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The 4th annual Cinema Tropical Awards are around the corner and nominations have just been announced. Celebrating the recent renaissance of Latin American filmmaking, Cinema Tropical has created these awards to honor the region’s best films of the year. Prizes are awarded to fiction and documentary films produced in Latin America. This year, a new category was added to also highlight those working in the Unites States — Best U.S. Latino film.
A jury made up of film critics, programmers, producers, and film directors decide the winners. In late January, the awards are presented at a special ceremony at the New York Times building in New York. By the looks of it the competition is rough. Nominees include Pablo Larrain’s Academy Award-nominated No, Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria and Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux. And the nominees are…
BEST FEATURE FILM
Gloria (Sebastián Lelio, Chile/Spain, 2013)
No (Pablo Larraín, Chile/USA/France/Mexico, 2012)
Post Tenebras Lux (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Germany/Netherlands, 2012)
Tanta agua | So Much Water (Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, Uruguay/Germany/Mexico/ Netherlands, 2013)
Viola (Matías Piñeiro, Argentina, 2012)
BEST DIRECTOR, FEATURE FILM
Sebastián Silva, Crystal Fairy (Chile, 2013)
Pablo Larraín, No (Pablo Larraín, Chile/Usa/France/Mexico, 2012)
Carlos Reygadas, Post Tenebras Lux (Mexico/France/Germany/Netherlands,, 2012)
Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, Tanta agua | So Much Water (Uruguay/Germany/Mexico/ Netherlands, 2013)
Matías Piñeiro, Viola (Argentina, 2012)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
El alcalde | The Mayor (Emiliano Altuna, Carlos F. Rossini, Diego Osorno, Mexico, 2012)
La chica del sur | The Girl From The South (José Luis García, Argentina, 2012)
La gente del río | The River People (Martín Benchimol, Pablo Aparo, Argentina, 2012)
El Huaso (Carlo Guillermo Proto, Chile/Canada, 2012)
El otro día | The Other Day (Ignacio Agüero, Chile, 2012)
BEST DIRECTOR, DOCUMENTARY FILM
José Luis García, La chica del sur | The Girl from the South (Argentina, 2012)
Priscilla Padilla, La eterna noche de las doce lunas | The Eternal Night Of The Twelve Moons (Colombia, 2013)
Martín Benchimol and Pablo Aparo, La gente del río | The River People (Argentina, 2012)
Mercedes Moncada, Palabras mágicas (para Romper un encantamiento) | Magic Words (Breaking A Spell) (Mexico/Guatemala, 2012)
Ignacio Agüero, El otro día | The Other Day (Chile, 2012)
BEST FIRST FILM
Carne de perro | Dog Flesh (Fernando Guzzoni, Chile/France/Germany, 2012)
El limpiador | The Cleaner (Adrián Saba, Peru, 2012)
Melaza | Molasses (Carlos Díaz Lechuga, Cuba/France/Panama, 2012)
Tanta agua | So Much Water (Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, Uruguay/Germany/Mexico, 2013)
Los salvajes | The Wild Ones (Alejandro Fadel, Argentina, 2012)
BEST U.S. LATINO FILM
American Promise (Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, USA, 2013)
Filly Brown (Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos, USA, 2012)
Mosquita y Mari (Aurora Guerrero, USA, 2012)
Reportero (Bernardo Ruiz, USA, 2012)
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, USA, 2012)
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