Yesterday was held the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 33rd Bogota International Film Festival. 
The most important film event in the city global in nature and the only one that bears his name since 1984, with the World Premier of the film "Oh What a Gem" Ventura Pons.

AWARDS WERE ANNOUNCED

Alexis Award:
"Orika, Dreams of Freedom" group of complementary school day program, the Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena


Pre-Columbian Gold Circle Best Documentary on Environment:
"Microcosmos on a Balcony" Lina Crespo and Gabriel Escobar. Colombia.

Social Documentary:

Social Mention Best Documentary:
"Women on the Front, the Law of the Nobles" Lula Gomez. Spain.

Pre-Columbian Gold Circle Best Documentary Art "Enrique Grau":
"The Eye of Macondo" Andrés Sandoval. Colombia.


Pre-Columbian Gold Circle for Best Social Documentary:
"True Smile" John Ray. Spain.


Pre-Columbian Circle for Best Colombian Film of a new director:
"Shaman, the Ultimate Warrior" Sandro Meneses Potosi.

Special Jury Mention
"Kidnap Capital" of Felipe Rodriguez. Canada.


Pre-Columbian Bronze Circle Best Picture:
"Another Forever" by Juan Zapata. Brazil / Colombia.


Pre-Columbian Silver Circle Best Picture
"Charge" Alan Jonsson Gavica. Mexico.


Pre-Columbian Gold Circle Best Picture
"Sanctuary" Marc Brummund. Alamania.


Pre-Columbian Gold Circle Best Director:
Felipe Cano Ibanez for "The Seed of Silence". Colombia.


The balance:

The Festival paid tribute to the thirty years of the Colombian Film Heritage Foundation and the Catalan Film with a large sample of the latest Ventura Pons films.

He concentrated on the west of the city, in new places like Maloka and Procinal Salitre and continued with their traditional as the District Cinematheque, the Library and the National Museum.
We returned to the Botanical Garden José Celestino Mutis, and the Children's Museum, Uniandinos and we became present in three military prisons in Bogotá brightening their lives with comedies and films of different adventures to violent stories they see on Sunday television channels.

Cinema for the Blind presented "Golden Claws" with audio description in the program of Colombian films for our blind see our cinema.
Three universities received Festival program, the National, Catholic and Los Libertadores

The inauguration was tremendous with the presentation of D.W.´s "Intolerance", the conducting of Master Gillian Anderson and 45 musicians and 16 singers from the Conservatory of Music of the National University, thanks to the alliance with the culture of the University.

Special presentations of Taiwan, Italy and Catalonia

The agency Salgar Mullenlowe and joined to provide a memorable campaign theme, by Direktor.

This year the Festival was an alliance for the benefit of the environment with the Autonomous Corporation of Cundinamarca CAR, we present 47 videos on our functions.

The Festival was made possible by:

CAR, Day TV, Avianca, Zoom Canal, Unicef, Aviatur.com,A T Media, Hotel Tryp Embassy, Inci, Mullenlowe, Salgar, Direktor, Pelaez Hermanos, Mayor of Bogotá, the Army, HD Cinema Colombia, the Catalan Community, Colnodo, Embassy of Mexico, Serotav, Rever Agency, MPL, Marca Pais, Unicorn Films, Servientrega, Art is Colombia, the Office of the Government of Puerto Rico, Idartes and universities Tadeo Lozano,National, Catholic , Libertadores and Uniandinos.
To all of them and our wonderful team we thank them, because they made it possible for 33 Bogota International Film Festival.
Bogota International Film Festival

Thank you !

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