The awards gala of the 17th edition of the Gibara International Film Festival took place this Saturday night, August 5th, at Jibá movie theater, an event that marked the closing ceremony of the event, in which Jorge Perugorría was granted the Honorary Lucía Award.
Awards, Gibara International Film Festival
The Lucía Award for Best Fiction Feature Film went to “Petite Nature” (France, Dir. Samuel Theis) and Best Fiction Short Film: “Fin” (United States, Dir. Fernando Reinaldos). In addition, the jury presided by Alejandro Gil gave three special awards to: “Haut et Fort” (Morocco-France, Dir. Nabil Ayouch); to the feature film “El mundo de Nelsito” (Cuba, Dir. Fernando Pérez) and to the short film “Un pasaje sin regreso” (Dominican Republic, Dir. José Gómez de Vargas).
Awards, Gibara International Film Festival
While the Jury Awards for documentaries and animation went to Virgilio desde el gabinete azul (Cuba, Dir. Raydel Araoz) in the feature film category and Best Short Film went to Todos los días son 8 de marzo (Cuba, Dir. Lizette Vila), while the Jury of the Cuban Film Press Association recognized “Foudre” (Switzerland, Dir. Carmen Jaquier) as the best fiction feature film; “Abecé” (Brazil, Dir. Cleo Rosa) as the best fiction short film and awarded a special mention to the feature film “La espera” (Cuba, Dir. Daniel Ross).
In a second award ceremony, Sergio Benvenuto Solás, director of FIC Gibara, remembered that night of 1993 when Humberto Solás hugged Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and told him “you have made the film I wanted to make”. That film was Strawberry and Chocolate, the film that would raise Jorge Perugorría as the first Cuban actor of universal scope, for which he was granted the Honorary Lucia Award, in addition to his work at the head of this festival, of which he is Honorary President.
Perugorría thanked the people of Gibare for the lessons learned during the years he has worked in directing the festival. He also stressed the importance of this event, which is one of the most important spaces in the cultural and cinematographic panorama of Cuba, and thanked the ICAIC and the Government of Holguín for their efforts to continue with this event, which above all belongs to the governments.
Awards, Gibara International Film Festival
In his words Perugorría conveyed a message to all Cuban filmmakers “we need a change in Cuban cultural policy, a change that is at the height of the times we are living, that is more inclusive, that adds and not subtracts … I think that’s necessary …
“I also want to say to the filmmakers’ guild that I do not share the idea that cinema will be free or it will not be, Cuban cinema is and will be under any circumstances …. was not easy for Solás and Titón … they spent years without filming, but they never hung up their gloves, they never gave up to continue making Cuban cinema.”
Sergio Benvenuto Solás thanked the people of Gibara for their support during these intense days of the festival and left open the call for the eighteenth edition, which will take place next year.
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