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RAGFF
RETRO AVANT GARDE FILM FESTIVAL
7 Colors Lagoon
Bacalar International Film Festival
Due to the Goverment Restrictions caused by Covid 19 Pandemic, and the Goverment time for Selections Campaign, the Following measures have been Establishedd :
- There can not be Live Screenings, so Online Festival is our only resource now.
- This Year Hospitality is not available due Covid Measures locally.
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Goverment Notice
Best Bacalar Feature Film Spanish Language
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Mambo Man
Dir. Mo Fini
Cuba
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MAMBO MAN is the story of a Cuban farmer and music promoter who
gambles everything on a deal that appears too good to be true! With
music by the Buena Vista Stars Based on a true story and filmed in the
exotic countryside outside Havana, This remarkable and engaging film
will move both your spirit and your feet with its unforgettable passion and intoxicating music. The soundtrack and live performances in the film include some of the legendary Cuban artists who appeared in the box office smash, Buena Vista Social Club.
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Best Bacalar Feature Film Foreign Language
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The Other Half
Dir. Lalith Rathnayake
Sri Lanka
In a rural village in Sri Lanka, the family well becomes poisoned by agricultural
chemicals. This subsequently leads to the untimely death of Ruwansiri's father
who develops chronic kidney disease, leaving his mother works to support the
family. At school, he struggles to understand his lessons in a rigid educational
system that cannot go beyond rote learning. As an escape from the toxic
environment around him, Ruwansiri finds solace in music. Can his passion help
him overcome his circumstances?
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Best Bacalar MS Film
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Djibril’s Forest
Dir. Thomas Ceulemans
Belgium / Burkina Faso, Senegal
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Djibril is a young Sahelian sheperd who travels far to find the forest his
grandfather told him so much about. He pays a high price. He is betrayed and
abused only to realise that this forest no longer exists. But then his father
comes to his aid
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Galapagos : Secrets of the Ocean Giants
Dir. Jeffrey Garriock
Canada / Ecuador
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vEmotion
Dir. Erkan Luleci
Germany
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Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Queens Giant
Dir. John Galligan
United States
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The Day Dreams
Dir. Hem Chandra Borah
India
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Best Bacalar Short Film
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Spare Cash
Dir. Tigran Metaks
Russian Federation
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After a successful wallet theft the main character, a pickpocket, finds out
that his victim has a disabled child. He decides to return the wallet with
cash in, but his associates argue against the idea...
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Q : Ghostly remote effect
Dir. Marcus Hanisch
Germany
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The Gannetry of Bass Rock
Dir. Riccardo Oggioni
Italy
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Kukli
Dir. Shyama Sundar Majhi
India
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When
Dir. Suleman Al-hatmi
Oman
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Champion
Dir. Oscar Rodriguez Gorriz
Mexico
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Nucleus
Dir. Tobias Bieseke
Germany
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Cadence of the Valley
Dir. Rama Ayasra
Jordan
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Second Acts
Dir. Anya Adams
United States
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If We Were Friends
Dir. Xiaoxiao Yue
China
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Amphitheater
Dir. Mahdi Ali Ali
Qatar
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Eryngium Proteiflorum
Dir. Dia Amida
Mexico
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Best Bacalar Documentaries
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Best Bacalar Documentary Film Spanish Language
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One Day with Doctor Sergio
Dir. Roxanne Phoenix ( Oxana Kriss )
Australia / Mexico
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Nikita is 8, he is a worldschooler from Australia – he is traveling the World full time with his mother Oxana. While living in the mountains of Chiapas, among indigenous people with their bright culture, they met a real hero – Doctor Sergio Castro - a true Mexican humanitarian. Doctor Sergio has provided free medical help and building schools for local people of the poorest Mexican state of Chiapas for more than half a century. The local people of Chiapas are Mayan Indians of different ethnic groups. Each ethnic group has its own costumes, language, Catholic Patron Saint and traditions. The amazing doctor utilized this diversity, opening an ethnic Mayan museum which generated funds for to support his humanitarian work. Nikita and his mum became inspired by the unique personality of Doctor Sergio and decided to tell his story to the World. They followed Doctor Sergio and filmed him on his daily rounds. This film shows daily routine of the great contemporary humanitarian through the eyes of eight years old child.
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Best Bacalar Documentary Film Foreign Language
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Be Kind
Dir. Sabrina Paravicini
Italy
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Nino, is a twelve-year-old who was diagnosed with severe, but not serious,
childish autism at two and a half years. After he stopped talking and looking
at his mother in the eye, her inner isolation threatened the interaction with
others, with the world, every day. Today, Nino is the protagonist of a film
that concerns not only those with whom he shares his particularity, but all
those who, in one way or another, are different.
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Handmade in Bangladesh
Dir. Florian Wehking, Liz Bachhuber
Germany / Bangladesh
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Heart Wood
Dir. Stefano Petroni
Italy
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Monarca, The Forest Spirit, a round trip.
Dir. Roberto Lopez, Fanny Miranda, Miguel Galarza
Mexico
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Campeche Island World
Dir. Claudio Felippio Junior
Brazil
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Feast of the Killer Whales
Dir. Alexis Barbier - Bouvet , Didier Noirot
France
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Wild Farms
Dir. Thierry Robert
France
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Hae Shin
Dir. Matthew Root
Korea, Republic of
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Disappearing Spots
Dir. Hetal Teeku Patel
Kenya
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407 jou
Dir. Eleonore Coyette
Belgium
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Fjellrev, the scandinavian quest
Dir. Baptiste Deturche
France
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Sockeye Salmon, Red Fish
Dir. Dmitriy Shpilenok, Vladislav Grishin
Russian Federation
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Blue Breath
Dir. Rodrigo Areias
Portugal
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When Winter Becomes Summer
Dir. Ronald Urbanczyk
Germany
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Alamarilove
Dir. Carmelo Raneri
Italy / Cuba
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Real Maravilloso
Dir. Raynald Leconte
United States / Cuba
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Best Bacalar Documentary Short Film
Winner * Spanish Language
The Players
Dir. Luca Piercey
Mexico
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In the valleys of Oaxaca, México, locals are keeping alive a game whose roots
extend far into their ancestral past.
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Winner * Foreign Language
Ticino, a source of biodiversity
Dir. Marco Tessaro
Italy
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Portrait of a Tree
Dir. Robin Zwaan
Netherlands
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The Fire Dancer
Dir. Emilio Jose Alvarez Garcia
Mexico
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Salt River Water Walk
Dir. Krista Davis
United States
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Sandy Illusions
Dir. Robert hughan
Netherlands
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Diving for Balance
Dir. Sara Cornelissen, Steff Donkers
Netherlands
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A Fish on Land
Dir. Jonas Nellissen
Germany
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We Have to rethink everything
Dir. Edgar Wilkening
Germany
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Pascoal
Dir. Matt Jarvis
United Kingdom
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Warhorses
Dir. Joao Rodrigues
Portugal
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Deep Blue Connection
Dir. Sabine M. Probst
Australia
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Souvenir from Giverny
Dir. Burt Chojnowski
United States
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Sirenas contra el Plastico : Tamara ( Mermaids against Plastic)
Dir. Sylvia Johnson
United States / Mexico
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Me and the Sea
Dir. Franziska Link
Australia
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Voluntario
Dir. Josue Abraham Palma
Mexico
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Bamboo -- the Tradition fo the Future
Dir. Johan Granberg
Qatar
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Opposite Poles
Dir. Juan Andres Coriat
Peru
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Exodus
Dir. Oliver Stiller
Mexico
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Space Cleaners
Dir. Marco Hulser
Germany
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Flying with Spider Monkeys
Dir. Luis Palomino Benitez, Molly Ferrill
United States / Mexico
Bacalar Best Music Video
Winner
El Amor Remix
Dir. Nicole Alexander
Australia
Hesitating
Dir. Rafael Pessin
Brazil
Modern Day Cathedral
Dir. Philos Maurice Klein
Germany
Locked up
Dir. Paul Cozens, Peter Renzullo
Australia
Forest Warrior ( Xondaro Ka”aguy Regua)
Dir. Angry duo
Brazil
Fly - Jane la Onda
Dir. Jak Ritger, K8 Howl
United States
Best Bacalar Kids Films
Winner
Wednesday
Dir. Lisa Delhom, Jeremy Paquet
Canada
Fantasy A’hoy
Dir. Avery Christmas
United States
Lost on Barduino
Dir. Asali Echols
United States
Nasser Goes to Space
Dir. Mohamed AI Mahmeed
Qatar
Sh’hab
Dir. Amal AI-Muftah
Qatar
I have just had a dream
Dir. Javi Navarro
Spain
Over the Sky
Dir. Pauline Pelsy-Johann
France
Best Bacalar Animation Film
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Robotia
Dir. Diego Cagide
Argentina
Guardian Monsters
Dir. Nicolas Couvin, Diego Cagide, Diego Lucero
Argentina
Dubicel
Dir. Yashira Jordan
Argentina
Eco Escort
Dir. Marcela Drobna
Czech Republic
Gon, The Little Fox
Dir. Takeshi Yashiro
Japan
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Best Bacalar Audience Award ~
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Best Bacalar Audience Award Documentary Film~
Polar Spin " Giro Polar "
Dir. Jose Emilio Ramos Gomez
Mexico
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A journey into the unknown to discover the farthest places, the last frontier,
where the nights are long and icy, the conditions for life are extreme, the
ever-present duality between beauty and its hostility, the tranquility and
silence that death brings, the constant struggle to stay alive.
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Best Bacalar Audience Sci-Fi Short Film
Deus Otiosus ( The Idle God )
Dir. Mat Braddy
United Kingdom
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In an iron-age society, Bryana, a pregnant hunter, loses her husband to
pestilence. Exiled from home, she hunts for a hermit believed to have magic
and demands to know why he does nothing to help. Unfortunately this god has
been far from idle...
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Best Bacalar Audience Comedy Short Film
Extra
Dir. Kioumars ahmadi
Iran, Islamic Republic
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One extra in a film has to get slapped but he cant do it. so he goes to find
someone for practicing the shot and his wife company him through it.
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Best Bacalar Audience Musical Short Film
Chorus
Dir. Qian Yingyu
China
A chorus competition was held on the campus. Fangxiang in the sixth grade
experienced the first storm in her life. This is growth and youth!
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Bacalar Film Festival Awards
Best Human Rights Feature Film
From Durban to Tomorrow
Dir. Dylan Mohan Gray
South Africa
Best Director Feature Film
Lalith Rathnayake
The Other Half
Best Director Short Film
Pauline Pelsy-Johann
Over the Sky
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Best Actor Feature Film
Pansilu Wickramarathna
The Other Half
Best Actress Feature Film
Thilakshini Rathnayaka
The Other Half
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Best Actor Short Film
Michael Learned
Second Acts
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Best Actress Short Film
John Wesley
Second Acts
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Best Cinematography Feature Film
The Other Half
Dir. Lalith Rathnayake
Sri Lanka
Best Cinematography Short film
Nucleus
Dir. Tobias Bieseke
Germany
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Best Original Music Feature Film
Riders of the Purple Sage :
The Making of a Western Opera
Dir. Kristin Atwell Ford
Best Original Music Short Film
Cadence of the Valley
Dir. Rama Ayasra
Jordan
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Best Screenplay on Film
Second Acts
Dir. Anya Adams
United States
Best Screenplay on Film
The Role of a lifetime
Dir. Marc Saez
France
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Best Edition Feature Film
Shocking Marriage
Dir. Demetrio Casile
Italy
Best Edition Short Film
vEmotion
Dir. Erkan Luleci
Germany
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