2008 Havana Film Festival Awards
2008 Havana Film Festival of New Latin America Cinema: 2-12 December, 2008
Set in Santiago in the repressive 1970s, Pablo Larraín’s Tony Manero follows a man (murderously) obsessed with John Travolta’s disco-dancing character from Saturday Night Fever.
FEATURE FILMS
First place
Tony Manero, Pablo Larrain, Chile
Second place
Linha de Passe, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Brazil
Third place
El Cuerno de la Abundancia, Juan Carlos Tabio, Cuba
Special jury award
Leonera, Pablo Trapero, Argentina
Honorable mention
La Buena Vida, Andres Wood, Chile
DOCUMENTARIES
First place
Los Herederos, Eugenio Polgovsky, Mexico
Second place
El Diario de Agustin, Ignacio Aguero, Chile
Third place
Stranded — Vengo de un Avion Que Cayo en las Montanas, Gonzalo Arijon, Uruguay
Special jury prize
Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo, Yulene Olaizola, Mexico
Honorable mention
The Illusion, Susana Barriga, Cuba
Director
Albertina Carri, La Rabia, Argentina
Screenplay
Arturo Arango, Juan Carlos Tabio, El Cuerno de la Abundancia, Cuba
Best actor
Alfredo Castro, Tony Manero, Chile
Best actress
Sandra Corveloni, Linha de Passe, Brazil
Cinematography
Serguei Saldivar, Desierto adentro
Editing
Gustavo Giani, Livia Serpa, Linha de Passe, Brazil
Art direction
Graciela Oderigo, Leonera, Argentina
Original music
Fernando Moura, Marcos Suzano, Mare, Nossa História de Amor, Brazil
Soundtrack
Rufino Basavilbaso, Francisco Adrianzen, Dioses, Peru
SHORT FICTION
Tierra y Pan, Carlos Armella, Mexico
Honorable mention
Hoy No Estoy, Gustavo Taretto, Argentina
MUSICALS
First place
Parque via, Enrique Rivero, Mexico
Second place
Mutum, Sandra Kogut, Brazil
Third place
Acne, Federico Veiroj, Uruguay
Special prize for artistic contribution
Perro Come Perro, Carlos Moreno, Colombia
Honorable mention
Filmefobia, Kiko Goifman, Brazil
ANIMATION
First place
El Empleo, Santiago Bou Grasso, Argentina
Second place
Val Paraiso, Pablo Alibaud Hortal, Chile
Third place
Dossie Re Bordosa, Cesar Cabral, Brazil
Honorable mention
Titiri-we, el Canto de la Noche, Viveca Baiz, Venezuela
UNPUBLISHED SCRIPT
"Mia," Javier Van de Couter, Argentina
Special jury prize
"Natural," Aurora Natural Arpajou, Argentina
Havana Film Festival Awards: 2008