2008 Miami Film Festival Awards

2008 Miami Film Festival: February 28–March 9, 2008

In Andrzej Jakimowski’s Tricks, a six-year-old boy stretches his luck to the limit in his attempts to get closer to his father, who had abandoned his mother.

Dramatic Features: World Cinema Competition

Knight Grand Jury Prize: TRICKS (SZTUCZKI), Andrzej Jakimowski

Special Mention: IT’S HARD TO BE NICE (TESKO JE BITI FIN), Srdan Vuletic

Special Mention: FOUL GESTURE (TNUAH MEGUNA), Itshak (Tzahi) Gradi

Dramatic Features: Ibero-American Competition

Knight Grand Jury Prize: COCHOCHI, Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán

Knight Grand Jury Prize: EAT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, Michelange Quay

Special Mention: THE GIRLS (LAS NIÑAS), Rodrigo Marín

Special Mention: BLUE EYELIDS (PARPADOS AZULES), Ernesto Contrera

Documentary Features: World and Ibero-American Competition

Knight Grand Jury Prize: SANTIAGO, João Moreira Salles

Special Mention: SANTA FE STREET (CALLE SANTA FÉ), Carmen Castillo

Special Mention: A PAPER TIGER (UN TIGRE DE PAPEL), Luis Ospina

Shorts Competition

Knight Grand Jury Prize: HOMECOMING, Connie Diletti

Honorable Jury Mention: TRAUMOLOGY (TRAUMOLOGIA), Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

Special Mention for Best Animated Short Film: MADAME TUTLI PUTLI, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szcerbowski

Special Mention for Best First-Time Director: OVERNIGHT A ROSE, Viv Koh

Audience Awards

Dramatic Features: World Cinema Competition: BLISS (MUTLULUK), Abdullah Oguz

Dramatic Features: Ibero-American Cinema Competition: LA ZONA, Rodrigo Plá

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), Gonzalo Arijón

FIPRESCI International Critics Award

FOUL GESTURE (TNUAH MAGUNA), Itshak (Tzahi) Gradi

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