Havana Film Festival Awards 2008

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2008 Havana Film Festival Awards

2008 Havana Film Festival of New Latin America Cinema: 2-12 December, 2008

 

Tony Manero by Pablo Larrain
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UNPUBLISHED SCRIPT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 site

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