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

  • Alden Knight – Candelaria
  • Maria Camila Arias, Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza, Abel Arcos, Carlos Quintela – Candelaria
  • 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
  • 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

See also

External links

Notes and References

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