Maryse Legagneur’s drama The Final Meal (Le Dernier Repas) has earned the highest prize on the Miami Movie Pageant, profitable the $15,000 Marimbas Award in worldwide competitors. The award, chosen by a jury, goes to a story function movie that “greatest exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future.”
“After 20 years of silence, a dying Reynold asks his estranged daughter, Vanessa, to share his last meals,” notes an outline of The Final Meal. “As she prepares the standard Haitian dishes of his youth, the acquainted flavors unlock painful, buried reminiscences of his life and struggling underneath the Duvalier dictatorship.
“Set in opposition to this backdrop of shared historical past, The Final Meal is a poignant story of reconciliation, exploring the ability of meals, cultural reminiscence, and confronting the previous to heal fractured household bonds inside the Haitian expertise. A fantastically crafted movie about legacy, therapeutic, and the tales we supply in our our bodies and kitchens.”
The Miami Movie Pageant, operating April 3-13, introduced juried and viewers awards Monday after wrapping the 42nd version of the cinematic showcase on Sunday.
A girl armed with a knife goes snake looking in ‘The Python Hunt‘
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The Made in MIA Function Movie Award went to the documentary The Python Hunt, directed by Xander Robin. Consider it as one thing like a real-life model of The Purge, the place on this case, the state of Florida authorizes a 10-night “contest” to take away invasive pythons from the Everglades, an occasion that draws an eclectic array of hunters.
The Made in MIA prize, sponsored by Panavision and chosen by a jury, goes to a movie of any style “that prominently options South Florida of their story, setting, and filming location, and greatest makes use of South Florida’s story and theme for common resonance.” The winner receives a Panavision digicam gear rental bundle valued at $60,000. Scroll for the complete listing of Miami Movie Pageant awards.
Omaha, directed by Cole Webley, received the $10,000 Jordan Ressler First Function Award. The prize, created by the South Florida household of the late Jordan Ressler, goes to “a jury-selected movie made by a filmmaker making a function narrative movie debut.”
Webley’s drama, which premiered at Sundance, revolves round younger siblings Ella (Molly Belle Wright) and Charlie (Wyatt Solis) who’re abruptly taken on a cross-country highway journey by their father (John Magaro).
‘Checkpoint Zoo‘
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The $2,000 Documentary Achievement Award was introduced to Checkpoint Zoo, directed by Joshua Zeman, a movie in regards to the animals at a Ukrainian zoo positioned subsequent to the Russian border, who turned stranded after Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The Viewers Award within the documentary class went to Selena y Los Dinos, Isabel Castro’s portrait of the late singer Selena Quintanilla and her members of the family who shaped the band Selena y Los Dinos.
First runner up in that class was Chirino directed by Jorge Soliño; second runner-up was The Librarians directed by Kim Synder.
Jonathan Benaim (middle) in ‘Espina’
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The Viewers Function Movie Award was earned by Espina, directed by Daniel Poler, a dramedy starring Jonathan Benaim as himself within the position of a younger disabled man who “embarks on a wild and heartfelt journey to Panama with unlikely companions to confront the physician who precipitated his incapacity.”
First runner-up in that class was Adiós Cuba directed by Rolando Díaz; second runner-up went to Magic Hour directed by Jacqueline Christy.
Miami Movie Pageant, a program of Miami Dade School, is taken into account “the preeminent movie competition for showcasing Ibero-American cinema within the U.S., and a serious launch pad for all worldwide and documentary cinema.” The annual competition welcomes greater than 45,000 viewers members and greater than 400 filmmakers, producers, expertise and business professionals. It’s the solely main competition housed inside a university or college.
The companion Miami Movie Pageant GEMS can be held in November of this 12 months.
That is the complete listing of winners for the 42nd Miami Movie Pageant:
- $15,000 MARIMBAS Award in worldwide competitors goes to a jury-selected narrative function movie that greatest exemplifies richness and resonance for cinema’s future.
- Winner: The Final Meal (Le Dernier Repas)
- The Made in MIA Function Movie Award, sponsored byPanavision, was given to a jury-selected movie of any style that prominently function South Florida of their story, setting, and filming location, and greatest make the most of South Florida’s story and theme for common resonance. The winner of this award will obtain Panavision digicam gear rental bundle, valued at $60,000.
- Winner: The Python Hunt directed by Xander Robin.
- $10,000 Jordan Ressler First Function Award, created by the South Florida household of the late Jordan Ressler and sponsored by the Jordan Ressler Charitable Fund, is introduced to the jury-selected greatest movie made by a filmmaker making a function narrative movie debut.
- Winner: Omaha directed by Cole Webley.
- The Viewers Function Movie Awardwent to Espina directed by Daniel Poler, which had its World Premiere on the Pageant. First runner-up was Adiós Cuba directed by Rolando Díaz, and second runner-up went to Magic Hour directed by Jacqueline Christy.
- The Documentary Achievement Award ($2,000) went to Checkpoint Zoo, directed by Joshua Zeman.
- The Viewers Documentary Movie Award went to Selena y Los Dinos directed by Isabel Castro. First runner up was Chirino directed by Jorge Soliño, and second runner-up was The Librarians directed by Kim Synder.
‘Little Haiti, Miami, USA’
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Quick Movie Awards
- Made in MIA Quick Movie Award ($5,000) went to Little Haiti, Miami, USA, directed by XF Serrano.
- Miami Worldwide Quick Movie Award ($4,000) went to Gender Reveal, directed by Mo Matton. The award is given to a jury-selected quick movie (30 min. or much less) of any style from wherever on the earth.
- Quick Documentary Movie Award ($1,000), introduced by the College of Miami’s Faculty of Communication, went to View from the Flooring, directed by Megan Griffiths & Mindie Lind.
- Florida Cinemaslam Award ($1,000), a part of the Pageant’s annual Florida school pupil movie competitors, went to Filth Remedy,directed by Sebastian Valencia.
- The Reel South Quick Movie Award ($2,000) went to George V., directed by Dennis Scholl & Dia Kontaxis.
- The Viewers Quick Movie Award went to the drama Evening Prepare Final Cease directed by Gina Margillo. First runner-up was Check of Time: The Massive Cheese directed by Julian Alicea, and second runner-up Confession of a Jumbotron Addict directed by Mickey Duzyj.
