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Jury List & Awards

Official Juries

International Official Competition Jury

Christoph Huber  A Physics major from the Technical University of Vienna, he’s the main ...
Miguel Gomes  He was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1972. He studied at the Film and T ...
Peter von Bagh  Born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1943, he’s a film director and historian ...
Pilar López de Ayala  She was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1978. She started her acting career ...
Rodrigo Moreno  He was born in Buenos Aires in 1972 and studied Filmmaking at Universi ...

Argentine Official Competition Jury

Federico Veiroj  He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1976, and majored in Social Com ...
Héléna Klotz  Born in Paris, France, in 1979, she started her career as an assistant ...
José Luis Torres Leiva  Born in Santiago de Chile in 1975, he studied Audiovisual Communicatio ...
Josh Siegel  Associate curator of the Film Department at MoMA, New York, he has org ...
Maria M. Delgado  A critic, programmer and film and theater professor at the University ...

Argentine Short Films Jury

Alejo Moguillansky  He was born in Buenos Aires in 1978. His first film, La prisionera (20 ...
Cláudio Marques  He was born in 1970 in Campinas, Brazil, and lives in Salvador de Bahí ...
Diana Bustamante  She began her career as a documentary producer and director, with film ...

Cinema of the Future Jury

Gabe Klinger  Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1982, he has been attempting for a bette ...
María Villar  An actress, she was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. She participated in ...
Rolf Belgum  Born in Minneapolis, USA, he studied Art at the University of Minnesot ...

Human Rights Competition Jury

Hebe Uhart  She was born in Moreno, in the Buenos Aires province, in 1936. She wor ...
Jose Carlos Avellar  Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, in 1936, he worked as a film critic fo ...
Renate Costa  She was born in 1981 in Asunción, Paraguay. She studied Filmmaking and ...

BAL Jury

Benny Drechsel  He was born in 1972 and works as a producer in Rohfilm, an independent ...
Jacobine Van der Vloed  She earned her Master’s Degree in Cultural History from the University ...
Santiago Mitre  He was born in Buenos Aires in 1980, and studied at the University of ...

Unofficial Juries

ACCA - Argentine Film Reviewers Association

Andrés Insaurralde
Edgardo Ávila
Jorge Vaccaro

ADF - Argentine Association of Cinematographers

Alejandro Pérez
Iván Gierasinchuk
Pablo Derecho

FEISAL - Image and Sound Schools Federation of Ibero-America

Dolly Pussi
Esteban Ferrari
Vivian Imar

FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics

Gabriel Quispe Medina  Peru ...
Gustavo Castagna
Quim Casas  Spain ...

SIGNIS - World Catholic Association for Communication

Carlos Ferraro
Félix Lora  Dominican Republic ...
María Núñez

UNICEF (United Nations Children´s Found)

Alejandra Lunik
Guillermo Pfening
Juan Villegas

BAFICI 14º Awards

Audience Award

  • Best Argentine Feature Film: Sponsored by Cinecolor
  • Best Argentine Trailer: Fibertel awards the winner with a prize consisting of ten thousand pesos and one year of connection to Fibertel Evolution.
  • Best International Feature Film: Sponsored by Cinecolor
  • Best Film in the BAFICITO competition

Human Rights Competition

  • Best Feature Film

Cinema of the Future

  • Best Feature Film: I.Sat awards 15 thousand dollars to acquire the TV rights and as an incentive for the director of the winning film

Short Films Official Selection

  • Best Short Film: El Observatorio grants an award consisting of a tape-to-film transfer
  • Best Short Film: El Observatorio grants an award consisting of a tape-to-film transfer
  • Best Short Film: Kodak grants an award consisting of 5 rolls of 16mm film

Argentine Official Selection

  • Best Director: Alta Definición Argentina, Metrovisión, and La Burbuja Sonido jointly award the winner with a prize consisting of free rentals of HD CAM equipment, enlargement services (to 35mm), and audio post-production

Moreover, the Metropolitan Fund of Culture, the Arts and Science gives a grant of 10 thousand pesos and DAC (Argentine Film Directors Association) awards the winner with twenty thousand pesos.

  • Best Argentine Film: Cinecolor and Kodak jointly award the winner with a prize consisting of enlargement services (to 35mm) and blank material

Moreover, the Metropolitan Fund of Culture, the Arts and Science gives a grant of 150 thousand pesos. Hoyts Cinemas awards the winner with one week of screening in Abasto.

  • Award for Best Image Treatment: Sponsored by Kodak

International Official Selection

  • Award for Best Argentine Feature Film: Fuji grants an award consisting of 40 rolls of 16mm film
  • Best Actress
  • Best Actor
  • Best Director
  • Best Feature Film: Z Films grants an award consisting of five thousand dollars to acquire the film, DVD and TV rights in Argentina. Hoyts Cinemas awards the winner with one week of screening in Abasto.

The 14th BAFICI will also be graced with the participation of Juries from the following institutions:

  • Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos Argentinos (Argentine Film Critics Association)
  • ADF
  • SIGNIS
  • FIPRESCI
  • FEISAL
  • UNICEF awards films touching on childhood and youth and gives a laptop to the director of the winning film
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