2024 Award Winners

Kurrak Rama de Oro

BEST DIRECTOR IN A NARRATIVE
Winner – Topaz Adizes – A Seed of Maize – Zambia

BEST DIRECTOR IN A DOCUMENTARY
Winner – Misael Alva – Anayeli – Mexico

BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner – Dylan Verrechia – La Pura Vida – Mexico

BEST ACTRESS
Winner – Naomy Romo – La Pura Vida – Mexico

BEST ACTOR
Winner – Emmanuel Kunda – A Seed of Maize – Zambia

BEST YOUNG TALENT
Winner – Rodali Bora – Brahmakanya – India

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner – Angélica González – La Pura Vida – Mexico

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner – Hebert Axel – La Pura Vida – Mexico

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Winner – A Seed of Maize – Anna Kunda, Dorothy Kunda, Emmanuel Kunda, Emmanuel Jr. Kunda, Florence Kunda, Floyd Kunda, Terrence Kunda, Silvia Kunda, Wine Kunda, Zodwa Kunda – Zambia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A NARRATIVE
Winner – Alex Disenhof – Fishing Without Nets – Somalia/USA

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY
Winner – Alejandro Mejía – 499 – Mexico

BEST EDITING IN A NARRATIVE
Winner – Piotr Paruch – You Can Cry Now – Poland

BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY
Winner – Armando Croda – Ya me voy – Mexico/USA

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Winner – Karl Pettersen – La Pura Vida – Mexico

BEST SOUND DESIGN & MIXING
Winner – Omar Juárez Espino – Ya me voy – Mexico/USA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner – Naia Barrenechea – Fishing Without Nets – Somalia/USA

BEST ART & COSTUME DESIGN
Winner – Alix Van Geesbergen – Dave Gentic & Headgun – Belgium

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP
Winner – Alice Jaroslaw – Alima & Omar – France

BEST VFX
Winner – Juan Ignacio Sánchez – Zerch – Mexico

Kurrak Grand Jury Prize

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner – Seda – Barbara Balsategui – Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner – 499 – Rodrigo Reyes – Mexico

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Winner – A Seed of Maize – Topaz Adizes – Zambia

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Winner – Toñita’s – Beyza Boyacioglu & Sebastián Díaz Aguirre – Mexico/USA

BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Winner – Oniris – Nano Bor – Argentina

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Winner – Von Haze: Mother Mountain – Travis Caine & Katherine Kin – USA

BEST SERIES
Winner – Trumpet Player – Felino Dolloso – Australia

Kurrak Audience Award

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner – La Pura Vida – Dylan Verrechia – Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner –  La Santa Muerte – Eva Aridjis – Mexico

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Winner – Zerch – J. Xavier Velasco – Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Winner – Short Vacations – Jean-Baptiste Drouet – France

BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Winner – The Hammer – Werner Schnater – France

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Winner – Pile: Scaling Walls – Joshua Echevarria – USA

BEST SERIES
Winner – I Want To Be An American – Peter Baxter, Daniel J. Harris, Monteith McCollum, Qaushiq Mukherjee, Maya Newell, Dale Yudelman – Worldwide

Kurrak Special Jury Award

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner – Blessing in Disguise – Kostas Mazanis – Greece

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner – Ya me voy – Lindsey Cordero & Armando Croda – Mexico/USA

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Winner – You Can Cry Now – Marek StoŁosa – Poland

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Winner – Kumeyaay Land – Fausto Díaz Ojeda– Mexico

BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Winner – The Lovers – Rimma Gefen – Israel

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Winner – Moodoïd: De folie pure – Pablo Padovan – France

BEST SERIES
Winner – Shawn Regruto – Sleeping Beauties – USA

BEST BAJA CALIFORNIA FEATURE
Winner – Surgencia – José Alejandro Montaivo – Mexico

BEST YOUTH FILMMAKER
Winner – La Pelota es el sol – Yamurith Gallegos Macario – Mexico

BEST RESILIENT SPIRIT
Winner – Angel Díaz – Kumeyaay Land – Mexico

2024 Nominees

Kurrak Rama de Oro

BEST DIRECTOR IN A NARRATIVE
Nominee – Barbara Balsategui – Seda – Mexico
Nominee – Cutter Hodierne – Fishing Without Nets – Somalia/USA
Nominee – Kostas Mazanis – Blessing in Disguise – Greece
Nominee – Marek Stoklosa – You Can Cry Now – Poland
Nominee – Paola Veiga – Instante – Brazil
Nominee – Dylan Verrechia – La Pura Vida – Mexico

BEST DIRECTOR IN A DOCUMENTARY
Nominee – Eva Aridjis – La Santa Muerte – Mexico
Nominee – Lindsey Cordero & Armando Croda – Ya me voy – Mexico
Nominee – Neven Hitrec – Push-Pull – Croatia
Nominee – Denis Piel – Love is Blind – USA
Nominee – Rodrigo Reyes – 499 – Mexico
Nominee – Andrea Scimone – Confine Liquido – Italy

BEST SCREENPLAY
Nominee – Rasim Asan – New Planet – Belgium
Nominee – Barbara Balsategui – Seda – Mexico
Nominee – Kostas Mazanis – Blessing in Disguise – Greece
Nominee – Tony Patrick – BlackCard – USA
Nominee – Marek Stoklosa – You Can Cry Now – Poland
Nominee – Paola Veiga – Instante – Brazil

BEST ACTRESS
Nominee – Noa Flores Rodríguez – Un día más – Spain
Nominee – Reina Jabbour – Leila – Lebanon
Nominee – Sofia Kourou – Blessing in Disguise – Greece
Nominee – Beta Rangel – Instante – Brazil
Nominee – Gema Rubi – White Gaze – USA
Nominee – Virginia Vargas – Extintor – Mexico
Nominee – Anna Zlomanczuk – You Can Cry Now – Poland

BEST ACTOR
Nominee – Simon Balutch – Alima & Omar – France
Nominee – Manuel Domínguez – Zerch – Mexico
Nominee – Filiberto González – La Pura Vida – Mexico
Nominee – Mate Gulin – Marko – Croatia
Nominee – Johan Leysen – New Planet – Belgium
Nominee – Hashem Saleh – My Mom – Irak
Nominee – Alassane Sy – Sega – Senegal

BEST YOUNG TALENT
Nominee – Yahya Al-Karkhi – My Mom – Irak
Nominee – Youssef Benmamoun – Bottles – Morocco
Nominee – Ara Acuna Kinossian – Petite – France
Nominee – Florence Kunda – A Seed of Maize – Zambia
Nominee – Abril Sauceda – La Pura Vida – Mexico
Nominee – Atabak Vahdani – School Benches – Iran

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nominee – Katerina Christaki – Blessing in Disguise – Greece
Nominee – Aidée González – La Pura Vida – Mexico
Nominee – Liwia Kubańska – You Can Cry Now – Poland
Nominee – Anna Kunda – A Seed of Maize – Zambia
Nominee – Grazyna Misiorowska – You Can Cry Now – Poland

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nominee – Eric Godon – Fishing Without Nets – Somalia
Nominee – Gustaaf Smans – New Planet – Belgium
Nominee – Oscar Reyes – La Pura Vida – Mexico
Nominee – Abdi Siad – Fishing Without Nets – Somalia
Nominee – Vladimir Zamudio – La Pura Vida – Mexico

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Nominee – Blessing in Disguise – Sofia Kourou, Katerina Christaki, Fanis Milleounis, Myrto Naoum, Giannis Tyrovolas – Greece
Nominee – Fishing Without Nets – Abdiwali Farrah, Eric Gordon, Abdikhadir Hassa, Idil Ibrahim, Abdi Kani, Reda Kateb, Abu Bakr Mirre, Abdikhadir Mukhtar, Abdi Siad – Somalia/USA
Nominee – La Pura Vida – Hebert Axel, Diana Cuevas, Aidée González, Angélica González, Filiberto González, Pepe Mogt, Adriana Primavera, Abril Sauceda, Mabel Sauceda, Oscar Reyes, Naomy Romo, Dylan Verrechia, Ricardo Zamudio, Luna Zamudio, Vladimir Zamudio – Mexico

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A NARRATIVE
Nominee – Michele Diniz – Instante – Brazil
Nominee – Joshua Echevarria – Pile: Loops – USA
Nominee – Anantha Krishnan – New Planet – Belgium
Nominee – Pawel Labe – You Can Cry Now – Poland
Nominee – Alejandro Mejía – Above and Below the Waves – Mexico
Nominee – Felipe Perez-Burchard – Zerch – Mexico
Nominee – Dylan Verrechia – A Seed of Maize – Zambia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY
Nominee – Geoffrey Wharton – Love is Blind – USA
Nominee – Aldo Hernández & Ariana Romero Rodriguez – Anayeli – Mexico
Nominee – Dylan Verrechia – Kumeyaay Land – Mexico

BEST EDITING IN A NARRATIVE
Nominee – Alessio Giorgetti – Von Haze: Mother Mountain – USA
Nominee – Cutter Hodierne & Dominic LaPerriere – Fishing Without Nets – Somalia/USA
Nominee – Ruben Moriau – New Planet – Belgium
Nominee – Federico Rosenzvit – A Seed of Maize – Zambia
Nominee – Rodrigo Sopeña – Extintor – Spain
Nominee – J. Xavier Velasco – Zerch – Mexico

BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY
Nominee – Angela Reginato – A Thousand Pines – Mexico/USA
Nominee – Andrea Chignoli & Daviel Chávez Ontiveros – 499 – Mexico
Nominee – Sebastián Díaz Aguirre – Kumeyaay Land – Mexico
Nominee – Margot Francis & Tonick Janková – Love is Blind – USA
Nominee – Marco Potyomkin – Flores bajo el hielo – Spain

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Nominee – Charlie Dumarais – Alima & Omar – France
Nominee – Patrick Krouchian – A Seed of Maize – Zambia
Nominee – Pablo Mondragón – 499 – Mexico
Nominee – Sergio Sánchez Bou – Flores bajo el hielo – Spain

BEST SOUND DESIGN & MIXING
Nominee – Pierre-Alain Besse & François Musy – Love is Blind – USA
Nominee – Samuel Van Geesbergen & Theo Naniot – Dave Gentic & Headgun – Belgium
Nominee – Levi Mercurio – New Planet – Poland
Nominee – Tom Myers – Fishing Without Nets – Somalia/USA
Nominee – Dave Nelson – A Thousand Pines – Mexico/USA
Nominee – Sergio Sánchez Bou – Flores bajo el hielo – Spain

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Nominee – Manou Adrienses – New Planet – Poland
Nominee – Anne-Marie Alliti – Alima & Omar – France
Nominee – Filiberto González – La Pura Vida – Mexico
Nominee – Radosia Niezgoda – You Can Cry Now – Poland
Nominee – Carlos Salom – Seda – Mexico

BEST ART & COSTUME DESIGN
Nominee – Manou Adrienses – New Planet – Poland
Nominee – Angela Barrow – Von Haze: Mother Mountain – USA
Nominee – Sam Koigi – Fishing Without Nets – Somalia/USA
Nominee – Pablo Padovani – Moodoïd: De folie pure – France
Nominee – Clarisse Rendón – 499 – Mexico
Nominee – Vladimir Zamudio – La Pura Vida – Mexico

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP
Nominee – Travis Caine & Katherine Kin – Von Haze: Mother Mountain – USA

BEST VFX
Nominee – Justin Cornish & Brooke Lyndon-Stanford – Fishing Without Nets – Somalia/USA
Nominee – Samuel Van Geesbergen – Dave Gentic & Headgun – Belgium

Kurrak Grand Jury Prize

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Nominee – The Alley Cat – Marie Ullrich – USA
Nominee – Dave Gentic & Headgun – Samuel Van Geesbergen – Belgium
Nominee – Fishing Without Nets – Cutter Hodierne – Somalia/USA
Nominee – Solo yo – Pablo Jato – Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Nominee – A Thousand Pines – Sebastián Díaz Aguirre & Noam Osband – Mexico
Nominee – Destiny Hills – Leeor Kaufman – Israel
Nominee – The End of the Valley of Tears – Jarosław Wszędybył – Poland
Nominee – Eskawata Kayawai – Patrick Dequech Belem & Lara Jacoski – Brazil
Nominee – Love is Blind – Denis Piel – USA
Nominee – Kids of the Majestic – Suhas Radhakrishna – India

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Nominee – Extintor – Joana Solnado & Rodrigo Sopeña, Spain
Nominee – Instante – Paola Veiga – Brazil
Nominee – New Planet – Rasim Asan – Belgium
Nominee – Petite – Dune Gayet – France
Nominee – Sega – Idil Ibrahim – Senegal

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Nominee – Confine Liquido – Andrea Scimone – Italy
Nominee – La Flaca – Chica Barbosa & Thiago Zanato – Brazil/Mexico
Nominee – Hasta que llegué el olvido – Joaquín Colinas Márquez – Mexico
Nominee – Pacing the Pool – Radheya Jegatheva – Australia
Nominee – Zeitgeist – Louise Blancheteau – Canada

BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Nominee – El Cerro Rico – Nicolas Matte – Argentina
Nominee – The Leak – Paola Cubillos – Belgium

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Nominee – Lucky Logan: Black Morning – Godwin Denu – Ghana/USA
Nominee – Pile: Loops – Joshua Echevarria – USA
Nominee – Tod Lippy: Florida Plates – Kyle Garrett – USA
Nominee – Wu-Tang Clan: People Say – Jean Navegante Shepherd – USA

2024 Official Selection

NARRATIVE FEATURES
“The Alley Cat” by Marie Ullrich, USA
“Blessing in Disguise” by Kostas Mazanis, Greece
“Brahmakanya” by Dhiraj Kashyap, India
“Dave Gentic & Headgun” by Samuel Van Geesbergen, Belgium
“Fishing Without Nets” by Cutter Hodierne, Somalia
“La Pura Vida” by Dylan Verrechia, Mexico
“QONOQ” by Mario Caporali, Argentina
“Seda” by Barbara Balsategui, Mexico
“She” by Azadeh Zhaleh Rafati, Iran
“Solo yo” by Pablo Jato, Mexico

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
“499” by Rodrigo Reyes, Mexico
“Anayeli” by Misael Alva, Mexico
“Anthrax War” by Roberto Coen, South Africa
“Arakimentari” by Travis Klose, Japan
“A Thousand Pines” by Sebastián Díaz Aguirre & Noam Osband, Mexico/USA
“Destiny Hills” by Leeor Kaufman, Israel
“The End of the Valley of Tears” by Jarosław Wszędybył, Poland
“Eskawata Kayawai” by Patrick Dequech Belem & Lara Jacoski, Brazil
“Flores bajo el hielo” by Marco Potyomkin, Spain
“Kaawaï Na Ana” by Nicolas Pradal, French Guiana
“Kids of the Majestic” by Suhas Radhakrishna, India
“Love is Blind” by Denis Piel, USA
“La Santa Muerte” by Eva Aridjis, Mexico
“Push-pull” by Neven Hitrec, Croatia
“Surgencia” by Jose Alejandro Montalvo, Mexico
“Ya me voy’“ by Lindsey Cordero & Armando Croda, Mexico

NARRATIVE SHORTS
“Above & Below the Waves” by J. Xavier Velasco, Mexico
“Alima & Omar” by Sofian Prinz, France
“A Seed of Maize” by Topaz Adizes, Zambia
“Before Dawn” by Ypsilon Chae, Korea
“BlackCard” by Pete Chatmon, USA
“Bottles” by Yassine El Idrissi, Morocco
“Extintor” by Joana Solnado & Rodrigo Sopeña, Spain
“Forbidden Holiness” by Doron Neeman, Israel
“Instante” by Paola Veiga, Brazil
“Leila” by Pamela C. Saade, Lebanon
“Los Luchadores lloran también” by Santiago Ibarra Esparza, Mexico
“Marko” by Marko Šantić, Croatia
“My Mom” by Yasir Musa Aliraqi, Irak
“New Planet” by Rasim Asan, Belgium
“La Nota” by Juan Pablo Rivas Bejarano & Tania Ángeles Begun, Mexico
“La Pelota es el sol” by Yamurith Gallegos Macario, Mexico
“Petite” by Dune Gayet, France
“Pluie de grâce ou grace à la pluie” by Chryssa Florou, France
“La Reproduction” by Jean-Marie Villeneuve, France
“Rock in Chelo” by Isidora Trinidad R. Sáez, Chile
“Sega” by Idil Ibrahim, Senegal
“White Gaze” by Erik Ta, USA
“You Can Cry Now” by Marek StokŁosa, Poland
“Zerch” by J. Xavier Velasco, Mexico

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
“Pra não morrer nesses lugares” by Márcia Bellotti, Brazil
“Confine Liquido” by Andrea Scimone, Italy
“Ecos desde el azulado prado” by Héctor Hernández, Mexico
“La Flaca” by Chica Barbosa & Thiago Zanato, Brazil/Mexico
“Hasta que llegué el olvido” by Joaquín Colinas Márquez, Mexico
“Jurica” by Marko Plejić, Croatia
“Kumeyaay Land” by Fausto Díaz Ojeda, Mexico
“Pacing the Pool” by Radheya Jegatheva, Australia
“Pete Puppets” by Andy Bambach & Suzanne Whiteman, Australia
“Piel Devota” by Francisca Basaure & Constanza Cáceres, Chile
“Short Vacations” by Jean-Baptiste Drouet, France
“Toñita’s” by Beyza Boyacioglu & Sebastián Díaz Aguirre, USA
“Las Ultimas Horas del Maestro” by Alvaro Riquelme, Chile
“Zeitgeist” by Louise Blancheteau, Canada

ANIMATION SHORTS
“El Cerro Rico” by Nicolas Matte, Argentina
“La Certeza, historias para no olvidar” by Yolliztli Ruiz, Mexico
“Electra Wasp” by Wasan Hayajneh, USA
“Foundation” by Bo Mao, China
“The Hammer” by Werrner Schnater, France
“John DeMena: Eternal Eyes” by Ishan Shukla, USA
“Letter from a Stranger” by Shima Markazi Omidvar, Iran
“The Leak” by Paola Cubillos, Belgium
“The Lovers” by Rimma Gefen, Israel
“Micorriza” by Antonio Zagal, Mexico
“Oniris” by Nano Bor, Argentina
“The Savior From Hell” by Hemin Mehrshad, Canada

MUSIC VIDEOS
“Deep Heavy Fear: Doorway” by Andy Grier (Thieves Like Us), Germany
“Lucky Logan: Black Morning” by Godwin Denu, Ghana
“Moodoïd: De folie pure” by Pablo Padovani, France
“Paco Mendoza: Justicia” by Dylan Verrechia, Germany/Mexico
“Padre” by Jose Antonio Capel Rodríguez, Mexico
“Pile: Loops” by Joshua Echeverria, USA
“Pile: Scaling Walls” by Joshua Echeverria, USA
“Tod Lippy: Florida Plates” by Kyle Garrett, USA
“Von Haze: Mother Mountain” by Travis Caine & Katherine Kin, USA
“Wu-Tang Clan: People Say” by Jean Navegante Shepherd, USA

SERIES
“I Want To Be An American” by Slamdance Collective: Peter Baxter, Daniel J. Harris, Monteith McCollum, Qaushiq Mukherjee, Maya Newell, Dylan Verrechia, Dale Yudelman – Australia/India/Israel/Mexico/South Africa/USA
“Primavera Rosada” by Aniez Atlas, Spain
“School Benches” by Behrouz Shamshiri, Iran
“Sleeping Beauties” by Shawn Regruto, USA
“Trumpet Player” by Felino Dolloso, Australia
“Un día más” by Carlos Puig Mundó, Spain