The Cartagena Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias), or FICCI, is a
film festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...
held in
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena ( , also ), known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, bordering the Caribbean sea. Cartagena's past role as a link ...
, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short films. The Cartagena Film Festival, which is held every March, is the oldest film festival in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
.
The Cartagena Film Festival was founded 1959 by
Victor Nieto.
[ Nieto remained the director of the film festival for 48 years, his last being in 2008.][ Nieto died at the age of 92 in November 2008.][ Lina Paola Rodriguez was appointed manager by Nieto in 2007 and 2008, and will remain acting director following Nieto's death.][
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Best Film winners
See also
* Latin American television awards Latin American television awards are or were given by several organizations for contributions in various fields of television in Latin America.
General
* Platino Awards, Ibero-America's annual film awards presented by Federación Iberoamericana de ...
References
External links
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Cartagena Film Festival official websiteCartagena Film Festival
at the Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
Recurring events established in 1960
Colombian film awards
Colombian television awards
Film festivals in Colombia
Tourist attractions in Cartagena, Colombia
Film festivals established in 1960
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