The 41st Ibero-Latin American Film Festival of Trieste, in north-eastern Italy, has announced its awards. In the official competition, the best film prize went to "Perros" (Dogs), the debut feature of Uruguayan director Gerardo Minutti, a co-production with Argentina. The jury praised the maturity of this black comedy and its critical eye on social divides. Starring Néstor Guzzini and Marcelo Subiotto, the film follows a family looking after the house and dog of wealthier neighbours; when the animal vanishes, the two households turn on each other.
The special jury prize was given to "Ángeles" by Paula Markovitch (Mexico, Argentina, Spain), a portrait of inequality and solidarity. Best screenplay went to the Brazilian film "Ela foi ali guardar o coração na geladeira" by Cristiane Oliveira and Gustavo Galvão, best performance to Rocío Guzmán for Kenya Márquez's "Se busca", and best score to José Ojeda for Iván Dariel Ortiz's "De tal palo".
In the Contemporánea section, the Argentine film "La noche está marchándose ya" by Ramiro Sonzini and Ezequiel Salinas, a reflection on cinema and mutual support, was named best film. "Emi" by Ezequiel Erriquez Mena, about children of the disappeared taken during Argentina's last dictatorship, won the special prize, and José Eduardo Belmonte's "Quase deserto", about Latin American immigrants in Detroit, took the production award. The Malvinas strand rewarded Gisela Gorbalán's "Jasmin", and the Mundo Latino section went to the Peruvian film "1982" by JC García.
This edition put historical memory, identity and human bonds at the forefront.
