Audience Awards
Best Feature:
Pablo Solarz’s “The Last Suit” (Argentina-Spain)
Best Short:
Randall Christopher’s Argentinian-set true crime documentary “The Driver Is Red” (USA)
IMDbPro Short Film Grand Jury Award:
“Mother (Madre)” directed by Rodrigo Soroygen, recent winner of Spain’s Goya Award for the same film
Rene Rodriguez Critics Award and HBO Ibero-American Feature Film Award
“La Familia” written and directed by Gustavo Rondón Córdova (Venezuela)
Jordan Ressler Screenwriting Award:
Xavier Legrand, “Custody” (France, Kino Lorber)
Zeno Mountain Award:
Brian J. Leitten’s “Carry That Weight: A Rocumentary” (USA)
Knight Competition
Made in MIA Award:
David Abel’s “Gladesmen: The Last of the Sawgrass Cowboys,” produced by Abel and Andy Laub (USA)
Documentary Achievement Award (three-way tie):
Choreographer-turned-director Jamal Sims’ “When the Beat Drops,” produced by World of Wonder Productions (USA)
“Liyana,” produced by co-directors Aaron Kopp and Amanda Kopp and Daniel Junge, Sakhemi Diamini, Davis Combe (Swaziland)
Rookie director Vanesa Wilkey-Escobar’s “Amigo Skate, Cuba,” produced by Wilkey-Escobar and Christopher Wedding
Best Performance:
Cesar Troncoso, “Another Story of the World” (Uruguay)
Best Director:
Mateo Gil, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” (Netflix, Spain)
Grand Jury Award for Best Film:
Diego Lerman’s “A Sort of Family,” produced by Nicolas Avruj and Diego Lerman (Argentina)
Festival’s Precious Gem Award:
Miami-based 20-year production veterans Francesca Silvestri and Kevin Chinoy (Oscar-nominated “The Florida Project”)
CinemaSlam Award:
“Rene de Dios and the South Beach Shark Club” by Miami Dade College student Robert Requejo Ramos
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