Jury: Daniel de la Vega, Hernan Gaffet, Paula Hernandez
Kodak-Cinecolor award to transfer the Feature film to 35 mm goes for: La Caracas, by Andrés Cedrón
“This jury decides to award La Caracas, by Andrés Cedrón, because of his conceptual clarity and his particular look, which allows us to rediscover a sports event, amplifying and revealing a political and historical moment in our continent. For all that was said and due to the need of financial support, we think he deserves Kodak-Cinecolor award to transfer the Feature film to 35 mm
NNON OFFICIAL AWARDS
FEISAL Award and Mention (Latin American Federation of Image and Sound Schools)
Jury: Rolando López, Gustavo Postiglione, Raúl Tozzo
Best Argentinean director in competition graduated from a cinema school Award.
FEISAL Mention: Andrés no quiere dormir la siesta, by Daniel Bustamante.
“Because of his contribution to memory, highlighting the author’s look towards the children’s world complexity.”
FEISAL Award: El Perseguidor, by Víctor Cruz.
“Because of his break with the classic and traditional narration, with a highlighted narrative search that maintains the tension, suspense and intrigue and proposes us new changes within the young Argentinean cinematographic production”
ACCA Award (Argentinean Cinematographic Reporters Association)
Jury: Lorena Cancela, Paraná Sendros, Patricia Slukich
Mention: Room and a Half, by Andrey Khrzhanovskiy
“For reminding us that cinema and poetry goes hand in hand.”
Best Film from the International Competition Award: The time That Remains, by Elia Suleiman.
“Because of her artistic mastery and the magnificent approach with which she exhibits, from a personal point of view, her own people’s history and pain.”
SIGNIS Award (World Catholic Association for Communication)
Jury chaired by Carla Lima Fontoura and composed of Agustín Neifert and José María Riba
SIGNIS Special Mention: V.O.S., by Cesc Gay
“Because of his deepening in the anatomy of the relations of a concrete generation and in the nature of the artistic creation, experimenting, in an unprejudiced and skillful way, new narrative structures.”
SIGNIS Great Award to Best Film from the International Competition: Mother by Bong Joon-ho.
“For being a complete work, which explores what a mother is capable of doing when she is determined to protect her son. The director questions it, and he does it from an ethical place, with no Manichaeism and dogmas. From a formal point of view, it proposes a great richness of expressive resources of many different genres.”
FIPRESCI Award (International Cinematographic Press Federation)
Jury: Isaac León Frías, Kirill Razlogov, Paulo Pécora
FIPRESCI grants International Critics Award to Argentinean film maker José Villafañe for his short film Elvira en el Rio Loro.
The jury of the International Cinematographic Press Federation grants the international critics Award to the film Vikingo, by José Celestino Campusano.
“Because of his good look of a marginal suburban universe where violence and dignity live together.”
Without Frontiers” Annual Award
The Annual Program Without Frontiers to the Best Argentinean Short Films is granted for the fourth time in Mar del Plata International Film Festival. The Director of this Institution, Mr Carlos Martínez, will grant the Official Diploma to “Ana & Mateo” by the director Natural Arpajou, along with the selection Selection Certificate for San Francisco Short Film Festival and Festival du Cinema from Paris, 2010. The Annual Program Without Frontiers agrees with the decision of the Argentinean Competition Jury and grant also a Mention to “Marcela” by Gastón Siriczman, animated short film, that also is selected to the Festivals named before”.
Incentive Award towards a National Cinematographic Industry.
Argentinean Industrial Union granted the “Incentive Award towards a National Cinematographic Industry”, within the framework of the institutional agreement reached with the Cinema and Audiovisual Arts National Institute and the Cinematographic and Audiovisual Producers Argentinean Federation.
These awards honor the Producer and the Argentinean Cinematographic Production Company, for the enterprising character and/or activity that creates jobs, national profits and the compromise of reflecting our country identity.
The 1st Award was given by Dr Horacio Martínez –Jury President and Member of the Argentinean Industrial Union Board of Directors - and Mr. Pablo Rovito, President of FAPCA gave the Mention Award, as a Jury member.
The nominated to the Mention Award are: MAGMA CINE SRL, AZPEITIACINE SRL, MAGOYA FILMS, and HABITACION 1520 PRODUCCIONES
The winner is: Magma Cine SRL
The nominated to the First Award are: MC PRODUCCIONES SRL, HADDOCK FILMS and ALEPH MEDIA SA.
The winner is: MC Producciones SRL
The jury is composed of Dr. Horacio Martínez (Member of the Argentinean Industrial Union Board of Directors and Incentive Award Jury’s President), Héctor A Méndez (UIA), Guillermo Moretti (UIA), Pablo Rovito (FAPCA) and Alberto Urthiague (INCAA).
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