The people have spoken, and they’re all about Ciro Guerra’s latest project.
The awards have been handed out at the Los Cabos International Film Festival, with the 37-year-old Colombian film director’s Birds of Passage, co-directed by Cristina Gallegos, taking home the Cinemex Audience Award.
Meanwhile, Andrés Kaiser proved to be the night’s big winner, taking home three prizes for the Mexican filmmaker’s thriller/mockumentary sweeping the Mexico Primero categories.
The black-and-white film, set somewhere in Mexico’s Oaxacan mountains, won the Cinemex Prize, the Premio FIPRESCI and the Art Kingdom Award.
The film, selected as Colombia’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film race at the 91st Academy Awards, chronicles the early days of illegal drug trading in Colombia.
The crafted 1970s tribal mobster epic depicts how a Wayuu family is torn apart by Colombia’s early drug trade.
Here’s a look at all the prize winners
LOS CABOS COMPETITION
“Genesis,” (Philippe Lesage, France)
LOS CABOS COMPETITION SPECIAL MENTION
“We the Animals,” (Jeremiah Zagar, U.S.)
CINEMEX AUDIENCE AWARD
“Birds of Passage,” (Cristina Gallegos, Ciro Guerra, Mexico, Colombia)
MEXICO PRIMERO
CINEMEX PRIZE
“Feral,” (Andrés Kaiser, Mexico)
PREMIO FIPRESCI
“Feral,” (Andrés Kaiser, Mexico)
ART KINGDOM AWARD
“Feral,” (Andrés Kaiser, Mexico)
GABRIEL FIGUEROA FILM FUND AWARDS
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Labor,” (David Zonana)
CHEMISTRY AWARD
“Labor,” (David Zonana)
CINECOLOR MEXICO AWARD
“I’m No Longer Here,” (Fernando Frias)
FILM IN DEVELOPMENT AWARD
“Neza,” (Julio Hernández Cordón)
CTT EXP & RENTALS AWARD
“Estado del imperio,” (Amat Escalante)
CTT EXP & RENTALS + CHEMISTRY AWARD
“The Hole in the Fence,” (Joaquín del Paso)
TALENT ON THE ROAD /WORLD TALENT HOUSE AWARD
“Viaje al país de los Tarahumaras,” (Federico Cecchetti)
BOBO AWARD
“The Devil’s Advocates”
PROMO TRAILER ART KINGDOM AWARD
“The Devil’s Advocates”
OUTSTANDING WORK IN CINEMA AWARD
Adam Driver
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Spike Lee, Terry Gilliam
