Miami Film Festival 2024
The 41st edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival took place April 5-14, 2024. The 10-day Festival showcased the work of the world’s best emerging and established filmmakers, with international and Ibero-American films, and served as a major launchpad for many local filmmakers, as well as for international and documentary cinema. Festival-goers experienced one of MFF’s biggest programs in years with over 180 feature narratives, documentaries, and short films of all genres, from more than 31 countries.
The Festival opened with Thelma, directed by Josh Margolin, and the closing night film was be Ezra, directed by Tony Goldwyn from the ABC hit show “Scandal” and the beloved film Ghost. Goldwyn received the Art of Light award from the festival.

Festival Honorees:
Tom Hiddleston: Variety Virtuoso Award
Molly Ringwald: Variety Creative Vanguard Award
Tony Goldwyn: Art of Light Award
Alison Brie: Art of Light Award
Greg Kwedar: Impact Award
Festival Award Winners:
Jury Awards
- MARIMBAS Award – Los Frikis, directed by directed by Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz
- Made in MIA Feature Film Award – Mountains, directed by Monica Sorelle
- Jordan Ressler First Feature Award – In The Summers, directed by Alessandra Lacorazza.
- Documentary Achievement Award – Daughters, directed by Angela Patton and Natalie Rae.
- Made in MIA Short Film Award – Konpa, directed by Al’lkens Plancher
- Miami International Short Film Award – The Anne Frank Gift Shop, directed by Mickey Rapkin.
- Short Documentary Film Award – Audio & The Alligator, directed by Andrés I. Estrada
- The Reel South Short Award – Over the Wall, directed by Krystal Tingle.
- The Cinemaslam Competition Award – Retrospection Of A Home (once upon a time), directed by Sebastian Marcano-Perez.
Audience Awards
- Audience Feature Film Award – The Shadow of the Sun directed by Miguel Angel Ferrer.
- First runner-up: The Performance directed by Shira Piven
- Second runner-up: Los Frikis directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz.
- Audience Documentary Film Award went to Skywalkers: A Love Story directed by Jeff Zimbalist, Maria Bukhonina.
- First runner up – Stories from the Lighthouse directed by Deborah Dickson
- Second runner-up – Women of Iran directed by Anonymous
- Audience Short Film Award – Objects of Desire directed by Alejandro Renteria
- First runner-up – Not Rod, directed by Becca Greene and Alex Pollck
- Second runner-up – Yuck! directed by Loic Espuche
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