Jurgen Ureña’s film was named Best Central American Feature Film and Best National Feature Film as the 2016 Costa Rica International Film Festival (CRFIC) wrapped on Sunday.

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Best International Feature Film went to Mexican director Tatiana Huezo’s Tempestad, while the National Short Film Competition winner was Roya Eshraghi’s El Arbol (Costa Rica-Cuba).

Audience awards went to Pieter-Jan De Pue’s The Land Of The Enlightened (Belgium-Ireland-Holland-Germany-Afghanistan), short film Belleza, Valentía y Fortaleza en la Ocupada Cisjordania by Glorianna Ximendaz, and Marcela Zamora’s documentary Los Ofendidos (El Salvador).

The festival took place in San José, Costa Rica, from December 8-17 with the backing of the ministry of culture and youth’s Centro de Cine.

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