CARAJITA, directed by Silvina Schnicer and Ulises Porra Guardiola.
Jury: Carlos Aguilar, Leslie Cohen, and Brandon Harris.
Sara and her nanny Yarisa have a relationship that transcends class and race differences: it can best be described as a mother-daughter relationship; but an accident will test their intimate loyalty and the innocent illusion that they will never separate.
2021 WINNER
The City of Wild Beasts (La Ciudad de las Fieras) directed by Henry Rincón.
Jury:Leslie Cohen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, and Ingride Santos.
2020 WINNER
Los Lobos, lead produced by Animal de Luz Films of Mexico and directed by Samuel Kishi.
Jury: Maxine Bailey, Agustina Chiraino and Leslie Cohen.
2019 WINNER
Bani Khoshnoudi’s Fireflies
2018 WINNER
Gustavo Rondon Cordova’s La Familia
2017 WINNER
Nely Reguera’s Maria (And Everybody Else)