2009 MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS

WORLD COMPETITION

  • Knight Grand Jury Prize: The Past is a Foreign Land (Il Passato È Una Terra Straniera) by Daniele Vicari (Italy)

  • Best Director: Enrique Rivero, Parque Vía (Mexico)

  • Best Actor: Michele Riondino, The Past is a Foreign Land (Il Passato È Una Terra Straniera) by Daniele Vicari (Italy)

  • Best Supporting Actress: Olga Louzgina in Katia's Sister (Het Zusje Van Katia) by Mijke de Jong (Netherlands)

  • Audience Award: Kisses by Lance Daly (Ireland/Sweden)

FIPRESCI (INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS) PRIZE:

  • Involuntary (De Ofrivilliga) by Ruben Östlund (Sweden)

IBERO-AMERICAN COMPETITON:

  • Knight Grand Jury Prize: Historias Extraordinarias by Mariano Llinás (Argentina)

  • Best Actress: Catarina Zaavera for The Maid (La Nana) bySebastián Silva (Chile/Mexico)

  • Special Jury Mention: Tony Manero by Pablo Larraín (Chile/Brazil)

  • Special Jury Mention: Gasoline (Gasolina) by Julio Hernández Cordon (Guatemala)

  • Audience Award: Nora's Will (5 Dias sin Nora) by Mariana Chenillo (Mexico)

DOX COMPETITON:

  • Miami Dade College Grand Jury Prize: Shakespeare and Victor Hugo's Intimacies (Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo) by Yulene Olaizola (Mexico)

  • Special Jury Mention for its poetic qualities: The Inheritors (Los Herederos) by Eugenio Polgovsky (Mexico)

  • Special Jury Mention for the courage of the subject matter: Mental (Seishin) by Kazuhiro Soda (Japan/USA)

  • Special Jury Mention for Cinematography: 16memories (16memorias) by Camilo Botero Jaramillo (Colombia)

AUDIENCE AWARD:

  • 16 memories (16memorias) by Camilo Botero Jaramillo (Colombia)

SHORTS COMPETITION:

  • Miami Dade College Grand Jury Prize: First Love (Elso Szerelem) by Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary)

  • Runner Up: Sandpit#186 (Balastiera#186) by Adina Pintilie and George Chiper (Romania)

  • Special Mention: Foul Gesture (Tnuah Meguna) by Itshak (Tzahi) Gradi (Israel)

  • Best Performance: Carla Ribas in Day In Day Out (Cotidiano) by Joana Mariani (Brazil)

  • Best Cinematography: Isi Sarfati for Land and Bread (Tierra y Pan) by Carlos Armella (Mexico)

CUTTING THE EDGE COMPETITION:

  • Winner: On War (De La Guerre) by Bertrand Bonello, (France)

  • Special Jury Mention: Beket by Davide Manuli, (Italy)

SCREENWRITER JORDAN ALEXANDER RESSLER AWARD:

  • The Maid (La Nana) by Sebastián Silva, (Chile/Mexico)

INTERNATIONAL FILM GUIDE INSPIRATION AWARD:

  • The Maid (La Nana) by Sebastián Silva, (Chile/Mexico)

FLORIDA FOCUS AWARDS:

  • Miami Mini Film: Electric Revolution by Mark Moormann

  • Student High School Short Film: Mighty Deadly by Marcus Gonzalez

  • Special Jury Mention: Legacy: The Story of Miami High by Andre Benitez

  • Student College Student Film (tie): Suddenly the Sunrise by Jhonny Obando and The Man Who Was Bold by Michal Zebede