The 2022 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) announced the filmmaker award winners with the top jury prizes going to Joaquín Peñagaricano and Pablo Abdala’s Mateína for Best Narrative Feature, and Anaïs Taracena’s El Silencio del Topo (The Silence of the Mole) for Best Documentary Feature. Films winning the Audience Awards were topped by Bretten Hannam’s Wildhood for Narrative Feature, and Jeff Adachi and Chihiro Wimbush’s Ricochet for Documentary Feature.
The Austin-based 2022 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) taking place June 8-12, announced the lineup of films and videos from Latin America (North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean) and the Iberian Peninsula, for the hybrid edition, featuring a big return to in-theater screenings after a two-year pause.
AFI FEST unveiled the full lineup for this year’s festival including Parallel Mothers, written and directed by Academy Award® winner Pedro Almodóvar, which will screen as a Red Carpet Premiere at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre on Saturday, November 13.
