Biarritz Film Festival Explained
| Biarritz Film Festival |
| Location: | Biarritz, France |
| Founded: | 1979 |
| Last: | 2022 |
| Website: | http://www.festivaldebiarritz.com/ |
The Biarritz Festival Latin America (French: Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine) is an international film festival held annually in the French city of Biarritz, since 1979[1] to promote the Latin American cinema and culture with the French people and offer opportunities to distribution or coproductions to Latin American films.
Description
The Biarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema offer competitions of unreleased films in long films, short films and documentaries (in partnership with Latin Union). Furthermore, the films in competicion each year, festival presents annually homages and retrospectives around different themes. The festival also offer discover the Latin American culture in other forms with literary meetings, expositions of fotographies and academic conferences. The famous Village festival of conviviality and exchange located oceanfront, allows to attend exhibitions, lectures and evening concerts for free.
Awards
- HUG for Best Feature
- Jury Award for Best Feature
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- Feature Film Audience Award in collaboration with Air France
- Prize of the French Union of Film Critics
- HUG for Documentary, Latin Union Festival of Biarritz
- Audience Award for Best Documentary Film
- HUG for Best Short film
- Special Mentions of the Short Film Jury
- Prizes Shorts TV Numéricâble
Award winners
2023
Feature Films
Documentary Films
- Best Documentary Film: Adieu Sauvage by Serfio Guataquira Sarmiento
- Special Mention: A Invenção do Outro by Bruno Jorge and Nosotras by Emilce Quevedo Díaz
- IHEAL Student Jury Award: El Juicio by Ulises de la Orden
- Audience Award: The Echo (El eco) by Tatiana Huezo
Short Films
- Best Short Film: Takanakuy by Gustavo Bockos
- Special Mention: Antes de Madrid by Nicolás Botana and Ilén Juambeltz)
BAL-LAB
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: El Tiempo Después by Fede Pintos
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: Bajo de Agua by Itzel Sacnité Garcia
- Crystal Publishing Award: Siempre Vuelven by Sergio de León
- L'Alhambra Studios Award: La Luz de Masao Nakagawa by Hideki Nakazaki
2022
Feature Films
Documentary Films
- Best Documentary Film: Retratos del Futuro by Virna Molina
- IHEAL Student Jury Award: Alis by and Nicolas Van Hemelryck
- Audience Award: Alis by and Nicolas Van Hemelryck
Short Films
- Best Short Film: by
- Special Mention: La Baláhna by Xóchitl Enríquez Mendoza
BAL-LAB
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: Cuando Todos se Vayan by Felipe Rodríguez Cerda
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: Todo Esto Eran Mangas by Daniela Abad
- CNC Development Assistance Grant Recipient: Los Pájaros by Fabián Hernández
- Crystal Publishing Award: by
- Alhambra Studios Award: La Primavera de los Anacoretas by Andrés Kaiser
- Lily Post Prod-Etalonage Award: Esencia Habana by Luis Ernesto Doñas
2021
Feature Films
- HUG Award for Best Film: by
- Special Jury Prize: Candela by Andrés Farías Cintrón
- Jury Special Mention for Best Performance: and for Una Película Sobre Parejas
- French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: Una Película Sobre Parejas by and
- Audience Award: by Alfredo Arias and Ignacio Masllorens
Documentary Films
- Best Documentary Film: Qué Será del Verano by Ignacio Ceroi
- Special Mention: Vaychiletik by Juan Javier Pérez
- IHEAL Student Jury Award: Edna by Eryk Rocha
- Audience Award: Cantos de Represión by Marianne Hougen-Moraga and Estephan Wagner
Short Films
- Best Short Film: Entre Ellas by Roxane Florin
- Special Mention: La Luz de Masao Nakagawa by Hideki Nakazaki
BAL-LAB
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: Bea VII by Natalia Garayalde
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: Godspeed Satan by José Pablo Escamilla
- Jury Special Mention: What's in the Air by and Rodrigo Plá
- CNC Development Assistance Grant Recipient: On Top of the Cliff by Enrica Pérez
2020
Feature Films
Documentary Films
- Best Documentary Film: El Otro by Francisco Bermejo
- IHEAL Student Jury Award: O Índio Cor de Rosa Contra a Fera Invisível by Tiago Carvalho
- Audience Award: O Índio Cor de Rosa Contra a Fera Invisível by Tiago Carvalho
Short Films
- Best Short Film: Teoría Social Numérica by Paola Michaels
BAL-LAB
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: Es Mentira Que Debes Obedecer by Bruno Santamaría
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: La Casa del Perro by
- CNC Development Assistance Grant Recipient: Morir de Pie by María Paz González
2019
Feature Films
Documentary Films
- Best Documentary Film: by Ezequiel Yanco
- Audience Award: La Búsqueda by Daniel Lagares and Mariano Agudo
Short Films
- Best Short Film: O Mistério da Carne by Rafaela Camelo
- Special Mention: Hogar by Gerardo Minutti
BAL-LAB
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: Ceci Bon by Rodrigo John
- BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: Sangue Do Meu Sangue by Rafaela Camelo
2018
Feature Films
Documentary Films
- Best Documentary Film: Tranny Fag (Bixa Travesty) by Claudia Priscilla and Kiko Goifman
- Special Mention: Modelo Estéreo by Colectivo Mario Grande
- Audience Award: Locura al Aire by Alicia Cano and Leticia Cuba
Short Films
- Best Short Film: O Órfãoby Carolina Markowicz
- Special Mention: El Verano del León Eléctrico by Diego Céspedes
Project Lizières
- Lizières Award: Un Personaje Volador by
- The Landscapes That You Seek by Juanita Onzaga
2017
Feature Films
Short Films
- Best Short Film: Centauro de Nicolas Suarez
- Special Mention: Damiana by Andrés Ramírez Pulido
- TV5 Monde Award for Best Short Film: Selva by Sofia Quiros Ubeda
Documentary Films
Project Lizières
- Lizières Award: A Dupla Naturaleza da Luz by Marcia Mansur and Marina Thomé
2016
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: El Edén by Andrés Ramírez Pulido
- Special Mention: Rosinha by Gui Campos
- TV5 Monde Award: Caminho dos gigantes by Alois Di Leo
Project Lizières
- Lizières Award: El Edén by Andrés Ramírez Pulido
Documentary Films
- HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: Nueva Venecia by Emiliano Mazza de Luca
- Special Mentions: Damiana Kryygi by and Yo No Soy de Aquí by Maite Alberdi
- Audience Award: Exil-Sur-Scène by Jean-Michel Rodrigo and Marina Paugan
2015
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: O Bom Comportamento by Eva Randolph
- Special Mention: Domingo by Raúl López Echeverría
- TV5 Monde Award: Las Cosas Simples by Álvaro Anguita
- Young Jury Award for Best Short Film: Echo Chamber by Guillermo Moncayo
Project Lizières
- Lizières Award: En la Piel del Otro by Natalia Bruschtein
Documentary Films
2014
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Padre by Santiago Bou Grasso
- Deuxième Best Short Film: El Sonámbulo by Lenz Mauricio Claure
Documentary Films
- HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: Café by Hatuey Viveros Lavielle
- Special Mention: Poder e Impotencia, un Drama en Tres Actos d'Anna Recalde Miranda
- Audience Award: Mercedes Sosa, la Voz de Latinoamérica by Rodrigo H. Vila
Lizières Award
- Berlín by José Luis Valle
2013
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Solecito by
- Deuxième Best Short Film: La Noria by
Documentary Films
- HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: El Impenetrable by Daniele Incalcaterra
- Special Mention: Madera by Daniel Kvitko
- Audience Award: Ensayo de una Nación by Alexis Roitman
2012
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Temporada Seca by Diego Rivera-Kohn
- Deuxième Best Short Film: Qual Queijo Vocé Quer by Cíntia Domit Bittar
- Special Mention: A Galinha Que Burlou o Sistema by Quico Mereilles
Documentary Films
- HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: El Etnógrafo by Ulises Rosell
- Special Mention: Uno al Otro by Milena Almira
- Audience Award: La Máquina Loca by
2011
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Coral by Ignacio Chaneton
- Special Mention: Luminaris by
- Shorts TV Numericable Award: Café con leche by Mauricio Leiva Cock
Documentary Films
- HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: Abuelos by Carla Valencia Davila
- Special Mention: by Tatiana Huezo
- Audience Award: El Tren de las Moscas by Nieves Prieto Tassier and Fernando Lopes Castillo
2010
Feature Films
- HUG Award for Best Film: Revolución by Amat Escalante, Carlos Reygadas, Diego Luna, Fernando Eimbcke, Gael García Bernal, Gerardo Naranjo, Mariana Chenillo, Patricia Riggen, Rodrigo García and Rodrigo Plá
- Special Jury Prize: by Juan Carlos Valdivia
- Best Actress: Nanda Costa, and Kika Farias for by Sandra Werneck
- Best Actor: Osmar Nuñez for The Invisible Eye (La mirada invisible)
- Audience Award: by Manaira Carneiro, Wagner Novais, Rodrigo Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana Bezerra
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Los Minutos, las Horas by Janaína Marques Ribeiro
- ShortsTV – Numéricable Award : La Mina by Pro by Jacques Bonnavent
- Special Mentions: Un Nuevo Baile by and No Me Ama by Martín Piroyansky
Documentary Films
2009
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Distancias by Matias Lucchesi
- Special Mention: El hombre muerto by Julian Goyoaga
- European Young Jury Award: Espalhadas pelo Ar by
- Numéricable Award: by Gaston Rothschild
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award: Mi Vida con Carlos by German Berger Hertz
- Special Mention: Los Que Se Quedan by Juan Carlos Rulfo and Carlos Hagerman and La Chirola by
- ENS Louis Lumière School Award: La Chirola by
Biarritz Young Directors
- Biarritz Young Directors Award: Días Robados by
2008
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: El Deseo by Marie Benito
- Special Mention: Ofelia by Humberto Gutierrez Montero
- European Young Jury Award: Ahendu nde sapukai by Pablo Lamar
- ENS Louis Lumière School Award: Ahendu nde sapukai by Pablo Lamar
- Numéricable Award: Cuilos by Paz Fábrega
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: La Sombra de Don Roberto by Juan Diego Spoerer and Hakan Enström
- Special Mention: by Luciana Burlamaqui
- Audience Award: by Luciana Burlamaqui
- Voyage Award: by
Biarritz Young Directors
2007
Feature Films
- HUG Award for Best Film: Postcards from Leningrad (Postales de Leningrado) by Mariana Rondón
- Special Jury Prize: La Noche de los Inocentes by Arturo Sotto
- Best Performance: Ana Carabajal and Luisa Nuñez for Por Sus Propios Ojos
- Audience Award: by Esteban Schroeder
- European Young Jury Award: La Sangre Iluminada by Iván Avila Dueñas
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Temporal by Paz Fábrega
- ENS Louis Lumière School Award: El Secreto de la Sangre by María Victoria Andino
- European Young Jury Award: Tiene la Tarde Ojos by Carlos Sama
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Secretos de Lucha by Maiana Bidegain
- Special Mention: by
Biarritz Young Directors
- Biarritz Young Directors Award: 1994 by Jean-Marc Rousseau
2006
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Alguma coisa assim by
- ENS Louis Lumière School Award: 76 by Lucas Schiaroli
- Prix Cinécourt by Cinécinéma: XX by Cristián Jiménez
- European Young Jury Award: 76 by Lucas Schiaroli
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Hartos Evos Aqui Hay by Héctor Ulloque Franco and Manuel Montealegre
- Special Mention: La Palomilla Salvaje by Gustavo Gamou
Biarritz Young Directors
- Biarritz Young Directors Award: Hombre de Pieza by Celso R. García
2005
Feature Films
- HUG Award for Best Film: Tatuado by Eduardo Raspo
- Special Jury Prize: Noticias Lejanas by
- Best Actress: Roxana Blanco for Alma Mater
- Best Actor: Julio Jung for
- Audience Award: Maroa by Solveig Hoogestejin
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: by
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: El Pasajero by Matias Meyer and El Tesoro de los Caracoles by Cristián Jiménez
- ENS Louis Lumière School Award: La Vida y Obra de John H by Lourdes Rebora
- Cinécourts by Cinécinema Award: El Tesoro de los Caracoles by Cristián Jiménez
2004
Feature Films
Short Films
- Cinécourt by Cinecinema Award: Los elefantes nunca olvidan by Lorenzo Vigas
2003
Feature Films
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Estadio Nacional by Carmen Luz Parot
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Como se morre no cinema by Luelane Loiola Corrêa
2002
Feature Films
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: El Último Vagón by
Documentary Films
2001
Feature Films
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: O Branco by Angela Pires and
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: by Sérgio Machado
- Special Mention: Latido Latino by and José P. Estepa
2000
Feature Films
Short Films
Documentary Films
1999
Feature Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Film: by
- Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Flora Martínez for
- Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Ulises Dumont for
- France Bleu Audience Award: by
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Fé by Ricardo Dias
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Periférico by
1998
Feature Films
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: En es Espejo del Cielo by Carlos Salces
1997
Feature Films
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Ratas by Dieguillo Fernández and Diego Sabanés
1996
Feature Films
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Novia Mia by Rodrigo Plá
1995
Feature Films
Short Films
1994
Feature Films
Short Films
1993
Feature Films
1992
Feature Films
See also
References
- Web site: Festival de Biarritz. Cinémas et Cultures d' Amérique Latine . Unsain . José Maria . 1985 . aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus. May 29, 2020.
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