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