#MacabroXIX: Closing Ceremony and Winners

The Macabro International Horror Film Festival announces the winners of the XIX edition

Macabro's XIX edition has come to an end. Over 6 days journeying through Radio UNAM, FilminLatino, Canal 22, TV UNAM, Procine's Facebook page, and our own social media channels, audiences got to enjoy a lineup of international and contemporary cinema, and we also held a number of conversations with filmmakers and communication specialists who shared their experiences with Macabro this year.

To close out this experience, at the awards ceremony on the night of Sunday, August 30, the talent of the following productions was recognized:

ANIMATED SHORT FILM WINNER

Gholu | Dir. Leo Nicholson | England | 2019 | 2 min.

Honorable mention

Too Late | Dir. Roy Stein | Canada | 2020 | 5 min.

Jury: Alejandro Montes and Xabier Uría

MEXICAN SHORT FILM WINNER

Tóxico | Dir. Fabián Archondo | Mexico | 2019 | 18 min.

Jury: Arturo Castelán and Marco González Ambriz

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM WINNER

Morok | Dir. Maksim Kulagin | Russia | 2020 | 8 min.

Honorable mentions

Landgraves | Dir. Jean-François Leblanc | Canada | 2019 | 22 min.

Haute Cuisine | Dir. Merryl Roche | France | 2019 | 24 min.

Jury: Jorge Leyva and Snhué F. Benavides

IBERO-AMERICAN FEATURE FILM WINNER

MATAR AL DRAGÓN | Direction: Jimena Monteoliva | Argentina | 2019

Honorable mention:

RENDEZ-VOUS | Direction and screenplay: Pablo Olmos Arrayales | Mexico | 2019

Jury: Abigail Bonilla, Hernán Moyano, and Rodrigo Hernández

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM WINNER

FRIED BARRY | Direction and screenplay: Ryan Kruger | South Africa | 2020 | 89 minutes

Jury: Emilio Portes, Jay Kay, and Iván Farías

MACABRO LAB WINNING PROJECTS

Réquiem by Melvin de Jesús Jiménez. Promo trailer from FIX Comunicación, screenplay and pitching consultancy, and a two-day film crew from CTT EXP & Rentals.

Luces en el cielo by Cath Cuevas. Participation in the 2021 Fantasmercado and screenplay and pitching consultancy.

Jury: Santiago Fernández Calvete, Roberto Trujillo, Ignacio Soto from FIX Comunicación, Rocío Rocha, and Tatiana Lechner from Tanu Distribución.

MACABRO COVEN CO-PRODUCTION CALL FOR ENTRIES WINNING PROJECT

La última cena by Mitzi Martínez

AWARDS:

* BLACK SHARK

Production of the closing credits.

* DIABLO PANZÓN AND TANNHÄUSER FILM TANK

100% catering

* FACULTAD DE CINE

Loan of equipment to produce it (camera, lenses, rigging, lighting).

Support with filming authorizations and permits, and civil liability insurance.

* FIX COMUNICACIÓN

The prize consists of producing the sound design for the winning short film.

*TANU DISTRIBUCIÓN

Distribution at festivals in Argentina.

Jury: Mariana Gracia from Facultad de Cine, Ignacio Soto from Fix Comunicación, José Luis Rojas from Diablo Panzón and Tannhäuser Film Tank, Rocío Rocha from Tanu Distribución, and Sharon Ordónez and Daniel Arreola from Black Shark Films.

To close out the festival, a live score for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was performed by the gothic band El Clan, in their second collaboration with Macabro. The broadcast was streamed from the Film Club Café venue, as well as via the macabro.mx website and the festival's YouTube channel.