| Viña del Mar International Film Festival | |
| Founded: | 1963 |
| Awards: | Films and documentary films from Latin America Short films and documentary films from Latin America International competition of short films by film schools Competition for local works Special Categories: DOCULAB Andino Best music competition Work in Progress |
| Host: | The city of Viña del Mar. |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Website: | http://www.cinevina.cl/ |
The Viña del Mar International Film Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar, FICVIÑA) is a Latin American film festival held annually in Viña del Mar, Chile.
The idea for a Chilean film festival was born in 1962, when the Viña del Mar Film Club was created by a group of film aficionados. In 1963 the first Amateur Film Festival was held, and the following year the festival opened to films from the Latin American region. This festival dropped the “amateur” to become Chile’s first international film festival in 1967, inaugurated by Aldo Francia.[1]
Between 1970 and 2000, the festival was suspended due to the political climate in Chile. In 2007, the festival celebrated its 40th anniversary. The festival became free for visitors in 2012 and 2014, Mexico was the invited guest.[2]
Awards for the festival are the Paoa, a statue made of wood from the Pou tree native to Easter Island. The statues have two heads, representing the duality of day and night. Each statue is made by hand by Miguel Nahoe and no two are identical.[3]
The official competition of the festival is divided into the following categories:[4]
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Sub terra | Sub terra | |||
| 2004 | Machuca | Machuca | |||
| 2005 | In Bed | En la cama | |||
| 2006 | Forbidden to Forbid | Proibido Proibir | Jorge Durán | ||
| 2007 | The grain | O Grão | |||
| 2008 | The Pope's Toilet | El baño del Papa | |||
| 2009 | Huacho | Huacho | |||
| 2010 | Portraits in a Sea of Lies | Retratos en un mar de mentiras | |||
| 2011 | The Colors of the Mountain | Los colores de la montaña | |||
| 2012 | Death penalty | Pena de Muerte | |||
| 2013 | The Golden Dream | La Jaula de Oro | |||
| 2014 | Heli | Heli | |||
| 2015 | The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime | El patrón: radiografía de un crimen | |||
| 2016 | From Afar | Desde allá | |||
| 2017 | Last Days in Havana | Últimos días en La Habana | |||
| 2018 | The Heiresses | Las herederas | |||
| 2019 | Monos | Monos | Alejandro Landes |  Colombia |