The Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival, sometimes known as FilMar,[1]:107 is an international cultural event dedicated to generating spaces for the distribution and promotion of the best of Venezuelan, Latin American, and Caribbean film.[2]
History
A banner of Octubre Mes de Ovnis, saying it will be shown at the festival in its 2015 edition
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.[2] It takes place during the month of October of each year on Margarita Island. Its main award is the Golden Pelican.[3]
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.[4]:89
Award categories
The award trophies are stylistic pelican head statuettes.[5]
Other events covering different aspects of filmmaking have been hosted by experts in the field at different editions.[7]
References
^Hart, Stephen M.; Delgado, Maria M.; Johnson, Randal (2017-03-14). A companion to Latin American cinema. Chichester, West Sussex. ISBN9781118557525. OCLC957554852.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Vázquez Vázquez, María Mercedes (2018-11-28). The question of class in contemporary Latin American cinema. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN978-1498553025. OCLC1050962291.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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