Oaxaca FilmFest
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
Oaxaca FilmFest 2010[1]
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 |
Oaxaca FilmFest 2011[2]
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 |
Oaxaca FilmFest 2012[3]
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