First edition of the Venezuelan Film Festival Memory and Heritage ended successfully (+Awards)

Published at: 02/12/2024 04:09 PM

Last Saturday, November 30, the First Venezuelan Film Festival, Memory and Heritage of the National Cinematheque Foundation, successfully closed, which awarded awards in five categories to highlight the relevance of Venezuelan cinema.

The president of the National Film Foundation, Vladimir Sosa, highlighted the working of the organizing team, as well as the possibility of meeting and reunion offered by film festivals with their atmosphere of joy, celebration and celebration.

“The balance of this festival is super positive. Accompanied by the workers of the National Cinemateca, we worked hard for this event and we have emerged victorious. This festival is a debt that the Cinemateca Nacional is paying off with the filmmakers. We took responsibility and emerged victorious from this task. All the workers of the National Cinemateca should congratulate each other,” he said.

During the closing ceremony, prizes were awarded in five categories, each with two special mentions and one winner, for a total of 10 special mentions and 5 winners who won the prestigious “Cinemateca Nacional Award: La Araya de Oro”.

Here are the winners of the “National Cinemateca Award: La Araya de Oro”

1. Student short films :

• Special Mentions:

• Limit Point, Jhonathan Piña, University of Los Andes, 2023.

• Fluids, Marisabel Solano Chirinos, National Experimental University of the Arts, 2024.

• Best Student Short Film:

• Hilos, Debora Da Silva, 2017, National Experimental University of the Arts, 2024.

2. Short or Medium-Length Documentary Films:

• Special Mentions:

• Shadow Offering, Antonio García, 2022.

• Street Photographer, Zoum Domínguez, 2022.

• Best Short or Medium-Length Film:

• From the Seal to Freedom, Morris López, 2024.

3. Documentary Feature Film

• Special Mentions:

• Naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo, Ionesco Troconis, 2023

• Crude, the Documentary by Ismael, John E. Robertson, 2023

• Best Documentary Feature Film:

• Hydrangeas for Inés, Yekuana Martínez, 2024

4. Fiction Short or Medium-Length Film:

• Special Mentions:

• The Battle of El Rodeo: El Portal de Carabobo, Ricardo Martínez, 2021.

• Phenomenon, Argimiro Serna, 2022.

• Best Short or Medium-Length Film:

• P.AP.A., Alexander Hurtado, 2023.

5. Fiction Feature Films .

• Special Mentions:

• Monday or Tuesday, Never Sunday, Maruvi Leonett and Javier Martíntereso, 2023.

• Special, Ignacio Márquez, 2022.

• Best Feature Film:

• An Inner Flash, Luis Rodríguez and Andrés Rodríguez, 2022.

MINCULTURA PRESS/Mazo News Team