{"id":11108,"date":"2022-10-18T18:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T21:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/?p=11108"},"modified":"2022-10-18T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T21:58:08","slug":"argentine-film-sobre-las-nubes-won-top-award-at-29th-edition-of-the-valdivia-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/argentine-film-sobre-las-nubes-won-top-award-at-29th-edition-of-the-valdivia-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentine film Sobre Las Nubes won top award at 29th edition of the Valdivia International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The feature by director Mar\u00eda Aparicio obtained the highest distinction.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>1976, by Manuela Martelli, took first place in the Chilean Feature category.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Actress Blanca Lewin hosted the Closing Ceremony, which was held at Cervantes Theater, in the Regional Capital of Los R\u00edos, with authorities and general public in attendance.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The event was broadcast on TVN, ATV Valdivia, and R\u00edo en L\u00ednea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Among the announcements, the public learned the date of the 30<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> edition of FICValdivia, which will be held between October 9 and 15, 2023.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valdivia, October 15. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the third consecutive year, the Closing Ceremony of the Valdivia International Film Festival was opened by the Valdivia Chamber Orchestra (OCV), which played the score for the experimental short film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c9tude cin\u00e9graphique sur une arabesque <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1929), by French filmmaker Germaine Dulac. This time, the world&#8217;s southernmost chamber orchestra invited music conductor Christian Lorca to lead the piece. The film was scored as part of the 3rd Music Composition Contest for Heritage Short Films, which was held this year by organizers FICValdivia, the Valdivia Chamber Orchestra, and the School of Musical and Sound Arts at UACh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award ceremony, which took place at 6pm on Saturday, October 15, was held at the Cervantes Theater and was attended by local and regional authorities, academics, and the general public. In addition, the activity was broadcast online on FICValdivia and media partner platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the gala, competition winners in the categories of International Feature, Best Chilean Feature, International Youth Feature, Latin American Short Film, Latin American Children&#8217;s Short Film, and Future Chilean Cinema were announced, along with the results of the Explora el Cine Micro Movie Contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FEATURE FILM COMPETITION\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>award-winning film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the International Feature Competition of the 29<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Valdivia International Film Festival was the Argentinean film <\/span><b>SOBRE LAS NUBES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Mar\u00eda Aparicio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Special Jury Prize<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in this category went to the Chilean documentary <\/span><b>TAN INMUNDA Y TAN FELIZ, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Wincy Oyarce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury also awarded two special mentions to the pictures <\/span><b>NOUS, \u00c9TUDIANTS!<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Rafiki Farialai (Central African Republic) and <\/span><b>A WOMAN ESCAPES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Sofia Bohdanowicz, Burak Cervik, and Blake Williams (Canada).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury was made up of director <\/span><b>Teresa Arredondo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><b>Cintial Gil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, curator and member of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Documentary Association; and <\/span><b>Jos\u00e9 Sarmiento<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, critic, curator, and current co-director\/editor of Desistfil.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILEAN FEATURE COMPETITION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Best Chilean Feature this year was <\/span><b>1976,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Manuela Martelli, which received the 2022 Pud\u00fa Award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year&#8217;s jury for the national feature competition was <\/span><b>Paola Buontempo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Argentine filmmaker and programmer; <\/span><b>James Lattimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, critic and programmer of the Berlinale Forum; and <\/span><b>Susana Santos Rodrigues<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-director of Indie Lisboa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FEATURE COMPETITION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of the competition was the Danish picture <\/span><b><i>TSUMU- WHERE DO YOU GO WITH YOUR DREAMS<\/i><\/b><b><i>?<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Karper Kiertzner<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Special Jury Prize<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the International Youth Feature category went to the Portuguese feature movie <\/span><b><i>LOBO E C\u00c4O<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Claudia Varejao<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On this occasion, the Jury was composed of <\/span><b>Amal Medina<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, student of Audiovisual Creation at UACh; <\/span><b>Francisca Morales,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 3rd year student at Instituto Gracia y Paz de Valdivia, and <\/span><b>Antonia Sheihing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 3rd year student at Liceo Bicentenario de Valdivia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LATIN AMERICAN SHORT FILM COMPETITION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourteen works from Bolivia, the United States, Mexico, Chile, France, Argentina, Peru, Spain, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Colombia were part of the Official Latin American Short Film Selection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Colombian film <\/span><b>LOS MAYORES R\u00cdOS SE DESLIPAN BAJO TIERRA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Sim\u00f3n V\u00e9lez, collected first prize, this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Special Jury Prize<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> went to <\/span><b>LAS CRIATURAS QUE SE DERRITEN BAJO EL SOL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Chilean director Diego C\u00e9spedes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury also decided to award a <\/span><b>Special Mention <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the film <\/span><b><i>TRAZOS DE SILENCIO<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Valentina Pelayo (Mexico, Spain, Portugal).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jurors for this year&#8217;s competition included filmmaker and graphic artist <\/span><b>Rodrigo Jara Lizana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, programmer for Frontera Sur Festival; Elena L\u00f3pez Riera, Spanish visual artist and filmmaker who had a focus on this edition of the festival; and Ana Poliak, Argentine filmmaker who showed her films and met with audiences this year.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LATIN AMERICAN CHILDREN&#8217;S SHORT FILM COMPETITION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>TODOS LOS SEGUIDORES DE NESS<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Bruna Steudel, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took away the top accolade in the Latin American Children&#8217;s Short Film Competition, at FICvaldivia 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the same category, the <\/span><b>Special Jury Prize<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> went to <\/span><b><i>EL CUERVO Y EL VENADO<\/i><\/b><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Mauricio Calder\u00f3n Rico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury was made up of <\/span><b>Mart\u00edn Labra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 7th grade student from the Alemania School, in Paillaco, and <\/span><b>Mart\u00edn Quilodr\u00e1n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an 8th grader from the Santo Cura de Ars Technical School, in M\u00e1fil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FUTURE CHILEAN CINEMA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Future Chilean Cinema Category aims to be a window that welcomes national and Latin American filmmakers and producers, to generate ties that allow them to professionalize and realize their audiovisual projects.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was deepened during the third version of Austral Meetings held this year. This space for training, dialog, and collaboration from the South, selected 15 projects, in different stages of completion, to represent the national audiovisual sector at FICValdivia. In addition, 20 audiovisual professionals provided advisory services, addressing various creative and artistic aspects in each project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury in charge of awarding these film projects was formed by <\/span><b>Paola Buontempo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Argentine filmmaker and programmer; <\/span><b>James Lattimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, critic and programmer of the Berlinale Forum; and <\/span><b>Susana Santos Rodrigues<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-director of Indie Lisboa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Future Chilean<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">film that won in the<\/span><b> Postproduction Category <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was <\/span><b><i>LA REBELI\u00d3N INTERIOR<\/i><\/b><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Sof\u00eda Paloma G\u00f3mez.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prize consists of CLP 1,250,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><b>First Cut Category<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the award went to <\/span><b><i>ECLIPSE EN EL CAOS<\/i><\/b><b>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Dubi Cano and Samantha Cabrera. It received CLP 1,250,000, granted by FICValdivia and Universidad Austral de Chile. The film also received the <\/span><b>At\u00f3mica Postproduction Award<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which consists of 6 days of color work and the production of a DCP Master.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Sonamos Award<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, consisting of 3 days of sound mixing, went to <\/span><b><i>LA REBELION INTERIOR<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Sof\u00eda Paloma G\u00f3mez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Project Award, granting CLP 800,000, went to <\/span><b>MUESTRARIO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Sof\u00eda Hansen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2020 AWARDED FILMMAKERS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this 29<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of FICValdivia, awards were also presented to the winners of the 2020 edition, which was held completely online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Best International Feature Film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b><i>MES CHERS ESPIONS<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by French-based Russian filmmaker Vladimir L\u00e9on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Best International Youth Feature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b><i>NI\u00d1A MAM\u00c1<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Argentina&#8217;s Andrea Testa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award for <\/span><b>Best Latin American Children&#8217;s Short Film<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> went to <\/span><b>NAPO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Brazilian director Gustavo Ribeiro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>UNOFFICIAL AWARDS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>EXPLORA EL CINE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sixth edition of the Explora el Cine Micro Movie Contest is organized within the framework of FICValdivia, between the Valdivia Cultural Center for Film Promotion and PAR Explora Los R\u00edos, of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28 works participated this year, coming from all the municipalities in Los R\u00edos Region: of these, nine micro movies were selected, all of them under the theme of this version: &#8220;My Story, My Rights&#8221;, which focused on the rights of children and teens against abuse and discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winning micro movie was <\/span><b><i>GUARDI\u00c1N<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Andrei Alexandru Mancilla Gheorghe, from Valdivia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury also awarded an honorable mention to the work <\/span><b><i>HOGAR, DULCE HOGAR!,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Sof\u00eda Esparza Sandoval<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Mariquina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>THIRD MUSIC COMPOSITION CONTEST FOR HERITAGE SHORT FILMS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winning composition was <\/span><b><i>BLUES FOR AQUILES<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Francisco N\u00fa\u00f1ez Palacios, who received CLP 500,000, from Qu\u00e9 Leo Bookstore, in Valdivia. An <\/span><b>Honorable Mention<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was also awarded to <\/span><b><i>PRIMAVERA<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by An\u00edbal Rodr\u00edguez Torres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FICValdivia is funded and organized by Universidad Austral de Chile; produced by the Valdivia Cultural Center for Film Promotion; convened by the Great City of Valdivia, the Los R\u00edos Regional Government, and Codeproval; financed by the Audiovisual Fund, the Collaborating Festivals Program of the Audiovisual Arts and Industry Council (Call 2021-2022), and the Collaborating Cultural Organizations Program of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The feature by director Mar\u00eda Aparicio obtained the highest distinction. 1976, by Manuela Martelli, took first place in the Chilean Feature category. Actress Blanca Lewin hosted the Closing Ceremony, which was held at Cervantes Theater, in the Regional Capital of Los R\u00edos, with authorities and general public in attendance. 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