The jury that participated in the fifteenth edition of the Monterrey International Festival tonight selected the winners of the contest in their different categories.
The award was held at the Theater of the Center of the Arts, after the tribute paid to the Mexican artist, Eugenio Caballero.
Then the winners of the Silver Kid and the mentions granted in the following categories:
Mexican Feature Films in Competition:
Juries: Antonio Costa V, Michael Alalu and Paul Vaca.
Best Mexican Documentary Feature: 45 days in Jarbar de César Aréchiga
Jury Mention: Midnight Family by Luke Lorentzen
Best Mexican Fiction Feature: I need love from Pepe Valle
Jury Mention: Huachicolero by Edgar Nito
Best Feature Film in Nuevo León: Fin Amor by Raúl Quintanilla Alvarado
Mention of the Jury: The great leap of Jorge Porras
International Feature Films in Competition
Juries: Erick García Corona, Rodolfo Castillo-Morales and Sofía Segovia.
Best International Animated Feature: Black is Beltza by Fermín Muguruza
Best International Documentary Feature: Notes for a robbery movie by Leon Siminiani
Jury Mention: The Kings of Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
Best International Fiction Feature: Give me liberty by Kirill Mikhanovsky
Kinostart
Juries: Carlos Gómez Iniesta, Carlos Mendoza Guillén, and Fredel Saed Raffoul
Best KinoStart Short Film 2019: Before entering, let Gustavo Gamero leave
Short films in Competition
Juries: Mónica Salazar, Nino Cozzi and Rubén Gutiérrez
Best International Documentary Short Film: Prisoner of Society by Rati Tsiteladze
Best Short International Animation: Acid Rain by Tomek Popakul
Honorable Mention: Best Documentary Narrative: The Dead by Gonçalo Robalo
Best International Fiction Short Film: Autumn Waltz by Ognjen Petković
Honorable Mention: Screenplay and direction: The Liberation of Harold Kvist by Melina Marak
Best Mexican Short Animated Film: White Lobster by Paul Gómez López
Honorable Mention: Technical Execution: Involution by Edgar Romero Pérez
Best Mexican Documentary Short Film and Best Nuevo León Documentary: The brave sees death only once by Diego Enrique Osorno
Honorable Mention: Theme: The burning sea of Carlos Armella
Honorable Mention: Direction: La Bruja de Texcoco by Cecilia Villaverde and Alejandro Paredes
Best Mexican Fiction Short Film: A Song for María de Omar Deneb Juárez
PUBLIC PRIZE:
For Best International Feature Film: Inventing Tomorrow by Laura Nix
To the Best Mexican Feature Film: Jorge Porras’ great leap
Art Kingdom Award: The great leap of Jorge Porras