Cannes recognizes Latin American cinema

The 65th Cannes Film Festival rewards the work of filmmakers such as the Mexican Michel Franco, the Chilean Pablo Larraín and the Argentine Alejandro Fadel, among others.

The presence of Latin American cinema at this year's Cannes Festival has been notable both for the acceptance of the works presented and for the recognition by the different juries of films from Mexico, Chile and Brazil.

The Mexican director Michel Franco won the “Una certain Mirada” award at the Festival with his feature film After Lucia that offers a stark portrait of bullying.

Also the movie No, by Chilean director Pablo Larraín, which tells the story of the plebiscite that the dictator Augusto Pinochet lost in 1988, has been awarded at Cannes, winning on Friday night the prize of the International Confederation of Art and Design Cinemas in the Directors' Fortnight.

For its part, the film The savages, by Argentine Alejandro Fadel, won the prize awarded jointly by the Independent Cinema Association (ACID) and the Central Fund for Social Activities (CCAS), within the framework of Critics' Week, a parallel section of this Festival.

Likewise, the cinema of Brazil, guest of honor at this edition, as well as that of Uruguay and Colombia, also left a clear mark in Cannes, which predicts that none of the major international film festivals will be able to do without their presence.

Michael Haneke triumphs again in Cannes

The Palme d'Or has gone to veteran Michael Haneke for Amour (Amor) who already received the highest award on La Croisette in 2009 with The White Ribbon.

The award for best short film went to Sessiz-be Deng (Silence), while Carlos Reygadas won best director with Light after darkness.

The award for best screenplay went to Beyond the hills, the work of Romanian Cristian Mungiu. Mads Mikkelsen sees his work recognized as best actor in The hunt, while the actresses of Beyond the hills, Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur, win the award for best female performance.

The Jury Prize went to Ken Loach, for his film The angel’s share, but the Grand Jury Prize went to Reality, by Matteo Garrone.

the movie Beast of the southern wild, by the American Benh Zeitlin, received the Camera d'Or award for best debut film from Spanish filmmaker Antonio Saura at this 65th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.