8 Monterrey Film Festival / 2012

Winners

Cabecera-Ganadores

2011

International Competition

Best Feature Film
En terrains connus directed by Stéphane Lafleur (Canadá)

Best Feature Documentary Film
Khusel shunal directed by Byamba Sakhya (Mongolia)

Best Fiction Short Film
Eu ñao quero voltar sozinho directed by Daniel Ribeiro (Brasil)

Special Mention
Seamstress directed by Gracie Otto (Australia)

Best Documentary Short Film
Guañape sur directed by János Richter (Italia)

Best Animation Short Film
Loom directed by Jan Brunck, Ilija Bitzer y Csaba Letay (Alemania)

Special Mention
El mundo de Raúl directed by Horizoe García Miranda (Cuba)

Audience’s Award Jury
Jiro dreams of sushi directed by David Gelb.

National Competition

Best Mexican Feature Film
The jury decided to award two films:
El lugar más pequeño directed by Tatiana Huezo Sánchez
Preludio directed by Eduardo Lucatero

Best Nuevo Leon Feature Film
Amor del regio directed by Manolo Rodríguez Leal, Enrique López Oropeza, Hernán Rocha, Pamela Pulido, Óscar Rodríguez Górriz, Alfredo Sánchez Mejorada Herrera, Antonio Cárdenas Gahed, Enrique Okusono, Pablo Suess, Daniel Cantú, César Cossio.

Best Mexican Short Film
Requiem para la eternidad directed by Alberto Resendis Gómez

Special Mention
Barrios, Beats and Blood directed by Ioan Grillo y John Dickie

Best Nuevo Leon Short Film
Dime quien eres directed by Jorge Castillo, Jesús Castorena, Brandonh Cruz y Magdiel Sanmiguel

Audience’s Award Jury
El lugar más pequeño directed by Tatiana Huezo Sánchez

2010

International Competition

Best Feature Film
Les Signes Vitaux directed by Sophie Deraspe (Canada)

Best Feature Documentary Film
Alias directed by Jens Junker (Germany)

Best Director
Sophie Deraspe for Les Signes Vitaux (Canada)

Best Screenplay
Jeff & Michael Zimbalist for The Two Escobars (Colombia – U.S.A.)

Best Acting
Maryam Zaree for Shahada (Germany)

Best Cinematography
Jasper Wolf for Het Leven Uit Een Dag (Holand)

Best Sound
Frédéric Cloutier for Les Signes Vitaux (Canada)

Best Editing
Gregory O ´Toole and Jeff Zimbalist for The Two Escobars (Colombia – U.S.A.)

Audience’s Award Jury
Alias directed by Jens Junker (Germany)

Best Fiction Short Film
Little By Little directed by Leung Kin Pong (Hong Kong)
Special Mention to Tokio Baby directed by Tommi Kainulainen (Finland) and
Customer Support directed by André Øvredal (Norway)

Best Documentary Short Film
Szesc Tygodni directed by Marcin Janos Krawczyk (Poland)
Special Mention to Kinbaku directed by Jouni Hokkanen (Finland)

Best Animation Short Film
Le Petit Dragon directed by Bruno Collet (France)
Special Mention to Sous un coin de ciel bleu directed by Demuynck and Cecilia Marreiros Marum (France – Belgium)

Mexico from North to South in competition

Best Mexican Feature Film
Perpetuum Mobile directed by Nicolás Pereda

Best Mexican Feature Documentary Film
Un Día Menos directed by Dariela Ludlow

Audience’s Award Jury
La Mitad del Mundo directed by Jaime Ruíz Ibañez

Best Mexican Short Film
El último canto del pájaro Cú directed by Alonso Ruízpalacios
Special Mention to La mina de oro directed by Jacques Bonnavent and Martyris directed by Luis Felipe Hernández Alanís.

The Republic of the Lions

Best Nuevo Leon Feature Film
Los Carboneros directed by Melisa Saucedo González and Benjamín Contreras Cabrera

Best Nuevo Leon Short Film
The jury decided to awards two short film
La Beca directed by Héctor Montaño Jaramillo
El Intruso directed by Carlos Algara and Carlos Ramírez

2009

International Competition

Best Feature Film
Kolme viisasta miestä directed by Mika Kaurismaki (Finland)

Best Feature Documentary Film
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies directed by Coco Schrijber (Holand)
Special Mention to The Yes Men fix the World directed by Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonano and Kart Engfehr (E.U. – France)

Best Director
Paolo Sorrentino for Il Divo (Italy)

Best Screenplay
Paolo Sorrentino for Il Divo (Italy)

Best Acting
Edward Hogg for White Lightnin ´ (United Kingdom)

Best Cinematography
Agnès Godard for Home (France)

Best Sound
Luc Yersin for Home (France)

Best Editing
Gys Zevenbergen for Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies (Holand)

Audience’s Award Jury
Kolme viisasta miestä directed by Mika Kaurismaki (Finland)

Best Fiction Short Film
Madaram Sayeh bolandi darad directed by Kaveh Ghaharemany (Iran)
Special Mention to Dan v Benetkan directed by Rok Bicek (Slovenia)

Best Documentary short Film
Vivid Dreams. Looking for Arthur C. Clarke directed by Stefano Rebechi (Italy)
Special Mention to Sociedad Anónima directed by Beatriz Betsabé Bautista (Mexico)

Best Animation Short Film
Milovan Circus directed by Gerlando Infuso (Belgium)
Special Mention to Niño de mis Ojos directed by Guadalupe Sánchez Sosa (Mexico)

Mexico from North to South in competition

Best Mexican Short Film
Spital Zürich directed by Miguel Muzquiz
Special Mention to Jaulas directed by Juan José Media

Best Nuevo Leon Feature Film
El Día directed by Tao

Best Nuevo Leon Short Film
Princesa en la Torre directed by Cristóbal Juárez
Special Mention to Panoramas directed by Gian Cassini and
Luego directed by Ana Laura Rascón

2008

International Competition

Best Feature Film
La Rabia directed by Albertina Carri (Argentina)

Best Documentary Feature Film
Hoy el día se repite diferente directed by Xavier Baig (Spain)

Best Director
Le voyage du ballon rouge directed by Hou Hsiao Hsien (France)

Best Screenplay
Revenge directed by Götz Spielman (Austria)

Best Acting
Nazarena Duarte for La Rabia (Argentina)

Best Cinematography
Mark Lee Ping Bing for Le voyage du ballon rouge (France)

Best Sound
Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr for Wonderful Town (Thailand)

Best Editing
Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero directed by Lee Deambre (Canada)

Audience’s Award Jury
Revenge directed by Götz Spielman (Austria)

Best Fiction Short Film
Tony Zoreil directed by Valentin Potier (France)

Best Documentary Short Film
Triathlon directed by Bartosz Warwas (Poland)

Best Animation Short Film
Weiss directed by Florian Grolig (Germany)
Special Mention of the Jury to Le Pont directed by Vicent Bierrewaerts (France – Belgium)
52 procent directed by Rafal Skalski (Poland)

Mexico from North to South in competition

Best Mexican Short Film
Lección relámpago directed by Alejandro Lubezki

Best Nuevo Leon Feature Film
Flores para el soldado directed by Francisco Javier Garza
Special Mention to La Horda directed by Luis Gerardo Ramos Rodríguez

Best Nuevo Leon Short Film
Parte dos: Dogmaid directed by Octavio Hinojosa

2007

International Competition

Best Feature Film
Iszaka utazása directed by Csaba Bóllok (Hungary)
Special Mention of the Jury for Sound Ecoute le temps directed by Alanté Kavaité (France)
Special Mention of the Jury for Photography O ano em que meus pais saram directed by Cao Hamburger (Brazil)

Best Documentary Feature Film
Los Ladrones Viejos directed by Everardo González (Mexico)

Fiction Short Film
First Place
Bhai Bhai directed by Olivier Klein, (France)
Second Place
Innocent as I was directed by Xiao Xiao (China)
Special Mention to Tristeza directed by Pierre Saint Martin (Mexico)

Documentary Short Film
First Place
Yaptik Haase directed by Edgar Bartenev (Rusia)
Second Place Un dimanche a Pripiat directed by Blandine Huk and Frederic Cousseau (France)
Special Mention to Somos alzados en bastones de mando directed by Mauricio Acosta (Colombia)

Best Animation Short Film
First Place
458 NM directed by An Blitzer, Ilija Brunck and Tom Weber (Germany)
Second Place
Vodoo Bayou directed by Javier Gutiérrez (Mexico)
Special Mention to Apnee directed by Claude Chabot (France)
Best Mexican Short Film
Fin de Trayecto directed by Acán Coen

2006

International Competition

Best Feature Film
Sunflower directed by Zhang Yang (China)
Special Mention to Kilométre Zero directed by Hiner Saleem (Kurdistan)

Best Documentary Feature Film
Kordavision directed by Héctor Cruz Sandoval (U.S.A.)
Special Mention to Doutores da alegria directed by Mara Mourao (Brazil)

Fiction Short Film
First Place
Blackout directed by Maximilian Erlenwein (Germany)
Second Place
Shemesh Sheli directed by Ruth Litan (Israel)

Documentary Short Film
First Place
Juego de Manos / Breviario Contra la Violencia directed by Karla Ahide López Salgado (Mexico)
Second Place
Regards Libres directed by Romain Delange (France)

Animation Short Film
First Place
Delivery directed by Till Nowak (Germany)
Second Place
Kater directed by Tine Kluth (Germany)
Special Mention to McLaren’s Negatives directed by Marie-Joseé Saint-Pierre (Canada)

Best Mexican Short Film
El otro cuarto directed by Acán Coen

2005

International Competition

Best Feature Film
De Nadie directed by Tin Dirdamal (Mexico)

Fiction Short Film
First Place
Last Summer’s Room directed by Je-hui Lee (Korea)
Second Place
Ana y Manuel directed by Manuel Calvo (Spain)

Documentary Short Film
First Place
Danzante directed by Sergio Bátiz (Mexico-U.S.A.-Canada)
Second Place
El Final de los Cineros directed by Oswaldo Salas (Mexico)

Animation Short Film
First Place
Butler directed by Erik Rosenlund (Sweden)
Second Place
Memo Monedas directed by Miguel Ángel Martínez (Mexico)

Best Mexican Short Film
Mi nombre es Ringo directed by Juan Evers Martínez

2004

International Competition

Fiction Short Film
First Place
Talking with Angels directed by Yousaf Ali khan (U.S.A.)
Second Place
Bus Special Mention to Diez Minutos directed by Alberto Ruiz Rojo (Spain) and
Le Manian directed by Fréderic Jolfre (France)

Documentary Short Film
First Place
La Requisa directed by Martín Boege Paré (Mexico)
Second Place
El Eclipse directed by Merhdad Oskouei and Ebrahim Saeedi (Iran)

Best Mexican Short Film
Alas de Ser directed by María Teresa Bustamante and Rodrigo Leon
Mentions of the Jury Radio Búho directed by Jeremías Ramírez and Fernando Salinas
No Estamos Solos directed by Melchor Morán Mayllén
La Fiesta Ajena directed by Andrea Eduardina Casar
Su Papel directed by Rodrigo Gaudenzi and Samuel Bernal
Special Mention to Animation short film Pan Tian Shou directed by Joe Chang (China)

2003

International Competition

Fiction Short Film
First Place
Tercero B directed by José Mari Goenaga (Spain)
Second Place
Kontroller directed by Peter Vogt (Poland)
Special Mention to Rebeca a esas alturas directed by Luciana Jauffred Gorostiza (Mexico)

Documentary Short Film
First Place
I can”t remember anything about Afghanistan directed by Mehrad Oskuei (Iran)
Second Place
Porao directed by Fernando Mozart (Brazil)

2002

International Competition

Fiction Short Film
First Place
Amarrados directed by Amat Escalante (Mexico)
Second Place
Fin de etapa directed by Ricardo Benet (Mexico)

Documentary Short Film
First Place
Cnri Gavrani directed by Zelimir Gvardiol (Yugoslavia)
Second Place
No puedes hacer mas alla directed by Hugo Mendoza Cruz (Mexico)
Special Mention to Mirada perdida directed by Adriana Bravo and Andrea Robles (Mexico)
The chinese dog directed by Lut Vandekeybus (Belgium)
Chopstick Bloody Chopstick directed by Shawn Durr and Wayne Yung (Canada)

2001

International Competition

Fiction Short Film
First Place
Motorcycle directed by Adityia Assarat (Thailand)
Second Place
Abuela ´s Revolt directed by Cruz Angeles (U.S.A.)
Special Mention to (de) compression directed by Shawn Yashar (U.S.A.)

Documentary Short Film
First Place
En el Camino del Surco directed by Afra Mejía (Mexico)
Second Place
Wag the Dogma directed by Emily James (United Kingdom)
Special Mention to Defender los Bosques directed by Carlos Efraín Pérez (Mexico)
Special Mention to Animation short film Bat City directed by Bob Deaver (U.S.A.)

2000

International Competition

Fiction Short Film
La Víspera directed by Ricardo Escalante (U.S.A.)

Documentary Short Film
La Sarapera directed by Gabriel Machuca (Monterrey, Mexico)

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