‘Undefined Things (Las cosas indefinidas)’ Wins Best Latin American Film of the Year at Cinema Tropical Awards

The Argentine film Undefined Things (Las cosas indefinidas) by María Aparicio was named Best Latin American Film of the Year at the 15th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards.

This is the second consecutive year that an Argentine film wins the top award at the Cinema Tropical Awards, following Trenque Lauquen by Laura Citarella, which won Best Latin American Film last year.

This year’s jury gave the award for Best Non-Fiction Film to Pepe by Dominican director Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias. Argentine filmmaker Rodrigo Moreno received the Cinema Tropical Award for Best Director for The Delinquents (Los delincuentes), while Chilean filmmaker Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers (Los colonos) won the award for Best First Film. In the U.S. Latinx Cinema category, the award for Best Film went to Skin of Glass, the documentary feature by Denise Zmekhol.

Complete List of Winners — 15th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards:

Best Fiction Film: Undefined Things (Las cosas indefinidas) by María Aparicio, Argentina
Best Non-Fiction Film: Pepe by Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic
Best Director: The Delinquents (Los delincuentes) by Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina
Best First Film: The Settlers (Los colonos) by Felipe Gálvez, Chile
Best U.S. Latinx Film: Skin of Glass by Denise Zmekhol, USA/Brazil

Cinema Tropical previously announced its annual list of the Best Latin American Films of the Year, comprising 26 titles from ten different countries.

Cinema Tropical’s List of Best Latin American Films of 2024

(Listed alphabetically by title)

1. The Buriti Flower / Crowra by Renée Nader Mesora and João Salaviza, Brazil/Portugal
2. Cidade; Campo by Juliana Rojas, Brazil
3. The Day I Met You / O Dia Que Te Conheci by André Novais Oliveria, Brazil
4. The Delinquents / Los delincuentes by Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina
5. Eureka by Lisandro Alonso, Argentina/France/Portugal
6. The Human Surge 3 / El auge del humano 3 by Eduardo Williams, Argentina/Portugal/Netherlands/Taiwan/Brazil/Hong Kong/Sri Lanka/Peru
7. Hurricane Season / Temporada de huracanes by Elisa Miller, Mexico
8. La Cocina by Alonso Ruizpalacios, Mexico/USA
9. The Last / Los últimos by Sebastián Peña Escobar, Paraguay/Uruguay
10. Memories of a Burning Body / Memorias de un cuerpo que arde by Antonella Sudasassi, Costa Rica/Spain
11. Mixtape La Pampa by Andrés di Tella, Argentina/Chile
12. The Other Son / El otro hijo by Juan Sebastián Quebrada, Colombia/France/Argentina
13. Otro Sol by Francisco Rodríguez Teare, Chile/France/Belgium
14. Pepe by Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic/Namibia/Germany/France
15. Pictures of Ghosts / Retratos Fantasmas by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil
16. The Practice / La práctica by Martín Rejtman, Argentina/Chile/Portugal
17. Reas by Lola Arias, Argentina/Germany/Switzerland
18. Reinas by Klaudia Reynicke, Peru/Switzerland
19. Riders / El repartidor está en camino by Martín Rejtman, Argentina/Portugal/Venezuela
20. The Settlers / Los colonos by Felipe Gálvez Haberle, Chile/Argentina
21. Skin In Spring / La piel en primavera by Yennifer Uribe Alzate, Colombia/Chile
22. Sleep With Your Eyes Open / Dormir De Olhos Abertos by Nele Wohlatz, Brazil/Taiwan/Argentina/Germany
23. Socialist Realism / El realismo socialista by Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento, Chile
24. Sujo by Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero, Mexico/France
25. Undefined Things / Las cosas indefinidas by María Aparicio, Argentina
26. You Burn Me / Tu me abrasas by Matías Piñeiro, Argentina/Spain

Cinema Tropical’s List of Best Latinx Films of 2024

(alphabetically by title):

1. Frida by Carla Gutiérrez
2. Igualada by Juan Mejía Botero
3. The In Between by Robie Flores
4. In the Summers by Alessandra Lacorazza
5. Ponyboi by Esteban Arango
6. Skin of Glass by Denise Zmekhol