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Cartagena Film Festival

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Cartagena Film Festival
Cartagena Film Festival office
LocationCartagena,  Colombia
Founded1959 (1959)
Founded byVíctor Nieto
AwardsGolden India Catalina
DirectorsLina Rodríguez
LanguageSpanish
Websitewww.ficcifestival.com

The Cartagena Film Festival (Spanish: 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

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Year Film Director Country
1961 La Cucaracha Ismael Rodríguez  Mexico
1962 O Pagador de Promessas Anselmo Duarte  Brazil
1969 El dependiente Leonardo Favio  Argentina
1972 Juan Lamaglia y señora Raúl de la Torre  Argentina
1973 Espejismo Armando Robles Godoy  Peru
1974 Los siete locos Leopoldo Torre Nilsson  Argentina
1976 Furtivos José Luis Borau  Spain
1977 Cantata de Chile Humberto Solás  Cuba
1979 El pez que fuma Román Chalbaud  Venezuela
1980 El otro Francisco Sergio Giral  Cuba
1985 Oriana Fina Torres  Venezuela,  France
1986 Visa USA Lisandro Duque Naranjo  Colombia,  Cuba
1989 The Mouth of the Wolf Francisco José Lombardi  Peru
1990 La Tigra Camilo Luzuriaga  Ecuador
1991 Yo, la peor de todas María Luisa Bemberg  Argentina
1992 Tacones lejanos Pedro Almodóvar  Spain,  France
1993 O Corpo José Antonio Garcia  Brazil
1994 La madre muerta Ana Álvarez  Spain
1998 Bajo bandera Juan José Jusid  Argentina,  Italy
2000 Garage Olimpo Marco Bechis  Argentina,  Italy,  France
Orfeu Carlos Diegues  Brazil
2001 Eu Tu Eles Andrucha Waddington  Brazil
2002 Lavoura Arcaica Luiz Fernando Carvalho  Brazil
2003 Cidade de Deus Fernando Meirelles  Brazil
2004 Carandiru Héctor Babenco  Brazil,  Argentina,  Italy
2005 Sumas y restas Víctor Gaviria  Colombia,  Spain
2006 La última luna Miguel Littín  Mexico,  Spain,  Chile
2007 La edad de la peseta Pavel Giroud  Cuba,  Spain,  Venezuela
2008 Maldeamores Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz, Mariem Pérez Riera  Puerto Rico,  USA
2009 Lake Tahoe Fernando Eimbcke  Mexico,  Japan,  USA
2010 Gigante Adrián Biniez  Uruguay,  Argentina,  Germany,  Spain,  Netherlands
2011 Post Mortem Pablo Larraín  Chile,  Germany,  Mexico
2012 El estudiante Santiago Mitre  Argentina
2013 Tabu Miguel Gomes  Portugal
2014 Tierra en la lengua Rubén Mendoza  Colombia
2015 Ixcanul Jayro Bustamante  Guatemala
2016 Neon Bull Gabriel Mascaro  Brazil
2017 Aquarius Kleber Mendonça Filho  Brazil
2018 Cocote Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias  Dominican Republic

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e de la Fuente, Anna Marie (2008-12-03). "Cartagena Festival's Nieto dies at 92, Director of oldest film festival in Latin America". Variety. Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
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