Chloé Robichaud’s Sarah Prefers To Run prevailed in the $15,000 Los Cabos Competition section as the second Baja International Film Festival came to a conclusion in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Over the course of four days the festival presented 35 films, of which six were world premieres, 14 were Mexican premieres and one was a Latin American premiere.

The municipality of Los Cabos hosted more than 80 producers and representatives from Mexico, the US and Canada, as well as the UK, Chile, Colombia, Spain, France, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, Argentina and Brazil.

Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal was the subject of a career tribute and Carlos Reygadas, Amat Escalante, Jaime Romandia and Peter Greenaway attended a celebration marking the 15th anniversary of production company Mantarraya Producciones.

The festival ran from November 13-16 and closed with a screening of Oscar contender Dallas Buyers Club and the awards ceremony.

Sarah Prefers To Run (pictured) won the Los Cabos Competition section and a $15,000 prize. Hugo Latulippe’s Alphée Of The Stars earned a special mention.

In the Mexico First section The Amazing Catfish by Claudia Sainte-Luce claimed the $15,000 first prize while in the Moviecity Mexico First section David Pablos’ The Life After took the $40,000 prize, which includes TV distribution in Latin America excluding Brazil, as well as the Caribbean.

Bernardo Arellano’s El Comienzo Del Tiempo won $10,000 in the Work In Progress Mexico section and a special mention went to Los Bañistas by Max Zunino.

The $5,000 Work In Progress Splendor Omnia Mantarraya award went to El Regreso Del Muerto by Gustavo Gamou.

The $5,000 Gabriel Figueroa Fund Award for a film in development recognised Epitafio by Yuleine Olaizola, Operacion Baby by Jose Luis Valle, Irekani by Gabriel Mariño, Semana Santa by Alejandra Marquez, Lisboa by Pablo Delgado Sanchez, La Raya by Yolanda Cruz and La Tempestad by Tatiana Huezo.

The $51,620 Gabriel Figueroa Fund Award for a project in post-production including post services in association with Labo Digital went to Arellano’s El Comienzo Del Tiempo and Eden by Elise DuRant.

The Baja Film Fest – Docs Forum Award was presented to La Plaza De La Soledad by Martha Sosa and Maya Goded and the $6,500 prize – which includes encoding and/or assistance in uploading material to at least the Google Play and iTunes platforms – went to Sainte-Luce’s The Amazing Catfish, LuTo by Katina Medina Mora and Bering. Balance And Resistance by Lourdes Grobet

Fernando Frías collected the $3,850 Bengala-UANL Award.

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