The first edition of the San Cristóbal De Las Casas festival has reached its end. It was a nice way to begin the year and a second edition seems to be a given, as pretty much each and every screening I attended was packed. The official press release indicates there were 13,000 people attending the festival during eight days.
On Friday, January 24, the fest screened as closing film Samba, the latest from The Intouchables' Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, and announced the award winners. Check them out below:
Short Film Competition
Jury: Javier Solórzano, Eduardo Trías and José Ramos
Winner: Esclava (dir. Amat Escalante, Mexico)
Special Mention: Slikebal (dir. Bernardino López, Mexico) and Outono (dir. Marco Amaral, Portugal)
Documentary Feature Competition
Jury: Imunga Ivanga, Nicolas Phillibert and Inna Payán
Winner: I Am the People (dir. Anna Roussillon, France/Egypt)
Special Mention: All of Me (dir. Arturo González Villaseñor, Mexico)
Feature Film Competition
Jury: Rodrigo Plá, Diego Quemada-Diez and Dolores Heredia
Winner: Macondo (dir. Sudabeh Mortezai, Austria)
Special Mention: Sto Spiti (dir. Athanasios Karanikolas, Greece/Germany)