# Biarritz Film Festival

The Biarritz Festival Latin America (French: Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine) is an international film festival held annually in the French city of Biarritz, since 1979 to promote the Latin American cinema and culture with the French people and offer opportunities to distribution or coproductions to Latin American films.

## Description

The Biarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema offer competitions of unreleased films in long films, short films and documentaries (in partnership with Latin Union). Furthermore, the films in competicion each year, festival presents annually homages and retrospectives around different themes. The festival also offer discover the Latin American culture in other forms with literary meetings, expositions of fotographies and academic conferences. The famous Village festival of conviviality and exchange located oceanfront, allows to attend exhibitions, lectures and evening concerts for free.

## Award winners
### 2023

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Power Alley (Levante) by Lillah Halla ( Brazil, France, Uruguay)
* Special Jury Prize: Un Pájaro Azul by Ariel Rotter ( Argentina, Uruguay)
* Best Performance: Alfonso Tort for Un Pájaro Azul ( Argentina, Uruguay)
* Jury Coup de Coeur: The Punishment (El castigo) by Matías Bize ( Chile, Argentina)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: The Settlers (Los colonos) by Felipe Gálvez Haberle ( Chile, Argentina, France, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Germany)
* Biarritz Award: The Punishment (El castigo) by Matías Bize ( Chile, Argentina)
* Audience Award: The Punishment (El castigo) by Matías Bize ( Chile, Argentina)
Documentary Films
* Best Documentary Film: Adieu Sauvage by Serfio Guataquira Sarmiento ( Colombia, Belgium, France)
* Special Mention: A Invenção do Outro by Bruno Jorge ( Brazil) and Nosotras by Emilce Quevedo Díaz ( Colombia)
* IHEAL Student Jury Award: El Juicio by Ulises de la Orden ( Argentina, Italy, France, Norway)
* Audience Award: The Echo (El eco) by Tatiana Huezo ( Mexico, Germany)
Short Films
* Best Short Film: Takanakuy by Gustavo Bockos ( Brazil, Peru)
* Special Mention: Antes de Madrid by Nicolás Botana and Ilén Juambeltz Uruguay)
BAL-LAB
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: El Tiempo Después by Fede Pintos ( Argentina)
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: Bajo de Agua by Itzel Sacnité Garcia ( Mexico)
* Crystal Publishing Award: Siempre Vuelven by Sergio de León ( Germany)
* L'Alhambra Studios Award: La Luz de Masao Nakagawa by Hideki Nakazaki ( Peru, Mexico)

### 2022

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: The Kings of the World (Los reyes del mundo) by Laura Mora ( Colombia)
* Special Jury Prize: Punto Rojo [es] by Nicanor Loreti [es] ( Argentina)
* Jury Coup de Coeur: Daniela Marín for her performance in I Have Electric Dreams (Tengo sueños eléctricos) ( Costa Rica, Belgium, France)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: Daughter of Rage (La hija de todas las rabias) by Laura Baumeister ( Nicaragua, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway)
* Biarritz Award: Daughter of Rage (La hija de todas las rabias) by Laura Baumeister ( Nicaragua, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway)
* Audience Award: 1976 by Manuela Martelli ( Chile, Argentina)
Documentary Films
* Best Documentary Film: Retratos del Futuro by Virna Molina ( Argentina)
* IHEAL Student Jury Award: Alis by Clare Weiskopf [es] and Nicolas Van Hemelryck ( Chile, Colombia, Romania, Denmark)
* Audience Award: Alis by Clare Weiskopf [es] and Nicolas Van Hemelryck ( Chile, Colombia, Romania, Denmark)
Short Films
* Best Short Film: Fantasma Neon [pt] by Leonardo Martinelli [pt] ( Brazil)
* Special Mention: La Baláhna by Xóchitl Enríquez Mendoza ( Mexico)
BAL-LAB
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: Cuando Todos se Vayan by Felipe Rodríguez Cerda ( Chile)
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: Todo Esto Eran Mangas by Daniela Abad ( Colombia)
* CNC Development Assistance Grant Recipient: Los Pájaros by Fabián Hernández ( Colombia)
* Crystal Publishing Award: Fantasma Neon [pt] by Leonardo Martinelli [pt] ( Brazil)
* Alhambra Studios Award: La Primavera de los Anacoretas by Andrés Kaiser ( Mexico)
* Lily Post Prod-Etalonage Award: Esencia Habana by Luis Ernesto Doñas ( Cuba)

### 2021

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Jesús López [es] by Maximiliano Schonfeld [es] ( Argentina, France)
* Special Jury Prize: Candela by Andrés Farías Cintrón ( Dominican Republic, France)
* Jury Special Mention for Best Performance: Natalia Cabral [es] and Oriol Estrada [es] for Una Película Sobre Parejas ( Dominican Republic)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: Una Película Sobre Parejas by Natalia Cabral [es] and Oriol Estrada [es] ( Dominican Republic)
* Audience Award: Fanny Camina [es] by Alfredo Arias and Ignacio Masllorens ( Argentina, France)
Documentary Films
* Best Documentary Film: Qué Será del Verano by Ignacio Ceroi ( Argentina)
* Special Mention: Vaychiletik by Juan Javier Pérez ( Mexico)
* IHEAL Student Jury Award: Edna by Eryk Rocha ( Brazil)
* Audience Award: Cantos de Represión by Marianne Hougen-Moraga and Estephan Wagner ( Chile, Denmark, Netherlands)
Short Films
* Best Short Film: Entre Ellas by Roxane Florin ( Mexico)
* Special Mention: La Luz de Masao Nakagawa by Hideki Nakazaki ( Peru, Mexico)
BAL-LAB
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: Bea VII by Natalia Garayalde ( Argentina)
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: Godspeed Satan by José Pablo Escamilla ( Mexico)
* Jury Special Mention: What's in the Air by Laura Santullo [es] and Rodrigo Plá ( Mexico)
* CNC Development Assistance Grant Recipient: On Top of the Cliff by Enrica Pérez ( Peru)

### 2020

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Ofrenda by Juan María Mónaco ( Argentina)
* Special Jury Prize: Fortitude (La fortaleza) by Jorge Thielen Armand ( Venezuela, Colombia, France, Netherlands)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine (Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino) by Alex Piperno ( Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, Philippines)
* Audience Award: Tragic Jungle (Selva trágica) by Yulene Olaizola ( Mexico, France, Colombia)
Documentary Films
* Best Documentary Film: El Otro by Francisco Bermejo ( Chile)
* IHEAL Student Jury Award: O Índio Cor de Rosa Contra a Fera Invisível by Tiago Carvalho ( Brazil)
* Audience Award: O Índio Cor de Rosa Contra a Fera Invisível by Tiago Carvalho ( Brazil)
Short Films
* Best Short Film: Teoría Social Numérica by Paola Michaels ( Colombia)
BAL-LAB
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: Es Mentira Que Debes Obedecer by Bruno Santamaría ( Mexico)
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: La Casa del Perro by Federico Borgia [es] ( Uruguay)
* CNC Development Assistance Grant Recipient: Morir de Pie by María Paz González ( Chile)

### 2019

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: The Fever (A Febre) by Maya Da-Rin ( Brazil, France, Germany)
* Special Jury Prize: The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (A Vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmão) by Karim Aïnouz ( Brazil, Germany)
* Special Mention: Song Without a Name (Canción sin nombre) by Melina León ( Peru, Spain, United States)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (A Vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmão) by Karim Aïnouz ( Brazil, Germany)
** Special Mention: Las Buenas Intenciones [es] by Ana García Blaya ( Argentina)
* Audience Award: La Llorona by Jayro Bustamante ( Guatemala, France)
Documentary Films
* Best Documentary Film: La Vida en Común [es] by Ezequiel Yanco ( Argentina, France)
* Audience Award: La Búsqueda by Daniel Lagares and Mariano Agudo ( Peru, Spain)
Short Films
* Best Short Film: O Mistério da Carne by Rafaela Camelo ( Brazil)
* Special Mention: Hogar by Gerardo Minutti ( Uruguay)
BAL-LAB
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Documentary Film: Ceci Bon by Rodrigo John ( Brazil)
* BAL-LAB Award for Best Fiction Film: Sangue Do Meu Sangue by Rafaela Camelo ( Brazil)

### 2018

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Birds of Passage (Pájaros by verano) by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra ( Colombia, Mexico)
* Special Jury Prize: La Flor by Mariano Llinás ( Argentina)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: Deslembro [pt] by Flávia Castro [pt] ( Brazil)
* Audience Award: A Twelve-Year Night (La noche de 12 años) by Álvaro Brechner ( Uruguay, Argentina)
Documentary Films
* Best Documentary Film: Tranny Fag (Bixa Travesty) by Claudia Priscilla and Kiko Goifman ( Brazil)
* Special Mention: Modelo Estéreo by Colectivo Mario Grande ( Colombia)
* Audience Award: Locura al Aire by Alicia Cano and Leticia Cuba ( Uruguay, Mexico)
Short Films
* Best Short Film: O Órfãoby Carolina Markowicz ( Brazil)
* Special Mention: El Verano del León Eléctrico by Diego Céspedes ( Chile)
Project Lizières
* Lizières Award: Un Personaje Volador by Martina Juncadella [es] ( Argentina)
* The Landscapes That You Seek by Juanita Onzaga ( Colombia)

### 2017

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: The Family (La familia) by Gustavo Rondón Córdova ( Venezuela)
* Special Jury Prize: Los Perros by Marcela Said ( Chile)
* Special Mention: Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras) by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra [pt] ( Brazil)
* Best Actress: Gabriela Ramos for Last Days in Havana (Últimos días en La Habana) ( Cuba)
* Best Actor: Daniel Aráoz for A Sort of Family (Una especie de familia) ( Argentina)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: La Soledad by Jorge Thielen Armand ( Venezuela)
* Audience Award: Last Days in Havana (Últimos días en La Habana) by Fernando Pérez ( Cuba)
Short Films
* Best Short Film: Centauro de Nicolas Suarez ( Argentina)
* Special Mention: Damiana by Andrés Ramírez Pulido ( Colombia, Brazil)
* TV5 Monde Award for Best Short Film: Selva by Sofia Quiros Ubeda ( Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile)
Documentary Films
* Best Documentary Film: Cine São Paulo by Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli ( Brazil)
* Special Mention: Chavela by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi ( Mexico, United States)
* Audience Award: Chavela by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi ( Mexico, United States)
Project Lizières
* Lizières Award: A Dupla Naturaleza da Luz by Marcia Mansur and Marina Thomé ( Brazil)

### 2016

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Where I Grow Old (A cidade onde envelheço) by Marilia Rocha ( Brazil)
* Special Jury Prize: Aquarius by Kleber Mendonça Filho ( Brazil))
* Best Actress: Sônia Braga for Aquarius ( Brazil)
* Best Actor: Alejandro Sieveking for The Winter (El invierno) ( Argentina)
* Audience Award: El Amparo by Robert Calzadilla [es] ( Venezuela)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: The Winter (El invierno) by Emiliano Torres ( Argentina)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: El Edén by Andrés Ramírez Pulido ( Colombia)
* Special Mention: Rosinha by Gui Campos ( Brazil)
* TV5 Monde Award: Caminho dos gigantes by Alois Di Leo ( Brazil)
Project Lizières
* Lizières Award: El Edén by Andrés Ramírez Pulido ( Colombia)
Documentary Films
* HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: Nueva Venecia by Emiliano Mazza de Luca ( Uruguay)
* Special Mentions: Damiana Kryygi by Alejandro Fernández Mouján [es] ( Argentina) and Yo No Soy de Aquí by Maite Alberdi ( Chile)
* Audience Award: Exil-Sur-Scène by Jean-Michel Rodrigo and Marina Paugan ( France)

### 2015

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Ixcanul by Jayro Bustamante ( Guatemala)
* Special Jury Prize: A Monster with a Thousand Heads (Un monstruo by mil cabezas) by Rodrigo Plá ( Mexico)
* Best Actress: Dolores Fonzi for Paulina (La patota) ( Argentina)
* Best Actor: Luis Silva for From Afar (Desde allá) ( Venezuela, Mexico)
* Audience Award: The Perfect Dictatorship (La dictadura perfecta) by Luis Estrada ( Mexico)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: Ixcanul by Jayro Bustamante ( Guatemala)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: O Bom Comportamento by Eva Randolph ( Brazil)
* Special Mention: Domingo by Raúl López Echeverría ( Mexico)
* TV5 Monde Award: Las Cosas Simples by Álvaro Anguita ( Chile)
* Young Jury Award for Best Short Film: Echo Chamber by Guillermo Moncayo ( Colombia)
Project Lizières
* Lizières Award: En la Piel del Otro by Natalia Bruschtein ( Argentina, Mexico)
Documentary Films
* HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: Invasion by Abner Benaim ( Panama)
* Audience Award: La Once by Maite Alberdi ( Chile)

### 2014

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Return to Ithaca (Retour à Ithaque) by Laurent Cantet ( Cuba, France)
* Special Jury Prize: Las Búsquedas by José Luis Valle ( Mexico)
* Best Actress: Erica Rivas for Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes) ( Argentina)
* Best Actor: Héctor Noguera and Néstor Guzzini for Mr. Kaplan ( Uruguay)
* Audience Award: Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes) by Damián Szifron ( Argentina)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: La Salada [es] by Juan Martín Hsu ( Argentina)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: Padre by Santiago Bou Grasso ( Argentina)
* Deuxième Best Short Film: El Sonámbulo by Lenz Mauricio Claure ( Mexico)
Documentary Films
* HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: Café by Hatuey Viveros Lavielle ( Mexico)
* Special Mention: Poder e Impotencia, un Drama en Tres Actos d'Anna Recalde Miranda ( Paraguay)
* Audience Award: Mercedes Sosa, la Voz de Latinoamérica by Rodrigo H. Vila ( Argentina)
Lizières Award
* Berlín by José Luis Valle ( Mexico, El Salvador)

### 2013

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Workers by José Luis Valle ( Mexico)
* Prix du Jury: El Tío by Mateo Iribarren [es] ( Chile)
* Best Actress: The female ensemble of The Amazing Catfish (Los insólitos peces gato) ( Mexico)
* Best Actor: Lisandro Rodríguez for La Paz [es] ( Argentina)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: The Summer of Flying Fish (El verano de los peces voladores) by Marcela Said ( Chile)
* Audience Award: 7 Boxes (7 cajas) by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori [es] ( Paraguay)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: Solecito by Óscar Ruiz Navia [es] ( Colombia)
* Deuxième Best Short Film: La Noria by Karla Castañeda [es] ( Mexico)
Documentary Films
* HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: El Impenetrable by Daniele Incalcaterra ( Argentina)
* Special Mention: Madera by Daniel Kvitko ( Cuba)
* Audience Award: Ensayo de una Nación by Alexis Roitman ( Argentina)

### 2012

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: De Martes a Martes by Gustavo Triviño ( Argentina)
* Special Jury Prize: Juan of the Dead (Juan de los muertos) by Alejandro Brugués ( Cuba)
* Best Actress: Roxana Blanco for The Delay (La demora) ( Mexico, Uruguay)
* Best Actor: Luis Tosar for Operation E (Operación E) ( Colombia, Spain)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: No by Pablo Larraín ( Chile)
* Audience Award: Sofía y el Terco [es] by Andrés Burgos Vallejo ( Colombia)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: Temporada Seca by Diego Rivera-Kohn ( Mexico)
* Deuxième Best Short Film: Qual Queijo Vocé Quer by Cíntia Domit Bittar ( Brazil)
* Special Mention: A Galinha Que Burlou o Sistema by Quico Mereilles ( Brazil)
Documentary Films
* HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: El Etnógrafo by Ulises Rosell ( Argentina)
* Special Mention: Uno al Otro by Milena Almira ( Cuba)
* Audience Award: La Máquina Loca by Emilio Maillé [es] ( Mexico)

### 2011

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli ( Argentina)
* Special Jury Prize: Porfirio by Alejandro Landes ( Colombia)
* Best Actress: Paula Galinelli Hertzog for The Prize (El premio) ( Mexico)
* Best Actor: Porfirio Ramirez for Porfirio ( Colombia)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: The Prize (El premio) by Paula Markovitch ( Mexico)
* Audience Award: Ticket to Paradise (Boleto al paraíso) by Gerardo Chijona ( Cuba)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: Coral by Ignacio Chaneton ( Argentina)
* Special Mention: Luminaris by Juan Pablo Zaramella [es] ( Argentina)
* Shorts TV Numericable Award: Café con leche by Mauricio Leiva Cock ( Colombia)
Documentary Films
* HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: Abuelos by Carla Valencia Davila ( Ecuador, Chile)
* Special Mention: El Lugar Más Pequeño [es] by Tatiana Huezo ( El Salvador, Mexico)
* Audience Award: El Tren de las Moscas by Nieves Prieto Tassier and Fernando Lopes Castillo ( Mexico)

### 2010

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Revolución by Amat Escalante, Carlos Reygadas, Diego Luna, Fernando Eimbcke, Gael García Bernal, Gerardo Naranjo, Mariana Chenillo, Patricia Riggen, Rodrigo García and Rodrigo Plá ( Mexico)
* Special Jury Prize: Zona Sur [es] by Juan Carlos Valdivia ( Bolivia)
* Best Actress: Nanda Costa, Amanda Diniz [pt] and Kika Farias for Sonhos Roubados [pt] by Sandra Werneck ( Brazil)
* Best Actor: Osmar Nuñez for The Invisible Eye (La mirada invisible) ( Argentina)
* Audience Award: 5x Favela - Agora por Nós Mesmos [pt] by Manaira Carneiro, Wagner Novais, Rodrigo Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana Bezerra ( Brazil)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: Los Minutos, las Horas by Janaína Marques Ribeiro ( Cuba)
* ShortsTV – Numéricable Award : La Mina by Pro by Jacques Bonnavent ( Mexico)
* Special Mentions: Un Nuevo Baile by Nicolás Lasnibat [es] ( Chile) and No Me Ama by Martín Piroyansky ( Argentina)
Documentary Films
* HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: Diário de Uma Busca [pt] by Flávia Castro [pt] ( Brazil)
* Audience Award: Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia by la luz) by Patricio Guzmán ( Chile)

### 2009

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Nora's Will (Cinco dias sin Nora) by Mariana Chenillo ( Mexico)
* Special Jury Prize: The Paranoids (Los paranoicos) by Gabriel Medina [ca; es] ( Argentina)
* Best Actress: Catalina Saavedra for The Maid (La Nana) ( Chile)
* Best Actor: Daniel Hendler for The Paranoids (Los paranoicos) ( Argentina)
* French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: The Maid (La Nana) by Sebastian Silva ( Chile)
* Audience Award: Horn of Plenty (El cuerno by la abundancia) by Juan Carlos Tabio ( Cuba)
* European Young Jury Award: The Maid (La Nana) by Sebastian Silva ( Chile)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: Distancias by Matias Lucchesi ( Argentina)
* Special Mention: El hombre muerto by Julian Goyoaga ( Uruguay)
* European Young Jury Award: Espalhadas pelo Ar by Vera Egito [pt] ( Brazil)
* Numéricable Award: Un Juego Absurdo [es] by Gaston Rothschild ( Argentina)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award: Mi Vida con Carlos by German Berger Hertz ( Chile, Spain)
* Special Mention: Los Que Se Quedan by Juan Carlos Rulfo and Carlos Hagerman ( Mexico) and La Chirola by Diego Mondaca [es] ( Bolivia, Cuba)
* ENS Louis Lumière School Award: La Chirola by Diego Mondaca [es] ( Bolivia, Cuba)
Biarritz Young Directors
* Biarritz Young Directors Award: Días Robados by Fernando Guzzoni [es] ( Chile)

### 2008

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Gods [es] (Dioses) by Josué Méndez ( Peru)
* Special Jury Prize: Estômago by Marcos Jorge [pt] ( Brazil)
* Best Performance : Aline Kuppenheim, Manuela Martelli and Roberto Farias for The Good Life (La buena vida) ( Chile)
* Audience Award: Insignificant Things (Cosas insignificantes) by Andrea Martínez Crowther ( Mexico)
* European Young Jury Award: La Rabia by Albertina Carri ( Argentina)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: El Deseo by Marie Benito ( Mexico)
* Special Mention: Ofelia by Humberto Gutierrez Montero ( Peru)
* European Young Jury Award: Ahendu nde sapukai by Pablo Lamar ( Paraguay)
* ENS Louis Lumière School Award: Ahendu nde sapukai by Pablo Lamar ( Paraguay)
* Numéricable Award: Cuilos by Paz Fábrega ( Costa Rica)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: La Sombra de Don Roberto by Juan Diego Spoerer and Hakan Enström ( Chile)
* Special Mention: Entre a Luz e a Sombra [pt] by Luciana Burlamaqui ( Brazil)
* Audience Award: Entre a Luz e a Sombra [pt] by Luciana Burlamaqui ( Brazil)
* Voyage Award: La Matinée [es] by Sebastián Bednarik [es] ( Uruguay)
Biarritz Young Directors
* Biarritz Young Directors Award: Thursday Till Sunday (De jueves a domingo) by Dominga Sotomayor ( Chile)

### 2007

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Postcards from Leningrad (Postales de Leningrado) by Mariana Rondón ( Venezuela)
* Special Jury Prize: La Noche de los Inocentes by Arturo Sotto ( Cuba)
* Best Performance: Ana Carabajal and Luisa Nuñez for Por Sus Propios Ojos ( Argentina)
* Audience Award: Matar a Todos [es] by Esteban Schroeder ( Uruguay, Argentina, Chile)
* European Young Jury Award: La Sangre Iluminada by Iván Avila Dueñas ( Mexico)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: Temporal by Paz Fábrega ( Costa Rica)
* ENS Louis Lumière School Award: El Secreto de la Sangre by María Victoria Andino ( Argentina)
* European Young Jury Award: Tiene la Tarde Ojos by Carlos Sama ( Mexico)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Secretos de Lucha by Maiana Bidegain ( France, Uruguay)
* Special Mention: Los Ladrones Viejos [es] by Everardo Gonzalez [es] ( Mexico)
Biarritz Young Directors
* Biarritz Young Directors Award: 1994 by Jean-Marc Rousseau ( Mexico)

### 2006

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Forbidden to Forbid (Proibido Proibir) by Jorge Duran [pt] ( Brazil)
* Special Jury Prize: In the Pit (En el hoyo) by Juan Carlos Rulfo ( Mexico)
* Best Actress: Melania Urbina [es] for Black Butterfly (Mariposa negra) ( Peru)
* Best Actor: Manuel Calisto [es] for Cuando Me Toque a Mí [es] ( Ecuador)
* Audience Award: On Probation (Tiempo de valientes) by Damian Szifron ( Argentina)
* European Young Jury Award: The Greatest Love of All (O maior amor do mundo) by Carlos Diegues ( Brazil)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: Alguma coisa assim by Esmir Filho [pt] ( Brazil)
* ENS Louis Lumière School Award: 76 by Lucas Schiaroli ( Argentina)
* Prix Cinécourt by Cinécinéma: XX by Cristián Jiménez ( Chile)
* European Young Jury Award: 76 by Lucas Schiaroli ( Argentina)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Hartos Evos Aqui Hay by Héctor Ulloque Franco and Manuel Montealegre ( Colombia)
* Special Mention: La Palomilla Salvaje by Gustavo Gamou ( Mexico)
Biarritz Young Directors
* Biarritz Young Directors Award: Hombre de Pieza by Celso R. García ( Mexico)

### 2005

Feature Films
* HUG Award for Best Film: Tatuado by Eduardo Raspo ( Argentina)
* Special Jury Prize: Noticias Lejanas by Ricardo Benet [es] ( Mexico)
* Best Actress: Roxana Blanco for Alma Mater ( Uruguay)
* Best Actor: Julio Jung for Cachimba [es] ( Chile)
* Audience Award: Maroa by Solveig Hoogestejin ( Venezuela)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Seres Extravagantes [es] by Manuel Zayas [es] ( Cuba, Spain)
Short Films
* HUG Award for Best Short Film: El Pasajero by Matias Meyer ( Mexico) and El Tesoro de los Caracoles by Cristián Jiménez ( Chile)
* ENS Louis Lumière School Award: La Vida y Obra de John H by Lourdes Rebora ( Mexico)
* Cinécourts by Cinécinema Award: El Tesoro de los Caracoles by Cristián Jiménez ( Chile)

### 2004

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Whisky Romeo Zulu by Enrique Piñeyro ( Argentina)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: China Zorrilla for Conversations with Mother (Conversaciones con mamá) ( Argentina)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Roque Valero for Punto y Raya ( Venezuela)
** Special Mention: Leonardo Ramírez for El Cielito [es] by María Victoria Menis [es] ( Argentina)
* France Bleu Audience Award: Conversations with Mother (Conversaciones con mamá) by Santiago Carlos Oves ( Argentina)
Short Films
* Cinécourt by Cinecinema Award: Los elefantes nunca olvidan by Lorenzo Vigas ( Venezuela)

### 2003

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Ojos Que No Ven [es] by Francisco Lombardi ( Peru)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Paulina Gálvez for Subterra [es] ( Chile)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Luis Fernando Peñaes  for Amar Te Duele ( Mexico)
* Special Mention: Un Titan en el Ring by Viviana Cordero [es] ( Ecuador)
* France Bleu Audience Award: Amar Te Duele by Fernando Sariñana ( Mexico)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Estadio Nacional by Carmen Luz Parot ( Chile)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Como se morre no cinema by Luelane Loiola Corrêa ( Brazil)

### 2002

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Como el Gato y el Ratón by Rodrigo Triana [es] ( Colombia)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Beatriz Thibaudin for Tan de Repente ( Argentina)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Julio Chávez for Un Oso Rojo ( Argentina)
* Special Mention: Madame Satã by Karim Aïnouz ( Brazil)
* France Bleu Audience Award: Valentín by Alejandro Agresti ( Argentina)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: El Último Vagón by Osvaldo Daicich [es] ( Argentina)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: The Island of the Lost Children (La isla de los niños perdidos) by Florence Jaugey Nicaragua

### 2001

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Brainstorm (Bicho de Sete Cabeças) by Laís Bodanzky ( Brazil)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Tamara Acosta and Loreto Moya for La Fiebre del Loco ( Chile)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Ricardo Darín and Gastón Pauls for Nine Queens (Nueve reinas) ( Argentina)
* Special Mention: To the Left of the Father (Lavoura Arcaica) by Luis Fernando Cavalho ( Brazil)
* France Bleu Audience Award: Una Casa con Vista al Mar by Alberto Arvelo Mendoza [es] ( Venezuela)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: O Branco by Angela Pires and Liliana Sulzbach [fr] ( Brazil)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Onde a Terra Acaba [pt] by Sérgio Machado ( Brazil)
* Special Mention: Latido Latino by Eterio Ortega Santillana [es] and José P. Estepa ( Spain)

### 2000

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Un Amor de Borges [es] by Javier Torre [es] ( Argentina)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Béatrice Agenin for Amelia ( Brazil)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Jean-Pierre Noher for Un Amor de Borges [es] ( Argentina)
* France Bleu Audience Award: Waiting for the Messiah (Esperando al mesías) by Daniel Burman ( Argentina)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Nostalgia en la Mesa 8 by Andrés Muschietti ( Argentina)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: The Day that You Love Me (El día que me quieras) by Florence Jaugey Nicaragua

### 1999

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Yepeto [es] by Eduardo Calcagno [es] ( Argentina)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Flora Martínez for Soplo de Vida [es] ( Colombia)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Ulises Dumont for Yepeto [es] ( Argentina)
* France Bleu Audience Award: Yepeto [es] by Eduardo Calcagno [es] ( Argentina)
Documentary Films
* Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Fé by Ricardo Dias ( Brazil)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Periférico by Paula Markovitch [es] ( Mexico)

### 1998

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Kenoma [cy; pt] by Eliane Caffé ( Brazil)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Angela Correa for La Nube [es] ( Argentina)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Eduardo Pavlovsky for La Nube [es] ( Argentina)
* France Bleu Audience Award: Plaza de Almas by Fernando Díaz ( Argentina)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: En es Espejo del Cielo by Carlos Salces ( Mexico)

### 1997

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Pandemonium [es] (Pandemonium, la capital del infierno) by Román Chalbaud ( Venezuela)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Leandra Leal for The Oyster and the Wind (A Ostra e o Vento) ( Brazil)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Eusebio Poncela for Martín (Hache) ( Argentina)
* France Bleu Audience Award: Eva Perón: The True Story (Eva Perón: la verdadera historia) by Juan Carlos Desanzo [es] ( Argentina)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Ratas by Dieguillo Fernández and Diego Sabanés ( Argentina)

### 1996

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Deep Crimson (Profundo carmesí) by Arturo Ripstein ( Mexico)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Margarita Rosa de Francisco for Ilona Arrives with the Rain (Ilona llega con la lluvia) ( Venezuela)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Daniel Alvarado for Desnudo con Naranjas [es] ( Venezuela)
* Special Mention: Um Céu de Estrelas [pt] by Tata Amaral ( Brazil)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Novia Mia by Rodrigo Plá ( Mexico)

### 1995

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Madagascar by Fernando Pérez ( Cuba)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actress: Zaida Castellanos for Madagascar ( Cuba)
* Soleil d'Or for Best Actor: Ulises Dumont for El Censor [es] ( Argentina)
* Special Mention: Cuestión de Fé [es] by Marco Loayza [es] ( Bolivia)
* South-West Audience Award: Guantanamera by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío ( Cuba)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Guarisove by Bruno Stagnaro ( Argentina)

### 1994

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: Sciario by José Ramón Novoa ( Venezuela)
Short Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Calle 22 by Mariana Rondón ( Venezuela)

### 1993

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: The Strategy of the Snail (La estrategia del caracol) by Sergio Cabrera ( Colombia)

### 1992

Feature Films
* Soleil d'Or for Best Film: The Frontier (La frontera) by Ricardo Larraín ( Chile)