Havana Film Festival Awards 2008

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 [...]

by Andre Soares | December 15, 2008   
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