Argentina's 22nd Mar del Plata Film Festival, closed on March 18 with a record attendance of 190,000 spectators. The jury, led by American director Charles Burnett, proved particularly appreciative of the European entries. Best writing award went to Dito Tsintzade's "The Man from the Embassy", about a disillusioned German embassy official in Georgia whose life changes when a local boy tries to rob him.
Full award list:
Golden Astor
Fiction, by Cesc Gay (Spain)
Special Jury Prize
Gardens in Autumn, by Otar Iosseliani (France/Italy/Russia)
Silver Astor for best director (ex aequo)
Marina Spada for As the Shadow (Italy) and Hong Sang-soo for Woman On The Beach (South Korea)
Silver Astor for best actress
Sandra Hueller for Madonnas (Germany)
Silver Astor for best actor
Carlos Resta for La Peli (Argentina)
Silver Astor for best screenplay
Zaza Rusadze and Dito Tsintsadze for The Man From The Embassy (Germany/Georgia)
Special Mention
The Greatest Love in the World, by Carlos Diegues (Brazil)
Ernesto Che Guevara Award for the best film at the Latin American competition
M, by Nicolas Prividera (Argentina)
Special mentions
Suely In The Sky, by Karim Aïnouz (Brazil)
Red Land, by Ramiro Gomez (Paraguay)
FIPRESCI Award
M, by Nicolas Prividera (Argentina)
FIPRESCI Award for best Latin American film of 2006
Suely In The Sky
Cinecolor Audience Award
Ciudad En Celo, by Hernan Gaffet (Argentina)
Signis Award
Fiction
791 Prize for artistic innovation
It Happened Just Before, by Anja Salomonowitz (Austria)
For full details, visit the Mar del Plata festival.
1 comment:
Anybody have this beatiful film ("the man from the embassy") in any video format for download (and the spanish subtitles please)? I whant to see that. Thanks!
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