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12th edition
12th Mar del Plata International Cinema Festival - From 7 to 17 November, 1996, organized by the Argentinean Cinema Foundation, Cinema and Audio-Visual Arts National Institute, INCAA, and the Culture Secretariat of the Nation.
The image used at the emblem of the festival is an oil painting by the artist Nicolás García Uriburu, called “Ombú Cósmico”.
President: Julio Maharbiz (INCAA director)
Vice-president: Héctor Olivera (director and producer)
Artistic Director: Oscar Barney Finn (director)
International Relationships: Nicolás Sarquís (director) - Javier Torre (director)
Treasurer: Isaac Aizembeg (ARGENTORES President)
Manager: Eduardo Mera
Official Jury
- Elsa Martinelli, President (actress, Italy)
- Percy Adlon (director, Germany)
- Manuel Antín (Director and Rector of the Cinema University, Argentina)
- Arturo Ripstein (director, Mexico)
- Marie-José Nat (actress, France)
- Eugenio Zanetti (Art director, Argentina)
- Amparo Soler Leal (actress, Spain)
- Claudio España (critic, Argentina)
Official Awards: Golden and Silver Ombú, designed by the sculptor Antonio Pujía.
- Golden Ombú to Best Film: El perro del hortelano, by Pilar Miró (Spain)
- Silver Ombú to Best Director: Zhang Yuan, for Dong Gong Xi Gong (China-France)
- Silver Ombú to Best Actress: Renee Zellweger, for The Whole Wide World, by Dan Ireland (USA)
- Silver Ombú to Best Actor: Silvio Orlando, for La mia generazione (Italy)
- Silver Ombú to Best Script: Wang Xiaobo and Zhang Yuan, for Dong Gong Xi Gong, de Zhang Yuan (China-France)
- Silver Ombú to Best Latin American Film: Buenos Aires viceversa, by Alejandro Agresti (Argentina-Holland)
- Jury’s Special Award: Kriegsbilder, by Heiner Stadler (Germany)
Special Mentions:
- Best Photography Director: Zhang Jian, for Dong Gong Xi Gong, by Zhang Yuan (China-France)
- Best Art Direction: Pierre-Louis Thevenet, for Tranvía a la Malvarrosa, by José Luis García Sánchez (Spain)
Non-Official Awards
International Cinematographic Press Federation Jury, FIPRESCI
Klaus Eder, President (Germany), Howard Feinstein (USA), Carlos Heli
(Brazil), Lino Miccichè (Italy), Luciano Monteagudo (Argentina) and
Homero Alsina Thevenet (Uruguay)
- Great Award: La mia generazione, by Wilma Labate (Italy)
- Best Latin American Film: Buenos Aires viceversa, by Alejandro Agresti (Argentina-Holland)
International Cinema and Audio-Visuals Catholic Organization Jury (O.C.I.C.)
Robert Molhant (Belgium), José María Poirer (Argentina), Robin
David Peredo Flores (Bolivia), Daniel Paraná Sendrós (Argentina) and
Imelda Teresita -Fidelis- Tibaldo H.S.P. (OCIC Los Angeles Office
Secretary)
- Best Film: La mia generazione, by Wilma Labate (Italy)
- Special Mention: Buenos Aires viceversa, by Alejandro Agresti (Argentina-Holland) and Macadam Tribu, by José Laplaine (Portugal-Zaire)
