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
DirectorsLina Rodríguez
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 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

YearFilmDirectorCountry
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.svg  Portugal
2014 Tierra en la lengua Rubén Mendoza 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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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.