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Miami Indie Film Awards

Miami Indie Film Awards is a monthly online film competition. The contest seeks to recognize, promote, and award international and U.S. films of all genres from independent filmmakers. The festival intends to support emerging talented filmmakers by creating an online monthly platform for them to compete, receive recognition and be promoted in the film industry. 

We understand the process of filmmaking and our team consists of film directors, writers, actors, distributors and professionals working in media. We understand the importance of discovering talented indie filmmakers and we seek to create breakthroughs in the career of talented filmmakers.

Films are screened privately to programmers and jury members assigned to each category of the competition. 

Winners

It is with great pleasure for Miami Indie Film Awards to announce the winners of the fifth edition.

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Best Narrative Feature & Best Director &Best Indie Film

Redemption Day

Director: Hicham Hajji

Best Documentary Feature & Best Producer

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Directors: Kyle Niezgoda, Charlie Driscoll

Producers: Kyle Niezgoda, Charlie Driscoll, Daniel E. Catullo, Jordan Feno

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Best Narrative Short

Professional Experience

Director: Marco Felipe Rossi

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Best Documentary short

Into the Circle

Directors: Meg Griffiths, Scott Faris

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Best Actress

Jearnest Corchado

For: Raise Your Hand

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Best Actor

Gary Dourdan

For: Redemption Day

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Best Editor

Redemption Day

Editor: Karim Ouaret

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Best Cinematography

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DOP: Charlie Driscoll

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Best Composer

Redemption Day

Music: Sacha Chaban

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Best First Time Filmmaker

Everything I Never Said

Director: Nahyr Galaz Ruiz

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Best Experimental

Never land

Director: Jee Suk Kim

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Best Science Fiction

Forbidden Power

Director: Paul Kyriazi

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Best TV Series/Pilot/Web

The Heathen Shane Stevens

Director: Benjamin Mulhern

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Best Thriller

The New Americans

Director: Romeo C Brooks

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Best Female Filmmaker

Raise Your Hand

Director: Jessica Rae

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Best Student Film

Time Again

Director: Darren Michael Cohn

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Best Music Video

Drowning

Director: Jamal Page

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Best Script

Girl On Fire

Writer: Kimberly Fisher

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Best Unproduced script

The Wednesday Killer

Writer: Janet Walker