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2011 BAL AWARDS

On Sunday night, the awards of the 8th Edition of the Buenos Aires Lab (BAL) were announced and handed out to the winning films of the sections “Co-Production Meetings” and “Work in Progress.” In “Co-Production Meetings,” the winners were Sombie by Santiago Fillol (ARTE award), El primero de la familia by Carlos Leiva (first Cinecolor-Kodak award), Los hongos by Oscar Ruiz Navia (second Cinecolor-Kodak award), La guerra submarina by Alejo Moguilansky (FIDMarseille-FIDLab award), and A memoria e o musculo do imaginaçao by Flavia Castro. Moreover, Argentine director Ivan Fund (Me perdí hace una semana) received the CPH-DOX award and will participate in the next DOX:LAB to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in November 2011.

The “Work in Progress” awards were conferred to De jueves a domingo by Dominga Sotomayor (Mantarraya and NCP Holland awards), El ojo del tiburón by Alejo Hojman (Estudio Ñandú and Sinsistema awards), and Aurora by Nele Wohaltz (Lahaye and Tauro Digital awards).