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Kings of Nowhere Wins Award at Cinema Tropical

The Mexican documentary Kings of Nowhere / Los reyes del pueblo que no existe, directed by Betzabé García, has garnered an excellent critical reception – it was among the best films of 2015 according to Sight & Sound – and it has had a successful run at film festivals around the world. As well as winning the Award for Feature Length Documentary at the 13th edition of FICM, Kings of Nowhere has won numerous other prizes, including the Audience Award at South by Southwest (SXSW); the Grand Jury Prize at the Full Frame Documentary film festival; the Golden Eye for Best International Documentary at the Zurich Film Festival; and the International Jury Prize at the This Human World Festival, among others. The film also received the Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma Ambulante post-production grant, as well as support from FONCA’s Cultural Projects and Joint Ventures Program.

Last night, Kings of Nowhere added yet another accolade to its list, winning the Cinema Tropical Prize for Best Documentary Director for Betzabé García. Congratulations!

Since 2001, Cinema Tropical has been dedicated to programming, distributing and promoting Latin American cinema in the United States. This is the sixth consecutive year that they have held a prize ceremony to celebrate the best of Latin American cinema. Below is the full list of winners at this year’s Cinema Tropical Awards:

Best Film
Jauja, by Lisandro Alonso – Argentina

Best Documentary
Invasión, by Abner Benaim – Panama

Best First Feature
Ixcanul, by Jayro Bustamente – Guatemala

Best Director in Fiction
Pablo Larraín for El club – Chile

Best Director in Documentary
Betzabé García for Los reyes del pueblo que no existe – México

Best latin-US film
Mala mala, by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles

Some of these titles will be shown at the Cinema Tropical Festival a the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, from the 25th – 28th February, 2016.