Oaxaca FilmFest
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| Location | Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| Founded | 2010 |
| Website | http://www.oaxacafilmfest.com/ |
Oaxaca FilmFest is an eight-day long international film festival held every autumn in the colonial Mexican city of Oaxaca since 2010. The festival is composed of various categories and offers a large space in its selection to emerging directors and screenwriters.
History
The first edition of the festival was held in November 2010.
Awards
Award Winners
Oaxaca FilmFest 2010
| Category | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award For Best Film | La Soga | Josh Crook | Dominican Republic |
| Award For Best Documentary | The Cha-Wan Matchup | Chuan Chung | Taiwan |
| Award For Best Short Film | Interview | Sebastian Marka | Germany |
| Award For The Best Film Directed By A Mexican Filmmaker | La Pantera Negra | Iyari Werita | Mexico |
Oaxaca FilmFest 2011
| Category | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award For Best Film | Crebisnky | Enrique Otero | Spain |
| Award For Best Documentary | Paraiso for Sale | Anayansi Prado | USA |
| Award For Best Short Film | The Night of the Moon Has Many Hours | Mauricio Arango | USA |
| Award For The Best Film Directed By A Mexican Filmmaker | Fuego Inolvidable | Fernando Benitez | Mexico |
| Award For Best Script | Mask Of The Innocent | Teresa Bruce | USA |
| Audience Choice Award | Backlighting | Kenia González | Mexico |
Oaxaca FilmFest 2012
| Category | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award For Best Narrative Feature | Kurtulus Son Durak | Yusuf Pirhasan | Turkey |
| Award For Best Documentary Feature | Lemon | Beth Levison and Laura Brownson | USA |
| Award For Best Narrative Short | The Devil's Dosh | Zachary Guerra | USA |
| Award For Best Documentary Short | El último hielero | Sandy Patch | USA |
| Award For Best Feature Screenplay | Where Is Sofia? | Bogdan Muresanu | Romania |
Oaxaca FilmFest 2013
| Category | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award for Best Global Feature | Tu seras un homme | Benoit Cohen | France |
| Award for Best Americas Feature | Ruta de la Luna | Juan Sebastián Jácome | Ecuador, Panamá |
| Award for Best Emergence Feature | Sommarstallet | Marcus Werner Hed, Johan von Reybekiel | Sweden, United Kingdom |
| Award for Best International Short | Jack's Not Sick Anymore | Chloe Domont | USA |
| Award for Best International Documentary | It's Better to Jump | Mouna B Stewart, Gina M Angelone, Patrick A Stewart | United States, Palestine |
| Award for Best Film Hecho en México | Gajes del Oficio | Mariana Gironella | México |
| Award for Best International Screenwriter | Bardo | Miguel Ignacio Muzquiz Ojeda | México |
| Award for Best Original Idea | Inmigrante | Susan Del Campo | United States |
Oaxaca FilmFest 2014
| Category | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award for Best Global Feature | Daire | Atil Inac | Turkey |
| Award for Best American Continent Feature Narrative | Cheatin | Bill Plympton | USA |
| Award for Best Feature Narrative Hecho en Mexico | La manana no comienza aqui | Ivan Avila Duenas | Mexico |
| Award for Best Opera Prima | Days of Gray | Ani-Simon Kennedy | USA |
| Award for Best Feature Documentary | A people without a land | Eliyahu Ungar Sargon | USA |
| Award for Best Short Narrative | Smutne Potwory | Justyna Tafel | Poland |
| Award for Best Short Narrative Hecho en Mexico | El Don de los espejos | Mara Soler Guitián | Mexico |
| Award for Best Short Documentary | Tarzan and Arab | Paul Fischer | Canada |
| Award for Best Animation Short | Guida | Rosana Urbes | Brazil |
| Award for Best International Screenplay | The Gospel according to Charlie | Kamal John Iskander | USA |
| Award for Best Mexican Screenplay | Pena | Moises Perez | Mexico |
Oaxaca FilmFest 2015
| Category | Film | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award for Best Global Feature | The Wannabe | Nick Sandow | USA |
| Award for Best Opera Prima | Krisha | Trey Edwards Shults | USA |
| Award for Best Feature Narrative Hecho en Mexico | La delgada Linea Amarilla | Celsio Garcia | Mexico |
| Award for Best Feature Documentary ( Power Docs ) | Among the Believers | Hemal Trivedi | Pakistan |
| Award for Best Short Narrative ( Life is Short ) | Frankie ( Italian Roulette ) | Francesco Mazza | USA |
| Award for Best Short Narrative Hecho en Mexico | La teta de Botero | Humberto Busto | Mexico |
| Award for Best Short Documentary | Uncle Essy | Niyaz Saghari | Iran, United Kingdom |
| Award for Best Animation Short | Corpus Research Institute | Tynesha Foreman | USA |
| Award for Best Experimental Short | Phantom Limbs | Reed O'Beirne | USA |
| Award for Best International Screenplay | Coffin | Dave Ryan | USA |
| Award for Best Mexican Screenplay | Erase una vez en una oficina | Neda Ruscic, Dave Malkav | Mexico |
| Award for Best Director | Yakuza Apocalypse | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| Award for Best Actor | The Wannabe | Vincent Piazza | USA |
| Award for Best Actress | The Wannabe | Patricia Arquette | USA |
Honorary Award Winners
| category | film | winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Narrative Feature Directed By A Mexican Filmmaker | La Pantera Negra | Iyari Werita |
| Best Documentary Directed By A Mexican Filmmaker | 13 Pueblos En Defensa Del Agua, El Aire Y La Tierra | Francesco Taboada Tabone |
| Best Short Film Directed By A Mexican Filmmaker | En La Mira | Alejandro Sugich |
| Best Film Directed By A Oaxacan Filmmaker | Dulces Sueños | Pedro Alejandro Cadena Pérez and Marianna Díaz Meoño |
| Achievement In Direction By A Female Filmmaker | Greening The Revolution | Katie Curran |
| Best Student Film | La Pantera Negra | Iyari Werita |
| Best Experimental Film | Beine Brechen | Florian Krautkramer |
| Best Animated Film | The Empress | Lyle Pisio |
| Best Actor | La Mission | Benjamin Bratt |
| Best Actress | Mortem | Diana Rudychenko |
| Best Script | La Soga | Manny Perez |
| Best Musical Score | La Soga | Evan Wilson |
| category | film | winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film Directed By A Mexican Filmmaker | Maria | Fernando Allende |
| Best Documentary Directed By A Mexican Filmmaker | Jovenes Vivos | Moises Zamora |
| Best Short Film Directed By A Mexican Filmmaker | Contraluz: Fotografía Un Momento Que No Puedes Ver | Kenia González |
| Best Animated Film | La Increible Aventura Del Hombre De Jengibre | Tod Polson |
| Best Actor | Crebisnky | Miguel De Lira |
| Best Actress | Topo Gigo Is Dead | Andrea Moro |
| Best Script | Muerte Subita | Adam Hall |
| Best Musical Score | Crebisnky | Pablo Pérez |
| Best Photography | Lluvia Plañidera | David Pisani |
| Best Festival Personality | Jovenes Vivos | Jaime |
| category | film | winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Soundtrack | Vinyl | Sara Sugarman |
| Best Art Direction | Metamorphosis | Jenny Ray |
| Best Production Design | Vinyl | Sara Sugarman |
| Best Cinematography | Foreverland | Celiana Cardenas |
| Best Actor | A Night | Javier Nunez Florian |
| Best Actress | Kurtulus Son Durak | Bilgin Belcim |
| Best Animated Short | Safe | Ginevra Boni |
| Best Experimental Short | Here and Away | Meena Nanji |
Oaxaca FilmFest 2015
| Category | Film | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Hecho en Mexico Mencion Especial | El Comienzo del Tiempo | Bernardo Arellano |
| Best Cinematography | Coming and going | Kim Munster |
| Life is Short Mencion Especial | A Tricky Treat | Patricia Chica |
See also
References
www.oaxacafilmfest.com