
By contributing blogger Benjam n Harguindey
The 28th Mar del Plata International Film Festival was given closure this Saturday during a ceremony held at the Auditorium Theater where the winners for both the official and unofficial awards were announced. The Festival this year held a record of 100,000 moviegoers from all over the world, with over 400 movies screening.
The undisputed winner this year was the Venezuelan The Golden Cage (La Jaula de Oro), winning Best Movie, People's Choice, Critic's Choice and Best Photography. Venezuelan Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) won Best Director and Best Screenplay, and The Utility of a Magazine Rack (La utilidad de un revistero) won 2 Best Argentine Director awards (official and unofficial). Festival favorite Jos Campusano won 3 unofficial festival awards for his new movie Ghosts of the Road (Fantasmas de la ruta).
During the ceremony Liliana Mazure reiterated the end of her term as INCAA (National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts) president.
OFFICIAL FESTIVAL AWARDS
Best International Movie: La Jaula de Oro, by Diego Quemada-Diez
Best International Director: Mariana Rond n for Pelo Malo
Best International Screenplay: Mariana Rond n for Pelo Malo
Best International Actress: Marian lvarez for La Herida (The Wound)
Best International Actor: Vincent Macaigne for La Bataille de Solf rino (The Battle of Solferino)
Special Jury Award: Little Feet, by Alexandre Rockwell
Special Mention: The Bright Day, by Hossein Shahabi
People's Choice: La jaula de oro, by Diego Quemada-Diez
Best Latin American Movie: Los Ins litos Peces Gato (The Strange Cat Fish), by Claudia Sainte Luce
Best Latin American Short: Nadie Especial (Nobody Special), by Juan Alejandro Ram rez
Best Argentine Movie: La utilidad de un revistero, by Adriano Salgado
Best Argentine Director: Ada Frontini for Escuela de sordos (School for the Deaf)
Best Argentine Short Feature: Espacio personal (Personal Space), by Natural Arpajou
Best Argentine Short Feature Director: Mariano Luque for Sociales (Socials)
Best Argentine Project (Work in Progress): El Patr n (The Boss), by Sebasti n Schindel
Mentions: Miramar, by Fernando Sarqu s and Necrofobia (Necrophobia), by Daniel de La Vega
Honorable Mentions: Yo s lo que envenena (I Know What Poisons) by Federico Sosa and Cancha 3 (Field 3)by Jorge Leandro Col s
UNOFFICIAL FESTIVAL AWARDS
MOVIECITY Award for Best Argentine Movie: Choele, by Juan Sasia n
DAC Award for Best Argentine Director: Adriano Salgado for La utilidad de un revistero
FIPRESCI Award for Best Latin American Feature Length: Penumbra, by Eduardo Villanueva.
Best Argentine Panorama Movie Award: El Cr tico (The Critic), by Hern n Guerschuny
Critic's Award for Best International Movie: La jaula de oro, by Diego Quemada Diez and Fantasmas de la ruta, by Jos Campusano
ADF Award for Best Photography in an International Movie: La Jaula de Oro, byDiego Quemada Diez
ARGENTORES Award for Best Argentine Script: Jos Campusano, for Fantasmas de la Ruta
Ventana Sur Award for Open Veins Movie: Videoclub, by Pablo Illanes
SADAIC Award for Best Music in an Argentine Movie: Choele, de Juan Sasia n
Tato Miller Award: El Vals de los In tiles (Waltz of the Useless), by Edison C jas
Revelation Actor & Actress in an Argentine Movie: Manuela Piqu for Liberen a Garc a (Free Garc a) y Jos Manuel Espeche for Polvareda (Dust Storm).
Best Editiing in an Argentine Movie Award: Maravilla, un luchador adentro y afuera del cuadril tero (Maravilla, a Fighter Inside and Outside the Ring) , by Juan Pablo Cadaveira
Best Original Soundtrack Section Award: El Blues de los Plomos (Blues of the Dull) by Gabriel Patrono and Paulo Soria
MAR DE CHICOS Award for Best Short Feature: Juegos de Guerra, (War Games) by Bruno Scopazzo
Special Mentions: El Gatito (The Kitten) by Pablo Sicialiano and Modesta historia de un suntuoso derroch n (Modest Story of a Sumptuous Spiller) by Gonzalo Rimoldi
FEISAL Award for Best Competing Movie from a Latin American filmmaker under 35: Las Analfabetas (Illiterate) by Mois s Sep lveda
SIGNIS Award for Best International Movie: La Jaula de Oro, be Diego Quemada Diez
Special Mention: Fantasmas de la Ruta, by Jos Campusano
Best Trailer: Emiliano Serra for La multitud (The Crowd) by Mart n Oesterheld
Best Poster: Martin Lehmann for Mika, mi guerra de Espa a (Mika, My war of Spain) by Fito Pochat and Javier Olivera
Best Cinematographic Essay: Alejandro Kelly for Aprendiendo a vivir. Familia y Sociedad en el cine de ingenuo (Learning to Live. Family and Society in Ingenue Cinema).
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