Cine Las Americas announced the award winners for the 16th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, which took place on April 16 to 21, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The Ecuadorian film MEJOR NO HABLAR DE CIERTAS COSAS (PORCELAIN HORSE) won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature and YOUNG LAKOTA won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature. YOUNG LAKOTA also won the Audience Award for Documentary Feature.

16th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival Award Winners:

Narrative Feature Competition

Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
MEJOR NO HABLAR DE CIERTAS COSAS (PORCELAIN HORSE)
Dir. Javier Andrade, Ecuador

Special Jury Award for Cinematography
LA JUBILADA (THE RETIREE)
Dir. Jairo Boisier, Chile

Special Jury Award for Performance
Cecilia Suárez – NOS VEMOS, PAPA (SEE YOU, DAD)
Dir. Lucía Carreras, Mexico

Special Jury Mention for Experimental Approach to Narrative
EL EFECTO K. EL MONTADOR DE STALIN (THE K EFFECT. STALIN’S EDITOR)
Dir. Valentí Figueres, Spain 

Documentary Feature Competition

Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
YOUNG LAKOTA
Dir. Marion Lipschutz & Rose Rosenblatt, USA

Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature
EL ALCALDE (THE MAYOR)
Dir. Emiliano Altuna, Diego Enrique Osorno, Carlos Rossini, Mexico

Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature
HABANA MUDA
Dir. Eric Brach, France/Cuba

Texas Archive of the Moving Image Hecho en Tejas Award
SOUTHMOST U.S.A.
Dir. Trish Dalton, USA 

Short Film Competition

Jury Award for Best Narrative Short
ZOMBI (ZOMBIE)
Dir. David Moreno, Spain

Special Jury Award for Visual Storytelling
LA NOCHE ANUNCIA LA AURORA (NIGHT ANNOUNCES DAWN)
Dir. Gerard Uzcategui, Venezuela

Special Jury Award for Animated Narrative
LA NORIA (THE WATERWHEEL)
Dir. Karla Castañeda, Mexico

Jury Award for Best Documentary Short
UNA HISTORIA PARA LOS MODLIN (A STORY FOR THE MODLINS)
Dir. Sergio Oksman, Spain

Audience Awards

Audience Award for Narrative Feature
DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
Dir. Iris Almaraz, Guest Dir. Gustavo Ramos, USA

Audience Award for Documentary Feature
YOUNG LAKOTA
Dir. Marion Lipschutz & Rose Rosenblatt, USA

Audience Award for Emergencia Youth Film Competition
SIBLINGS
Dir. Leo Aguirre, Aruba

WHITE WASHED
Dir. Caytlyn Isham
In Progress, St. Paul, MN