Morelia International Film Festival

1st Michoacán Screenplay Competition

• Ganadores Ex aequo_


• Natalia en vilo directed by Antonio Monter Rodríguez


• Pero yo te amo ddirected by José María Cázarez Rosales


• Recuerdos de un michoacano directed by Silvia Hernández Tort
  Diploma and $500 USD each


• Best Michoacán Short Film Bio-Bit directed by Manuel Cisneros
  Diploma

Short Film Competition

• Best Experimental Short Film: Tlahuelpuchi directed by Fabiola Del Carmen Ramos


• Best Fiction Short Film: El pasajero directed by Matias Meyer


• Best Animated Short Film: De raíz directed by Carlos Carrera


• Best Documentary Short Film: Bendita muerte directed by Mario Trueba, Alejandro Jimenez, Erika Mercado
  Diploma
  Festival Trophy
  $5,000.00 USD
  4,000 ft . Kodak 35mm film and I-Life Software (donated by Simplemente)

• Special "Monarch Butterfly" Jury Prize: Elephants Never Forget, dir. Lorenzo Vigas
  Diploma
  6 hours of telecine (donated by Ollin Studio)
  Motion Control equipment rental (Three 12-hour days) including electronic crane and Carl Zeiss high-speed personal optical camera (donated by Motion Control México)
  Processing of 5000 ft . of film (donated by Churubusco studios)

• Honorable Mention "33 ½" directed by Aaron Soto
  Diploma
  Some of the cash prizes were sponsored by: Cinépolis, Diesel, and the Morelia Municipal Government.

Documentary Competition

• Best Documentary: Trópico de Cáncer directed by Eugenio Polgovsky
  Diploma
  Festival Trophy
  $5,000.00 USD
  4,000 ft . Kodak 35mm film and I-Life Software (donated by Simplemente)

• Honorable Mention: Tales from the Inside, directed by Guadalupe Miranda
  Diploma and Final Cut Pro HD software (donated by Simplemente)

Audience Awards

• Best Michoacán Short Film: Hidalgo, municipio con historia directed by Tomás Pérez, Pavel Rodríguez, Gildardo Vega
  Diploma
  Trofeo del Festival
  $ 50 000.00
  elícula virgen 35 mm y cámara fotográfica (Kodak)
  Programa I-Life (Simplemente).


• Best Short Film Te apuesto y te gano directed by Alejandra Sánchez Orozco


• Best Documentary Short Film: Mi Tierra Caliente directed by Omar González Villaseñor


• Best Documentary Feature: Los Niños de Morelia directed by Juan Pablo Villaseñor


• Best Feature: Hero directed by Zhang Yimou
  Diploma para cada ganador

Other Prizes

• Special Recognition to Jesús Flores Ortiz for his outstanding career as a projectionist.