2009 (24th) Mar del Plata Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Mar del Plata Film Festival / Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
• Edition: 24th
• Period: November 7th-15th, 2009
• Location: Mar del Plata, Argentina

Awards

• GOLDEN ASTOR to Best Long Film: "Cinco días sin Nora" - Mariana Chenillo
• SILVER ASTOR to Best Director: Elia Suleiman - "The Time That Remains"
• SILVER ASTOR to Best Actress: Allison Janney - "Life During Wartime"
• SILVER ASTOR to Best Actor: Gary Piquer - "Mal día para pescar"
• SILVER ASTOR to Best Script: "V.O.S." - Cesc Gay
• Silver Astor to Special Jury Award: cast of "El cuerno de la abundancia" - Juan Carlos Tabío
• 1st Jury's Special Mention: "Vikingo" - José Celestino Campusano
• 2nd Jury's Special Mention: Andrey Khrzhanovskiy - "Room and a Half"
• BEST LATIN AMERICAN FILM: "La hora de la siesta" - Sofía Mora
• SPECIAL MENTION: "Hiroshima" - Pablo Stoll
• WIP (work in progress) Award: "La Caracas" - Andrés Cedrón
• Best Film from the International Competition Award: "The time That Remains" - Elia Suleiman.
• SIGNIS Great Award to Best Film from the International Competition: "Mother" - Joon-ho Bong
• FIPRESCI Award: José Villafañe - "Elvira en el Rio Loro"

East Asian Films @ 24th Mar del Plata Film Festival

International Competition

• "Mother" - Joon-ho Bong (South Korea)

Panorama

• "Nanayomachi" - Naomi Kawase (Japan)
• "Yuki & Nina" - Hippolyte Girardot/Nobuhiro Suwa (France/Japan)
• "Old Partner" - Chung-ryeol Lee (South Korea)
• "Kikoe" - Chikara Iwai (Japan)
• "City of Life and Death" - Chuan Lu (China)
• "Castaway on the Moon" - Hae-jun Lee (South Korea)
• "Accident" - Pou-Soi Cheang (Hong Kong)
• "Here" - Tzu Nyen Ho (Singapore)
• "Karaoke" - Chris Chong Chan Fui (Malaysia)
• "She, a Chinese" - Xiaolu Guo (UK/France, Germany)