Paula Markovitch's film EL PREMIO Receives Silver Bear at the Berlinale

The debut feature film by filmmaker Paula Marcovitch El Premio (Mexico/France/Poland) was awarded the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement at the 61st edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. Both Wojciech Staron and Barbara Enriquez shared the Silver Bear prize ex aequo for the film's cinematography and production design respectively.

Latin American cinema has generally been well received at the Berlinale, in the past few years Peruvian film La teta asustada / The Milk of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa and Brazilian film Elite Squad / Tropa de elite by José Padilha have both won the Golden Bear as Best Film.





 
 
 
NYSCA Logo - Black.3.png
 

Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.