Nico Manzano’s Venezuelan entry Me And The Beasts picked up three out of the six Primer Corte awards at Friday’s (December 4) online awards ceremony marking the conclusion of 2020 Ventana Sur.
Beasts took home the Sofia Films Award, NMF Y Color Front Award, and La Mayor Cine Award offering various post-production services.
Juan Carve’s Uruguayan project Olivia And The Shadows triumphed in the Animación sidebar, picking up The MIFA / Annecy Award and La Liga de la Animactón Iberoamericana Award.
Sebastian Perillo’s The Nights Belong To The Monsters from Argentina won three categories in the Blood Window programme, picking up La Mayor Cine Award,Sofia Films Award, and Platino Industria Award.
In Proyecta, Barbara Sarasola-Day (Puán) of Pucará Cine and Tarea Fina’s Juan Pablo Miller (The Desired Son) won the Producers Network Award.
The Formacion APIMA Apima Award in the inaugural Punte Genero strand was awarded to Gwenn Joyaux for In Labour We trust (Argentina).
The full list of winners appears below:
PRIMER CORTE / COPIA FINAL
CINE + CLUB Award
€15,000 to the French distributor that acquires the Primer Corte winner within the next two years:
Shame (Mexico, Miguel Salgady)
€15,000 to the French distributor that acquires the Copia Final winner within the next two years:
Farewell Captain (Brazil, Sérgio Machado)
TITRAFILM Award
€5,000 for the sound mix and €2,000 of digital deliveries (DCP, ProRes, KDM, tapes) for the winning Primer Corte producer:
The Joy Of Things (Brazil, Thais Fujinaga)
A technical dotation consisting of a price of €1,500 for the subtitles and DCP of the selected film, for the distributor of a Copia Final film:
Farewell Captain (Brazil, Sérgio Machado)
CAACI Award
USD $4,000 for the selected film:
Album For The Youth (Argentina, Malena Solarz)
Le Film Francais – Cannes Market News Award
One full page advert for the selected film to the value of €5,500:
Fogareu (Brazil/France, Flávia Neves)
Sofia Films Award
Colour correction and completion of one film, plus a visual effects supervisor to accompany the film:
Me And The Beasts, (Venezuela, Nico Manzano)
NMF Y Color Front Award
A DCP print:
Me And The Beasts, (Venezuela, Nico Manzano)
La Mayor Cine Award
Final sound mixing service check mix 5.1 or 7.0:
Me And The Beasts, (Venezuela, Nico Manzano)
PROYECTA
Producers Network Award
Accreditation for one of the producers of the project to participate at Producers Network 2021 of the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes:
Barbara Sarasola-Day (Pucará cine), producer of Puán by María Alché and Benjamin Naishtat (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Miller (Tarea Fina), producer of The Desired Son by Ariel Rotter (Argentina, Uruguay)
PUNTO GENERO
Formacion APIMA Award
Two Mentorship Sessions with a producer from APIMA:
In Labour We Trust (Argentina, Gwenn Joyaux)
Special Mention:
Braided (Puerto Rico/Spain, Raisa Bonnet)
ANIMATION!
The MIFA / Annecy Award, granting Accreditation and official selection to take part in an Animation! special section at MIFA 2021: Desechable (Colombia, Carlos Gómez Salamanca)
Olivia And The Shadows (Uruguay, Juan Carve)
Ghost Bros (Argentina, Jorge Edelstein)
Bring On The Revolution! (Brazil Aleixo Leite).
Special Mentions (full access accreditation)
Forest Girl (Argentina, Aili Chen)
IRL Squad (Chile, Fernanda Frick)
La Liga de la Animactón Iberoamericana Award, offering ticket, accommodation, support and accreditation to the 2021 edition of the Quirino Ibero-American Animation Awards (Tenerife, Spain) and Pixelatl Festival 2021 (Mexico):
Olivia And The Shadow (Uruguay, Juan Carve)
Pixelatl Award
Accreditation (Market Pass) to participate in the 2021 edition of the festival:
Ghost Bros (Argentina, Jorge Edelstein)
Platino Industria Award
USD $3,000 for development:
Alen From Patagonia (Argentina, Dante Di Giovanni
WEIRD Animation, Video games & New Media Market Award
Accreditation to participate in the 2021 edition:
IRL Squad (Chile, Fernanda Frick)
BLOOD WINDOW
Sitges, Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia Award
Participation in the industry programme of the next edition of Sitges Pitchbox at Sitges, International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Includes the invitation of one representative to attend the event:
Chuzalongo (Ecuador, Diego Ortuño)
BIFAN / NAFF Award
Participation in the next edition of the industry programme NAFF/B.I.G at BIFAN, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Korea 2021. Includes the invitation of one representative of the project to attend the event:
Matria (Chile/Argentina/Spain, Sandra Arriagad)
IFFAM, Macao Award
Participation in the next edition of the “Industry HUB” at International Film Festival & Award, Macao 2020:
Kintsugi (Brazil, Diego Lopes and Claudio Bitencourt)
APIMA Award
The selected project will count with one pitching mentorship and two mentorships of two hours each to increase the potential of its development:
The House Of The Doors And Windows (Argentina, Sabrina Moreno)
Cine Qua Non Lab Award
A script or treatment consultancy:
Chuzalongo (Ecuador, Diego Ortuño)
La Mayor Cine Award
Service of final mix check mix 5.1 or 7.0:
The Nights Belong To The Monsters (Argentina, Sebastian Perillo)
Sofia Films Award
Colour correction composing and a visual effects supervisor to accompany the project:
The Nights Belong To The Monsters (Argentina, Sebastian Perillo)
Le Film Français - Cannes Market News Award
One Full Page Advertising for the selected Blood Window Screenings (WIP) film in the value of €5.600.
The Eye And The Wall (Guatemala, Carlos Javier del Cid Mazariegos)
Chemistry Award
Post-production package for one film of BW Screening selection:
Tarumama (Colombia, Andrés Beltrán)
The Melies International Festivals Federation Award
Participation in the Blood Window Showcase of the next edition of the Marché Du Film in Cannes 2021:
Tarumama (Colombia, Andrés Beltrán)
Platino Industria Award
USD $3,000 for one film of BW Screening selection:
The Nights Belong To The Monsters (Argentina, Sebastian Perillo).
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