The Biarritz Festival Latin America (French: Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine) is an international film festival held annually in the French city of Biarritz, since 1979[1] to promote the Latin American cinema and culture with the French people and offer opportunities to distribution or coproductions to Latin American films.
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The Biarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema offer competitions of unreleased films in long films, short films and documentaries (in partnership with Latin Union). Furthermore, the films in competicion each year, festival presents annually homages and retrospectives around different themes. The festival also offer discover the Latin American culture in other forms with literary meetings, expositions of fotographies and academic conferences. The famous Village festival of conviviality and exchange located oceanfront, allows to attend exhibitions, lectures and evening concerts for free.
- HUG for Best Feature
- Jury Award for Best Feature
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- Feature Film Audience Award in collaboration with Air France
- Prize of the French Union of Film Critics
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- HUG for Documentary, Latin Union Festival of Biarritz
- Audience Award for Best Documentary Film
- HUG for Best Short film
- Special Mentions of the Short Film Jury
- Prizes Shorts TV Numéricâble
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2023
Feature Films
- HUG Award for Best Film: Power Alley (Levante) by Lillah Halla ( Brazil, France, Uruguay)
- Special Jury Prize: Un Pájaro Azul by Ariel Rotter ( Argentina, Uruguay)
- Best Performance: Alfonso Tort for Un Pájaro Azul ( Argentina, Uruguay)
- Jury Coup de Coeur: The Punishment (El castigo) by Matías Bize ( Chile, Argentina)
- French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: The Settlers (Los colonos) by Felipe Gálvez Haberle ( Chile, Argentina, France, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Germany)
- Biarritz Award: The Punishment (El castigo) by Matías Bize ( Chile, Argentina)
- Audience Award: The Punishment (El castigo) by Matías Bize ( Chile, Argentina)
Documentary Films
2022
Feature Films
- HUG Award for Best Film: The Kings of the World (Los reyes del mundo) by Laura Mora ( Colombia)
- Special Jury Prize: Punto Rojo [es] by Nicanor Loreti [es] ( Argentina)
- Jury Coup de Coeur: Daniela Marín for her performance in I Have Electric Dreams (Tengo sueños eléctricos) ( Costa Rica, Belgium, France)
- French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: Daughter of Rage (La hija de todas las rabias) by Laura Baumeister ( Nicaragua, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway)
- Biarritz Award: Daughter of Rage (La hija de todas las rabias) by Laura Baumeister ( Nicaragua, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway)
- Audience Award: 1976 by Manuela Martelli ( Chile, Argentina)
Documentary Films
2020
Feature Films
Documentary Films
- Best Documentary Film: El Otro by Francisco Bermejo ( Chile)
- IHEAL Student Jury Award: O Índio Cor de Rosa Contra a Fera Invisível by Tiago Carvalho ( Brazil)
- Audience Award: O Índio Cor de Rosa Contra a Fera Invisível by Tiago Carvalho ( Brazil)
2018
Short Films
Project Lizières
- Lizières Award: Un Personaje Volador by Martina Juncadella [es] ( Argentina)
- The Landscapes That You Seek by Juanita Onzaga ( Colombia)
2017
Feature Films
Short Films
Documentary Films
Project Lizières
- Lizières Award: A Dupla Naturaleza da Luz by Marcia Mansur and Marina Thomé ( Brazil)
2016
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: El Edén by Andrés Ramírez Pulido ( Colombia)
- Special Mention: Rosinha by Gui Campos ( Brazil)
- TV5 Monde Award: Caminho dos gigantes by Alois Di Leo ( Brazil)
2015
Project Lizières
- Lizières Award: En la Piel del Otro by Natalia Bruschtein ( Argentina, Mexico)
Documentary Films
2014
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Padre by Santiago Bou Grasso ( Argentina)
- Deuxième Best Short Film: El Sonámbulo by Lenz Mauricio Claure ( Mexico)
Documentary Films
- HUG Award for Best Documentary Film: Café by Hatuey Viveros Lavielle ( Mexico)
- Special Mention: Poder e Impotencia, un Drama en Tres Actos d'Anna Recalde Miranda ( Paraguay)
- Audience Award: Mercedes Sosa, la Voz de Latinoamérica by Rodrigo H. Vila ( Argentina)
Lizières Award
2013
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Solecito by Óscar Ruiz Navia [es] ( Colombia)
- Deuxième Best Short Film: La Noria by Karla Castañeda [es] ( Mexico)
2010
Feature Films
- HUG Award for Best Film: Revolución by Amat Escalante, Carlos Reygadas, Diego Luna, Fernando Eimbcke, Gael García Bernal, Gerardo Naranjo, Mariana Chenillo, Patricia Riggen, Rodrigo García and Rodrigo Plá ( Mexico)
- Special Jury Prize: Zona Sur [es] by Juan Carlos Valdivia ( Bolivia)
- Best Actress: Nanda Costa, Amanda Diniz [pt] and Kika Farias for Sonhos Roubados [pt] by Sandra Werneck ( Brazil)
- Best Actor: Osmar Nuñez for The Invisible Eye (La mirada invisible) ( Argentina)
- Audience Award: 5x Favela - Agora por Nós Mesmos [pt] by Manaira Carneiro, Wagner Novais, Rodrigo Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos and Luciana Bezerra ( Brazil)
2007
Feature Films
Short Films
- HUG Award for Best Short Film: Temporal by Paz Fábrega ( Costa Rica)
- ENS Louis Lumière School Award: El Secreto de la Sangre by María Victoria Andino ( Argentina)
- European Young Jury Award: Tiene la Tarde Ojos by Carlos Sama ( Mexico)
2006
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Hartos Evos Aqui Hay by Héctor Ulloque Franco and Manuel Montealegre ( Colombia)
- Special Mention: La Palomilla Salvaje by Gustavo Gamou ( Mexico)
Biarritz Young Directors
- Biarritz Young Directors Award: Hombre de Pieza by Celso R. García ( Mexico)
2005
Feature Films
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Seres Extravagantes [es] by Manuel Zayas [es] ( Cuba, Spain)
2003
Documentary Films
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Como se morre no cinema by Luelane Loiola Corrêa ( Brazil)
2002
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: El Último Vagón by Osvaldo Daicich [es] ( Argentina)
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: The Island of the Lost Children (La isla de los niños perdidos) by Florence Jaugey Nicaragua
2001
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: O Branco by Angela Pires and Liliana Sulzbach [fr] ( Brazil)
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Onde a Terra Acaba [pt] by Sérgio Machado ( Brazil)
- Special Mention: Latido Latino by Eterio Ortega Santillana [es] and José P. Estepa ( Spain)
2000
Short Films
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: The Day that You Love Me (El día que me quieras) by Florence Jaugey Nicaragua
1999
Documentary Films
- Latin Union Award for Best Documentary Film: Fé by Ricardo Dias ( Brazil)
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Periférico by Paula Markovitch [es] ( Mexico)
1998
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: En es Espejo del Cielo by Carlos Salces ( Mexico)
1997
Short Films
- Soleil d'Or for Best Short Film: Ratas by Dieguillo Fernández and Diego Sabanés ( Argentina)