Mar del Plata Film Festival

The Mar del Plata International Film Festival is an international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...

, Argentina

Argentina

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. It is the only competitive feature festival recognized by the FIAPF

FIAPF

The FIAPF based in Paris, created in 1933, is an organization composed with 31 member associations from 25 of the leading audiovisual production countries...

 in Latin America

Latin America

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 and the oldest in this category in the Americas

Americas

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History

Created in 1954, it was not considered to be a competitive festival, it was more of a display of selected international movies; during this stage the event was named Festival Cinematográfico Internacional (International Cinematographic Festival).

In the early years famous international guests such as Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

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, Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida

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, Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

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 and Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

Errol Leslie Flynn was an Australian-born actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films, being a legend and his flamboyant lifestyle.-Early life:...

 attended the event.

The festival continued in this way until 1959, when the Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina took charge of running it; during this time the festival was approved and recognized by FIAPF.

In 1964 the festival moved temporarily to Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, and the name was changed to Festival Cinematográfico Internacional de la República Argentina (International Cinematographic Festival of the Argentine Republic). In 1966 there was a military coup d'etat

Coup d'état

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 in Argentina; in 1968 and 1970 the Instituto de Cine took charge of the festival.

From 1967 to 1969 the festival was cancelled because there were other festivals in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, Brazil

Brazil

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During the 1960s several well-known guests appeared, including: Paul Newman

Paul Newman

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, Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

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, Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer, and intellectual. Pasolini distinguished himself as a poet, journalist, philosopher, linguist, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, newspaper and magazine columnist, actor, painter and political figure...

, Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI , popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director...

, Toshirō Mifune

Toshiro Mifune

Toshirō Mifune was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his 16-film collaboration with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, from 1948 to 1965, in works such as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo...

, François Truffaut

François Truffaut

François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...

, Karel Reisz

Karel Reisz

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, Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

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, Juan Antonio Bardem, Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

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, Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

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, Maria Callas

Maria Callas

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, Cantinflas

Cantinflas

Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes , was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin...

, Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda

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, Jacques Tati

Jacques Tati

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, Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg

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, George Hamilton

George Hamilton (actor)

George Stevens Hamilton is an American film and television actor.-Early life:Hamilton was the youngest son of bandleader George "Spike" Hamilton and his first wife, Ann Stevens . He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and lived in Blytheville, Arkansas...

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After 1970 the festival was cancelled. There were some attempts to reactivate it, but this did not happen until 1996 when the festival returned with new renovations.

Since then there were several changes. In the first years the event was not held in March; from 2001 to 2007 it returned to that month. Since 2008 the Festival has been hel in November. During this stage the festival was granted a 'Category A,' the highest class assigned by FIAPF

FIAPF

The FIAPF based in Paris, created in 1933, is an organization composed with 31 member associations from 25 of the leading audiovisual production countries...

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Awards

Originally the awards were called Ombú

Ombú

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after the Argentine national tree, but in 2004 the name was changed to Ástor for Ástor Piazzolla

Ástor Piazzolla

Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...

. The twenty-second Mar del Plata Film Festival, held from 8 to 18 March 2007, introduced a new competition specifically for Latin American film-makers. The competition awards the Ernesto Che Guevara Award to the best Latin American film.

Currently, awards are given to: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script, Best Latin American Film and the judge's special award.

List of winners

Year	Winners
2011	Best Film: Abrir puertas y ventanas, by Milagros Mumenthaler (Argentina) Jury's special award: Tyrannosaur Tyrannosaur (film) Tyrannosaur is a 2011 British drama film written and directed by actor Paddy Considine .The film depicts an environment similar to what Considine witnessed growing up on a council estate in the Midlands, although the film is in no way autobiographical... , by Paddy Considine Paddy Considine Patrick George "Paddy" Considine is an English actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, musician and frequent collaborator with Shane Meadows. Best known to audiences for his portrayals of dark, troubled, morally or mentally ambiguous characters...  (United Kingdom) Best Director: Milagros Mumenthaler, for Abrir puertas y ventanas (Argentina) Best Actress: Joslyn Jensen for Without (United States) Best Actor: Olivier Gourmet Olivier Gourmet Olivier Gourmet is a Belgian actor. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Le Fils by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in La Promesse, Rosetta and L'Enfant.... , for L'Exercise de L'État The Minister The Minister is a 2011 French drama film directed by Pierre Schöller. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Award.-Cast:* Olivier Gourmet as Bertrand Saint Jean... (Belguim/France) Best Script: Paddy Considine, for Tyrannosaur (United Kingdom) Special Mention: Girimunho, by Helvécio Marins Jr. and Clarissa Campolina (Brasil) Special Mention: El lugar más pequeño, by Tatiana Huezo Sánchez (Mexico/El Salvador)
2010	Best Film: Essential Killing Essential Killing Essential Killing is a 2010 Polish political thriller film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner.- Plot :... , by Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début Oko wykol...  (Poland) Jury's special award: White, White World, by Oleg Norkovic (Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... ) Best Director: Alexei Fedorchenko, for Silent Souls Silent Souls Silent Souls is a 2010 Russian film that was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival. It is based on a 2008 novella by Denis Osokin. The film was awarded the Golden Osella for best cinematography and a FIPRESCI award... (Russia) Best Actress: Mirela Oprisor and Maria Popistasu (ex aequo) for Tuesday, After Christmas Tuesday, After Christmas Tuesday, After Christmas is a 2010 Romanian film written and directed by Radu Muntean. The film was selected for the Un Certain Regard section of 2010 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Maria Popistaşu as Raluca* Mimi Brănescu as Paul Hanganu... (Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... ) Best Actor: Vincent Gallo Vincent Gallo Vincent Gallo is an Italian-American film director and actor. Though he has had minor roles in mainstream films such as Goodfellas, he is most associated with independent movies, including Buffalo '66, which he wrote, directed, did the music for and starred in; The Brown Bunny, which he also... , for Essential Killing Best Script: Denis Osokin, for Silent Souls Special Mention: Chantapras, by Otar Iosseliani Otar Iosseliani - Filmography :* Akvarel * Sapovnela * April / Ap'rili* Tudzhi * Falling Leaves, / Giorgobistve* Georgian Ancient Songs / Dzveli qartuli simgera...  (France)
2009	Best Film: Cinco días sin Nora Five Days Without Nora Five Days Without Nora is a 2008 Mexican film directed by Mariana Chenillo.-Cast:*Enrique Arreola ... Moisés*Ari Brickman ... Rubén*Juan Carlos Colombo ... Dr. Nurko*Marina de Tavira ... Young Nora*Max Kerlow ... Rabbi Jacowitz... , by Mariana Chenillo (Mexico) Jury's special award: El Cuerno de la Abundancia, by Juan Carlos Tabío Juan Carlos Tabío Juan Carlos Tabío is a Cuban film director and screenwriter. His film Strawberry and Chocolate , which he co-directed with Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, won a Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival, and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign...  (Cuba) Best Director: Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman , is a Palestinian film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention , a modern tragic comedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival... , for The Time That Remains The Time That Remains The Time That Remains is a 2009 semi-biographical drama film written and directed by Elia Suleiman. The film stars Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri, Leila Mouammar, and Bilal Zidani. It gives an account of the creation of the Israeli state from 1948 to the present. Suleiman participated in the 2009... (Palestine) Best Actress: Allison Janney Allison Janney Allison Brooks Janney is an American actress, best known for her role as C.J. Cregg on the television series The West Wing.- Personal life :...  for Life During Wartime Life During Wartime (film) Life During Wartime is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Todd Solondz, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 2009. It is a direct, but loose sequel to his 1998 film Happiness, with new actors playing the same characters, and imperfect continuity... , by Todd Solondz Todd Solondz Todd Solondz is an American independent film screenwriter and director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", a reflection of his own background...  (United States) Best Actor: Gary Piquer for Mal día para pescar, by Alvaro Brechner Alvaro Brechner Alvaro Brechner is a film director, writer and film producer.His debut feature film, Bad day to go fishing has been exhibited in several prestigious festivals such as Critics Week of Cannes Film Festival.-Biography:He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he obtained a degree in Media...  (Spain/Uruguay) Best Script: Cesc Gay Cesc Gay Cesc Gay is a Catalan Spanish film screenwriter and film director.- Film Director :* Hotel Room co-directed with Daniel Gimelberg* Nico and Dani * En la ciudad * Ficció * V.O.S....  for V.O.S. (Spain) Special Mention: El Cuerno de la Abundancia, by Juan Carlos Tabío (Cuba)
2008	Best Film: Still Walking, by Hirokazu Koreda (Japan) Jury's special award: Involuntary Involuntary (film) Involuntary is a 2008 Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund described as "a tragic comedy or comic tragedy." It features five parallel stories with human group behaviour as the common theme. The film is notable for its long takes with no cuts within the scenes. This is related to Östlund's... , by Ruben Östlund Ruben Östlund Ruben Östlund is a Swedish film director. Originally a director of skiing film, he has directed three feature-length fiction films: The Guitar Mongoloid from 2004, Involuntary from 2008 and Play, scheduled to be released in 2011.-Career:Ruben Östlund started as a director of skiing films in the...  (Sweden) Best Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre.-Biography:Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is not related to director Akira Kurosawa... , for Tokio Sonata (Japan) Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...  for Home Home (2008 film) Home is a 2008 Swiss drama film directed by Ursula Meier and starring Isabelle Huppert. The film was the official Swiss submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.-Plot:... , by Ursula Meier Ursula Meier Ursula Meier is a French-Swiss film director who received the Best Director award at the 2008 Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême [Angoulême French-language Film Festival] for her first theatrical feature, Home, which won the 2009 Swiss Film Prize for Bester Spielfilm [Best Film] as well as...  (Switzerland/France /Belgium) Best Actor: Ulrich Thomsen Ulrich Thomsen Ulrich Thomsen is a Danish actor.Thomsen was born in Fyn, Denmark and graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance in 1993, after which playing on several theatres in Copenhagen, such as Dr. Dantes Aveny, Mungo Park and Østre Gasværks Teater.His film debut was in...  for Fear Me Not Fear Me Not Fear Me Not is a Danish psychological thriller film released in 2008, directed by Kristian Levring. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was produced by Nordisk Film.-Plot:... , by Kristian Levring Kristian Levring Kristian Levring is a Danish director born in 1957. He was the fourth signatory of Dogme95 movement in cinema.-Biography:He lived eight years in France. He graduated in editing at the National Film School of Denmark and has edited a large number of documentaries and feature films besides directing...  (Denmark) Best Script: Kristian Levring and Anders Thomas Jensen for Fear Me Not Special Mention: Regreso a Fortín Olmos by Patricio Coll Patricio Coll Patricio Coll is a movie director from Argentina who has worked in film, video and TV, both in Argentina and Venezuela and Spain. He currently resides in Santa Fe....  and Jorge Goldenberg Jorge Goldenberg Jorge Goldenberg Hachero is a prolific screenwriter from Argentina.Jorge Goldenberg was born in San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1941.He studied film direction at the Film Institute of the National University of the Litoral in Santa Fe....  (Argentina)
2007	Best Film: Ficció Ficció Ficció is a 2006 Spanish drama film directed by Cesc Gay. The film follows a couple in their thirties who fall in love during a brief encounter, while vacationing on the Pyrenees.-Plot:... , by Cesc Gay Cesc Gay Cesc Gay is a Catalan Spanish film screenwriter and film director.- Film Director :* Hotel Room co-directed with Daniel Gimelberg* Nico and Dani * En la ciudad * Ficció * V.O.S....  (Spain) Jury’s Special Award: Gardens in Autumn, by Otar Iosseliani Otar Iosseliani - Filmography :* Akvarel * Sapovnela * April / Ap'rili* Tudzhi * Falling Leaves, / Giorgobistve* Georgian Ancient Songs / Dzveli qartuli simgera...  (France-Italy-Russia) Best Director: ex aequo to Marina Spada, for As the Shadow (Italy) and Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo is a South Korean film director. Hong's directorial debut, The Day a Pig Fell into the Well , was praised by South Korean critics for its originality and won international film prizes...  for Woman on the Beach Woman on the Beach Woman on the Beach is the seventh feature film by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo, and was released in 2006.- Plot :Film director and screenwriter Kim Jung-rae asks his friend Won Chang-wook to drive with him from the homes in Seoul to the resort town of Shinduri, on the western coast of South... (South Korea) Best Actress: Sandra Hüller Sandra Hüller Sandra Hüller is a German actress. She studied theater from 1996-2000 at the Hochschule Für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch", Berlin. She appeared from 1999-2001 at the Jena Theater, Thuringia and then for one year at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig... , for Madonnas (Germany-Switzerland-Belgium) Best Actor: Carlos Resta, for A Wrecked Filmmaker (Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... ) Best Script: Zaza Rusadze and Dito Tsintsadze Dito Tsintsadze Dito Tsintsadze is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1988. His film Lost Killers was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Dakhatuli tsre... , for The Man from the Embassy (Germany) Special Mention: The Greatest Love in the World, by Carlos Diegues Carlos Diegues Carlos Diegues, also known as Cacá Diegues, is a Brazilian film director. He is best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement.-Filmography:* 2010 O Grande Circo Místico...  (Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... )
2006	Best Film: Noticias lejanas, by Ricardo Benet (Mexico) Best Director: Marco Martins Marco Martins Marco Martins is a Portuguese film director, best known for his 2005 film Alice, which premiered at Cannes and won the Best Picture Award at the Directors%27_Fortnight.-Biography:... , for Alice Alice (2005 film) Alice is a Portuguese film directed by Marco Martins, released in 2005. Alice stars Nuno Lopes as Mário, the father, and Beatriz Batarda as Luísa, his wife, as well as Miguel Guilherme, Ana Bustorff, Gonçalo Waddington, Carla Maciel, Laura Soveral and José Wallenstein. Alice was produced by Paulo... (Portugal) Best Actress: Justine Clark, for Look Both Ways Look Both Ways Look Both Ways is a 2005 Australian independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on 18 August 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. It won four AFI Awards, including Best Film and Best... (Australia) Best Actor: William Macy, for Edmond Edmond (film) Edmond is a 2005 drama-thriller film starring William H. Macy, based on the play of the same name. It was written by David Mamet and directed by Stuart Gordon.... (United States) Best Script: Sarah Watt Sarah Watt Sarah Ann Watt was an Australian film director.Born in Sydney, Watt completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television at the Swinburne School of Film and Television, Melbourne in 1990. Her student film "Catch of the Day" was to reflect the style of future work... , for Look Both Ways Look Both Ways Look Both Ways is a 2005 Australian independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on 18 August 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. It won four AFI Awards, including Best Film and Best... (Australia) Best Iberoamerican Film: Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus, by Marcelo Gómez (Brazil) and Derecho de familia, by Daniel Burman Daniel Burman Daniel Burman is a film director, screenplay writer, and producer.According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for Mabuse, a cinema magazine, Daniel Burman is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema" which began c...  (Argentina) Special Mention: Be with Me Be with Me Be with Me is a 2005 Singaporean drama film directed by Eric Khoo. The film is inspired by the life of deaf-and-blind teacher Theresa Poh Lin Chan. It premiered as the Director's Fortnight selection in the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. It was also the official entry from Singapore for the 78th Academy... , by Eric Khoo Eric Khoo Eric Khoo is a film director from Singapore. He was introduced to the world of cinema at a very early age. He was educated at United World College of South East Asia before attending City Art Institute in Sydney, Australia where he pursued cinematography...  (Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... ) Special Mention: Café Transit Café Transit Café Transit is a 2005 Iranian film directed by Kambuzia Partovi. It was Iran's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated for the award.-See also:... , by Kambozia Partovi (France/Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... )
2005	Best Film: Le grand voyage Le Grand Voyage Le Grand Voyage is a 2004 film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi. The film portrays the relationship between father and son as both embark on a religious pilgrimage trip by car. It was shown at the 2004 Toronto and Venice International Film Festivals.-Plot:Réda is a French-Moroccan... , by Ismaël Ferroukhi Ismaël Ferroukhi Ismaël Ferroukhi is a French-Moroccan film director.Ferroukhi was born in Kenitra. He gained exposure with his 1992 short film L'Exposé, which won the Kodak Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival...  (France/Morocco Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara... ) Best Director: Yasmine Kassari Yasmine Kassari Yasmine Kassari , is a Belgian-Moroccan film director.After studying medicine in Paris for one year, she registered at INSAS in Brussels and worked for the production company Les films de la drève... , for L'Enfant Endormi (Morocco/Belgium) Best Actress: Emmanuelle Devos Emmanuelle Devos Emmanuelle Devos is a French actress. Devos was born to daughter of actress Marie Henriau in Paris. She appeared in 50 films between 1986 and 2009. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in Sur mes lèvres, directed by Jacques Audiard... , for La Femme de Gilles (Belgium) and Laura Linney Laura Linney Laura Leggett Linney is an American actress of film, television, and theatre. Linney has won three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has been nominated for three times for an Academy Award and once for a BAFTA Award... , for P.S. P.S. p.s. is a 2004 drama film directed by Dylan Kidd. The screenplay by Kidd and Helen Schulman is based on Schulman's 2001 novel P.S. I Love You So Damn Much. The film stars Laura Linney and Topher Grace.-Plot synopsis:... (United States) Best Actor: Mohamed Majd, for Le grand voyage Le Grand Voyage Le Grand Voyage is a 2004 film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi. The film portrays the relationship between father and son as both embark on a religious pilgrimage trip by car. It was shown at the 2004 Toronto and Venice International Film Festivals.-Plot:Réda is a French-Moroccan... (France/Morocco) Best Script: Bernd Eichinger Bernd Eichinger Bernd Eichinger was a German film producer and director.- Life and career :Eichinger was born in Neuburg an der Donau. He attended the University of Television and Film Munich in the 1970s, and bought a stake in the fledgling studio company Neue Constantin Film in 1979, becoming its executive... , for Der Untergang, by Oliver Hirschbiegel Oliver Hirschbiegel Oliver Hirschbiegel is a German film director. His works include Das Experiment and the Oscar nominated Der Untergang.- Career :...  (Germany/Italy) Best Iberoamerican Film: Quase Dois Irmaos, by Lucía Murat (Brazil) Special Judge's Award: Jab-e Talj, by Mohsen Amiryoussefi Mohsen Amiryoussefi Mohsen Amiryoussefi is a critically acclaimed Iranian film director and screenwriter.He belongs to the third generation of Iranian "New wave".-Notes:...  (Iran)
2004	Best Film: Buena Vida Delivery, by Leonardo Di Cesare Leonardo Di Cesare Leonardo Di Cesare is an Argentine producer, film director, and screenplay writer.He works in the cinema of Argentina.His first film Buena Vida Delivey was a huge success in film festivals and was well received by film critics....  (Argentina) Best Director: Benedek Fliegauf Benedek Fliegauf Benedek Fliegauf , is a Hungarian film director. As founder of the 'Raptors collective', he is also involved in sound design and set design. Living in Budapest he is a leading figure of the new generation of Hungarian filmmakers... , for Dealer (Hungary) Best Actress: Nicoletta Braschi Nicoletta Braschi Nicoletta Braschi is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni.... , for Mi piace lavorare (Italy) Best Actor: Luis Tosar Luis Tosar Luis Tosar is a Galician actor and musician.-Biography:Born in Lugo, Galicia, Spain on 13th October 1971, he is best known internationally for his villain role in Miami Vice and the role in the upcoming horror film Flatmate, which is directed by Jaume Balagueró.-Selected filmography:*1998 Atilano... , for El lápiz del carpintero (Spain) and Alejandro Urdapilleta, for Adiós querida luna (Argentina) Best Script: Leonardo Di Cesare Leonardo Di Cesare Leonardo Di Cesare is an Argentine producer, film director, and screenplay writer.He works in the cinema of Argentina.His first film Buena Vida Delivey was a huge success in film festivals and was well received by film critics....  and Hans Garrino, for Buena Vida Delivery (Argentina) Best Iberoamerican Film: O outro lado da rúa, by Marcos Bernstein (Brazil) Special Judge's Award: Mi piace lavorare, by Francesca Comencini Francesca Comencini Francesca Comencini is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She attended the Lycée français Chateaubriand school with her sisters. She has directed 14 films since 1984. Her film Le parole di mio padre was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...  (Italy) Special Mention: Dealer, by Benedek Fliegauf Benedek Fliegauf Benedek Fliegauf , is a Hungarian film director. As founder of the 'Raptors collective', he is also involved in sound design and set design. Living in Budapest he is a leading figure of the new generation of Hungarian filmmakers...  (Hungary) Special Mention: Touching the Void Touching the Void (film) Touching the Void is a 2003 documentary film based on the book of the same name by Joe Simpson about Simpson's and Simon Yates' disastrous and near fatal attempt to climb the 6,344 metre Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.-Outline:... , by Kevin Macdonald Kevin MacDonald (director) Kevin Macdonald is a Scottish director, best known for his films One Day in September, State of Play, The Last King of Scotland and Touching the Void.-Personal life:...  (Great Britain)
2003	Best Film: Separaçoes, by Domingos de Oliveira (Brazil) Best Director: Antonio Chavarrías, for Volverás (Spain) Best Actress: Zooey Deschanel Zooey Deschanel Zooey Claire Deschanel is an American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter. In 1999, Deschanel made her film debut in Mumford, followed by her breakout role as young protagonist William Miller's troubled older sister Anita in Cameron Crowe's 2000 semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous... , for All the Real Girls All the Real Girls All the Real Girls is a 2003 romantic drama film written and directed by David Gordon Green. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2003. It stars Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Shea Whigham, Danny R. McBride, Patricia Clarkson, Maurice Compte and Benjamin Mouton... (United States) Best Actor: Domingos de Oliveira, for Separaçoes (Brazil) Best Script: David Ofek/Yossi Madmon/Lior Shefer, for Hamangalistim (Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... ) Best Iberoamerican Film: El Fondo del Mar El Fondo del Mar Bottom of the Sea is a 2003 Argentine film directed by Damián Szifrón. The picture was produced by Sebastian Aloi, executive produced by Sebastian Aloi, Nathalie Cabiron, and Damián Cukierkorn... , by Damián Szifron Damián Szifrón Damián Szifron is an Argentine film and television director, and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the TV series Los Simuladores ....  (Argentina) Special Judge's Award: Valentín Valentín Valentín is a 2002 Argentine, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish drama film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentínand Carmen Maura as the grandmother... , by Alejandro Agresti Alejandro Agresti Alejandro Agresti is an Argentine film director and producer. He has become increasingly influential in the United States and directed The Lake House with top Hollywood actors Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves in 2006....  (Argentina) Special Mention: At kende sandheden, by Nils Malmros Nils Malmros Nils Malmros , a Danish film director and screenwriter, is considered a leading auteur of realism in Danish cinema. Malmros is noted for his detailed focus on the common growing pains of adolescence and the loss of innocence, which he draws from his childhood experiences growing up in Århus, Denmark...  (Denmark) Special Mention: Tristán Ulloa Tristán Ulloa Tristán Ulloa is a Spanish actor, writer, and director.He was born in Orléans to a Spanish mother and father exiled in France... , for his work in Volverás (Spain)
2002	Best Film: Bolívar soy yo, by Jorge Alí Triana (Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... ) Best Director: István Szabó István Szabó István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political... , for Taking Sides Taking Sides (film) Taking Sides is a 2001 German-French-Austrian-British co-production starring Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård set during the period of denazification investigations conducted in post-war Germany after the Second World War... (Germany/Hungary) Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories... , for The Cat's Meow The Cat's Meow The Cat's Meow is a 2001 drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Kirsten Dunst, Eddie Izzard, Edward Herrmann, Cary Elwes, Joanna Lumley, and Jennifer Tilly. The screenplay by Steven Peros is based on his play of the same title, which was inspired by the mysterious death of film... (United States) Best Actor: Stellan Skarsgård Stellan Skarsgård Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,...  for Taking Sides Taking Sides (film) Taking Sides is a 2001 German-French-Austrian-British co-production starring Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård set during the period of denazification investigations conducted in post-war Germany after the Second World War... and Libero de Rienzo Libero De Rienzo -Career:De Rienzo was born at Naples, but was raised at Rome.In 2001, De Rienzo appeared in three films: Fat Girl, Gioco con la morte, and Santa Maradona. He received a David di Donatello award for best supporting actor for his work in Santa Maradona... , for Santa Maradona (Italy) Best Script: Caryl Phillips Caryl Phillips Caryl Phillips is a British writer with a Caribbean background, best known as a novelist. He is now professor at Yale University and a visiting professor at Barnard College of Columbia University.-Life:... , for The Mystic Masseur The Mystic Masseur The Mystic Masseur is a Merchant Ivory film based on the novel of the same title by V. S. Naipaul.It is one of relatively few films directed by Ismail Merchant who is better known as the producer in the Merchant Ivory partnership.... (United Kingdom/India) Best Iberoamerican Film: Bolívar soy yo, by Jorge Alí Triana (Colombia) Special Judge's Award: Caja Negra, by Luis Ortega Luis Ortega Luis Ortega is an award winning Argentine film director, and screenplay writer.He works in the cinema of Argentina.-Biography:Ortega attended film school at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires....  (Argentina) Special Mention: Annas Sommer, by Jeanine Meerapfel Jeanine Meerapfel Jeanine Meerapfel is a German film director and screenwriter. She has directed 17 films since 1966. In 1984, she was a member of the jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival...  (Germany) Special Mention: Revolution nº 9, by Tim McCann Tim McCann (director) Tim McCann is an American film director and a professor of film and a director at his alma mater SUNY-Purchase.He directed his first feature film, Desolation Angels, in 1995, made on a budget of less than $50,000...  (United States)
2001	Best Film: Ta Ja, Zlodziej, by Jacek Bromski (Poland) Best Director: Jean-Pierre Denis Jean-Pierre Denis Jean-Pierre Denis is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed six films between 1980 and 2005. His film Field of Honor was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Histoire d'Adrien... , for Les Blessures Assassines (France) Best Actress: Julie-Marie Parmentier Julie-Marie Parmentier Julie-Marie Parmentier is a French actress.-Selected filmography:* Murderous Maids * Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers * 36 Views from the Pic Saint-Loup... , for Les Blessures Assassines (France) Best Actor: Ulises Dumont Ulises Dumont Ulises Dumont was a prolific Argentine film actor, credited with over 80 appearances in film and countless others in theatre and television from 1964 until his death in 2008.-Life and work:...  and Federico Luppi, for Rosarigasinos Rosarigasinos Rosarigasinos is a 2001 Argentine film, written and directed by Rodrigo Grande and starring Federico Luppi and Ulises Dumont. The film is also known as Presos del Olvido in Spain.... (Argentina) Best Script: Ta Ja, Zlodziej, by Jacek Bromski (Poland) Best Iberoamerican Film: Anita no pierde el tren, by Ventura Pons Ventura Pons Ventura Pons Sala is a Catalan movie director.After a decade as a theatre director, Ventura Pons directed his first film in 1977, Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait, which was officially selected by the 1978 Cannes Film Festival...  (Spain) Special Judge's Award: Shahr-E Zanan, by Ataollah Hayati Special Mention: for the work of Rosa María Sardá Rosa Maria Sardà Rosa María Sardà is a Spanish actress and comedian.She has played roles in Spanish and Catalan. She was married to the comedian Josep Maria Mainat , and she's Xavier Sardà's elder sister... , for Anita no pierde el tren (Spain)
1999	Best Film: As bodas de Deus As Bodas de Deus As Bodas de Deus is a 1999 Portuguese comedy film directed by João César Monteiro. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Rita Durão - Joana de Deus* João César Monteiro - João de Deus... , by Joao Cesar Monteiro João César Monteiro João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003.- Life and career :...  (Portugal) Best Director: Giuseppe Bertolucci, for Il dolce rumore della vita (Italy) Best Actress: Reddy Gibbs, for Crossing Fields (United States) Best Actor: Matthew Lillard Matthew Lillard Matthew Lyn Lillard is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his roles as Stu Macher in Scream, Stevo in SLC Punk , and Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo film series and the Animated reboot series.-Early life:Lillard was born in Lansing, Michigan, and grew up in Tustin, California... , for SLC Punk (United States) Best Script: Pablo Nisenson and José Pablo Feinmann, for Angel, la diva y yo Ángel, la Diva y Yo Ángel, la diva y yo is an Argentine drama film directed Pablo Nisenson, and written by Nisenson and José Pablo Feinmann. The film stars José Soriano, Esther Goris, and others... (Argentina) Best Iberoamerican Film: Ángel, la diva y yo Ángel, la Diva y Yo Ángel, la diva y yo is an Argentine drama film directed Pablo Nisenson, and written by Nisenson and José Pablo Feinmann. The film stars José Soriano, Esther Goris, and others... (Argentina) Special Judge's Award: Sokkotansi, by Matti Ijas (Finland) Special Mention: El mar de Lucas El Mar de Lucas El mar de Lucas is an Argentine film, directed by Víctor Laplace, and written by Laplace and Martín Salinas. The story features Víctor Laplace, Pablo Rago, Virginia Innocenti, and others.-Plot:... , by Víctor Laplace Víctor Laplace Víctor Laplace is an acclaimed Argentine film actor. He has appeared in over 80 films since 1970, such as Eva Perón and Un Amor en Moisés Ville in 2001, as well as extensive local and international theatre credits.-Filmography:#Detrás del sol, más cielo - Antón#Angelelli, la...  (Argentina)
1998	Best Film: Abr-O Aftaab, by Mahmoud Kabari (Iran) Best Director: Paolo y Vittorio Taviani, for Tu Ridi (Italy) Best Actress: Yelda Reynaud Yelda Reynaud Yelda Reynaud is a Turkish-Austrian actress.-Filmography:-Television:-External links:...  for Yara (Germany/Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... ) Best Actor: Regis Royer for Lautrec (France) / Paschalis Tsarouchas for Vassiliki (Greece) Best Script: Pablo Torre Pablo Torre Pablo Torre is an award winning producer, film director, and screenplay writer.He works in the cinema of Argentina.-Filmography:Director* El Amante de las películas mudas aka The Lover of Silent Films* La Cara del ángel... , for La Cara del Ángel La Cara del Ángel Angel Face is an Argentine film, written and directed by Pablo Torre. The film features Virginia Innocenti, Mario Pasik, Enrique Pinti, among others.... (Argentina) Best Iberoamerican Film: Amor y Cia. by Helvecio Ratton (Brazil) Special Judge's Award: Inquietude de Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...  (Portugal) Special Mention: Mala Época Mala Época Mala época is an Argentine drama film. The film was executive produced by Mario Santos.This dramatic anthology of four episodes represents the collaborative effort of Mariano De Rosa, Rodrigo Moreno, Salvador Roselli, and Nicolás Saad. Each wrote and directed an episode... by Mariano De Rosa Mariano De Rosa Mariano De Rosa is a film producer, film director, screenplay writer, and film editor.He works in the cinema of Argentina.De Rosa is a graduate of Argentina's primary film school, the Universidad del Cine.-Filmography:Producer and director... , Rodrigo Moreno Rodrigo Moreno For the Colombian racewalker with the same name see Rodrigo Moreno For the naturalized Spanish footballer currently playing for Bolton Wanderers see Rodrigo Moreno Machado.... , Salvador Roselli Salvador Roselli Salvador Roselli is a film director and screenplay writer.He works in the cinema of Argentina.Roselli is a graduate of Argentina's primary film school, the Universidad del Cine.-Filmography:Director and writer* Mala época...  and Nicolás Saad Nicolás Saad Nicolás Saad is an Argentine film director, screenplay writer, and film editor.He works in the cinema of Argentina.Saad is a graduate of Argentina's primary film school, the Universidad del Cine.-Filmography:Director...  (Argentina) Special Mention: La Primera Noche de mi Vida by Miguel Albaladejo Miguel Albaladejo Miguel Albaladejo, is a Spanish screenwriter and film director.-Filmography as Film Director:* La primera noche de mi vida * Manolito Gafotas * Ataque verbal * Rencor...  (Spain)
1997	Best Film: The Tango Lesson The Tango Lesson The Tango Lesson is a 1997 drama film by British director Sally Potter. It is a semi-autobiographical film starring Potter and Pablo Verón, about Argentinian Tango.... , by Sally Potter Sally Potter Charlotte Sally Potter is an English film director and screenwriter.-Career:Having left school at sixteen to become a filmmaker, Potter joined the London Film-Makers' Co-op and started making experimental short films, including Jerk and Play...  (United Kingdom) Best Director: Ricardo Franco Ricardo Franco Ricardo Franco was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.- Biography :Nephew of Jesús Franco. He died at 49 years old when he filmed Lágrimas negras.... , for La Buena Estrella La Buena Estrella La Buena Estrella is a 1997 Spanish film directed by Ricardo Franco and starring Antonio Resines, Jordi Mollá and Maribel Verdú. Critically acclaimed, the film won five Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor , Best Original script and Best Original Music... (Spain) Best Actress: Geno Lechner, for Gesches Gift (Germany) Best Actor: Antonio Resines Antonio Resines Antonio Fernández Resines is an award-winning Spanish film and television actor.- Selected filmography :*La dama boba .*Otros días vendrán ....  / Jordi Molla Jordi Mollà Jordi Mollá Perales is a Spanish actor, filmmaker, writer and artist.Mollà's artwork is represented in the Carmen De la Guerra Gallery in Madrid, Picasso Mio Gallery in Madrid and Barcelona and Cold Creation Gallery in Barcelona...  for La Buena Estrella La Buena Estrella La Buena Estrella is a 1997 Spanish film directed by Ricardo Franco and starring Antonio Resines, Jordi Mollá and Maribel Verdú. Critically acclaimed, the film won five Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor , Best Original script and Best Original Music... (Spain) Best Script: Thom Fitzgerald Thom Fitzgerald Thomas "Thom" Fitzgerald is an award winning American-Canadian film director as well live theater director.-Life:Fitzgerald was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His parents divorced when he was five years old. He moved with his mother and brother, Timothy Jr., to Bergenfield, New Jersey,... , for The Hanging Garden The Hanging Garden The Hanging Garden is a 1997 British/Canadian movie written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald that is about the duality of life and death and the way seemingly very different choices in life can lead to similar outcomes.... (Canada) Best Iberoamerican Film: Plaza de Almas Plaza de Almas Plaza de almas is an Argentine drama film, written directed by Fernando Díaz.The picture was produced by Daniel Burman, Fernando Díaz, and Diego Dubcovsky.It stars Olga Zubarry, Norman Briski, Vera Fogwill, and others.-Plot:... , by Fernando Diaz Fernando Díaz Fernando Díaz was a Spanish nobleman and military leader in the Kingdom of León, the most powerful Asturian magnate of the period. He held the highest rank in the kingdom, that of count , from at least 24 September 1089...  (Argentina) Premio Special Judge's Award: Mrs. Brown Mrs. Brown Mrs. Brown is a 1997 British drama film starring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher and Gerard Butler... , by John Madden John Madden (director) John Philip Madden is an English director of theatre, film, television, and radio.- Biography :Madden was educated at Clifton College. He was in the same house as friend and fellow director Roger Michell. He began his career in British independent films, and graduated from the University of...  (United Kingdom) Special Mention: Star Maps Star Maps (film) Star Maps , directed by Miguel Arteta, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. It was a critical hit, receiving five Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay.-Cast:... , by Miguel Arteta Miguel Arteta Miguel Arteta is a Puerto Rican director of film and television, known for his independent film Chuck & Buck , for which he received the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.-Early life:...  (United States)
1996	Best Film: El Perro del Hortelano, by Pilar Miró Pilar Miró Pilar Miró was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.She directed TVE from 1986 to 1989, and in the 90's, the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I. In 1992, her film Beltenebros won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 42nd Berlin International Film...  (Spain) Best Director: Zhang Yuan Zhang Yuan Zhang Yuan is a Chinese film director who has been described by film scholars as a pioneering member of China's Sixth Generation of filmmakers... , for East Palace, West Palace East Palace, West Palace East Palace, West Palace is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan starring Hu Jun, Si Han. It is also known as Behind the Forbidden City or Behind the Palace Gates.... (China) Best Actress: Renée Zellweger Renée Zellweger Renée Kathleen Zellweger is an American actress and producer. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire , and subsequently received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles as Bridget Jones in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary ...  for The Whole Wide World The Whole Wide World The Whole Wide World is a 1996 American film depicting the relationship between pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard and schoolteacher Novalyne Price Ellis .... (United States) Best Actor: Silvio Orlando Silvio Orlando Silvio Orlando is an Italian actor.Orlando was born in Naples. He worked with numerous Italian directors such as Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti, Carlo Mazzacurati, Gabriele Salvatores and others... , for La Mia Generazione (Italy) Best Script: Zhang Yuan Zhang Yuan Zhang Yuan is a Chinese film director who has been described by film scholars as a pioneering member of China's Sixth Generation of filmmakers...  and Wang Xiaobo Wang Xiaobo Wang Xiaobo is a renowned contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist who gained wide posthumous recognition.-Biography:...  for East Palace, West Palace East Palace, West Palace East Palace, West Palace is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan starring Hu Jun, Si Han. It is also known as Behind the Forbidden City or Behind the Palace Gates.... (China) Best Iberoamerican Film: Buenos Aires Vice Versa Buenos Aires Vice Versa Buenos Aires Vice Versa is an Argentine and Dutch dramatic film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film was produced by Alejandro Agresti and Axel Harding, and co-produced by Emjay Rechsteiner.... , by Alejandro Agresti Alejandro Agresti Alejandro Agresti is an Argentine film director and producer. He has become increasingly influential in the United States and directed The Lake House with top Hollywood actors Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves in 2006....  (Argentina) Special Judge's Award: Kriegelbilder by Heiner Stadler (Germany) Special Mention: Zhang Jian, for the photography of East Palace, West Palace East Palace, West Palace East Palace, West Palace is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yuan starring Hu Jun, Si Han. It is also known as Behind the Forbidden City or Behind the Palace Gates.... (China) Special Mention: Pierre Louis Thevenet, for the Arts Direccion of Tranvía a la Malvarrosa
1970	Best Film: Macunaíma Macunaíma (film) Macunaíma is a 1969 Brazilian comedy film produced by Filmes do Serro and directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. It was released in a dubbed version for American audiences in 1972 by New Line Cinema. On June 13 and July 12, 2005, European and Latin American syndicates of the TV5 network aired the... , by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Joaquim Pedro de Andrade was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He was a member of the Cinema Novo movement in Brazil. Andrade is best known for his 1969 film Macunaíma, based loosely on the novel of the same title by Mário de Andrade...  (Brazil) Best Director: Frank Perry Frank Perry Frank J. Perry, Jr. was an American stage and film director, producer and screenwriter. His directorial debut, the 1962 film David and Lisa, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director.... , for The Last Summer (United States) Best Actor: Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian film, TV, and theatre actor, director, and screenwriter.-Early life:Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a traveller clerk for an insurance company.After his return in the native city in 1936, he... , for Il Commissario Pepe Il Commissario Pepe I Compagni or Police Chief Pepe is a 1969 Italian comedy - drama film directed by Ettore Scola.It is based on a Ugo Facco De La Garda's novel.Filmed in Vicenza, the city is never mentioned.-Plot:... (Italy) Best Actress: Liza Minnelli Liza Minnelli Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli.... , for The Sterile Cuckoo The Sterile Cuckoo The Sterile Cuckoo , released in the UK as Pookie, is a theatrical release feature film released by Paramount Pictures. It tells the story of an eccentric young couple whose relationship deepens despite their differences and inadequacies, and stars Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, and Tim... (United States) Best Spanish Film: Juan Lamaglia y Sra., by Raúl de la Torre Raúl de la Torre Raúl de la Torre was an Argentine film director screenwriter and film producer.He was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival for the film Pobre mariposa....  (Argentina)
1968	Best Film: Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde (film) The film was originally offered to François Truffaut, the best-known director of the New Wave movement, who made contributions to the script. He passed on the project to make Fahrenheit 451. The producers approached Jean-Luc Godard next... , by Arthur Penn Arthur Penn Arthur Hiller Penn was an American film director and producer with a career as a theater director as well. Penn amassed a critically acclaimed body of work throughout the 1960s and 1970s.-Early years:...  (United States) Best Director: Gyorgy Révész, for Egy Szerelem Három Éjszakája (Hungary) Best Actor: Tony Musante Tony Musante Anthony Peter Musante is an American actor.Musante was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Natalie Anne , a school teacher, and Anthony Peter Musante, an accountant. He attended Oberlin College and Northwestern University.Musante has acted in numerous feature films, in the United States... , for The Incident (United States) Best Actress: Annie Girardot Annie Girardot Annie Girardot was a French actress.She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland... , for Vivre pour vivre (France)
1966	Best Film: ¡At' Zije Republika!, by Karel Kachyňa Karel Kachyna Karel Kachyňa was a Czech film director. His career spanned over five decades.Kachyňa was part of the Czech wave of liberal filmmakers in the 1960s which included Miloš Forman and Jiří Menzel....  (Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... ) Best Director: Antonio Pietrangeli Antonio Pietrangeli Antonio Pietrangeli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre.-Biography:... , for Io la conoscevo bene Io la conoscevo bene Io la conoscevo bene or I Knew Her Well is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli.-Awards:...   (Italy) Best Actor: Yevgueni Lebdenev, for Posledniy Mesyats Osenj (Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... ) Best Actress: Mireille Darc Mireille Darc Mireille Darc is a French model and actress. She was Alain Delon's longtime co-star and companion. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Week End... , for Galia (France)
1965	Best Film: Gli Indifferenti Gli indifferenti Gli Indifferenti is a novel by Alberto Moravia, published in 1929.-Background:After a meeting with friends at which it was agreed that each should produce a novel, the young Moravia began writing the story that would become Gli Indifferenti... , by Francesco Maselli Francesco Maselli Francesco Maselli or Citto Maselli is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 38 films since 1949...  (Italy) Best Director: Claude Lelouch, for Une fille et des fusils Une fille et des fusils Une fille et des fusils is a French film, directed by Claude Lelouch, released in 1964.-Synopsis:Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn money from crime than they can from work... (France) Best Actor: Martin Held Martin Held -Selected filmography:* Canaris Master Spy * Spy for Germany * The Last Witness * Terror After Midnight * Main Thing Holidays * Le serpent -External links:... , for Die Festung (Germany) Best Actress: Nuria Torray Nuria Torray Nuria Torray was a Spanish film, television and theatre actress.-Film:She appeared in various films including:*Maravilla * Un Marido de Ida y Vuelta * El Amor Brujo * El Bosque del Lobo... , for Diálogos de la Paz (Spain)
1964	Best Film: I compagni, by Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...  (Italy) Best Director: Karel Kachyňa Karel Kachyna Karel Kachyňa was a Czech film director. His career spanned over five decades.Kachyňa was part of the Czech wave of liberal filmmakers in the 1960s which included Miloš Forman and Jiří Menzel.... , for Nadeje (Czechoslovakia) Best Actor: Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI , popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director...  / Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi Ugo Tognazzi was an Italian film, TV, and theatre actor, director, and screenwriter.-Early life:Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a traveller clerk for an insurance company.After his return in the native city in 1936, he... , for I Mostri I mostri I mostri is a 1963 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Dino Risi. It was coproduced with France.The film was a huge success in Italy. It was censored in Spain... (Italy) Best Actress: Natalie Wood Natalie Wood Natalie Wood, born Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko was an American film and television actress. After first working in films as a child, Wood became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old.Wood began acting in movies at the... , for Love with the Proper Stranger Love with the Proper Stranger Love with the Proper Stranger is a 1963 romantic comedy drama film made by Pakula-Mulligan Productions and Boardwalk Productions and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Robert Mulligan and produced by Alan J. Pakula from a screenplay by Arnold Schulman.The film stars Natalie Wood,... (United States) Best Spanish Film: El Demonio en la Sangre El Demonio en la sangre El Demonio en la sangre is a 1964 Argentine film.... , by René Múgica René Mugica René Mugica was an Argentine actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 13 films between 1940 and 1953...  (Argentina)
1963	Best Film: Az Angyalok Földje, by Gyorgy Révész (Hungary) Best Director: Dino Risi, for Il Sorpasso (Italy) Best Actor: Tom Courtenay Tom Courtenay Sir Thomas Daniel "Tom" Courtenay is an English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner , Billy Liar , and Dr. Zhivago . Since the mid-1960s he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre... , for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" is a short story by Alan Sillitoe which was set in Irvine Beach, and published in 1959 as part of a short story collection of the same name. The work focuses on Colin, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a blue-collar area, who has bleak... (United Kingdom) Best Actress: Wanda Luczycka, for Gloz z Tamtego Swiata (Poland)
1962	Best Film: I Giorni Contati, by Elio Petri (Italy) Best Director: François Truffaut François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five... , for Jules et Jim (France) Best Actor: Paul Newman Paul Newman Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver and auto racing enthusiast... , for The Hustler The Hustler (film) The Hustler is a 1961 American drama film directed by Robert Rossen from the 1959 novel of the same name he and Sidney Carroll adapted for the screen... (United States) Best Actress: Nadezha Rumiántseva, for Devchata Devchata The Girls is a 1961 Soviet comedy directed by Yuri Chulyukin based on a screenplay by Boris Bednyj.-Plot summary:Devchata is a romantic comedy set in an isolated Russian logging camp, circa the late 1950s. A pig-tailed young girl - Tosya - arrives from school with a cooking degree, and joins a... (Soviet Union)
1961	Best Film: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a 1960 British film. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name by Alan Sillitoe. Sillitoe wrote the screenplay adaptation and the film was directed by Karel Reisz.-Synopsis:... , by Karel Reisz Karel Reisz Karel Reisz was a Czech-born British filmmaker who was active in post–war Britain, and one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in 1950s and 1960s British cinema.-Early life:...  (United Kingdom) Best Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot Henri-Georges Clouzot Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized to be among the greatest films from the 1950s... , for La Verité La Vérité La Vérité was the last album by Niagara. Niagara was one of the few French bands who had success and critical acclaim outside of France despite not singing in English, because of this they embarked on an international tour in 1991 which included many sold out concerts...   (France) Best Actor: Albert Finney Albert Finney Albert Finney is an English actor. He achieved prominence in films in the early 1960s, and has maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.... , for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a 1960 British film. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name by Alan Sillitoe. Sillitoe wrote the screenplay adaptation and the film was directed by Karel Reisz.-Synopsis:... (United Kingdom) Best Actress: Susan Strasberg Susan Strasberg Susan Elizabeth Strasberg was an American film and stage actress.-Background and career:Strasberg was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of theatre director and drama coach Lee Strasberg of the Actors Studio and former actress Paula Strasberg... , for Kapò Kapò Kapò is an Italian film about the Holocaust directed by Gillo Pontecorvo in 1959. It was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. It was an Italian-French co-production filmed in Yugoslavia.-Plot:... (Italy) Best Spanish Film: Shunko Shunko Shunko is a 1960 Argentine film directed by Lautaro Murúa.... , by Lautaro Murua Lautaro Murúa Lautaro Murúa was a Chilean-born Argentine actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is one of the best known actors in the Cinema of Argentina....  (Argentina)
1960	Best Film: Die Brücke Die Brücke (film) Die Brücke is a West-German anti-war novel written by Gregor Dorfmeister, under the pseudonym of Manfred Gregor, and published in 1958 by Heyne Bücher.... , by Bernhard Wicki (Germany) Best Director: Pietro Germi Pietro Germi Pietro Germi was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting.He studied acting and directing at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di... , for Un maledetto imbroglio Un maledetto imbroglio Un maledetto imbroglio also known as The Facts of Murder is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale. The film is based on the novel by Carlo Emilio Gadda Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana... (Italy) Best Actor: Paul Muni Paul Muni Paul Muni was an Austrian-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor... , for The Last Angry Man The Last Angry Man The Last Angry Man is a drama film which tells the story of a television producer who profiles the life of a physician. It stars Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Billy Dee Williams , and Godfrey Cambridge.... (United States) Best Actress: Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy.... , for Estate Violenta Estate Violenta Estate violenta is a 1959 Italian award-winning black-and-white drama film directed by Valerio Zurlini, depicting a love affair between a young draft-dodging son of a prominent Fascist, portrayed by Jean Louis Trintignant, and a navy officer's widow older than he, portrayed by Eleonora Rossi Drago... (Italy)
1959	Best Film: Smultronstället, by Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...  (Sweden) Best Director: Rolf Thiele Rolf Thiele Rolf Thiele was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 42 films between 1951 and 1977. He was born in Budweis, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His 1958 film Eva was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival... , for Das Madchen Rosemarie (Germany) Best Actor: Victor Sjostrom Victor Sjöström Victor Sjöström was a Swedish actor, screenwriter, and film director.- Biography:Born in Silbodal, in the Värmland region of Sweden, he was only a year old when his father, Olof Adolf Sjöström, moved the family to Brooklyn, New York. His mother died when he was seven years old in 1886... , for Smultronstället (Sweden) Best Actress: Susan Hayward Susan Hayward Susan Hayward was an American actress.After working as a fashion model in New York, Hayward travelled to Hollywood in 1937 when open auditions were held for the leading role in Gone with the Wind . Although she was not selected, she secured a film contract, and played several small supporting... , for I Want to Live! I Want to Live! I Want to Live! is a 1958 film noir produced by Walter Wanger and directed by Robert Wise which tells the heavily fictionalized story of a woman, Barbara Graham, convicted of murder and facing execution. It stars Susan Hayward as Graham, and also features Simon Oakland, Stafford Repp, and Theodore... (United States) Best Spanish Film: El jefe, by Fernando Ayala Fernando Ayala Fernando Ayala was an Argentine film producer, film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era... (Argentina)
1954	No awards given out

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