Mar del Plata Film Festival
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Notes
- The Mar del Plata International Film Festival is still the most relevant competitive festival in the continent. Its audience average is 150,000 spectators. Producers, exhibitors, distributors and journalists from all over the world meet there, contributing to the global promotion of the event and the films. (from the festival's web site, as of 2002)
- The first festival took place in 1954, but was a non-competitive event. The second festival was held in 1959 and was by then recognized by the FIAPF as an international, competitive event.
- There were no festivals taking place in 1967 and 1969 when the event alternated with the Rio de Janeiro festival, because the FIAPF ruled that the two South American festivals should do so.
- During the period of military government the festival was suspended and ended its stage with its eleventh event in 1970. On several occasions, attempts were made to reinstate this film fest, but, for political and economic reasons, the Mar del Plata Festival vanished for 25 years until it was revived in 1996.
Awards
'La Mirada Interior' Award
- The festival section 'La Mirada Interior' showcases Argentinean productions.
'La Mirada Interior' Special Mention
'Red de Cine de Derechos Humanos' Award
'Red de Cine de Derechos Humanos' Award - Special Mention
AAPLA Award
ACCA Jury - Special Mention
ACCA Jury Prize
ADF Cinematography Award
AMUCI Jury - Special Mention
APIMA Award
ARGENTORES Award
ASA Sound Design Award
Alta Definición Argentina Award
Altered States Competition
Altered States Competition - Honorable Mention
Annual Program Without Frontiers Award for Best Direction
Annual Program Without Frontiers Award for Best Direction - Special Mention
Argentine Association of Audiovisual Art Directors Award
Arts National Fund Award
Astor Piazzola Award
Audience Award
Banda Sonora Original
Best Acting
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Argentinean Film
Best Argentinean Short Film
Best Argentinean Short Film (Fuera de competencia)
Best Argentinian Director
Best Castillian Language Film
Best Director
Best Editor
Best Film
Best Ibero-American Film
Best Latin-American Film
Best Latin-American Film - Special Mention
Best Latin-American Short Film
Best Screenplay
Best Short Film
Best Trailer
Best Women's Film Award
Cineclub Núcleo Award
Cinecolor Audience Award
Critics Grand Prize
DAC Prize for Best Argentine Director
EDA Award
Estados Alterados
Eva Landeck Award
FEISAL Award
FEISAL Award - Special Mention
FIPRESCI Prize
FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention
FLOW Award
Festival Award
General Association of Argentine Authors Award
Golden Pentagram
Greenpeace Award
Honorable Mention
Jury Prize
Kodak Award
MUBI Award
Mar de Plata para Chicos
OCIC Award
OCIC Award - Honorable Mention
OCIC Cinematographic Post-Production Award
PCI Award
Panorama
Patacón de Cine Award
RAFMA Award
RECAM Award
Roberto Tato Miller Award
SADAIC Award
SAE Award
SAGAI Best Argentine Breakthrough Performance Actor
SICA Award
SIGNIS Award
SIGNIS Award - 25th Anniversary
SIGNIS Award - Special Mention
Short Film Competition
Silver Pentagram
Special Jury Award
Special Mention
TELEFE Cortos Award
Work in Progress Award
Young Critics Award
Historical Timeline
1964
- In 1964, the festival is celebrated in Buenos Aires.
2003
- The jury also mentions the overall excellence of the short films in the "Lo que Vendrá" section.