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Viña del Mar International Film Festival

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Viña del Mar International Film Festival
2019 Film Festival poster
LocationViña del Mar, Chile  Chile
Founded1963
AwardsFilms and documentary films from Latin America
Short films and documentary films from Latin America
International competition of short films by film schools
Competition for local works
Special Categories: DOCULAB Andino
Best music competition
Work in Progress
Hosted byThe city of Viña del Mar.
LanguageSpanish
Websitehttp://www.cinevina.cl/

The Viña del Mar International Film Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar, FICVIÑA) is a Latin American film festival held annually in Viña del Mar, Chile.

History

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Viña del Mar Municipal Theatre, main venue of the FICVIÑA Festival
FICVIÑA 2012. Welcome poster

The idea for a Chilean film festival was born in 1962, when the Viña del Mar Film Club was created by a group of film aficionados. In 1963 the first Amateur Film Festival was held, and the following year the festival opened to films from the Latin American region. This festival dropped the “amateur” to become Chile’s first international film festival in 1967, inaugurated by Aldo Francia.[1]

Between 1970 and 2000, the festival was suspended due to the political climate in Chile. In 2007, the festival celebrated its 40th anniversary. The festival became free for visitors in 2012 and 2014, Mexico was the invited guest.[2]

Award

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Awards for the festival are the Paoa, a statue made of wood from the Pou tree native to Easter Island. The statues have two heads, representing the duality of day and night. Each statue is made by hand by Miguel Nahoe and no two are identical.[3]

The official competition of the festival is divided into the following categories:[4]

  • International Feature Film Competition
  • International Documentary Competition
  • International Short Film Competition
  • International Animated Short Film Competition
  • National Short Film Competition
  • Regional Documentary Competition
  • Short Film Competition for National Film Schools
  • Documentary Competition for National Film School
  • Work in Progress
  • Competition for Best Film Soundtrack

Gran Paoa Prize Winners- Best International Film[5]

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Year English Title Original Title Director Country
2003 Sub terra Sub terra Marcelo Ferrari  Chile
2004 Machuca Machuca Andrés Wood  Chile
2005 In Bed En la cama Matías Bize  Chile
2006 Forbidden to Forbid Proibido Proibir Jorge Durán  Brasil
2007 The grain O Grão Petrus Cariry  Brazil
2008 The Pope's Toilet El baño del Papa César Charlone and Enrique Fernández  Uruguay
2009 Huacho Huacho Alejandro Fernández Almendras  Chile
2010 Portraits in a Sea of Lies Retratos en un mar de mentiras Carlos Gaviria  Colombia
2011 The Colors of the Mountain Los colores de la montaña Carlos César Arbeláez  Colombia
2012 Death penalty Pena de Muerte Tevo Díaz  Chile
2013 The Golden Dream La Jaula de Oro Diego Quemada-Díez  Mexico
2014 Heli Heli Amat Escalante  Mexico
2015 The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime El patrón: radiografía de un crimen Sebastián Schindel  Argentina
2016 From Afar Desde allá Lorenzo Vigas  Venezuela
2017 Last Days in Havana Últimos días en La Habana Fernando Pérez  Cuba
2018 The Heiresses Las herederas Marcelo Martinessi  Paraguay
2019 Monos Monos Alejandro Landes  Colombia

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Festival de Cine de Viña del Mar - memoria chilen, a memoria chilena, Biblioteca Nacional Digital retrieved on April 18, 2015
  2. ^ Official web - Historia (es) Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine cinevina.cl FICVIÑA 2013 retrieved on April 18, 2015
  3. ^ [1] Maori Rapa Nui Artistas artesanos Rapa Nui
  4. ^ Official web cinevina.cl FICVIÑA 2013 retrieved on April 18, 2015
  5. ^ Official web Historia Festival Internacional de Cine retrieved on December 27, 2017
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