Caribbean Competition

The Caribbean region is experiencing an increase in film production with the opening of new studios in Venezuela, the continuing production in Cuba, the extraordinary leap in Mexican filmmaking, and the increase in production both in Colombia and Puerto Rico due to new film-related legislations, and in the Dominican Republic due to private investment. Central America is also producing films. An international jury will confer an award to the Best Caribbean Film. Said award will be named after Ricardo Alegría, founder of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture and the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

World Cinema Section

This section will include non-Caribbean films. The goal is to offer the best international films from the most important film festivals of the world and/or favored by the public in their native countries of origin.