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