Cartagena Film Festival

Cartagena Film Festival
Cartagena Film Festival office
LocationCartagena,  Colombia
Founded1959 (1959)
Founded byVíctor Nieto
AwardsGolden India Catalina
DirectorsLina Rodríguez
LanguageSpanish
Websitewww.ficcifestival.com

The Cartagena Film Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short films. The Cartagena Film Festival, which is held every March, is the oldest film festival in Latin America.[1]

The Cartagena Film Festival was founded 1959 by Victor Nieto.[1] Nieto remained the director of the film festival for 48 years, his last being in 2008.[1] Nieto died at the age of 92 in November 2008.[1] Lina Paola Rodriguez was appointed manager by Nieto in 2007 and 2008, and will remain acting director following Nieto's death.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e de la Fuente, Anna Marie (2008-12-03). "Cartagena Festival's Nieto dies at 92, Director of oldest film festival in Latin America". Variety. Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2008-12-07.