Fernando Coimbra’s A Wolf at the Door topped the Miami Film Fest at the awards night ceremony held Saturday, March 14 at the Olympia Theater, in the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Brazilian film, a dark thriller that premiered in Toronto last year, was the big winner of the fest’s Knight Competition, with Grand Jury prizes for Best Film and Best Director for Coimbra. The film is being distributed by Paul Hudson's Outsider Pictures, which is aiming for a July release date in the U.S.
Spanish actress Nora Navas picked the Grand Jury Best Performance for her work in Mar Coll’s We All Want What’s Best For Her (Spain). The Jordan Alexander Ressler Screenwriting Award went to Maria Gamboa’s Mateo (Colombia/France).
The Knight Competition’s Best Documentary award was shared between Charlie Siskel and John Maloof ‘s Finding Vivian Maier (USA) and Jesse Moss’ The Overnighters (USA).
The VeoMiami sidebar ENCUENTROS, presented by Moviecity, brought in 5 WIPs from Latin America to be pitched at producers and distributors. A pre-sale contract offer worth $35,000 was awarded to Rodrigo Sepulveda’s Aurora, produced by Florencia Larrea.
The festival, which closed Sunday, screened 141 films from 39 countries. “We are humbled by the community’s overwhelming response to this year’s film festival,” said Dr. Eduardo J.
Padrón, president of the Miami Dade College, which runs the event. “It serves to strengthen the college’s commitment to providing quality cultural arts programming for all to enjoy.”
