Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
Egyptian Theater
Los Angeles, CA







"Shadows"






Writer / Director: "America ... She Dared"












"Havana Surf"


Writer / director: "Pablo's Hippos"


Winners for the 15th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival:
Best Feature Film (RITA AWARD)
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POST MORTEM,
Director: Pablo Larraín
Country: Chile
Best Documentary
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NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ (NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT)
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Country: Chile/France/Spain/Germany
Honorable Mention: PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE, Ari Luis Palos, USA
Honorable Mention: LA MALETA MEXICANA (THE MEXICAN SUITCASE), Trisha Ziff, MEXICO
Honorable Mention: GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR, Pamela Yates, USA
Best Opera Prima
Sponsored by: Fuji Film, Final Draft, Showbiz Software
LOS COLORES DE LA MONTAÑA (THE COLORS OF THE MOUNTAIN)
Director: Carlos César Arbeláez
Country: Colombia
Honorable Mention: EL PREMIO (THE PRIZE), Paula Markovitch, Mexico/France/Germany/Poland
Best Short Film
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SHADOWS
Director: Javier Barbera
Country: USA
Honorable Mention: 70m2, Miguel Angel Carmona Estevez, Spain
Honorable Mention: EL POZO (THE WELL), Guillermo Arriaga, Mexico
Honorable Mention: SIN PALABRAS (NO WORDS), Bel Armenteros, Spain
Honorable Mention: TIJERETO (FLYCATCHER), Camila Jiménez Villa, Colombia
Honorable Mention: A MULA TEIMOSA E O CONTROLE REMOTO (THE STUBBORN MULE AND THE REMOTE CONTROL), Hélio Villela Nunes, Brazil
Audience Choice Award: Feature Film
Sponsored by: University of Guadalajara Foundation USA
LA HORA CERO (THE ZERO HOUR)
Director: Diego Velasco
Country: Venezuela
2nd Place ENTRELOBOS (AMONG WOLVES), Gerardo Olivares, Spain
3rd Place CHICO & RITA, Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando, Spain/UK
Audience Choice Award: Short Film
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ESPÉRAME
Director: Daniel Galo
Country: USA/Mexico
Best Director
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Matías Bize director of LA VIDA DE LOS PECES (THE LIFE OF FISH)
Country: Chile
Best Screenplay
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Carlos Cesar Arbeláez, LOS COLORES DE LA MONTAÑA (THE COLORS OF THE MOUNTAIN)
Country: Colombia
Best High School Film
Selected by BAFTA
KIDNAPPED
Director: Kevin Lozano
Country: USA