Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
Mary Pickford at the first Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata in 1954
The Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata is an international film festival in Mar del Plata , Argentina .
The festival was founded in 1954 and is accredited by the FIAPF film producers' association as one of fifteen competitive film festivals in the world. Between 1971 and 1995 the Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata did not take place for political and economic reasons after the establishment of a military government in Argentina.
The president of the festival is Miguel Pereira .
Astor de Oro
The Astor de Oro is the main prize of the festival and has been awarded for the best film since 1959. In total, the jury awards over fifteen film prizes in various categories each year .
The previous winners of the Astor de Oro :
- 1959: Wild strawberries from Ingmar Bergman ( Sweden )
- 1960: The bridge of Bernhard Wicki ( Germany )
- 1961: Saturday Night, Sunday Morning by Karel Reisz ( Great Britain )
- 1962: I giorni contati by Elio Petri ( Italy )
- 1963: Az Angyalok Földje by György Révész ( Hungary )
- 1964: I Compagni by Mario Monicelli ( Italy )
- 1965: Gli Indifferenti by Francesco Maselli ( Italy )
- 1966: At 'Zije Republika! by Karel Kachyňa ( Czechoslovakia )
- 1968: Bonnie and Clyde by Arthur Penn ( USA )
- 1970: Macunaíma by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade ( Brazil )
- 1996: El Perro del Hortelano by Pilar Miró ( Spain )
- 1997: The Tango Lesson by Sally Potter ( Great Britain )
- 1998: Abr-O Aftaab by Mahmoud Kabari ( Iran )
- 1999: As bodas de Deus by João César Monteiro ( Portugal )
- 2001: Ta Ja, Zlodziej by Jacek Bromski ( Poland )
- 2002: Bolívar soy yo by Jorge Alí Triana ( Colombia )
- 2003: Separacoes from Domingos de Oliveira ( Brazil )
- 2004: Buena Vida Delivery by Leonardo Di Cesare ( Argentina )
- 2005: The Great Journey of Ismaël Ferroukhi ( France / Morocco )
- 2006: Noticias lejanas by Ricardo Benet ( Mexico )
- 2007: Ficció by Cesc Gay ( Spain )
- 2008: Aruitemo aruitemo by Hirokazu Koreeda ( Japan )
- 2009: Cinco días sin Nora by Mariana Chenillo (Mexico)
- 2010: Essential Killing by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland)
- 2011: Abrir puertas y ventanas by Milagros Mumenthaler (Argentina / Switzerland )
- 2012: După dealuri by Cristian Mungiu ( Romania )
- 2013: La jaula de oro by Diego Quemada-Diez ( Mexico / Spain )
- 2014: Come to My Voice by Hüseyin Karabey ( Turkey / France / Germany )
- 2015: El abrazo de la serpiente by Ciro Guerra ( Colombia / Venezuela / Argentina )
- 2016: Anashim Shehem Lo Ani from Hades Ben Aroya ( Israel )
- 2017: Wajib by Annemarie Jacir ( Palestine )
- 2018: Entre dos aguas by Isaki Lacuesta
- 2019: O que arde by Óliver Laxe
See also
Web links
Commons : Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website (Spanish, English; requires Flash )