Jacques Audiard’s “Dheepan” wins grand jury prize at Miami Int’l Fest

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Miami International Film Festival announced the winners of its 33rd edition on Saturday, Mrch 12 with Jacques Audiard’s “Dheepan” winning the Knight Competition grand jury prize and Santiago Mitre’s “Paulina” winning the Lexus Ibero-American feature film prize, Variety reports.

The winners were announced at a ceremony in Downtown Miami’s Olympia Theater, which followed the festival’s closing night U.S. premiere of “The Steps,” directed by Andrew Currie and starring James Brolin and Christine Lahti.

The Miami Film Festival is the only major film festival to be produced by a college or university. This year’s edition featured 129 films from 40 countries.

“Every year we see the Festival grow and look forward to sharing the powerful and stimulating works from around the world with the community,” said Miami Dade College president Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón in a statement. “Congratulations to all of the winners and to the entire Festival team for such an inspiring cultural event.”

“There are two things I love in life: wearing a smoking (tuxedo) and drinking a dry, fresh martini,” said Audiard via a virtual acceptance statement at the ceremony. “When I can do both at the same time, needless to say I am thrilled! Tonight, unfortunately I am not in my royal blue tuxedo with you, but I’ll make myself a dry, dry, fresh martini and I drink to your health!”