''Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival'', or ''FICCO'' (''Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo'') for its initials in

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was an annual

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founded by film producers Michel Lipkes and Paula Astorga in February 2004. The festival ran for seven years, ending in 2010 and reopened in 2014 for Narrative only Film. It quickly become one of the most important film festivals in

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. It was hosted by

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, one of the two dominant movie theater chains in

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. It lasted two weeks and programmed sections on documentary features, fiction, worldwide premieres,

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s, and global tendencies in cinema. The jury was composed of important figures of the film industry worldwide. In 2007 it programmed documentary retrospectives on

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and Peter Whitehead, and a retrospective on

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and

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Awards

FICCO-Cinemex Award for Best Narrative Film

*2004 - '' The Return'' -

Andrey Zvyagintsev Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev (russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Звя́гинцев, p=ˈzvʲæɡʲɪntsɨf; born 6 February 1964) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Return'' (2003) won him a Golden Lion at ...

*2005 - ''

Turtles Can Fly ''Turtles Can Fly'' ( ku, کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن) is a 2004 Kurdish war drama film written, produced, and directed by Bahman Ghobadi. The film stars Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Faysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdolrahman K ...

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Bahman Ghobadi Bahman Ghobadi ( fa, بهمن قبادی; ; born 1 February 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan province, Iran) is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer. He belongs to the " new wave" of Iranian cinema. Biography He was born in Baneh, a K ...

*2006 - ''

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu ''The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'' ( ro, Moartea domnului Lăzărescu) is a 2005 Romanian dark comedy film by director Cristi Puiu. In the film an old man (Ioan Fiscuteanu) is carried by an ambulance from hospital to hospital all night long, as doctor ...

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Cristi Puiu Cristi Puiu (; born 3 April 1967) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. With Anca Puiu and Alex Munteanu, in 2004 he founded a cinema production company, naming it Mandragora. Early life, education and career Cristian Emilian Puiu wa ...

*2007 - '' 12:08 East of Bucharest'' -

Corneliu Porumboiu Corneliu Porumboiu (; born 14 September 1975) is a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Life and education Corneliu Porumboiu was born in Vaslui, Vaslui County, Romania. He is the son of a former Romanian language teacher ...

*2008 - '' El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia'' -

José Luis Torres Leiva José Luis Torres Leiva (born April 2, 1975, in Chile) is a film director, editor, and screenwriter. José Luis Torres Leiva won the FIPRESCI Prize in Rotterdam with his first feature, El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia (2008). The second, Verano ...

*2009 - ''

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Lance Hammer Lance Hammer is an American independent filmmaker. His first film, ''Ballast'', premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival where he won the US Dramatic Directing Award. Ballast was nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards and f ...

and ''

Los paranoicos ''The Paranoids'' is a 2008 Argentine comedy film directed by Gabriel Medina and starring Daniel Hendler. Cast *Daniel Hendler as Luciano Guana *Martín Feldman as Martin Sherman *Walter Jakob as Manuel Sinovieck *Jazmin Stuart as Sofia *Veronic ...

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Gabriel Medina Gabriel Medina Pinto Ferreira (born 22 December 1993) is a Brazilian professional surfer who won the 2014, 2018 and 2021 WSL World Championships. With 16 WSL Championship Tour (CT) event wins and 29 Final appearances under his belt, Medina is ...

*2014 - ''

Kung Fury ''Kung Fury'' is a 2015 English-language Swedish martial arts comedy featurette film written and directed by David Sandberg. It pays homage to 1980s martial arts and police action films. The film stars Sandberg in the title role, Jorma Taccone, ...

'' - David Sandberg *2015 - '' Me and My Moulton'' -

Torill Kove Torill Kove (born 25 May 1958) is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator. She won the 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the film ''The Danish Poet'', co-produced by Norway's Mikrofilm AS and the National Film Board of Ca ...

*2016 - '' Seline'' - Luciano Francesco Silighini Garagnani Lambertini

FICCO-Cinemex Award for Best Documentary Film

*2005 - '' Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks'' - Wang Bing *2006 - ''

Workingman's Death ''Workingman's Death'' is a 2005 Austrian-German documentary film written and directed by Michael Glawogger. It premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. The film deals with the extremes to which workers go to earn a living in several countrie ...

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*2007 - '' Nacido sin / Born Without'' -

Eva Norvind Eva Norvind (born Eva Johanne Chegodayeva Sakonsky; May 7, 1944 – May 14, 2006) was a Norwegian-born Mexican actress, writer, documentary producer, director, sex therapist, and dominatrix. Early life Norvind was the daughter of Russian prince ...

*2008 - '' Hunters Since the Beginning of Time'' - Carlos Casas *2009 - Tie: ''

Waltz with Bashir ''Waltz with Bashir'' ( he, ואלס עם באשיר, translit. ''Vals Im Bashir'') is a 2008 Israeli adult animated war documentary drama film written, produced, and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman's search for lost memories of ...

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Ari Folman Ari Folman ( he, ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film ''Waltz with Bashir'' (2008) and the live-a ...

and '' Puisque nous sommes nés'' - Jean-Pierre Duret and Andrea Santana

Best Latin American Film

*2006 - '' Paraguayan Hammock'' - Paz Encina

FICCO-Movie City Award for Best Debut Film

*2009 - ''Cómo estar muerto/Como estar muerto'' - Manuel Ferrari and ''The Pleasure of Being Robbed'' - Joshua Safdie

Pfizer Human Rights Award

*2009 -''Access Road'' - Nathalie Mansoux

Exxonmobil Award for Best Female Director

*2009 - '' $9.99'' -

Tatia Rosenthal Tatia Rosenthal (born April 4, 1971) is an animator and film director born in Tel Aviv, Israel. She served two years in the Israeli Defense Force, tried her hand at medical school and studied photography in Paris, before moving to New York City ...

Best Mexican Digital Film

*2009 - ''Calentamiento local'' - Fernando Frías

Fipresci Award for Best Mexican Documentary Film

*2006 - ''Copacabana'' - Martín Rejtman *2009 - ''Nuestra lucha'' - Jaime Rogel

References

{{Members of the European Festival Association Film festivals in Mexico Defunct film festivals

Awards

FICCO-Cinemex Award for Best Narrative Film

FICCO-Cinemex Award for Best Documentary Film

Best Latin American Film

FICCO-Movie City Award for Best Debut Film

Pfizer Human Rights Award

Exxonmobil Award for Best Female Director

Best Mexican Digital Film

Fipresci Award for Best Mexican Documentary Film

See also

References