2008 MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
General Information | Winners
DRAMATIC FEATURES – WORLD CINEMA COMPETITION:
- Knight Grand Jury Prize: Tricks (Sztuczki) by Andrzej Jakimowski (Poland)
- Special Mention: It's Hard To Be Nice (Tesko Je Biti Fin) by Srdan Vuletic (UK/Slovenia/Serbia/Germany/Bosnia-Herzegovina)
- Special Mention: Foul Gesture (Tnuah Meguna) by Itshak (Tzahi) Gradi (Israel)
DRAMATIC FEATURES – IBERO-AMERICAN CINEMA COMPETITION:
- Knight Grand Jury Prize: Cochochi by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán (Mexico)
- Knight Grand Jury Prize: Eat For This Is My Body by Michelange Quay (Haiti, France)
- Special Mention: The Girls (Las Niñas) by Rodrigo Marín (Chile)
- Special Mention: Blue Eyelids (Parpados azules) by Ernesto Contrera (Mexico)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES – WORLD & IBERO-AMERICAN CINEMA COMPETITION:
- Knight Grand Jury Prize: Santiago by João Moreira Salles (Brazil)
- Special Mention: Santa Fe Street (Calle Santa Fé) by Carmen Castillo (Chile/France/Belgium)
- Special Mention: A Paper Tiger (Un Tigre De Papel) by Luis Ospina (Colombia)
SHORTS COMPETITION:
- Knight Grand Jury Prize: Homecoming by Connie Diletti (Canada)
- Honorable Jury Mention: Traumalogy (Traumología) by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (Spain)
- Special Mention for Best Animated Short Film: Madame Tutli-Putli by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szcerbowski (Canada)
- Special Mention for Best First-Time Director: Overnight A Rose by Viv Koh (Taiwan/USA)
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
- Dramatic Features: World Cinema Competition: Bliss (Mutluluk) by Abdullah Oguz (Turkey/Greece)
- Dramatic Features: Ibero-American Cinema Competition: La Zona by Rodrigo Plá (Mexico)
- Documentary Features: World & Ibero-American Competition: Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed in the Mountains (Vengo de un avión que cayó en las montañas) by Gonzalo Arijón (Uruguay)
FIPRESCI INTERNATIONAL CRITICS AWARD:
- Foul Gesture (Tnuah Meguna) by Itshak "Tzahi" Gradi (Israel)
