Santiago International Film Festival Explained

Santiago International Film Festival
Location:Santiago, Chile
Host:Fundación CorpArtes
Language:Spanish, English
Website:SANFIC Website
Last:20th Santiago International Film Festival

The Santiago International Film Festival (Spanish; Castilian: Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine|links=no; SANFIC) is a film festival that launched in 2005. As its name suggests, the festival takes place in Santiago, Chile. Along with the well-known Valdivia International Film Festival, SANFIC has become one of the most prestigious film festivals of Chile and South America.

Competition

There are two main competitions at SANFIC: the Chilean Cinema Competition, and an International Competition, each featuring nine shortlisted films.There is also a Local Talent competition for local directors and producers, dedicated to short films, with 18 shortlisted works. The judging panel and jury are made up of international and Chilean experts from the film industry.

10th Anniversary edition

SANFIC 2014 (the 10th edition) took place between the 21 and 26 of October, and screened more than 90 titles from 30 countries, some of which had won prizes at the world's most prestigious film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Sundance, among others).

Participating films

The following films took part in the two competitions:[1]

International Competition

Chilean Cinema Competition

Winning films

The following films won awards at the 10th edition of SANFIC:[2]

International Competition:
Chilean Cinema Competition:
Audience Award for Best Film:Escapes de gas, by Bruno Salas
  • Local Talent Competition:
  • Latin American Work in Progress:
    Ventana Sur Prize:
    Santiago LAB SANFIC Industry Award for documentary projects:(“Premio a proyectos Santiago LAB Documental de SANFIC Industria”)

    Premio DocsDF:

    Santiago LAB SANFIC Industry Award for fiction projects:(“Premio a proyectos Santiago LAB Ficción de SANFIC Industria”)Encuentros Cartagena Prize: El treinticuatro, by Waldo SalgadoMercado Guadalajara Prize: La Carola, by Juan Francisco OleaArgentina HD Prize: Cabros de mierda, de Gonzalo Justiniano

    Award winners

    International Film Competition

    Best Film
    Best Director
    Best Performance
    Special Jury Mention
    Audience Award
    Honorary Mention

    Chilean Film Competition

    Best Film
    Best Director
    Best Performance
    Special Mention

    Latin-American Film Competition

    Best Film
    Best Director
    Special Mention
    Honorary Mention

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. http://issuu.com/sanfic/docs/catalogo_sanfic10 SANFIC 10 Catalog (ES)
    2. http://www.eldinamo.cl/2014/10/26/sanfic-ganadores-pelicula-aurora-cine-chileno/ Award winners SANFIC 10