The Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival, sometimes known as FilMar,^:107 is an important international cultural event dedicated to generating spaces for the distribution and promotion of the best of Venezuelan, Latin American, and Caribbean film.

History

It began in 2008, started through the Cinema and Audiovisual Media Platform of Venezuela's Ministry of Culture, with the national film distributor Amazonia Films organizing the awards. It takes place during the month of October of each year on Margarita Island. Its main award is the Golden Pelican. The festival is open to all, being reviewed positively as an area where poor children can go and watch the films being publicly screened, allowing them to see a different style of media to the blockbusters in cinemas.^:89

Award Categories

The award trophies are stylistic

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head statuettes.

Latin American and Caribbean Films

Awards in this category include monetary prizes in

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. * Best First Feature: Latin American and Caribbean Fiction * Best First Feature: Latin American and Caribbean Documentary * Best Latin American and Caribbean Animated Film *Distribution and First Copy Awards; presented by Amazonia Films to premiere the winning films in Venezuela

Venezuelan Films

Awards in this category included monetary prizes in Venezuelan bolívares. * Best Venezuelan Feature Film: Fiction * Best Venezuelan Feature Film: Documentary * Best Venezuelan Medio Film: Fiction * Best Venezuelan Medio Film: Documentary * Best Venezuelan Short Film: Fiction * Best Venezuelan Short Film: Documentary

Other awards

* Golden Pelican for Best Film * Audience Award * Latin America Federation of Audiovisual Education Award (Premio FEISAL) * Venezuelan Society of Film Editors Award for Best Editing (Premio SCEV)

Recurring events

* Rodolfo Santana "Las Primas tienen Padrinos" Screenwriting Clinic * Project Development Course * National Community Film and Video Contest * "Mis Primeros Pies-cesitos" Child Film Contest * Cinema under the Stars * Filmarcito Other events covering different aspects of filmmaking have been hosted by experts in the field at different editions.

References

{{Cinema of Venezuela Margarita Island Film festivals in Venezuela Latin America and the Caribbean