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.
$5,000 Made in MIA Short Film Award
First runner-up: “September All Over,” directed by Kali Kahn
Second 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
