Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Festivales de Buenos Aires Agenda Cultural de Buenos Aires

Jury List & Awards

Official Juries

International Official Selection Jury

Andrés Di Tella  Born in 1958, he directed several films, including Montoneros, una his ...
Chinlin Hsieh  Born in Taiwan, she moved to France in 1988. She studied piano, fine a ...
Marie-Pierre Macia  After majoring in Literature, she worked at the Cinémathèque Française ...
Peter Mettler  Born in 1958 in Toronto, Canada, he studied Filmmaking at the local Ry ...
Veronika Franz  Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1965, she works as a journalist for the ne ...

Argentine Official Selection Jury

Christoph Hochhäusler  He was born in 1972 in Munich, Germany. He studied Architecture at the ...
Dominga Sotomayor  versity of Chile and did a master’s degree in Filmmaking in Spain. In ...
Giovanni Maderna  He was born in Milan, Italy, in 1973. He quitted his Literature studie ...
Michael Wahrmann  Born in 1979 in Montevideo, Uruguay, he grew up in Israel and lives in ...
Yulene Olaizola  She was born in Mexico City in 1983. She graduated from the Film Train ...

Avant-Garde & Genre Jury

Ángel Sala Corbí  Born in Barcelona, Spain, he’s a Law graduate, film critic, script wri ...
Gonzalo Castro  Born in Buenos Aires in 1972, he’s a filmmaker and writer. He directed ...
Stephanie Zacharek  She lives in New York, USA, and has written about films for more than ...

Argentine Short Films Jury

Agustín Mendilaharzu  He was born in Buenos Aires in 1975. Together with Mariano Llinás, Ale ...
Alejandra Trelles  Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1974, she has a MA in Performing Arts ...
Helvécio Marins Jr.  Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 1973, he studied Filmmaking at the ...

Human Rights Competition Jury

Bruno Bettati  Born in Chile in 1973, he graduated in Philosophy. A managing partner ...
Erez Pery  An artistic director of the Cinema South Festival in Israel, as well a ...
Lucía Puenzo  Born in Buenos Aires in 1976, she’s a writer and filmmaker. Her first ...

BAL Jury

Luciano Monteagudo  A programmer and film critic, he is in charge of programming of the Le ...
Agustina Chiarino  She was born in 1988 in Montevideo and received a degree in Communicat ...
Marco Müller  Born in Rome in 1953, he served as the Festival Director in Rotterdam ...

Unofficial Juries

ACCA - Argentine Film Reviewers Association

Daniel Garabal
Héctor Hochman
Juan Pablo Russo

ADF - Argentine Association of Cinematographers

Marcelo Lavintman
Pigu Gómez
Rogelio Chomnalez

FEISAL - Image and Sound Schools Federation of Ibero-America

Dolly Pussi
Carlos Trilnick
Marcelo Trotta

FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics

Francisco Ferreira (Portugal)
Javier Diz (Argentina)
Pedro Butcher (Brasil - Brazil)

SIGNIS - World Catholic Association for Communication

Carlos Ferraro
Gabriela Cicalese
Martín Bernal

BAFICI 15º Awards

International Official Selection

  • Best Actress
  • Best Actor
  • Best Director
  • Best Film: Z Films gives 5,000 dollars to the winning film for the acquisition of the film, DVD and TV rights in Argentina.

Argentine Official Selection

  • Best Director
    Alta Definición Argentina and La Burbuja Sonido jointly award a prize consisting of equipment for shooting 2K/4K for 4 weeks and audio post-wproduction sessions.
    In addition, the Ministry of Culture awards 10,000 pesos.
  • Best Film
    Cinecolor grants a prize consisting of 3 full-day conform sessions, 5 full-day color correction sessions, 3 full-day visual effect sessions – including editor, colorist and art director – and the digitization for DCP, DCP creation of the feature film with 10 keys.
    In addition, the Ministry of Culture awards a grant of 150,000 pesos for the director’s future project.
  • Award for Best Image Treatment sponsored by Cinecolor.

Short Films Official Selection

  • First Prize
    Sinsistema grants a prize consisting of post-production services including up to 4 full-day color correction sessions and 1 DCP master encoding for a short film of up to 30 minutes
  • Second Prize
    Sinsistema grants a prize consisting of post-production services including 1 DCP master encoding for a short film of up to 30 minutes.

Avant-Garde and Genre

  • Grand Prize - Avant-Garde and Genre
  • Best Feature Film
  • Best Short Film

Human Rights Competition

  • Best Film

Audience Award

  • Best Argentine Film - Audience Award sponsored by ISAT - Cinecolor
    I.Sat will award US$ 5,000 (with the possibility of acquiring the rights)
  • Best International Film - Audience Award sponsored by ISAT - Cinecolor
    I.Sat will award US$ 5,000 (with the possibility of acquiring the rights)
  • Best Film in Little BAFICI

The 15th BAFICI will also be graced with the participation of jury members from the following institutions:

  • Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos Argentinos (Argentine Film Critics Association)
  • ADF
  • SIGNIS
  • FIPRESCI
  • FEISAL
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