Cesar Acevedo’s Land and Shade was the top winner at the Macondo Awards, the Colombian Oscars, announced on Friday night at the Faenza Theater in Bogota.
Acevedo also picked up the best director award for his first feature, which premiered at the Critics’ Week in Cannes, about a farming family struggling with rural abandon.
Klych López’s drama Immortal was another big winner at the Macondos, picking up 4 prizes.
Juan Felipe Cano’s thriller The Seed of Silence, starring huge local stars Andres Parra (El Patrón del Mal) and Angie Cepeda (Jane the Virgin), took three awards.
The Colombian Academy of Film Arts and Sciences also bestowed a Lifetime Achievement Award on director, screenwriter and poet Victor Gaviria.
Full list of awards is detailed below:
Best Screenplay – Jacques Toulemonde, for Anna
Best Supporting Actor – Enrique Carriazo, for Immortal
Best Supporting Actress – Julieth Restrepo, for The Seed of Silence
Best Costume Design – Camila Olarte, for Immortal
Best Makeup Design – Natalia Prada, for Malos días
Best Original Score – Daniel Velasco, for The Seed of Silence
Best Art Directon – Juan Acevedo, for Immortal
Best Cinematography – Paulo Pérez, for Anna
Best Editing – Gustavo Vasco y Luis Ospina, for Todo comenzó por el fin
Best Sound – César Salazar, Carlos García and Camilo Montilla, for Immortal.
Lifetime Achievement Award – Víctor Gaviria
AUDIENCE AWARD – The Seed of Si, by Felipe Cano
BEST SHORT FILM – El camino del agua, by Carlos Montoya
BEST DOCUMENTARY – Todo comenzó por el fin, by Luis Ospina
BEST LEAD ACTOR – Damián Alcázar, for Magallanes
BEST LEAD ACTRESS – Juana Acosta, for Anna
BEST DIRECTOR – César Acevedo, for Land and Shadow
BEST FILM – Land and Shadow, by César Acevedo
