2007 Mar del Plata Film Festival Awards
2007 Mar del Plata Film Festival: Mar. 8-18, 2007
Directed by Cesc Gay, Fiction tells the story of a film director who, while resting at a friend's home in a small mountain village, meets a violin player with whom he develops a delusional relationship. Gay and Tomás Aragay penned the screenplay. In the cast: Eduard Fernández, Javier Cámara, Montse Germán, Carmen Pla, Ágata Roca
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Golden Astor for Best feature
FICCIÓ (Spain, directed by Cesc Gay)
Special Mention
JARDINS EN AUTOMNE (France-Italy-Russia, directed by Otar Iosseliani)
Silver Astor for Best Director (tie)
MARINA SPADA (Come l'ombra, Italy)
HONG SANG-SOO (Woman on the Beach, South Korea)
Silver Astor for Best Actress
SANDRA HÜLLER (Madonnas, Germany-Switzerland-Belgium, directed by María Speth)
Silver Astor for Best Actor
CARLOS RESTA (La Peli, Argentina, directed by Gustavo Postiglione)
Silver Astor for Best Screenplay
ZAZA RUSADZE Y DITO TSINTSADZE (The man from the Embassy) (Germany, directed by Dito Tsintsadze)
Special Mention
O MAIOR AMOR DO MUNDO (Brazil, directed by Carlos Diegues)
LATIN AMERICAN COMPETITION
Best Film
M (Argentina, Director Nicolás Prividera)
Special Mention (tie)
O CEÚ DE SUELY (Brazil-France-Germany-Portugal, Director Karim Aïnouz)
TIERRA ROJA (Paraguay, Director Ramiro Gómez)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
Best Film in Latin American Competition
M (Argentina, directed by Nicolás Prividera)
Best Latin American Film
O CEÚ DE SUELY (Brazil-France-Germany-Portugal, directed by Karim Aïnouz)
SIGNIS AWARD – WORLD CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION
Best feature film in the official competition
FICCIÓ (Spain, directed by Cesc Gay)
Special Award
4 DE JULIO (Argentina, directed by Juan P. Young and Pablo Zubizarreta)
Best short film in Upcoming Section
TREINTA AÑOS (France-Chile, directed by Nicolás Lasnibat)
ASOCIACIÓN CRONISTAS CINEMATOGRÁFICOS DE LA ARGENTINA (ARGENTINIAN FILM CRITICS)
Best feature in Official Competition
THE MAN FROM THE EMBASSY (Germany, directed by Dito Tsintsadze)
Special Mention
CIUDAD EN CELO (Argentina, Hernán Gaffet)
Best Argentine short film in Upcoming Section
PUERTAS ADENTRO (Argentina, directed by Martín Carranza)
Best foreign short film in Upcoming Section
WIGALD (Germany, directed by Timon Modersohn)
SINDICATO DE LA INDUSTRIA CINEMATOGRÁFICA ARGENTINA (ARGENTINIAN FILM UNION) TATO MILLER AWARD
Best social and humanistic narrative film in Latin American Competition
REGRESADOS (Argentina, directed by Flavio Nardini and Christian Bernard)
Best social and humanistic documentary film in Latin American Competition
TIERRA ROJA (Paraguay, directed by Ramiro Gómez)
ASOCIACIÓN ARGENTINA DE ACTORES (ARGENTINIAN ACTOR'S ASSOCIATION) CARLOS CARELLA AWARD
Best Actor in Argentine Showcase Section
PABLO RAGANI (Dumbo 4)
Best Actress
CORINA ROMERO (Dora, la jugadora)
THE INNER LOOK AWARD
Best short film in the Inner Look Section
PEONCITO (Río Negro, directed by Fermín Valeros)
First Special Mention
EL TELEVIDENTE (Córdoba, directed by Lucas Damino and Sebastián Menegaz)
Second Special Mention
AL SOL EN BICI (Chubut, directed by Grupo Humus)
Annual Program without Frontiers
PEONCITO (Río Negro, directed by Fermín Valeros)
INTERFILM BERLIN AWARD
Best short film in Upcoming Section
IN GOLF WE TRUST (Argentina, 2005, directed by Pablo Mazzeo and Gustavo Kaplan)
Special Mention
AMOR A LAS 4 DE LA TARDE (Argentina-Spain, directed by Sebastián Alfie)
791 AWARD TO ARTISTIC INNOVATION
IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE (Austria, directed by Anja Salomonowitz)
Official Competition Jury: Charles Burnett (USA), Emilia Atef (Germany) Adriana Chiesa Di Palma (Italy), Jay Jeon (South Korea) and Marcelo Piñeyro (Argentina)
Latin American Competition Jury: Teresa Toledo Cabrera (Cuba), Carlos Diegues (Brazil), Carlos Chicho Durán (Peru), Víctor Gaviria (Colombia) and Federico León (Argentina)
FIPRESCI Jury: Jorge Jelinek (Uruguay), Bence Nanay (Hungary) and Pablo Suárez (Argentina)
Signis Jury: Guido Convenís (Belgium), Andrés Jaquez (Mexico) and Agustín Neifert (Argentina)
Argentinian Film Critics Jury: Roberto Blanco Pazos, Emilio Bellón and Gedalio Tarasow
Argentinian Film Union Jury: Algo Guglielmone, Elisabet Otero and Roberto Salomone
Argentinian Actor's Association Jury: Mimí Ardú, María Florentino and Emilio Bardi
Inner Look Jury: Carlos Martinez, Miguel Perez and Ricardo Randazzo
Interfilm Berlin Jury: Heinz Hermanns
791 Award Jury: David Gorodisch, Hernán Gerchuny and Hernán Khourian
Mar del Plata International Film Festival Site