The Kings of the World Receives Seven Nominations, Including Best Film and Best Director, at the Macondo Awards

Laura Mora’s “The Kings of the World” received seven nominations, including Best Film and Best Director.

Photo: JUAN CRISTOBAL COBO

The Villa del Cine Festival opened this November 27 in Villa de Leyva. During this event, actress Cristina Umaña and actor Alejandro Aguilar presented the nominees for the 2023 edition of the Macondo Awards. Among other things, it was announced that there will be seedbeds throughout the country to “bring cinema closer” and break down prejudices surrounding national audiovisuals.

This year, the organization has an additional objective: to communicate the importance of these awards. Under the motto “The magic of Colombian cinema is in the Macondo Awards”, the aim will be to ensure that the richness of film productions can be positioned and made visible: the industry would benefit from greater contact with the audience and the awards could be perceived as cultural heritage. from the country.

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Although the objective of this event has always been to recognize the excellence of Colombian productions, these awards have not yet achieved the expected visibility, an issue that they want to correct from now on: every year the Colombian film industry grows and enriches both the filmmakers and the Colombian audience.

Natalia Reyes, president of the Colombian Film Academy, said: “This edition comes loaded with truly encouraging and historic figures. 56 Colombian films were nominated and 45 of them are feature films. Furthermore, the visibility that women are receiving is very important: among all the candidates there are 13 female directors and 41 female producers, a number that we hope to continue increasing. Colombian cinema is winning the biggest awards internationally and our mission and intention with the Macondo Awards is to reach all Colombian territories. “We want every Colombian to connect and find out about this great moment that our cinema is experiencing.”

The ceremony will be hosted by Juana Acosta and the comedian, producer and audiovisual director Alejandro Riaño. In addition, it will be broadcast live on TNT and will later be available on HBO Max.

The award categories include 20 specialty awards and four special awards, covering most fundamental areas of film production. In this edition, two new categories were added: Best Animated Feature Film and the Macondo Award to the Ibero-American Union, a pilot award that seeks to emphasize the connection and collaboration between film academies from different countries.

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These were the nominations for these awards, which were chosen by the 600 members of the Colombian Film Academy:

Best fiction feature film

1. THE KINGS OF THE WORLD – Ciudad Lunar SAS

2. THE PACK – Brave Grace

3. A MALE – Medium of Containment Producciones LTDA

4. A MOTHER – Antorcha Films SAS

Mounting

1. Sebastián Hernández and Gustavo Vasco – THE KINGS OF THE WORLD

2. David Rojas – TORO

3. Etienne Boussac and Juan Cañola – LA ROYA

4. Sebastián Hernández – BALLAD FOR DEAD CHILDREN

Original music

1. Daniel Velasco – THE OTHER WAY

2. Andrés Cárdenas – HERMIT

3. Ezra axelrod – PEPE CÁCERES

4.Julian Lopez and Felipe Di Franco – TIMELINE

Original song

1. Camilo Sanabria and Andrés Correa – SALVADOR

2. Oscar Hernández and Owen Chamorro – The RED TREE

3. Sandra Serrato and Alejandro Loaiza – ERMITAÑO

4. Jairo Baron, Adriana Lucia and David David – LA FRONTERA

Script

1. Laura Mora and Maria Camila Arias – THE KINGS OF THE WORLD

2. Andrés Ramirez Pulido – LA JAURÍA

3. Diogenes Cuevas – A MOTHER

4. Anne Fabini – Gustavo Vasco / Clare Weiskopf / Nicolas Van Hemelryck / Tatiana Andrade – ALIS

Best Supporting Actress

1. Cristina Zuleta – A MOTHER

2. Silvia Varon – PETIT MAL

3. Marcela Robledo – ULTRAVIOLENCE

4. Sandra Cubillos – SALVADOR

Best Supporting Actor

1. Alberto Cardeño – A MOTHER

2. Nelson Camayo – LA FRONTERA

3. Hernán Caviativa (Victor) – HERMIT

4. Fabio Velasco – SALVADOR

Best leading actress

1. Marcela Valencia – A MOTHER

2. Fabiana Medina – SALVADOR

3. Ana María Otalora – PETIT MAL

4.Maria Fernanda Yépes – TIMELINE

Best Leading Actor

1. José Restrepo – A MOTHER

2. Jhon Narvaez – REBELION

3. Alejandro Aguilar – HERMIT

4. Carlos Vergara – THE RED TREE

Best VFX

1. Manuel Barrios – I AM CRIS FROM TIERRA BOMBA

2. Juan Manuel Betancourt – BALLAD FOR DEAD CHILDREN

3. Elmer Villa – LA FRONTERA

4. Victor Forigua – The RED TREE

Best art direction

1. Daniel Rincón and Johana Agudelo Susa – LA JAURÍA

2. Marcela Gómez and Daniel Rincón Zapata – THE KINGS OF THE WORLD

3. Juan Bernal – A MAN

4. Sara Millán – THE CITY OF FAIRS

best makeup

1. Diana Parra – THE KINGS OF THE WORLD

2. Natalia Prada – PEPE CÁCERES

3. Maria Clara López – SALVADOR

4. Natalia Prada and Andrés Ramírez – REBELION

Best costume design

1. Luisa Toro – THE CITY OF FAIRS

2. Ana Acosta Ospina – THE KINGS OF THE WORLD

3. Daniela Rivano – PEPE CÁCERES

4. Catherine Rodriguez – SALVADOR

Better sound

1. LA ROYA – Sebastian Álzate López, Daniel Vásquez V. CAS and Alejandro Escobar Vallejo

2. THE KINGS OF THE WORLD – Carlos García, Boris Herrera and Michelle Couttolenc

3. SONGS THAT FLOOD THE RIVER – Oneida Orejuela Barco and Andrés Acevedo

4. THE CITY OF FAIRS – Estebanoise Brauier, Miller Castro and Sebastian Alzate

Best cinematography

1. Sofia Oggioni – A VARÓN

2. David Gallego – THE KINGS OF THE WORLD

3. Juana González – SALVADOR

4. Mauricio Vidal – REBELION

Best address

1. Laura Mora – THE KINGS OF THE WORLD

2. Andrés Ramirez Pulido – LA JAURÍA

3. Fabián Hernández – A MAN

4. Jorge Navas – BALLAD FOR DEAD CHILDREN

Best Ibero-American feature film

1. ARGENTINA 1985 – Infinity Hill (Argentina)

2. 1976 – Cinestación, Wood, Magma Cine (Chile)

3. THE BEASTS – Arcadia Motion Pictures SL (España)

4. FIRE NIGHT – Pimienta Films (Mexico)

Best Documentary Feature Film

1. ALIS – Casatarantula (Colombia), DeFilm (Romania), Screen Cinemas (Chile)

2. BALLAD FOR DEAD CHILDREN – Hotel Films

3. IF GOD WERE A WOMAN – Unicycle Cinema

4.CAMILO TORRES RESTREPO, EFFECTIVE LOVE – Documentary Film Foundation

Best animated feature film

1. TROPICAL VIRUS – Timbo Studio

2. THE BOOK OF LILAC – Fosfenos Media

3. THE OTHER WAY – Smith & Smith LTDA

4. PEQUEÑAS VOCES – Cachupedillo Cine – Jaguar Digital

Best short film

1. BABY – Parche Films and Vista Productions

2 – WASHING MACHINES FOR RENT – Jeferson Romero Ruiz

3- PALOQUEMAO – La Banda del Sur Films

4- YUGO – Nocroma, JPL films, IKKI films

2023-09-29 07:56:37
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