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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 12:36 |
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 The second edition of Chihuahua City's 2010 International Film Festival ended last Sunday in a huge success with more than 20 films and 180 short films from more than 12 countries.
Films from the United States, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Slovenia, China, Argentina, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Mexico and the United Kingdom participated in the event.
The undisputed winner in the documentary category was Ahate Pasat, by Spain's Koldo Almandoz and Marian Fernandez Pascal.
In the fiction category the winner was El Cortejo, by Marina Sereseky, also from Spain, while the winner in the animated film category was Martyris, by Mexico's Luis Felipe Hernandez Alanis.
The special Chihuahuan short film award went to Miguel Concepcion Favela and Leopoldo Avila Gonzalez for their entry, Silencio.
Mayor Alvaro Madero recognized Mexican director-writer-producer Carlos Carrera for his contribution to Mexico's film industry as director of national blockbusters as El Crimen del Padre Amaro and La Mujer de Benjamin.
Carrera's entry in this year's festival was De la Infancia.
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Get over stereotypes! There is a couple of things you'd want know about the largest state of Mexico
Chihuahua is developing an aerospace cluster. Our universities are training aerospace engineers and technicians right now.
We are developing micro-electromechanical systems at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. Many national and international companies with operations in the State are potential beneficiaries of our projects. 
The most important archaeological site of Northern Mexico is located in the State of Chihuahua, at Paquimé
In Juarez, just across from El Paso, Texas, there is a museum with original parts of the great supersonic passenger jet