"Historias extraordinarias", de Mariano Llinás, ganadora del Festival de Miami

"Historias Extraordinarias", de Mariano Llinás

Here are the 2009 winners of the Miami International Film Festival (MIFF), presented by Miami Dade College (MDC). They were announced Saturday at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. The festival continues Sunday.

WORLD COMPETITION

Knight Grand Jury Prize -- $25,000: The Past is a Foreign Land (Il Passato E Una Terra Straniera) by Daniele Vicari, Italy.

Special Jury Mention Best Director: Enrique Rivero, Parque Vía, Mexico.

Special Jury Mention Best Actor: Michele Riondino, The Past is a Foreign Land (Il Passato E Una Terra Straniera).

Special Jury Mention 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 AWARD:Involuntary (De Ofrivilliga) by Ruben Ostlund, Sweden.

IBERO-AMERICAN COMPETITON:

Knight Grand Jury Prize -- $25,000: Historias Extraordinarias by Mariano Llinás, Argentina.

Special Jury Mention Best Actress, Catarina Zaavera for The Maid (La Nana) by Sebastián 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 -- $25,000: 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: 16memories.

SHORTS COMPETITION:

Miami Dade College Grand Jury Prize -- $2,500: First Love (Elso Szerelem) by Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary.

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

Special Jury Mention Best Performance: Carla Ribas, Day In Day Out (Cotidiano) by Joana Mariani, Brazil.

Special Jury Mention Best Cinematography: Isi Sarfati, Land and Bread (Tierra y Pan) by Carlos Armella, Mexico.

CUTTING THE EDGE COMPETITION:

On War (De La Guerre) by Bertrand Bonello, France.

Special Jury Mention: Beket by Davide Manuli, Italy.

SCREENWRITER JORDAN ALEXANDER RESSLER AWARD -- $5,000

The Maid (La Nana).

INTERNATIONAL FILM GUIDE INSPIRATION AWARD For best new director in the Ibero-American section: The Maid (La Nana).

FLORIDA FOCUS AWARDS:Miami Mini Film: Electric Revolution by Mark Moormann.

Student High School Short Film Winner: Mighty Deadly by Marcus Gonzalez.

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

Student College Student Film: Suddenly the Sunrise by Jhonny Obando and The Man who was Bold by Michal Zebede.