Caracas Ibero-American Film Festival

This article is about the festival founded in 2003. For the festival founded in 2021, see Caracas Ibero-American Film Festival.

Caracas Ibero-American Film Festival

Location	Caracas, Venezuela
Founded	2003
Founded by	Francisco Villarroel
Awards	Caracas Lion
Language	Spanish, Portugues

Caracas Ibero-American Film Festival (Spanish: Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Caracas) is a Venezuelan film festival. It was initially created in 2003 with the purpose of promoting Ibero-American cinema, with emphasis on first movies. ^[1] Subsequently, in 2021 it restarted its activities again. ^[2]

Award Categories

The festival has the following categories: ^{[3] [4]}

• Best Iberoamerican Feature.
• Best Iberoamerican Direction,
• Best Iberoamerican Actor.
• Best Iberoamerican Actress.
• Best Screenplay.
• Best Iberoamerican Short.
• Best Documental Feature.
• Best Documental Short.
• Best Student Short.
• Best International Feature.
• Best International Short.
• Special Jury Prize.
• Audience Award.

Winners

2021 ^[5] :

• 9 Fugas (Spain), Best Iberoamerican Feature and Best Iberoamerican Director (Fon Cortizo). ^[6]
• Un Destello Interio (Venezuela), Best Iberoamerican Actress (Jericó Montilla).
• La Lista (Paraguay), Best Iberoamerican Actor (Fernando Abadie). ^[7]
• Kaporiro (Venezuela), Best Screenplay and Special Jury Price. ^[8]
• Esperando a María (Venezuela), Best Iberoamerican Short.
• A Virxe Roxa (Spain), Best Documentary Feature.
• Collateral (Venezuela), Best Documentary Short.
• La Última Fiesta (Mexico) and Mti (Chile), Best Student Short (Share).
• No Man's Law (USA), Best International Feature.
• Sorrow (Serbia), Best International Short.

2023 ^[9] :

• La Alberca de los Nadies (Mexico), Best Iberoamerican Feature, Best Iberoamerican Director (José Luís Solís Olivares), Best Iberoamerican Actress (María Mercedes Coroy) and Best Actor Iberoamerican Alex Batista). ^[10]
• Volveré (Mexico), Best Screenplay and Best Iberoamerican Actress (Blanca Salces). ^[11]
• Caso 73 (Colombia) and Eu & Eu (Portugal), Best Iberoamerican Short (Share). ^[12]
• Soc Mare (Spain), Best Documentary Feature. ^[13]
• Fotógrafo Callejero (Venezuela) and Chao Carbón (Chile), Best Documentary Short. (Share).
• Tres Hombres en una Canción (Chile) and Bad Hombrewood (USA), Best Student short (Share).
• The Cloud & The Man (India), Best International Feature.
• La Guaga 42 (USA), Best International Short.
• Las Vencidas y No Derrotadas (Spain) and Dioses de México (Mexico), Special Jury Price (Share).
• Habana Club (Cuba), Audience Award.

2024:

• Del otro lado del jardín (Spain), Best Iberoamerican Features, Best Screenplay (Ignacio del Moral, Daniel Posada), Best Actor (Julián Román).
• Septiembre ^[14] (Spain), Best Iberoamerican Director (Carlos Aceituno), Best Actress (Cristina Mediero).
• Hijos de la Revolución (Venezuela), Best Actress (Naomi De Oliveira).
• La Chica del Alquiler (Venezuela), Best Actor (Agustín Segnini).
• Marea (Dominican Republic) and La Lista (Brasil), Best Iberoamerican Short (Share).
• Hortensias para Inés (Venezuela) and Basilicia ^[15] (Argentina), Best Documentary Feature (Share).
• A Common Woman (Brasil), Best Documentary Short.
• Frostbyte (United States), Best Student Short.
• Bailaora (United States), Best International Feature.
• Gabriela (United States), Best International Short.
• Larga Vida de los Recuerdos (Argentina), Special Jury Price.

References

1. "Festival de cine iberoamericano en Caracas". PRODU.COM (in Spanish). 2003-11-21. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
2. Castellanos, Marlene (2022-03-08). "Celebrada la primera edición del Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Caracas". Carabobo es Noticia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-27.
3. "Caracas Iberoamerican Film Festival". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
4. Festhome. "Caracas Iberoamerican Film Festival". Festhome (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-27.
5. "Caracas Iberoamerican Film Festival (2021)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
6. culturagalega.org (2022-03-07). "Tamén foi premiada 'A Virxe Roxa' e en Panamá o filme 'Jacinto'". culturagalega.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-27.
7. "Película paraguaya "La lista" celebrará su estreno en Festival de Cine de Marbella – MonoGlobal" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-10.
8. "Crítica... Kaporito. El guardián de la montaña". www.cineymax.es. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
9. "Caracas Iberoamerican Film Festival (2023)". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
10. "María Mercedes Coroy es galardonada como mejor actriz por el filme "La alberca de los nadies" en el Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Caracas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-27.
11. Flores, Daniel (2023-04-14). "VOLVERÉ, la nueva película de Carlos Salces, gana Premio a Mejor Guion y Mejor Actriz en el Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Caracas - CIONoticias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-27.
12. "Estudios Takeshima apoya la producción audiovisual de calidad". www.cali.gov.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-10.
13. CATALUNYA, COMUNICACIÓ-RTVE (2023-05-03). "'Soc mare', premi al millor documental al Festival de Caracas". RTVE.es (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-05-14.
14. Hoy, Jaén (2024-04-11). "El director jiennense Carlos Aceituno, galardonado por el cine internacional". Jaén Hoy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-11.
15. ""Basilicia" se consagró como mejor documental en el Caracas Iberoamerican Film Festival | EL TERRITORIO noticias de Misiones". El Territorio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-08.

External links

• Caracas Iberoamerican Film Festival at Internet Movie Database