Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival

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Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival
Festival de Cine Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Margarita
Poster of FilMar, showing a boat with flags and colorful pelicans, and the 2012 fest logo.jpg
Poster of the 2012 edition
Statusactive
Genre Film festival
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s) Porlamar, Margarita Island
Country Venezuela
Years active16
Founder Victor Luckert
Sponsor Cine Amazonia Films

The Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival, sometimes known as FilMar, [1] :107 is an international cultural event dedicated to generating spaces for the distribution and promotion of the best of Venezuelan, Latin American, and Caribbean film. [2]

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History

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A banner of Octubre Mes de Ovnis, saying it will be shown at the festival in its 2015 edition

It began in 2008, started through the Cinema and Audiovisual Media Platform of Venezuela's Ministry of Culture, with the national film distributor Amazonia Films organizing the awards. [2] It takes place during the month of October of each year on Margarita Island. Its main award is the Golden Pelican. [3]

The festival is open to all, being reviewed positively as an area where poor children can go and watch the films being publicly screened, allowing them to see a different style of media to the blockbusters in cinemas. [4] :89

Award categories

The award trophies are stylistic pelican head statuettes. [5]

Latin American and Caribbean Films

Awards in this category include monetary prizes in United States dollars. [5] [6]

Venezuelan Films

Awards in this category included monetary prizes in Venezuelan bolívares. [5] [6]

Other awards

Recurring events

Other events covering different aspects of filmmaking have been hosted by experts in the field at different editions. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hart, Stephen M.; Delgado, Maria M.; Johnson, Randal (2017-03-14). A companion to Latin American cinema. Chichester, West Sussex. ISBN   9781118557525. OCLC   957554852.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 3 lisaparavisini (2011-10-18). "Revolutionizing Cinema in Venezuela: An Interview with Victor Luckert". Repeating Islands. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  3. ↑ "More than 60 Films to Compete in Margarita Film Festival". www.cadenagramonte.cu. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  4. ↑ Vázquez Vázquez, María Mercedes (2018-11-28). The question of class in contemporary Latin American cinema. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN   978-1498553025. OCLC   1050962291.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. 1 2 3 Unknown (2012-10-21). "V Festival de Cine Latinoamericano y Caribeño Margarita 2012 | Margarita La Isla". V Festival de Cine Latinoamericano y Caribeño Margarita 2012 | Margarita La Isla. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. 1 2 3 "Convocado el 8º Festival de Cine Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Margarita | LatAm cinema" . Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  7. ↑ "CubaSi - Venezuela's Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival". cubasi.com. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
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