Awards & Highlights

**ARTIST SHOW. ARTWEEK MIAMI. December ’23. SPECTRUM MIAMI & RED DOT MIAMI, Art Exhibitions.

** WINNER “IDA AWARDS” BEST
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Distinguished short documentary award by [ida] 
International Documentary Association, with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

**WINNER of the “GLOBAL JUSTICE AWARD”
Media That Matters Film Festival, New York, USA with the film BREAD

**WINNER “GOLD AWARD”
at FIPA, FRANCE Festival Internacional du Programmes Audiovisual, with
the film Dreaming Nicaragua

**WINNER of the “BEST DOCUMENTARY”
KARAFILM FESTIVAL, with the films Bread, Mauris from Titicaca,
Angel’s Fire and Welcome to Poptun

**WINNER of the “GRAND JURY PRIZE
for BEST SHORT FILM”
INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL with the film Angel’s Fire

**WINNER of the “OUR KIDS
OF THE WORLD AWARD”
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, with
the films Bread, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun.

**WINNER of the “BEST FILM”
7th Tandil Cine – Argentina with the film Mauris from Titicaca

**WINNER of a “SPECIAL RECOGNITION”
ZAGREBDOX, INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

**WINNER of the
“BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY”
SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL with the film Angel’s Fire

**WINNER of the “BEST SHORT”
TULIPANES INTERNATIONAL ART & FILM FESTIVAL with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

**WINNER of the “AUDIENCE AWARD”
FICDH – International Human Rights Film Festival in Spain
with the film Children Stories (Cuentos de Niños)

**Recipient of NYSCA
“New York State Council on the Arts” Grant
awarded to Marcelo Bukin for his film Dreaming Nicaragua

**OSCAR QUALIFYING**
DocuWeek™ Theatrical Documentary Showcase by [ida] at the ARCLIGHT CINEMAS,
Hollywood Los Angeles with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

**”FILM OF THE MONTH”
Amnesty Intl’ Movies That Matter. Theatrical Release & Special
Screenings in The Netherlands with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

**The PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT
selected ANGEL’ FIRE to be used as POLITICAL TOOL to help the community

**CONSULATE GENERAL OF ARGENTINA IN NEW YORK
“An evening with filmmaker Marcelo Bukin”
Special event organized by CEGA NY

Bukin interviewing and directing president Vicente Fox.
Marcelo Bukin at a press conference at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Much more worthwhile from what the mass media produces

Albert Maysles, Legendary Filmmaker.

Actor Morgan Freeman presenting the award to Marcelo Bukin

These awards are presented to individuals who have earned the respect of their peers for their extraordinary achievements

IDA President Diane Estelle Vicari.

“IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS” and “ANGEL’S FIRE” earned top honors at the annual IDA AWARDS gala benefit

LOS ANGELES
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION AWARDS GALA
DGA/Directors Guild of America Theater, Hollywood

Documentaries about the war in Iraq and forced child labor in South America earned top honors at the annual International Documentary Assn.’s awards gala benefit: James Longley’s “Iraq in Fragments,” which offers intimate portraits of life among everyday Iraqis, won the group’s feature documentary award. The short film award went to Marcelo Bukin for “Angel’s Fire” (Fuego de Angel). In his speech, he described his visually ambitious film as “a kind of poem about sacrificing souls and bodies.”

Both awards were presented by Morgan Freeman. Other highlights of the evening included opening remarks by former Vice President Al Gore, who was the inspiration for an “Inconvenient Truth” directed by Davis Guggenheim who received the Pare Lorentz Award. Jane Fonda also presented the IDA Career Achievement Award to the Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler.

“These awards are presented to individuals who have earned the respect of their peers for their extraordinary achievements,” says IDA President Diane Estelle Vicari. “We believe they are the history of our times, and the conscience and soul of our global community. They are also a source of inspiration for filmmakers everywhere in the world with untold dreams.”

Legendary documentarian Albert Maysles presents the Global Justice Award to Marcelo Bukin, Director of Bread.

Media that Matters launches year long film festival at awards ceremony

NEW YORK
HBO Headquarters Theater, New York City

“What a pleasure to able to present an award to a film that is so much more worthwhile than what the mass media produces,“ Albert Maysles said on giving the Global Justice Award to Marcelo Bukin for his devastating documentary “Bread”. Bukin’s film, which simply and artfully shows the crushing effect of hard labor on young children, struck Maysles with its enduring imagery. “When you capture moments like that,” Maysles said, “those experiences for the viewer become indelible. They pass them on to other people and they remain with them.”

What a pleasure to able to present an award to a film that is so much more worthwhile than what the mass media produces

Albert Maysles, legendary film director NEW YORK.

**WINNER of the “AUDIENCE AWARD”
London Latin American Film Festival, UK, with the film Dreaming Nicaragua
 
**WINNER of the “BEST DOCUMENTARY”
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival USA, the film Dreaming Nicaragua
 
**WINNER “FIDH AWARD”
Festival des Libertes, Belgium, with the film Dreaming Nicaragua
 
**WINNER of the “AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD”
AD-HOC Film Festival, Lithuania, with the film Dreaming Nicaragua
 
**WINNER of the “AUDIENCE AWARD”
Espiello Boltana Film Festival, Huesca, Spain, with the film Dreaming Nicaragua
 
**WINNER of the “ASECIC AWARD”
Spanish Association of Scientific Film, Spain, with the film Dreaming Nicaragua
 
**WINNER of the “JURY PRIZE for BEST DOCUMENTARY”
Northhampton Internationl Film Festival, USA, with the film Dreaming Nicaragua
 
**WINNER of the “AUDIENCE AWARD”
Northhampton Internationl Film Festival, USA, with the film Dreaming Nicaragua
 
**WINNER of the “SPECIAL RECOGNITION”
Tandil-Cinema Argentina with the film Dreaming Nicaragua
Marcelo Bukin’s Dreaming Nicaragua wins the FIDH AWARD in Belgium.

A true jewel of a film. Like a beautiful shot and edited poem

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady – Directors of JESUS CAMP

Film Festivals & Screenings

*MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

*FIPA, Festival Internacional du Programmes Audiovisual,
Biarritz France – with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

*AMNESTY INTL’ MOVIES THAT MATTER
Theatrical Release in The Netherlands with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

*FIFDH
Intl’ Film Festival on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

*CINEQUEST
San Jose, Silicon Valley with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

*CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

*Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Catalunya, Lleida, Spain
with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

*HABANA FILM FESTIVAL
Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

*LAFF – Latin American Film Festival Utrecht
with the film Dreaming Nicaragua

*IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2006
*IN COMPETITION with the film LIMA’S STREETS

*IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2007
with the Mauris from Titicaca and Welcome to Poptun

*IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2009
Panorama screening of the film Dreaming Nicaragua (work in progress)

*MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
with the 5 films Bread, Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun

*THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
*MAIN PROGRAM with the film LIMA’S STREETS

*LA HABANA FILM FESTIVAL
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano – with the films Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun

*60th Edinburgh International Film Festival
with the film Lima’s Streets

UNAFF United Nations Association Film Festival
with the film Lima’s Streets

DOCUFEST by [ida]
with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

14th IFF ARTFILM
in Slovakia, with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

GÖTEBORG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
with the films Bread, Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun

20th Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival
in Estonia with LIMA ’S STREETS, BREAD and ANGEL’S FIRE

DANIFILMA, The Mediterranean festival of documentary films
with the film Lima’s Streets

Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche
in Spain, with the film Angel’s Fire

DocNZ: International Documentary Film Festival New Zealand
with the film Mauris from Titicaca.

Encounters Bristol International Short Film Festival, UK
with BREAD

Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
with the film Angel’s Fire

DOCUPOLIS –INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL OF BARCELONA
with the film LIMA’S STREETS

THE LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, LONDON
with the 5 films: Bread, Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun

Calgary International Film Festival
with the 5 films: Bread, Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun

FESTIVAL DE CINE DE BOGOTA
with the film LIMA ’S STREETS

3rd Annual Artivist Film Festival, L A
with the film LIMA’S STREETS

Media That Matters Film Festival, New York, USA
with the film BREAD

Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña del Mar, CHILE
with the film Lima’s Streets

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
, with the 5 films: Bread, Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE PROGRAMMES AUDIOVISUELS,
Biarritz, France with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

Document 4 – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
with the 5 films: Bread, Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun

DerHumALC, Festival Internacional de Derechos Humanos, ARGENTINA
with the film Welcome to Poptun

KARAFILM FESTIVAL,
with the films Bread, Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire and Welcome to Poptun

DOCUSUR Festival Internacional de Documentales del Sur
with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

RENCONTRES INTERNATIONAL PARIS / BERLIN
with the film Lima’s Streets

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
with the films Bread, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun.

INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTVAL
with the films Bread, Mauris from Titicaca and Angel’s Fire

EDOC ECUATORIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
with the films Bread, Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire and Welcome to Poptun

LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL – UTRECH, THE NETHERLANDS,
with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

DOCUMENTA MADRID
with the film BREAD

Festival Internacional de Cine Inédito de Islantilla
with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

GOLDEN APRICOT Yerevan International Film Festival in Armenia
with the films Bread, Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE DE L ASSOCIATION DES NATIONS UNIES, PARIS – France
with the film Lima’s Streets

Tandil Cine – Festival Argentino Competitivo
with the film Mauris from Titicaca.

KidDocs documentary filmfestival
with the film Lima’s Streets

United Nations Association TFF Boston
with the film Lima’s Streets

SPANISH CINEMA NOW
/ Shortmetraje at LINCOLN CENTER with the film ANGEL’S FIRE

SAN SEBASTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
with the films Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire and Welcome to Poptun

7ena. Mostra de Curtmetratges de Sant Cugat
with the Welcome to Poptun

International Film Festival of Human Rights Muestra/Spain
with the films Mauris from Titicaca, Angel’s Fire, Lima’s Streets and Welcome to Poptun with the film Angel’s Fire

21st MEDINA DEL CAMPO FILM FESTIVAL, SPAIN
with the film Angel’s Fire

SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
with the film Angel’s Fire

ZAGREBDOX, INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
with the film Angel’s Fire

TULIPANES INTERNATIONAL ART & FILM FESTIVAL
with the film Angel’s Fire

Bukin wins the GOLD AWARD at FIPA. Festival international de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz, FRANCE.

Brilliant cinematography, funny, moving, inspirational!

Sandy Wolf – Cinequest

Marcelo Bukin & IDFA Chief Ally Derks, presenting Bukin’s Lima’s Streets World Premiere in Amsterdam.

Bukin provides a fantastic lesson for life and hymn to humanity

FIFDH – Geneve

Screenings & travelling festivals:

THE NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY, New York.
Organized by CEGA NY & Observatory Argentina NY.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York.
Organized by Arts Engine.

NYU, New York,
Screening and conference organized by Judith Sloan

PITZER COLLEGE, Los Angeles,
Organized by Caitlin Pierce

– Media That Matters Screenings:
WALTER READE THATER at LINCOLN CENTER. Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
24 Hour Film Festival, New York, NY
Campus Progress, Washington, DC
Allied Media Conference, Bowling Green, OH
At the Roxie hosted by BAVC, San Francisco
24 Hour Film Festival, New York, NY
SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
Texas MEP, San Antonio, TX
Bloomington, Indiana
IMPACT Festival, NYC
SAW, Ottawa, Canada

– Doc New Zealand:
Auckland: 7-20 September
Wellington: 25 Sept-9 Oct
Christchurch: 12-15 October
Dunedin: 26-29 October

– UNAFF SCREENINGS:
Stanford University, Palo Alto: October 25-29
New York: September 22
Durham at Duke University: September 30
Santa Rosa (Sonoma County): November 4
Monterey: November 10-12
LaCrosse at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse: November 12 & 13
Cambridge, HARVARD UNIVERSITY & Boston: November 18 & 19

Bukin wins both the “GRAND JURY PRIZE” and the “AUDIENCE AWARD” at the NorthHampton International Film Festival, USA.

It will transport you into a child-like world where the human spirit soars

Sandy Wolf, CINEQUEST USA