Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival
The Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival, sometimes known as FilMar,[1]:107 is an international cultural event dedicated to generating spaces for the distribution and promotion of the best of Venezuelan, Latin American, and Caribbean film.[2]
| Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival Festival de Cine Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Margarita | |
|---|---|
 Poster of the 2012 edition | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | Film festival |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Porlamar, Margarita Island |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Years active | 15 |
| Founder | Victor Luckert |
| Sponsor | Cine Amazonia Films |
History
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It began in 2008, started through the Cinema and Audiovisual Media Platform of Venezuela's Ministry of Culture, with the national film distributor Amazonia Films organizing the awards.[2] It takes place during the month of October of each year on Margarita Island. Its main award is the Golden Pelican.[3]
The festival is open to all, being reviewed positively as an area where poor children can go and watch the films being publicly screened, allowing them to see a different style of media to the blockbusters in cinemas.[4]:89
Award categories
The award trophies are stylistic pelican head statuettes.[5]
Latin American and Caribbean Films
Awards in this category include monetary prizes in United States dollars.[5][6]
- Best First Feature: Latin American and Caribbean Fiction
- Best First Feature: Latin American and Caribbean Documentary
- Best Latin American and Caribbean Animated Film
- Distribution and First Copy Awards; presented by Amazonia Films to premiere the winning films in Venezuela[6]
Venezuelan Films
Awards in this category included monetary prizes in Venezuelan bolívares.[5][6]
- Best Venezuelan Feature Film: Fiction
- Best Venezuelan Feature Film: Documentary
- Best Venezuelan Medio Film: Fiction
- Best Venezuelan Medio Film: Documentary
- Best Venezuelan Short Film: Fiction
- Best Venezuelan Short Film: Documentary
Other awards
- Golden Pelican for Best Film
- Audience Award
- Latin America Federation of Audiovisual Education Award (Premio FEISAL)
- Venezuelan Society of Film Editors Award for Best Editing (Premio SCEV)
Recurring events
- Rodolfo Santana "Las Primas tienen Padrinos" Screenwriting Clinic
- Project Development Course
- National Community Film and Video Contest[2]
- "Mis Primeros Pies-cesitos" Child Film Contest
- Cinema under the Stars
- Filmarcito
Other events covering different aspects of filmmaking have been hosted by experts in the field at different editions.[7]
References
- Hart, Stephen M.; Delgado, Maria M.; Johnson, Randal (2017-03-14). A companion to Latin American cinema. Chichester, West Sussex. ISBN 9781118557525. OCLC 957554852.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - lisaparavisini (2011-10-18). "Revolutionizing Cinema in Venezuela: An Interview with Victor Luckert". Repeating Islands. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- "More than 60 Films to Compete in Margarita Film Festival". www.cadenagramonte.cu. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- Vázquez Vázquez, María Mercedes (2018-11-28). The question of class in contemporary Latin American cinema. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-1498553025. OCLC 1050962291.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Unknown (2012-10-21). "V Festival de Cine Latinoamericano y Caribeño Margarita 2012 | Margarita La Isla". V Festival de Cine Latinoamericano y Caribeño Margarita 2012 | Margarita La Isla. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- "Convocado el 8º Festival de Cine Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Margarita | LatAm cinema". Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- "CubaSi - Venezuela's Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival". cubasi.com. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2019-09-01.