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The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival ( es, links=no, Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva), held since 1975 in Huelva,
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, is the oldest film festival in Europe dedicated to the Ibero-American cinema. During the first editions, it was known as (). The festival was originally organised by a private entity, the Cine-Club Huelva. Upon the creation of the governing , and the ensuing constitution of the board of trustees, the festival is primarily funded by the , the
Provincial Deputation of Huelva The Provincial Deputation of Huelva ( es, links=no, Diputación Provincial de Huelva) is the institution charged with the government and administration of the Spanish province of Huelva. History Even though there was a spell of trial of the pro ...
, the
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and the Spanish Ministry of Culture, as well as a number of private donors. The festival is chiefly publicly funded. The grand prize is the 'Golden Columbus' () for best feature. Other awards include: best director, best male lead, best female lead, best script, best photography and best short film.


Winners of the Golden Columbus

* 1975 '' Ya no basta con rezar'', directed by
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La última cena ''The Last Supper'' (Spanish: ''La última cena'') a 1976 Cuban historical film directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, produced by the Instituto Cubano del Arte y la Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) and starring Nelson Villagra as the Count. Syno ...
'', directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Cuba) and ''
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'', directed by Grupo Cine de la Base (Argentina) * 1977 ''
Cantata de Chile ''Cantata de Chile'' is a 1976 Cuban social realist musical epic film directed by Humberto Solás about the Santa María School massacre in Chile in 1907. Cast * Nelson Villagra * Shenda Román * Eric Heresmann * Alfredo Tornquist * Leonardo Per ...
'', directed by
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1975 (Cuba) * 1978 ''
Chuvas de Verão ''A Summer Rain'' ( pt, Chuvas de Verão) is a 1978 Brazilian comedy-drama film directed by Carlos Diegues. It tells the story of Afonso, a newly retired sixty-five-year-old man who falls in love with his neighbor. Cast *Joffre Soares as Afonso * ...
'', directed by Carlos Diegues (Brazil) and '' Serenata a la luz de la luna'', directed by
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(Spain) * 1979 ''
Julio comienza en julio ''Julio comienza en julio'' ("Julio Begins in July") is a 1979 Chilean coming-of-age period film directed by Silvio Caiozzi and written by Gustavo Frías. It is one of the few Chilean feature films made and released in the first decade of the Pino ...
'', directed by
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(Chile) * 1980 ''
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'', directed by
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(Portugal) and '' La viuda de Montiel'' directed by Miguel Littín (México) * 1981 ''
Cerromaior ''Cerromaior'' is a 1981 Portuguese drama film directed by Luís Filipe Rocha. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, and was awarded the ''Colón de Oro'' at the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de H ...
'', directed by
Luís Filipe Rocha Luís Filipe Rocha (born 16 November 1947) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed ten films since 1976. His film ''Cerromaior'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. Film ...
(Portugal) * 1982 '' Últimos días de la víctima'', directed by
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(Argentina) * 1983 ''
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'', directed by
Antonio Skármeta Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic on November 7, 1940) is a Chilean writer, scriptwriter and director descending from Croatian immigrants from the Adriatic island of Brač, Dalmatia. He was awarded Chile's National Lite ...
(Chile) * 1984 ''
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'', directed by
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and '' Los chicos de la guerra'', directed by
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(Argentina) * 1985 '' El Rigor del destino'', directed by Gerardo Vallejo (Argentina) * 1986 ''
Pobre mariposa ''Poor Butterfly'' ( es, Pobre mariposa) is a 1986 Argentine drama film directed by Raúl de la Torre. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Graciela Borges as Clara * Lautaro Murúa * Pepe Soriano as Shloime * Víctor Lap ...
'', directed by
Raúl de la Torre Raúl de la Torre (19 February 1938, in Zárate – 19 March 2010, in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film director screenwriter and film producer. He was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival for the film ''Pobre maripos ...
(Argentina) * 1987 '' Bésame mucho'' directed by Francisco Ramalho (Brazil) * 1988 ''
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'', directed by
José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH (27 June 1933 – 1 November 2015) was a Portuguese film director. He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo. Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one ...
(Portugal) * 1989 '' Juliana'', directed by Fernando Espinosa and
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(Peru) * 1990 ', directed by
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(Argentina) * 1991 '' Las tumbas'', directed by
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(Argentina) * 1992 '' Adorables mentiras'', directed by Gerardo Chijona (Cuba) and '' El beso del sueño'', directed by
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(Spain) * 1993 ''
La estrategia del caracol ''The Strategy of the Snail'' ( es, La estrategia del caracol) is a 1993 Colombian comedy-drama film directed and produced by Colombian filmmaker and director Sergio Cabrera. The film stars Frank Ramírez, Florina Lemaitre, Humberto Dorado, Faus ...
'', directed by Sergio Cabrera (Colombia) * 1994 '' Reina y Rey'', directed by
Julio García Espinosa Julio García Espinosa (5 September 1926 – 13 April 2016) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. * 1995 '' Sicario'', directed by
José Ramón Novoa Joseph Novoa (José Ramón Novoa or José R. Novoa) is a Venezuelan-Uruguayan film director and executive producer. He is married to the director and scriptwriter Elia K. Schneider and fathered the film director Joel Novoa. Biography Joseph N ...
(Venezuela) * 1996 '' Como un relámpago'', directed by Miguel Hermoso (Spain) * 1997 '' Como Nascem os Anjos'', directed by
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(Brazil) * 1998 '' Traição'', directed by Arthur Fortes,
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and José Enrique Fonseca (Brazil) * 1999 ''
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'', directed by
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(Argentina) * 2000 '' Coronación'', directed by
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(Chile) * 2001 ''
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'', directed by
Beatriz Flores Silva Beatriz Flores Silva (born November 7, 1956) is an Uruguayan - Belgian film director, film producer, screenwriter and teacher. Her films include ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (1990), ''The Almost True Story of Pepita the Gunslinger'' (1992), ''In ...
(Uruguay) * 2002 ''
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'', directed by
Karim Aïnouz Karim Aïnouz (born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist. Career Karim Aïnouz was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father. He is a film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Aïnouz's feature debut, ' ...
(Brazil) * 2003 '' El viaje hacia el mar'', directed by Guillermo Casanova (Uruguay) * 2004 '' Whisky'', directed by
Juan Pablo Rebella Juan Pablo Rebella (born 1974, in Montevideo – died July 5, 2006) was an Uruguayan film director and screenwriter. Biography He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied social communication. In 2004 Rebella and Stoll ...
and
Pablo Stoll Pablo Stoll (born 1974) is a Uruguayan film director and screenwriter. He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied Social communication, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow stude ...
(Uruguay) * 2005 '' Cidade Baixa'', directed by
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, (Brazil) * 2006 '' El violín'', directed by Francisco Vargas (México) * 2007 '' Luz silenciosa'', directed by
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(México) * 2008 ''
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'', directed by Andrés Wood (Chile) * 2009 ''
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'', directed by Sebastián Silva, (Chile) * 2010 '' Hermano'', directed by
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(Venezuela) * 2011 ''
Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios ''I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips'' ( pt, Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios) is a 2011 Brazilian romance drama film directed by Beto Brant and Renato Ciasca. Based on a novel of the same name by Marça ...
'', directed by
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and Renato Ciasca (Brazil) * 2012 ''
Clandestine Childhood ''Clandestine Childhood'' ( es, link=no, Infancia clandestina) is a 2011 Argentine historical drama film directed by Benjamín Ávila and starring Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio and César Troncoso. Critically acclaimed, the film won ten awar ...
'', directed by Benjamín Ávila * 2013 '' Workers'', directed by José Luis Valle (Mexico) * 2014 '' Zanahoria'', directed by Enrique Buchichio (Uruguay/Argentina)


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* {{Colón de Oro Film festivals in Spain Recurring events established in 1974 Tourist attractions in Andalusia Huelva Ibero-America Film festivals in Andalusia