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28th Festival of New Latin American Cinema
Argentina and Brazil with 10 Corals each: the most
prizes
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Thirty two films win
36 prizes
BY MIREYA CASTAÑEDA—Granma
International staff writer—
IT was
somewhat expected, but not to such an extent, that
the Coral prizes this year would be shared among
various films. There hasn’t been that great movie
that grabs immediate attention. The jury members
appreciated certain interesting aspects of each of
the films in competition. And so 32 of them received
prizes.
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The First Corla
went to Suely’s Sky, by Karim Ainouz, Brazil. |
The
announcement to the press of the results of the
juries’ deliberations came in the Taganana Room in
the Nacional Hotel, a few hours before the closing
ceremony at the Karl Marx Theater, which includes
the projection of Volver, Pedro Almodóvar’s
latest film as extra spice.
Of the
five prizes in the Full-Length Feature category, the
Brazilians took away three, among them the First
Coral for Suely’s Sky, by Karim Ainouz; the
Third Coral for The 12 Tasks by Ricardo
Elías; and the Special Jury Prize for Prohibited
to Prohibit, by Jorge Durán.
The
Brazilians were also successful in the special
sections: Sound (Antonia, by Tata Amaral);
Music (Chico Buarque for The Greatest Love in the
World, by Carlos Dieques) and Best Actress
(Hermila Guedes in Suely’s Sky).
Argentine cinematography also bore off its Corals in
fiction: Second for El camino de
San
Diego
(The San Diego Road), by Carlos Sorín; Direction,
for Rodrigo Moreno, and Best Actor for Julio Chávez
for El Custodio (The Security Guard); Script,
Daniel Berman for Derecho de familia (Family
Law); and Editing, Crónica de una fuga
(Account of a Breakout).
Cuba
obtained various Corals. In Full-Length Feature a
special Mention for Páginas del diario de
Mauricio (Pages from Mauricio’s Diary), by
Manuel Pérez Paredes; Shorts, a Coral for Gozar,
comer, partir (Enjoy, Eat and Leave), by Arturo
Infante; in the Debut Film Section, First Coral for
El Benny, by Jorge Luis Sánchez; Photography
Coral and Artistic Direction for La edad de la
peseta (The Age of the Peseta), by Pavel Giroud;
Coral in Experimental Documentary for Existen
(They Exist), by Esteban Insausti; and Coral for
Best Unpublished Script for Peter Pan Kids,
from Arturo Sotto.
The
Animation Coral went to M’Appelle, by Javier
Mrad (Argentina) and in Documentary the First Coral
went to En el hoyo (In The Hole), by Juan
Carlos Rulfo (Mexico), and that of Non-Latin
American Director to Pamela Yates (United States)
for State of Fear: the Truth on Terrorism.
The
FIPRESCI Prize, whose jury was headed this year by
its general secretary, Klaus Eder, was for Nacido
y Criado (Born and Bred), by Pablo Trapero
(Argentina) and the SIGNIS one for Crónica de una
fuga, Israel Adrián Caetano (Argentina).
The
28th International Festival of New Latin American
Cinema has come to an end. Ten days (December 5-15)
in darkened halls to take the pulse of the region’s
cinematography and appreciate and enjoy its good
stories and confirm its constantly better production
and, as always, those shows, international
panoramas, special presentations and everything that
leaves dark rings under the eyes of avid Cuban
spectators. |
