Cartagena Film Festival

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Cartagena Film Festival
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Cartagena Film Festival office
Location Cartagena, Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Founded1959 (1959)
Founded by Víctor Nieto
AwardsGolden India Catalina
Language Spanish
Website www.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]

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The Cartagena Film Festival was founded 1959 by Víctor Nieto. Nieto remained the director of the film festival for 48 years, his last being in 2008. Nieto died at the age of 92 in November 2008. Lina Paola Rodriguez was appointed manager by Nieto in 2007 and 2008, and became acting director following Nieto's death. [1]

Directors

Term startTerm endNameRef.
19592008 Víctor Nieto [1]
2008 (acting)-Lina Paola Rodriguez
2018- Felipe Aljure [2]

Best Film winners

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. Mango, Agustin (2018-07-10). "Colombia's Cartagena Film Festival Appoints New Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-06-27.