The Cartagena International Film Festival (), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short films. It is held every March, and is the oldest film festival in Latin America.
The Cartagena International Film Festival was founded 1959 by Víctor Nieto. Nieto remained the director of the film festival for 48 years, his last being in 2008. Nieto died at the age of 92 in November 2008. Lina Paola Rodriguez was appointed manager by Nieto in 2007 and 2008, and became acting director following Nieto's death.
Directors Term startTerm endName19592008Víctor Nieto2008 (acting) -Lina Paola Rodriguez2018 -Felipe Aljure
Best Film winners Year Film Director Country 1961 La Cucaracha Ismael Rodríguez 1962 O Pagador de Promessas Anselmo Duarte 1969 El dependiente Leonardo Favio 1972 Juan Lamaglia y señora Raúl de la Torre 1973 Espejismo Armando Robles Godoy 1974 Los siete locos Leopoldo Torre Nilsson 1976 Furtivos José Luis Borau 1977 Cantata de Chile Humberto Solás 1979 El pez que fuma Román Chalbaud 1980 El otro Francisco Sergio Giral 1985 Oriana Fina Torres , 1986 Visa USA Lisandro Duque Naranjo , 1989The Mouth of the Wolf Francisco José Lombardi 1990 La Tigra Camilo Luzuriaga 1991 Yo, la peor de todas María Luisa Bemberg 1992 Tacones lejanos Pedro Almodóvar , 1993 O Corpo José Antonio Garcia 1994 La madre muerta Ana Álvarez 1998 Bajo bandera Juan José Jusid , 2000 Garage Olimpo Marco Bechis , , Orfeu Carlos Diegues 2001 Eu Tu Eles Andrucha Waddington 2002 Lavoura Arcaica Luiz Fernando Carvalho 2003 Cidade de Deus Fernando Meirelles 2004 Carandiru Héctor Babenco , , 2005 Sumas y restas Víctor Gaviria , 2006 La última luna Miguel Littín , , 2007 La edad de la peseta Pavel Giroud , , 2008 Maldeamores Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz, Mariem Pérez Riera , 2009 Lake Tahoe Fernando Eimbcke , , 2010 Gigante Adrián Biniez , , , , 2011 Post Mortem Pablo Larraín , , 2012 El estudiante Santiago Mitre 2013 Tabu Miguel Gomes 2014 Tierra en la lengua 2015 Ixcanul Jayro Bustamante 2016 Neon Bull Gabriel Mascaro 2017 Aquarius Kleber Mendonça Filho 2018 Cocote Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias
See also
Latin American television awards
References
External links Cartagena International Film Festival official website Cartagena Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database