film Festival is excited to announce the Jury-Prize winners for the 43rd Annual Miami Film Festival, with On The Road taking home the festival’s MARIMBAS Award. See all winners and runners-up below.

$10,000 MARIMBAS Award

The award is an international competition for the jury-selected narrative feature film that best exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future. The winner of this award will receive a cash prize of $10,000.

$15,000 Made in MIA Feature Film Award

The Made in MIA Feature Film Award, was given to a jury-selected competition for any genre that feature a substantial portion of their content (story, setting and actual filming location) in South Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and/or Monroe counties) and that best utilize their stories and themes for universal resonance. The winner of this award will receive a cash prize of $15,000.

$10,000 Jordan Ressler First Feature Award

Created by the South Florida family of the late Jordan Ressler and sponsored by the Jordan Ressler Charitable Fund, is presented to the jury-selected best film made by a filmmaker making a feature narrative film debut.

Feature Film Audience Award

First runner up: Milly Queen of Merenge, directed by Leticia Tonos
Second runner up: I Swear, directed by Kirk Jones

Documentary Achievement Award

Honorable Mentions:
Revolution’s Daughter, directed by Thaddeus D. Matula
Everybody to Kenmure Street, directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra.

Made in MIA Audience Award

First runner-up: Tropical Park, directed by Hansel Porras Garcia
Second runner-up: An Instrumental Start – A Model for the Nation, directed by Brian Bayerl, Mike Huter

Documentary Feature Audience Award

First runner-up: Revolution’s Daughter, directed by Thaddeus D. Matula
Second runner-up: Perseverancia, un ensayo documental sobre Tomás Sánchez, directed by Juan Carlos Martín

$5,000 Made in MIA Short Film Award

First runner-up: “Colada,” directed by Carmen Pelaez.

Made in MIA Short Film Award is sponsored by ArtesMiami

$4,000 Miami International Short Film Award

Runner-up: A Hand to Hold, directed by Philip Clyde-Smith

$1,000 Reel South Short Award

$1,000 Short Documentary Film Award

University of Miami School of Communication, Department of Cinematic Arts and co-presented with UM’s Bill Cosford Cinema.

$1,000 Florida Cinemaslam Award

Short Film Audience Award

First runner-up: The Floor Remembers, directed by Jayme Kaye Gershen
Second runner-up: Beast of the Seine, directed by Jon Portman