Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival 2006 Winners
November 29th, 2006 by Andre Soares
A Mexican production and a Mexican-Bolivian co-production were the two top winners at the 32nd Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, which came to a close at a ceremony in the town of Huelva in southwestern Spain on Nov. 25.
Francisco Vargas Quevedo’s feature-film debut, El violín / The Violin, won the Colón de Oro for Best Feature, a prize worth €60,000. El violín is the story of an aging traveling musician (Don Angel Tavira) who gets caught up in a peasant revolt. The film also won the Cinematography Award for Martín Boege Paré.
The Mexican-Bolivian American visa won the Best Actress Silver Colón for Kate del Castillo, plus three Best Film awards in the festival’s parallel section. Directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia, American visa follows a Bolivian professor who, after being denied a U. S. visa, gets involved in assorted criminal activities. The film is Bolivia’s submission for the 2006 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.
Full list of winners at the 2006 Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival
Independent Spirit 2006 Nominees
Stockholm Film Festival 2006 Winners
Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2006 Winners
Thessaloniki Film Festival 2006 Winners
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