10 · 14 · 05 Carlos Carrera Wins Tradicional Cuervo Award Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Por Clara Sánchez/ Fotos: Imagen Latente/ Paulo Vidales (14 de octubre, 2005) The award ceremony was conducted by Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, Governor of the State of Michoacan, Alejandro Ramírez, President of the Festival, and Verónica Hernández, a representative from the José Cuervo Foundation, who remarked that this was the first year the “Premio Tradicional” was awarded. Carrera said he was proud to receive the award and also a bit embarrassed, but that he will use it to “plan several new projects that are on my doorstep, one of them a film called De la Infancia, about family violence, and an animation film for homeless children about a gang of mischievous kids.” Carrera taught himself how to be a filmmaker when he was 12 years old. He later studied Communications at the Universidad Iberoamericana, where he made a short film called El hijo pródigo. He also studied film at the CCC, where he directed Malayaerba and Un muy Cortometraje. He made his feature film debut with La mujer de Benjamín and, in1994, was the first Mexican to win the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival for his short film El héroe. Notable among his films are Sin Remitente, Un Embrujo, and El Crimen del Padre Amado, nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.
