2024 Princess Grace Award
Nominated by: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, Princess Grace Award winner (Film 2014)
Lady Monika Bacardi Film Honor
Monica Sorelle is a Haitian-American filmmaker and artist born & based in Miami. Her work explores alienation and displacement, and preserves cultural traditions within Miami & the Caribbean with a focus on the African & Latin diasporas that reside there.
Monica’s feature directorial debut, Mountains (2023), had its world premiere at Tribeca Festival, where it was awarded a Special Jury Mention in the U.S. Narrative Feature competition. Mountains went on to have its international premiere at TIFF, and receive awards from Miami Film Festival, BlackStar, Indie Memphis, New Orleans Film Festival, among others. Mountains was nominated for two Film Independent Spirit Awards, with Monica receiving the Someone to Watch Award.
Photo Credits:
Photo by Aaron Kudja
Photo by Michelle Lisa Polissaint
by Jeff Alex Thomas