Past Editions

Short Film Competition

Irma Dulmers

A promoter of Latin-American cinema in Europe, Irma Dulmers was born in Arnhem, Holland in 1964. She studied Theatre and Film Sciences at Utrecht University and completed her education at the International Television and Film School in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, where she developed a thesis on LatinAmerican film.

Since 1984 she has worked for several film festivals in her native country, and since 1989 she is the programmer of Latin-American short films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR). From 1991 to 1999 she directed the Latin-American Film and Literature Festival in Rotterdam, featuring a variety of screenings as well as the participation of distinguished Spanishlanguage authors. She has produced several documentaries and imparted conferences either on Latin-American cinema in general or on a particular film, tendency or filmmaker.

She currently selects Latin-American features at the IFFR, which is why she is frequently invited (sometimes as a jury member) to the most relevant film festivals in Latin America. She lives in Amsterdam.

Patrice Carrè

A journalist, filmmaker and television host, Patrice Carré was born in Paris in 1958. During the 1990’s he began working in the film industry until he became assistant director. For seven years he has presided the Short Film Cooperative, now converted to the Maison du Film Court. He is responsible for the short film section of the weekly magazine Le Film Français, and he writes, since 1998, for the special editions about the Cannes Film Festival, the César Awards and the Film Production Guide in France. For six years he has been editor and presenter of the weekly broadcast Cinécourts, dedicated to worldwide short films. He has also participated at the plenary commission of the National Film Center for the financial support of short film.

Since 2004 he is part of the selection committee of the Cannes Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week. His first short film, La Femme qui a vu l’ours (2003) has participated at various festivals (Montpellier, Villeurbane, Pantin, Grenoble, Trouville), was pre-selected for the 2005 edition of the César Awards, and nominated for the Lutins Short Film Awards. Carré directed the play Western Solo, which was presented at the Avignon Festival. He is currently writing the script of his first film.

Daniel Giménez Cacho

In his extensive career, distinguished Mexican film actor Daniel Giménez Cacho has become an internationally recognized stage and screen presence. Born in Madrid, Spain in 1961, he studied acting, voice, and dance in Mexico, Italy, and Spain. In the 1980’s he began his work in theatre and succeeded in building up an attractive repertoire (including Shakespeare, Tieck and O’Neill) while working with celebrated directors such as Juan José Gurrola and Ludwik Margules. He has also tried his hand at stage direction with works like Copi’s El homosexual o la dificultad de expresarse, which premiered in 2002. His film career encompasses more than 30 features, including Sólo con tu pareja (Alfonso Cuarón, 1990), La Invención de Cronos (Guillermo del Toro, 1992), Profundo Carmesí (Arturo Ripstein, 1996), Celos (Vicente Aranda, 1999), Le prince du Pacifique (Alain Corneau, 2000) and La mala educación (Pedro Almodóvar, 2003), in addition to his considerable work as a short film actor.

His achievements have been widely recognized. He was awarded the Best Actor (1993) and Best Actor in a Monologue (2005) awards granted by the Mexico Theatre Columnists and Critics’ Union. He has also been distinguished twice with the Ariel award for Best Supporting Actor (1996 and 2004), and twice for Best Actor (1996 and 2003) for the films Profundo Carmesí and Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino.