{"id":12155,"date":"2023-12-04T16:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/?p=12155"},"modified":"2023-12-04T16:22:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:22:02","slug":"here-by-filmmaker-bas-devos-belgium-received-top-prize-at-the-30th-edition-of-the-valdivia-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ficvaldivia.cl\/en\/here-by-filmmaker-bas-devos-belgium-received-top-prize-at-the-30th-edition-of-the-valdivia-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Here, by filmmaker Bas Devos (Belgium) received top prize at the 30th edition of the Valdivia International Film Festival."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><b>During the occasion, the Pud\u00fa Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Babi Salas and her son Pablo Salas, for their contribution to audiovisual record and dissemination during the dictatorship.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>El que Baila Pasa<\/i><\/b><b>, by Carlos Araya Diaz, collected best picture in the Chilean Feature category.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><i>Malquerida,<\/i><\/b><b> by Tana Gilbert won the Audience Award and the Special Jury Mention.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The Award Ceremony was hosted by Amparo Noguera and Marcelo Alonso, at Cervantes Theater, in the Regional Capital of Los R\u00edos, with authorities and the general public in attendance.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Among the announcements, the audience learned the date of FICValdivia\u2019s next edition, which will be held between October 14 and 20, 2024.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the fourth consecutive year, the Closing Ceremony of the Valdivia International Film Festival was opened by the Valdivia Chamber Orchestra (OCV), with conductor Rodolfo Fisher, this time musicalizing the piece <\/span><b><i>Ya se Rindi\u00f3 Allende<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by artist Andrian Pertout, with the support of the R\u00edos de Letras bookstore in Valdivia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Award Ceremony, which took place at 6:00 pm on Saturday, October 14, was held at Cervantes Theater and was attended by local and regional authorities, academics, and the general public. In addition, the activity was digitally broadcast on FICValdivia platforms and media partner outlets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the gala, the winners of the competition were announced in the categories of Feature Film, Best Chilean Feature, International Youth Feature Competition, Latin American Short Film Competition, Latin American Children&#8217;s Short Film Competition, and Future Chilean Cinema, along with the Explora el Cine Micro Movie Contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the gathering, the date of the upcoming edition of FICValdivia was also announced, which will take place between October 14 and 20, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>PUD\u00da LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FICValdivia director Ra\u00fal Camargo presented the <\/span><b>Pud\u00fa Lifetime Achievement Award<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which this year went to Pablo Salas, an outstanding Chilean camera operator and filmmaker, whose daring, along with the quality of his records, led him to become one of the key cameramen of the mass protests in Chile. The award was also presented to his mother, Babi Salas, for her daring audiovisual recovery and diffusion work during the dictatorship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FEATURE FILM COMPETITION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award-winning film in the Feature Competition of the 30<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Valdivia International Film Festival was <\/span><b><i>Here<\/i><\/b><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Belgian director Bas Devos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Special Jury Prize in the category went to <\/span><b><i>Muertes y Maravillas, <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Chilean creator Diego Soto.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury also awarded two special mentions to:\u00a0 <\/span><b><i>Malqueridas,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Tana Gilbert, and <\/span><b><i>The Urgency of Death,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Luc\u00eda Seles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Audience Award also went to <\/span><b><i>Malqueridas,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Tana Gilbert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury for this competition was made up of filmmaker and teacher Mar\u00eda Aparicio; film director, producer, screenwriter, and critic Jer\u00f3nimo Atehort\u00faa; and director and festival programming advisor Paolo Moretti.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SPECIAL CHILEAN FEATURE AWARD<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year&#8217;s award-winning Chilean feature was <\/span><b><i>El que Baila Pasa<\/i><\/b><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Carlos Araya Diaz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury in charge of awarding this prize included Pamela Bi\u00e9nzobas, Chilean-French consultant, programmer, and critic; Sung Moon, member of the Jeonju IFF programming team since 2004; and film critic and festival programmer Alberto Ramos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FEATURE COMPETITION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top prize in the competition was awarded to <\/span><b><i>Arnold is a Model Student,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Sorayos Prapapan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Special Jury Prize in the International Youth Feature category went to <\/span><b><i>Scary Friend,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Takara Mineo and Naohiro Takahashi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This time, the Jury was composed of Josefa Mardones, 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> year cello student at Colegio Bicentenario de M\u00fasica Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Bach, in Valdivia; An\u00edbal Silva, 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> year student at Colegio Austral de Valdivia; and Benjam\u00edn Tejeda, 12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> year student at Colegio Alem\u00e1n de La Uni\u00f3n and a self-professed passionate photographer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LATIN AMERICAN SHORT FILM COMPETITION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twelve films, hailing from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, the United States, Peru, and Uruguay, made up the Official Latin American Short Film Selection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first prize award-winner this year was <\/span><b><i>Ramal,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Higor Gomes. The Special Jury Prize went to <\/span><b><i>El Polvo ya no Nubla Nuestros Ojos, <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Colectivo Silencio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury also decided to give a Special Mention to <\/span><b><i>M\u00c3RI HI &#8211; El \u00c1rbol del Sue\u00f1o,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Morzaniel Iramari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the jury for this important competition was composed by editor, filmmaker, novelist, and film critic Miguel Angel Guti\u00e9rrez; Brazilian researcher and curator Carla Italiano; and Karina Sol\u00f3rzano, who holds a BA in Spanish Literature and MA in Film Studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LATIN AMERICAN CHILDREN&#8217;S SHORT FILM COMPETITION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>El Motor y la Melod\u00eda<\/i><\/b><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Juan Antonio Limo Giribaldi and Manuel-Antonio Monteagudo Gauvrit, collected the first prize in the Latin American Children&#8217;s Short Film Competition at FICvaldivia 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likewise, the Special Jury Prize went to <\/span><b><i>Al Otro Lado de la Monta\u00f1a,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Yosman Serrano Lindarte.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury was formed by Ricardo Angulo, 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grade student at Liceo Bicentenario Valdivia; Gatica Paloma Carrillo Quintana, 7<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grade student at Colegio Bicentenario Helvecia de Valdivia; and Josu\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez Riveros, 6<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grade student at Escuela Adventista de Valdivia, President of the Children and Teens Advisory Council to the Los R\u00edos Governor&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/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 showcase where Chilean and Latin American filmmakers and producers can feel welcome and generate ties that allow them to professionalize their audiovisual projects and make them a reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fourth edition of Austral Meetings this year made strides into these objectives, presenting a space for training, dialogue, and collaboration, from the South. Thirteen projects, in different stages of completion, summed up the participation of the national audiovisual sector in this FICValdivia section. In addition, 20 audiovisual professionals provided advisory services to these projects, addressing various creative and artistic aspects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury in charge of awarding the prizes included Pamela Bi\u00e9nzobas, Chilean-French consultant, programmer, and critic; Sung Moon, member of the Jeonju IFF programming team since 2004; and film critic and festival programmer Alberto Ramos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winning Future Chilean film in the First Cut Category was <\/span><b><i>Cobija,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed by Pamela Peque\u00f1o and produced by Cecilia G\u00f3mez. The prize consists of $1,250,000 Chilean pesos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Post-Production Category, the award went to <\/span><b><i>Poblaci\u00f3n Flotante,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed by Carlos Araya D\u00edaz and produced by Mar\u00eda Paz Gonz\u00e1lez. It received $1,250,000 pesos from FICValdivia and Universidad Austral de Chile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The At\u00f3mica Postproduction Award, consisting in 6 days of color work and the production of a DCP Master, went to <\/span><b><i>Cobija,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed by Pamela Peque\u00f1o and produced by Cecilia G\u00f3mez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sonamos Award, which consists of 3 days of sound mixing, went to <\/span><b><i>Los A\u00f1os Salvajes,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed by Andr\u00e9s Nazarala and produced by Florencia Rodr\u00edguez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Development Project Award, consisting of $800,000, went to <\/span><b><i>Visi\u00f3n de Chile, el Imperio de las Sombras,<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed and produced by Sebasti\u00e1n Quiroz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>UNOFFICIAL AWARDS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EXPLORA EL CINE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seventh edition of the <\/span><b>Explora el Cine Micro Movie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contest was organized within the framework of FICValdivia, by 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: nine micro-movies were selected, all of them under the theme for this edition: Forest, life, and community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award for the best Explora el Cine 2023 micro movie went to <\/span><b><i>Kar\u00fcn<\/i><\/b><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Sara Cheuquehuala, from Liceo Rep\u00fablica de Brasil, in Malalhue, Lanco.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury also awarded an honorable mention to the film <\/span><b><i>Incendio en el Bosque<\/i><\/b><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Camila Hermosilla, from the Folilco Rural School, in Los Lagos.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the occasion, the Pud\u00fa Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Babi Salas and her son Pablo Salas, for their contribution to audiovisual record and dissemination during the dictatorship.\u00a0 El que Baila Pasa, by Carlos Araya Diaz, collected best picture in the Chilean Feature category. 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