Cartagena Film Festival Explained
The Cartagena Film Festival (es|Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short films. The Cartagena Film Festival, which is held every March, is the oldest film festival in Latin America.[1]
The Cartagena Film Festival was founded 1959 by Victor Nieto.[1] Nieto remained the director of the film festival for 48 years, his last being in 2008.[1] Nieto died at the age of 92 in November 2008.[1] Lina Paola Rodriguez was appointed manager by Nieto in 2007 and 2008, and will remain acting director following Nieto's death.[1]
Best Film winners
| Year | Film | Director | Country |
|---|
| 1961 | La Cucaracha | |  Mexico |
| 1962 | O Pagador de Promessas | |  Brazil |
| 1969 | El dependiente | |  Argentina |
| 1972 | Juan Lamaglia y señora | | Argentina |
| 1973 | Espejismo | |  Peru |
| 1974 | Los siete locos | | Argentina |
| 1976 | Furtivos | |  Spain |
| 1977 | Cantata de Chile | |  Cuba |
| 1979 | El pez que fuma | | |
| 1980 | El otro Francisco | | Cuba |
| 1985 | Oriana | | ,  France |
| 1986 | Visa USA | |  Colombia, Cuba |
| 1989 | | Francisco José Lombardi | |
| 1990 | La Tigra | |  Ecuador |
| 1991 | Yo, la peor de todas | | Argentina |
| 1992 | Tacones lejanos | | Spain, France |
| 1993 | O Corpo | José Antonio Garcia | Brazil |
| 1994 | La madre muerta | Ana Álvarez | Spain |
| 1998 | Bajo bandera | | Argentina,  Italy |
| 2000 | Garage Olimpo | | Argentina, Italy, France |
| Orfeu | | Brazil |
| 2001 | Eu Tu Eles | | Brazil |
| 2002 | Lavoura Arcaica | | Brazil |
| 2003 | Cidade de Deus | | Brazil |
| 2004 | Carandiru | | Brazil, Argentina, Italy |
| 2005 | Sumas y restas | | Colombia, Spain |
| 2006 | La última luna | | Mexico, Spain,  Chile |
| 2007 | La edad de la peseta | | Cuba, Spain, |
| 2008 | Maldeamores | Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz, Mariem Pérez Riera |  Puerto Rico,  United States |
| 2009 | Lake Tahoe | | Mexico,  Japan, United States |
| 2010 | Gigante | Adrián Biniez |  Uruguay, Argentina,  Germany, Spain,  Netherlands |
| 2011 | Post Mortem | | Chile, Germany, Mexico |
| 2012 | El estudiante | | Argentina |
| 2013 | Tabu | |  Portugal |
| 2014 | Tierra en la lengua | Rubén Mendoza | Colombia |
| 2015 | Ixcanul | |  Guatemala |
| 2016 | Neon Bull | | Brazil |
| 2017 | Aquarius | | Brazil |
| 2018 | Cocote | Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias |  Dominican Republic | |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Anna Marie. de la Fuente. Cartagena Festival's Nieto dies at 92, Director of oldest film festival in Latin America . live. http://web.archive.org/web/20081228083509/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996747.html?categoryId=25&cs=1. 2008-12-28. Variety. 2008-12-03 . 2008-12-07.
