Miami, FL – March 3, 2019 – The third day of the 2019 Miami Film Festival brought the inaugural edition of Knight Heroes featuring Oscar winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk), award-winning filmmaker Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You) and Aaron Stewart-Ahn, co-writer of Sundance favorite “Mandy.” The Knight Heroes series spotlights the boldest and brightest talents working in film today. The invited Knight Heroes each gave a unique talk which was followed by an “in conversation” discussion, geared to engage with the emerging filmmaking community in Miami and Southern Florida.

Aaron Stewart-Ahn

Barry Jenkins

Kiva Reardon

Boots Riley

Jaie Laplante & Victoria Rogers

Barry Jenkins, Boots Riley, & Aaron Stewart-Ahn

Kiva Reardon, Barry Jenkins, & Boots Riley

Kiva Reardon, Barry Jenkins, Boots Riley, & Aaron Stewart-Ahn

Boots Riley, Barry Jenkins, & Aaron Stewart-Ahn

Boots Riley, Kiva Reardon, Barry Jenkins, Lulu Wang, & Aaron Stewart-Ahn

Fabiola Rodriguez, Cassius Corrigan, Mark Pulaski, & Mariana Serrano

Katlyn Aviles & Alexandra Santiago Georget

Katlyn Aviles & Alexandra Santiago Georget

Jordan Levy & Aaron Glickman

Alvar Carretero, José María Cabral, & Carlos Aguilar

Owen Miller, JR Poli, & JL Martinez

Laurence Raymond, Ivete Lucas, Maida Lynn, & Kevin Contento

Clara Linhart, Gabriela Ramos, & Rudy Riveron Sánchez

Jose-Antonio Valencia & Ivan Osnovikoff

Faren Humes & Mehika Dorval

Monica Sorelle & Mehika Dorval

Alexandra Lemay & Clara Linhart

Cathleen Dean & Crystal Chanel

Jose-Antonio Valencia & Cassius Corrigan

Prashant Thakker & Barry Jenkins

Patrick Decile & Barry Jenkins

Tomas Alzamora & Pablo Calisto

Trae DeLellis, Juan Barquin, & Guy Lodge

Roxana Barba, Jessica Henric, & Claudio Marcotulli

Diana Larrea, Boots Riley, Alexandra Lemay, Clara Linhart, & Jayme Gershen

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