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Award Winners

Cine Las Americas is honored to announce the award winners of the 20th annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival. Cine Las Americas announced the award winners on Sunday, May 7, at the closing ceremonies, bringing an end to five film and event-filled days celebrating the work of Latinx and Indigenous filmmakers.

The full list of award winners follows, as presented by Festival Director Jean Anne Lauer, Film Program Associate Elena Bessire, and jury members Celeste Quesada, Tracy Rector, Alex Barron, Alan McLane-Alejos, and Iliana Sosa.

Narrative Feature Competition
Jury Awards
Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
EL TECHO / ON THE ROOF
Dir. Patricia Ramos, Cuba/Nicaragua
Jury Honorable Mention
EL SUEÑO DEL MARA’AKAME / MARA’AKAME’S DREAM

Dir. Federico Cecchetti, Mexico
Audience Award
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
EL SUEÑO DEL MARA’AKAME / MARA’AKAME’S DREAM

Dir. Federico Cecchetti, Mexico
InkTip Award
inktiplogo_email EL TECHO / ON THE ROOF and EL SUEÑO DEL MARA’AKAME / MARA’AKAME’S DREAM are also winners of an InkTip Script Listing.
Documentary Feature Competition
Jury Awards
Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
FRÁGIL EQUILIBRIO / DELICATE BALANCE
Dir. Guillermo García López, Spain/Uruguay/USA/Morocco/Mexico/Jordan/Japan/Hong Kong/Chile
Jury Honorable Mention
Dir. Paula Gomes, Brazil
Audience Award
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
FRÁGIL EQUILIBRIO / DELICATE BALANCE
Dir. Guillermo García López, Spain/Uruguay/USA/Morocco/Mexico/Jordan/Japan/Hong Kong/Chile
Narrative Short Film Competition
Jury Award for Best Narrative Short
PISCINA / POOL
Dir. Leandro Goddinho, Brazil
Jury Honorable Mention
SHINAAB
Dir. Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., USA
Documentary Short Competition
Jury Award for Best Documentary Short
EL BUZO / THE DIVER
Dir. Esteban Arrangoiz, Mexico
Jury Honorable Mention for Celebrating Underrepresented Voices in Film
EVEN WITH THEIR NAILS: WOMEN FILMMAKERS IN NICARAGUA
Dir. Tania Romero, Nicaragua/USA
Jury Honorable Mention for Cinematography
DAS ÁGUAS QUE PASSAM / RUNNING WATERS
Dir. Diego Zon, Brazil
Hecho en Tejas Competition
Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) Award
Dir. Jose Luis Gonzalez, USA
Hecho en Tejas Audience Award
Dir. Brittany Huckabee, USA
Music Video Competition
Audience Award for Best Music Video
QUEMAYAMA
Dir. Javier Garcia, Mexico
Music by: Patricio Hidalgo
Emergencia Youth Film Competition
Audience Award for Best “Emergencia” Youth Film (Tie)
THE FRUIT LEATHER GANG & THE CASE OF THE HAUNTED DOUGHNUT
Dir. Zinnia, Ramon, Alina, Javier
Austin Film School, Austin, TX, USA
SOVEREIGN’S WATER
Dir. Verel Moon
On Native Ground, Forestville, CA, USA

Jury for the 20th Cine Las Americas IFF

The Feature Film Jury was comprised of Alex Barron (Professor, St. Edward’s University; Board Member, OUTsider), Tracy Rector (E.D. and Co-founder of Longhouse Media; City of Seattle Arts Commissioner), and María Inés Roqué (Director of Production and Training at Ambulante Más Allá). The Hecho en Tejas juror was Celeste Quesada, a co-founder of Cine Las Americas. The Short Film Jury was comprised of Cine Las Americas Film Selection Committee members Alan McLane-Alejos, Iliana Sosa, and Joan Tuttle Vargas.