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Cinema Tropical has compiled a list of the Top Ten Latin American Films of the Decade (2000-2009), based on a survey of distinguished critics, scholars and film professionals based in the New York City area. This first-ever survey of its kind was culled from 35 prominent local voices in film whose work has been devoted to the promotion and dissemination of Latin American cinema in New York and the United States. In all, 124 films representing 14 Latin American countries were nominated for the distinction of being Best of the Decade, demonstrating the great quality and diversity of films from the region.

 

INDEX

• The List
• Trailers
  
• Nominations Per Country
• Nominations Per Filmmakers
• Participants
• About This Survey
• Individual Selections

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THE OVERALL LIST

	FILM	DIRECTOR	Country
1)	La Ciénaga (2001)	Lucrecia Martel	Argentina
2)	Amores Perros (2000)	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Mexico
3)	Luz Silenciosa / Silent Light (2007)	Carlos Reygadas	Mexico
4)	Cidade de Deus / City of God (2002)	Fernando Meirelles	Brazil
5)	Ônibus 174 / Bus 174 (2002)	Jose Padilha, Felipe Lacerda	Brazil
6)	Y Tu Mamá También	Alfonso Cuarón	Mexico
7)	Whisky (2004)	Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll	Uruguay
8)	La mujer sin cabeza / The Headless Woman (2008)	Lucrecia Martel	Argentina
9)	La niña santa / The Holy Girl (2004)	Lucrecia Martel	Argentina
10)	El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (2006)	Guillermo del Toro	Mexico

11)	Nueve Reinas / Nine Queens (2000)	Bielinsky	Argentina
12)	Bolivia (2001)	Caetano	Argentina
13)	La nana / The Maid (2009)	Silva	Chile
14)	Madame Satâ (2002)	Ainouz	Brazil
14)	Japón (2002)	Reygadas	Mexico
16)	Historias mínimas / Intimate Stories (2002)	Sorín	Argentina
17)	La libertad (2002)	Alonso	Argentina
18)	La teta asustada / The Milk of Sorrow (2009)	Llosa	Peru
19)	Diarios de motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)	Salles	Argentina
20)	XXY (2007)	Puenzo	Argentina
20)	Santiago (2007)	Salles	Brazil
22)	Jogo de cena / Playing (2007)	Coutinho	Brazil
23)	El violín (2005)	Vargas	Mexico
24)	Lake Tahoe (2008)	Eimbcke	Mexico
25)	Los Rubios (2003)	Carri	Argentina
26)	El baño del Papa / The Pope's Toilet (2007)	Charlone, Fernández	Uruguay
27)	Edifício Master (2002)	Coutinho	Brazil
27)	O Céu de Suely / Love for Sale: Suely in the Sky (2006)	Ainouz	Brazil
29)	Dias de Santiago / Days of Santiago (2004)	Méndez	Peru
29)	Temporada de patos / Duck Season (2004)	Eimbcke	Mexico
29)	Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus (2005)	Gomes	Brazil
32)	Los guantes mágicos / The Magic Gloves (2003)	Rejtman	Argentina
32)	Nadie te oye: Perfume de violetas (2001)	Sistach	Mexico
32)	Tony Manero (2008)	Larraín	Chile
32)	Machuca (2004)	Wood	Chile
36)	El bonaerense (2002)	Trapero	Argentina
36)	Cama adentro / Live in Maid (2005)	Gaggero	Argentina
36)	El abrazo partido / Broken Embrace (2004)	Burman	Argentina
36)	La sagrada familia (2004)	Campos	Chile
36)	Oscar (2004)	Morkin	Argentina
36)	En el hoyo (2006)	Rulfo	Mexico
36)	Los muertos (2004)	Alonso	Argentina
36)	Suite Habana (2003)	Pérez	Cuba
44)	Crónicas (2004)	Cordero	Ecuador
44)	Peões / Metalworkers (2004)	Coutinho	Brazil
44)	Plata Quemada / Burnt Money (2000)	Piñeyro	Argentina
47)	Tropa de Elite / Elite Squad (2007)	Padilha	Brazil
47)	25 Watts (2001)	Rebella, Stoll	Uruguay
47)	Cocalero (2007)	Landes	Bolivia/Arg
47)	La rabia (2008)	Carri	Argentina
47)	Estamira (2004)	Prado	Brazil
47)	Historias extraordinarias (2008)	Llinás	Argentina
47)	El hijo de la novia (2001)	Campanella	Argentina
54)	Nunca más (2001)	Rodríguez, Restrepo	Colombia
54)	Perpetuum Mobile (2009)	Pereda	Mexico
54)	Maldeamores / Lovesick (2007)	Ruiz, Pérez	Puerto Rico
54)	Tomas de guerra (2003)	Castaño, Trujillo	Colombia
54)	La mujer de mi hermano (2005)	de Montreuil	Peru/Mexico
54)	El caso Pinochet (2001)	Guzmán	Chile
54)	El cielo dividido (2006)	Hernández	Mexico
54)	Casa de Areia (2005)	Waddington	Brazil
54)	Rocha Que Voa (2002)	Rocha	Brazil
54)	Hamaca Paraguaya (2006)	Encina	Paraguay
54)	Música en espera (2009)	Golfrid	Argentina
54)	O Cheiro do Ralo (2006)	Dhalia	Brazil
66)	El Perro (2004)	Sorín	Argentina
66)	Pachamama (2008)	Matsushita	Bolivia
66)	Chega de Saudade (2007)	Bodanzky	Brazil
66)	En la cama / In Bed (2005)	Bize	Chile
66)	La pasión de María Elena (2003)	Moncada Rodríguez	Mexico
66)	Janela da alma (2001)	Jardim, Carvalho	Brazil
66)	El Custodio (2006)	Moreno	Argentina
66)	Leonera (2008)	Trapero	Argentina
66)	El inmortal (2005)	Moncada Rodríguez	Nicaragua/Mexico
75)	Un año sin amor (2005)	Berneri	Argentina
75)	Carandiru (2003)	Babenco	Brazil
75)	Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo (2009)	Hernández	Mexico
75)	O Prisionero Da Grade De Ferro (2004)	Sacramento	Brazil
75)	Liverpool (2008)	Alonso	Argentina
75)	Nada (2001)	Cremata Malberti	Cuba
75)	Señorita extraviada (2001)	Portillo	Mexico
75)	Tan de repente (2003)	Lerman	Argentina
75)	El telón de azucar (2005)	Guzmán Urzúa	Cuba
75)	O Fim e o principio (2005)	Coutinho	Brazil
75)	Sumas y restas (2004)	Gaviria	Colombia
86)	Juízo (2008)	Ramos	Brazil
86)	El método (2005)	Piñeyro	Argentina
86)	Náufragos: Vengo de un avión que cayó en las montañas (2007)	Arijon	Uruguay
86)	El niño pez (2009)	Puenzo	Argentina
86)	Accidente (2007)	Guimarães, Lobato	Brazil
86)	Hacer patria (2006)	Blaustein	Argentina
86)	Cleopatra (2007)	Bressane	Brazil
86)	Alamar (2009)	González-Rubio	Mexico
86)	El aura (2005)	Bielinsky	Argentina
86)	A Festa da Menina Morta (2008)	Nachtergaele	Brazil
86)	Soy Cuba, o mamute siberiano (2005)	Ferraz	Brazil
86)	El crimen del padre Amaro (2002)	Carrera	Mexico
98)	Nacido y criado (2006)	Trapero	Argentina
98)	O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias / The Year my Parents Went on Vacation (2006)	Hamburger	Brazil
98)	La Sierra (2005)	Dalton, Martínez	Colombia
98)	El cuerno de la abundancia (2008)	Tabío	Cuba
98)	Copacabana (2006)	Rejtman	Argentina
98)	Matar a todos / Kill them All (2006)	Schroeder	Uruguay/Chile
98)	Batalla en el cielo (2005)	Reygadas	Mexico
105)	Abril Despedaçado (2001)	Salles	Brazil
105)	Fiesta patria (2006)	Vera	Chile
105)	Trópico de cancer (2004)	Polgovsky	Mexico
105)	Cidade Baixa (2005)	Machado	Brazil
105)	Conejo en la luna (2004)	Ramírez Suárez	Mexico
105)	Bolívar soy yo (2002)	Alí Triana	Colombia
105)	Cordero de Dios (2008)	Cedrón	Argentina
105)	Baixio das Bestas (2006)	Assis	Brazil
105)	Lugares comunes (2002)	Aristarain	Argentina
105)	Valentín (2002)	Agresti	Argentina
115)	Cochochi (2007)	Cárdenas, Guzmán	Mexico
115)	A casa de Alice / Alice's House (2007)	Teixera	Brazil
115)	Última parada 174 / Last Stop 174 (2008)	Barreto	Brazil
115)	Postales de Leningrado (2007)	Rondón	Venezuela
115)	El vuelco del cangrejo (2009)	Ruíz Navia	Colombia
115)	La familia rodante (2004)	Trapero	Argentina
115)	Perro come perro (2008)	Moreno	Colombia
115)	Memorias del saqueo (2004)	Solanas	Argentina
115)	Aquí se construye (ya no existe el lugar donde nací) (2000)	Agüero	Chile
115)	La zona (2007)	Plá	Mexico
115)	El camino de San Diego (2006)	Sorín	Argentina

TOP TEN TRAILERS

La Ciénaga

Amores Perros

Silent Light

City of God

Bus 174

Y tu mamá también

Whisky

The Headless Woman

The Holy Girl

Pan's Labyrinth

NOMINATIONS PER COUNTRY

Argentina, 39
Brazil, 30
Mexico, 22
Chile, 8
Colombia, 6
Uruguay, 5
Cuba, 4
Peru, 3
Bolivia, 2
Ecuador, 1

Nicaragua, 1
Paraguay, 1

Puerto Rico, 1

Venezuela, 1

NOMINATIONS PER FILMMAKER

 

 

Eduardo Coutinho, 4

Pablo Trapero, 4

Lisandro Alonso, 3

Lucrecia Martel, 3

Carlos Reygadas, 3

Carlos Sorín, 3

Karim Aïnouz, 2

Fabián Bielinsky, 2

Albertina Carri, 2

Fernando Eimbcke, 2

Julián Hernández, 2

Mercedes Moncada Rodríguez, 2

José Padilha, 2

Marcelo Piñeyro, 2

Lucía Puenzo, 2

Juan Pablo Rebella, 2

Martín Rejtman, 2

Walter Salles, 2

Pablo Stoll, 2

Alejandro Agresti, 1

Ignacio Agüero, 1

Jorge Alí Triana, 1

Gonzalo Arijón, 1

Adolfo Aristarain, 1

Cláudio Assis, 1

Hector Babenco, 1

Bruno Barreto, 1

Anahí Berneri, 1

Matías Bize, 1

David Blaustein, 1

Laíz Bodanzky, 1

Julio Bressane, 1

Daniel Burman, 1

Adrián Caetano, 1

Juan José Campanella, 1

Sebastián Campos (Lelio), 1

Walter Carvalho, 1

Carlos Carrera, 1

Patricia Castaño, 1

Israel Cárdenas 1

Lucía Cedrón, 1

César Charlone, 1

Sebastián Cordero, 1

Juan Carlos Cremata, 1

Alfonso Cuarón, 1

Scott Dalton, 1

Ricardo de Montreuil, 1

Guillermo del Toro, 1

Heitor Dhalia, 1

Paz Encina, 1

Enrique Fernández, 1

Vicente Ferraz, 1

Jorge Gaggero, 1

 

Víctor Gavíria, 1

 

Hernán A. Golfrid, 1

Marcelo Gomes, 1

Alejandro González Iñárritu, 1

Pedro González-Rubio, 1

Cao Guimarães, 1

Laura Amelia Guzmán, 1

Patricio Guzmán, 1

Camila Guzmán Urzúa, 1

Cao Hamburger, 1

João Jardim, 1

Alejandro Landes, 1

Diego Lerman, 1

Mariano Llinás, 1

Pablo Larraín, 1

Claudia Llosa, 1

Pablo Lobato, 1

Margarita Martínez, 1

Toshifumi Matsushita, 1

Fernando Meirelles, 1

Josué Méndez, 1

Rodrigo Moreno, 1

Carlos Moreno, 1

Sergio Morkin, 1

Matheus Nachtergaele, 1

Felipe Lacerda, 1

Nicolás Pereda, 1

Fernando Pérez

Mariem Pérez Riera, 1

Marcelo Piñeyro, 2

Rodrigo Plá, 1

Eugenio Polgovsky, 1

Lourdes Portillo, 1

Marcos Prado, 1

Jorge Ramírez Suárez, 1

Maria Ramos, 1

Erick Rocha, 1

Fernando Restrepo, 1

Marta Rodríguez, 1

Mariana Rondón, 1

Carlitos Ruiz, 1

Oscar Ruiz Navia, 1

Juan Carlos Rulfo, 1

José Sacramento, 1

João Salles, 1

Esteban Schroeder, 1

Sebastián Silva, 1

Maryse Sistach, 1

Fernando Solanas, 1

Juan Carlos Tabío, 1

Chico Teixera, 1

Adelaida Trujillo, 1

Francisco Vargas, 1

Luis R. Vera, 1

Andrucha Waddington, 1

Andrés Wood, 1

SURVEY PARTICIPANTS (in alphabetical order)

Inés Aslán – Communications Officer, El Museo del Barrio
Graciela Berger Wegsman – Playwright / Journalist, New York Daily News, Hora Hispana
Rodrigo Brandão – Director of Publicity, Kino International
Roberto Busó-García - Founder, Alquimia Films

Fabiano Canosa – Film programmer

Jerry W. Carlson – Film professor, The City College & Graduate Center CUNY
Rebeca Conget - VP Acquisitions and Distribution, Film Movement
Gerard Dapena - Scholar of Hispanic cinemas and visual culture
Christian Del Moral – Film blogger, CineLatinoNY
Mario Díaz – Filmmaker / Film blogger
Howard Feinstein – Film critic, Screen / Programmer, Panorama and Sarajevo Film Festival
Cristina Garza – International Sales and Distribution, FiGa Films
Marcela Goglio – Programmer, Latinbeat (Film Society of Lincoln Center)
Pablo Goldbarg – Filmmaker / Writer, Remezcla, Cinema Tropical
Javier Guerrero – Director, 100% Venezuela (NYU Venezuelan Film Festival)
Carlos A. Gutiérrez – Co-Founding Director, Cinema Tropical

Paula Heredia - Filmmaker/editor, Casa Clementina.
Jytte Jensen – Curator, MoMA Department of Film
Peter Lucas – Professor, Department of Photography and Imaging and Open Arts at the Tisch School of Arts at New York University
Yehudit Mam – Filmmaker / Blogger, The Grande Enchilada
Mary Jane Marcasiano – Special Events Advisor, Cinema Tropical / Programmer
Alberto Medina – Author / Associate professor, Columbia University
Micki Mihich – Filmmaker, film critic and blogger, Dynamite Magazine and Dynamite Online 
Lucila Moctezuma – Film programmer and coordinator, Tribeca Latin America Media Arts Fund (Tribeca Film Institute)
Nuria Net - Editor-in-Chief, Co-Founder, Remezcla.com
Louis Perego Moreno – Executive Producer, Skyline Features
Carmen Oquendo – Researcher and film curator, NYU
Jack Rico – Editor-in-Chief, ShowBizCafe.com

Alex Rivera - Filmmaker/founder SubCine
Jerónimo Rodríguez – Film critic/Host, Toma 1 (NY1 Noticias)
Paul Julian Smith – Author, The Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar and Amores Perros
Roselly Torres - Distribution & Marketing Director, Third World Newsreel
Diana Vargas – Programmer, Havana Film Festival (NY) and Corto Circuito
Mónika Wagenberg – Co-Founding Director, Cinema Tropical
Naief Yehya – Film critic, La Jornada, Milenio / Author, The Transformed Body, War and Propaganda

THE SURVEY

32 professionals from the New York area participated in this first-ever survey. They include film critics, bloggers, festival programmers, distributors, and academics. They were invited to participate because their work has demonstrated a keen knowledge of Latin American cinema and/or because they have been active in promoting and disseminating it in the United States. The survey itself was created with the goal of increasing awareness of Latin American film within the U.S. movie-going public and the film community as a whole.

The 32 participants were simply asked to provide their favorite top-ten list of Latin American films (those produced in a Latin American country and helmed by a Latin American director) released either commercially or via film festivals between 2000-2009. The ballots were then tabulated according to the following point system: The #1 pick received 10 points, the #2 received 9 points, and so on until reaching the #10 pick which was assigned a point value of 1. In total, 55 points were spread among the 10 films in each ballot.

Some participants chose not to rank their ballots. In those cases, the 55 total points were divided evenly among the ten selections. Each received a point value of 5.5.

This survey was created and compiled by filmmaker and blogger Mario Díaz [http://diazfilm.blogspot.com/], and Cinema Tropical Co-Founding Director Carlos Gutiérrez.

INDIVIDUAL SELECTIONS

Click here to see all of the individual selections of the survey's participants (pdf format).