Cartagena film festival - Wikipedia Cartagena film festival Cartagena Film Festival Cartagena Film Festival office Location Cartagena, Colombia Founded 1959 Awards Golden India Catalina Website www.ficcifestival.com The Cartagena Film Festival ( Spanish : Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias ), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short films. The Cartagena Film Festival, which is held every March, is the oldest film festival in Latin America. The Cartagena Film Festival was founded 1959 by Victor Nieto. Nieto remained the director of the film festival for 48 years, his last being in 2008. Nieto died at the age of 92 in November 2008. Lina Paola Rodriguez was appointed manager by Nieto in 2007 and 2008, and will remain acting director following Nieto 's death. Best Film winners Year Film Director Country 1962 O Pagador de Promessas Anselmo Duarte Brazil 1969 El dependiente Leonardo Favio Argentina 1972 Juan Lamaglia y señora Raúl de la Torre Argentina 1973 Espejismo Armando Robles Godoy Peru Los siete locos Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Argentina 1976 Furtivos José Luis Borau Spain 1977 Cantata de Chile Humberto Solás Cuba 1979 El pez que fuma Román Chalbaud Venezuela 1980 El otro Francisco Sergio Giral Cuba 1985 Oriana Fina Torres Venezuela, France 1986 Visa USA Lisandro Duque Naranjo Colombia, Cuba La Tigra Camilo Luzuriaga Ecuador 1991 Yo, la peor de todas María Luisa Bemberg Argentina Tacones lejanos Pedro Almodóvar Spain, France O Corpo José Antonio Garcia Brazil La madre muerta Ana Álvarez Spain 1998 Bajo bandera Juan José Jusid Argentina, Italy 2000 Garage Olimpo Marco Bechis Argentina, Italy, France Orfeu Carlos Diegues Brazil Eu Tu Eles Andrucha Waddington Brazil 2002 Lavoura Arcaica Luiz Fernando Carvalho Brazil 2003 Cidade de Deus Fernando Meirelles Brazil Carandiru Héctor Babenco Brazil, Argentina, Italy 2005 Sumas y restas Víctor Gaviria Colombia, Spain 2006 La última luna Miguel Littín Mexico, Spain, Chile 2007 La edad de la peseta Pavel Giroud Cuba, Spain, Venezuela 2008 Maldeamores Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz, Mariem Pérez Riera Puerto Rico, USA 2009 Lake Tahoe Fernando Eimbcke Mexico, Japan, USA Gigante Adrián Biniez Uruguay, Argentina, Germany, Spain, Netherlands 2011 Post Mortem Pablo Larraín Chile, Germany, Mexico 2012 El estudiante Santiago Mitre Argentina 2013 Tabu Miguel Gomes Portugal 2014 Tierra en la lengua Rubén Mendoza Colombia 2015 Ixcanul Jayro Bustamante Guatemala 2016 Neon Bull Gabriel Mascaro Brazil 2017 Aquarius Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil References ^ Jump up to : de la Fuente, Anna Marie ( 2008 - 12 - 03 ). `` Cartagena Festival 's Nieto dies at 92, Director of oldest film festival in Latin America ''. Variety. variety.com. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 07. External links ( in Spanish ) Cartagena Film Festival official website Cartagena Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database FIAPF - accredited film festivals Feature ( Competitive ) Berlin Cairo Cannes Goa Karlovy Vary Locarno Mar del Plata Moscow Montreal San Sebastián Shanghai Tallinn ( PÖFF ) Tokyo Venice Warsaw Feature ( Competitive Specialised ) Antalya Brussels Busan Cartagena Cluj Napoca ( TIFF ) Courmayeur Gijón Istanbul Jeonju Kolkata Kyiv Namur Sarajevo Sitges Stockholm Sydney Trivandrum Turin Valencia ( Jove ) Feature ( Non-competitive ) Toronto Vienna Documentary and Short Bilbao Krakow Oberhausen St. Petersburg Tampere Festivals in Colombia Mixed arts International Image Festival Film / theater / literature International Poetry Festival of Medellín Ibero - American Theater Festival Bogotá Film Festival Bogotá International Film Festival Cartagena Film Festival Traditional / regional Yipao Boyacá International Cultural Festival Pubenza Festivities National Festival of the Dividivi Festivities of Our Lady of the Remedies List of festivals in La Guajira Carnival in Colombia Barranquilla 's Carnival Blacks and Whites ' Carnival Carnival of Bogotá Carnival of Riosucio Music festivals Pop / mixed Estéreo Picnic Festival World Day of Laziness Rock Cali Underground Rock al Parque Folk Cradle of Accordions Festival Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco Festival of the Laurels Pubenza Festivities Vallenato Legend Festival EDM Storyland Discontinued Nem - Catacoa Festival Paz Sin Fronteras UltraMar Festival Related events Festivals in Colombia This article about a film festival is a stub. 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Question: which is the main purpose of the cartagena film festival
Answer: the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short films