11th BAFICI News

Winners of XI BAFICI

Today at midday took place the official announcement of award winners of the eleventh edition of BAFICI. The favourite of practically the entire specialised critics, Portuguese “Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto” by Miguel Gomes was chosen Best Feature Film in the International Competition, where German Maren Ade garnered the award for Best Director for her remarkable film “Everyone Else.” Also in this section, Argentinian film “Todos Mienten” by Matías Piñeiro reaped a special mention of the jury and a distinction for Best Argentine Film. Best Actor went to Alfredo Castro, protagonist of Chilean “Tony Montero” and Best Actress to Romanian María Dinulescu for her leading role in “Hooked.” Guatemalan “Gasolina” by Julio Hernández Cordón received the Special Jury Award, quite an honour.

As for the Argentine Official Selection, Alejo Moguillansky’s “Castro” was awarded Best Feature Film and Pablo Agüero, Best Director for his film “77 Doronship.” In turn, Santiago Loza’s “Rosa Patria” garnered the Special Jury Award. The award of the Asociación Cronistas Cinematográficos Argentinos (Association of Argentine Film Journalists) went to Mariano Donoso for “Tekton,” and that of FIPRESCI to “Everyone Else,” by prize-winning German director Maren Ade. In the always surprising section “Future Cinema,” the award for Best Feature Film went to the French “La Neige au Village” by Martin Rit.

The following is the full list of winners of the eleventh edition of the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival:

• FEISAL

- Mention to GABRIEL MASCARO for “Um Lugar ao Sol” (Brazil)

- Award to PABLO LARRAÍN for “Tony Manero” (Chile)

• Asociación Cronistas Cinematográficos Argentinos (Association of Argentine Film Journalists) Award

- Award to MARIANO DONOSO for “Tekton” (Argentina)

• ADF Award

- Award to SEAN BOBBITT for his work in “Hunger” (United Kingdom)

• SIGNIS Award

- Award to Yang Ik-june’s “BREATHLESS” (South Korea)

• FIPRESCI Award

- Award to Maren Ade’s “EVERYONE ELSE” (Germany)

• Human Rights Competition

- Mention to Niko Von Glasow’s “NoBody’S PERFECT” (Germany)

- Mention to Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov’s “LA MÈRE” (Switzerland and Russia)

- Mention to Fernand Melgar’s “LA FORTERESSE” (Switzerland)

- Best Feature Film to Jorge Caballero’s “BAGATELA” (Colombia)

• Cine del Futuro – Future Cinema

- Mention to Kiko Goifman’s “FILMEFOBIA” (Brazil)

- Best Feature Film (sponsored by I.SAT channel) to Martin Rit’s “LA NEIGE AU VILLAGE” (France)

• Official Short Films Competition

-Best Short Film (sponsored by CIEVYC) to Catalina Marín’s “PEHUAJÓ” (Argentina-Uruguay)

- Best Short Film (sponsored by CIEVYC) to Guillermina Pico’s “YO, NATALIA” (Argentina)

-Best Short Film (Sponsored by Kodak) to Felipe Gálvez Haberle’s “SILENCIO EN LA SALA” (Argentina)

• Selección Oficial Argentina – Argentine Official Selection

-Distinction for Best Photography (sponsored by KODAK) to GUSTAVO BIAZZI for “CASTRO”

-Special Jury Award (sponsored by CINECOLOR and KODAK) to Santiago Loza’s “ROSA PATRIA”

-Best Director (sponsored by Alta Definición Argentina - Metrovisión and Fondo Metropolitano de la Cultura, las Artes y las Ciencias) to Pablo Agüero for “77 DORONSHIP”

-Best Feature Film (sponsored by Fondo Metropolitano de la Cultura, las Artes y las Ciencias and Hoyts) to Alejo Moguillansky’s “CASTRO”

• Selección Oficial Internacional – International Official Selection

-Special Jury Mention to Matías Piñeiro’s “TODOS MIENTEN” (Argentina)

-Distinction to Best Argentine Film (sponsored by FUJI) to Matías Piñeiro’s “TODOS MIENTEN” (Argentina)

-Best Actor to ALFREDO CASTRO for “Tony Manero” (Pablo Larraín, Chile)

-Best Actress to MARÍA DINULESCU for “Hooked” (Adrian Sitaru, Romania)

-Special Jury Award to Julio Hernández Cordón’s “GASOLINA” (Guatemala)

-Best Director to MAREN ADE for “Everyone Else” (Germany)

-Best Feature Film (sponsored by Z Films and Hoyts Abasto) to Miguel Gomes’s “AQUELE QUERIDO MÊS DE AGOSTO” (Portugal)