8th Macondo Awards explained

Number:	8
Award:	Macondo Awards
Site:	Plaza Mayor Medellín, Colombia
Best Film:	Birds of Passage
Most Wins:	Birds of Passage (9)
Most Nominations:	Birds of Passage (13)
Last:	7th
Next:	9th

The 8th Macondo Awards ceremony, presented by the Colombian Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences, honored the best audiovisual productions of 2019. It took place on November 9, 2019, at the Plaza Mayor convention and exhibition center in Medellín. The ceremony awarded 18 categories.^[1]

The film Birds of Passage won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Birds of Passage Candelaria We Are the Heat	Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego – Birds of Passage Vladimir Durán – So Long Enthusiasm Daniela Castro Valencia, Nicolas Ordóñez – La mujer de los 7 nombres
Alden Knight – Candelaria José Acosta – Birds of Passage Manuel Álvarez – El Piedra	Carmiña Martínez – Birds of Passage Verónica Lynn – Candelaria Silvia Varón Santamaría – Eva and Candela
Jhon Narváez – Birds of Passage Greider Meza – Birds of Passage Vladimir Durán – So Long Enthusiasm	Natalia Reyes – Birds of Passage Victoria Hernández – El silencio del río Loren Paz Jara – Wandering Girl
Maria Camila Arias, Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza, Abel Arcos, Carlos Quintela – Candelaria Maria Camila Arias, Jacques Toulemonde – Birds of Passage	David Gallego – Birds of Passage Luis Otero Prada – We Are the Heat Felipe Aguilar Levy, Helkin Rene Diaz – Ganges Mauricio Vidal, Nicolas Ordóñez – La mujer de los 7 nombres
Felipe Guerrero – Ruben Blades Is Not My Name Miguel Schverdfinger – Birds of Passage Juan Soto – En el taller	Angélica Perea – Birds of Passage Jaime Luna – We Are the Heat Óscar Navarro – Wandering Girl
Marco Salaverría, Claus Lynge, Carlos García – Birds of Passage José Jairo Flores, Sebastián Alzate, Daniel Vásquez – The Smiling Lombana Raúl Locatelli, Oliever Guillaume, Nicolás Naegelen, Daniel Vásquez – El silencio del río	Catherine Rodríguez – Birds of Passage Luz Helena Cárdenas – We Are the Heat Susana Jaramillo – Eva and Candela
Camilo Sanabria – The Smiling Lombana Juan Carlos Pellegrino – El Piedra Alejandro Ramirez-Rojas – El sendero de la anaconda	Rocca, Junior Jein – "Ganar y sumar" from We Are the Heat Juan Carlos Pellegrino – "El piedra hop" from El Piedra Los Neuronas – "In & out" from Entre nosotros
Paula Núñez – We Are the Heat Pigmalion Animation Studio, Océano Post Digital, Catapulta Producciones – Alma de héroe Vanessa Suárez – La medium del venerable	Daniela Abad – The Smiling Lombana Guillermo Quintero – Homo Botanicus Daniela Castro Valencia, Nicolas Ordóñez – La mujer de los 7 nombres
Juan Pablo Caballero – La virgen negra Eugenio Gómez Borrero – María de los esteros Juan Sebastián Mesa – Tierra mojada	Alfonso Cuarón – Roma (Mexico) Gustavo Rondón Córdova – The Family (Venezuela) Marcelo Martinessi – The Heiresses (Paraguay)

See also

• List of Colombian films
• Macondo Awards
• 2019 in film

External links

• 8th Macondo Awards at IMDb
• 8th Macondo Awards at Filmaffinity

Notes and References

1. Web site: ‘Pájaros de verano’ lidera nominaciones de los Premios Macondo . 23 October 2019 . 24 October 2019 . Radio Nacional . es.