Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Awards 2006
by Andre Soares
2006 Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Awards
2006 Los Angeles Latino Film Festival: October 6-16, 2006
NARRATIVE FEATURES
Best Film - Rita Award: Un Mundo maravilloso / A Wonderful World by Luis Estrada (Mexico)
Best Director: Humberto Solás for Barrio Cuba (Cuba)
Best Screenplay: Tristán Bauer, Miguel Bonasso, Edgardo Esteban, and Gustavo Romero Borri for Iluminados por el fuego / Blessed by Fire by Tristán Bauer (Argentina)
Special Mention - Best Actor: Damián Alcázar, Un Mundo maravilloso / A Wonderful World by Luis Estrada (Mexico)
Special Mention: Masz na imie Justine / Your Name is Justine by Franco de Pena (Poland)
Opera Prima / First Film Award: 7 vírgenes / 7 Virgins by Alberto Rodríguez (Spain)
Audience Award: Elsa y Fred / Elsa and Fred by Marcos Carnevale (Argentina)
DOCUMENTARIES
Best Documentary: En el hoyo / In the Pit by Juan Carlos Rulfo (Mexico)
Special Jury Award: De Nadie / Nobody’s by Tin Dirdamal (Mexico)
Special Jury Award: Habana: Arte nuevo de hacer ruinas / Havana: The New Art of Making Ruins by Florian Borchmeyer and Matthias Hentschler (Germany)
Honorable Mention: From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale by Henry Chalfant (USA)
SHORTS
Best Short: Contracuerpo by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson (Spain)
Special Jury Prize: Invulnerable by Alvaro Pastor (Spain)
Special Jury Prize: Email a Mama / E-mail to Mom by Gerardo Ruiz Miñan (Peru)
Special Honorable Mention: La Leche y el Agua / Milk and Water by Celso Garcia Romero (Mexico)
Special Mention - Technical Achievement: Man vs. Woman by Juan Carlos Vargas (USA)
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