Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil, the best festival winners in Cuba (+ PHOTOS)

Imi is the recipient of the highest award for documentary film at the Havana Film Festival

Choir of First Acts from Colombia and Chile at the Havana Festival (+ photos)

Ricardo Darín and Argentina 1985 win chorales at the Havana Festival

Bolivian director Kero Russo was the biggest winner in the competition after he was crowned with the Coral Award for Best Feature Film, while he also won the directing, sound and editing departments.

Among the big winners of the event was Santiago Miter’s 1985 film Argentina, whose story of trials following the civil and military dictatorship (1976-1983) earned him a coroner for the great actor Ricardo Darín for his role as a lawyer. Julio Stracera. The film also won for Art Direction and Screenplay.

Prensa Latina broadcasts below the list of awards for the Havana competition, in which 103 acts from dozens of countries competed.

Feature film:

The Imaginary Choir: The Great Movement, by Kero Rosso (Bolivia)

Special Jury Choir: Regra 34 by Julia Murad (Brazil)

Choir conductor: Ciro Rosso for the Grand Movement (Bolivia)

Female Acting Choir: Julia Chávez for The Other Tom (Mexico)

Male Performance Choir: Ricardo Darín, for Argentina 1985 (Argentina)

Vocal choir: Mercedes Tenina and Mauricio Quiroga, for The Great Movement (Bolivia)

Choir Art Direction: Mikael Sayegh for Argentina 1985 (Argentina)

Script choir: Santiago Miter and Mariano Lenas, for Argentina 1985 (Argentina)

Choir with original music: Moleta 100 Calcinha, by Mato Secco M. Chamas (Brazil)

Chorus Photography: Joanna Pimienta, by Mato Sekou M. Chamas (Brazil)

Cora Editing: Ciro Russo and Pablo Banegua for El Gran Movimiento (Bolivia)

short film:

Choir for Best Short Film: Chao de Fabrica (Workers’ Story), Nina Copco (Brazil)

Special Jury Choir: Stars of the Desert, by Catharina Harder (Chile)

for the first time:

Choir for Best First Film: Amparo, Simon Mesa (Colombia) Choir of the Special Jury: 1976, by Manuela Martelli (Chile)

Choir for Artistic Contribution: La Pac by Andrés Ramirez (Colombia)

Mentionsed:

Clara Sola, by Natalie Alvarez (Costa Rica)

Night of Fire, by Tatiana Huizo (Mexico)

documentaries:

Feature Documentary Chorus: Imy Lapaz Encina (Paraguay)

Short Documentary Chorus: Abisal by Alejandro Alonso (Cuba)

Special Narrative Jury Choir: El silencio del topo by Anaïs Taracena (Guatemala)

Special Short Film Jury Choir: Cade Heleny? by Esther Vital (Brazil)

animation:

Animation Choir: Bob Spits, We Don’t Like People, by Cesar Cabral (Brazil)

Short Film Choir: Bestia, Hugo Covarrubias (Chile)

Special Jury Chorus: My Home is Elsewhere, composed by Carlos Hagermann and Jorge Villalobos (Mexico)

Post-production choir: La suprema by Felipe Caro (Colombia)

Best Poster: Agua, Gonzalo Fontao (Mexico)

Unpublished text: Michaela by Jose Fernandez del Rio (Peru).

Other awards:

Arrecife Award: Man by Fabian Hernandez (Colombia)

Signis Award: Argentina, 1985, from Santiago Miter (Argentina)

Fipresci Award: Mato seco em chamas by Adirley Queirós and Joana Pimenta (Brazil)

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