After eight days of screenings, seminars, homages and special events, the festival came to an end and the winners of the 23rd edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival were announced on Friday 14th during a Press Conference that took place at 1:30 pm at the Fiesta Americana Hotel.

The list of winners for each category are:

IBERO-AMERICAN FICTION FEATURE FILMS

BEST FILM: "14 KILÓMETROS"
Directed by: Gerardo Olivares (Spain)

SPECIAL JURY MENTION: Ishtar Yasin (Costa Rica) for "EL CAMINO"

SPECIAL JURY AWARD: "A OUTRA MARGEM"
Directed by: Luis Filipe Rocha (Portugal)

BEST FIRST FEATURE: "EL BAÑO DEL PAPA"
Directed by: César Charlone & Enrique Fernández (Uruguay/Brazil/France)

BEST DIRECTOR: Eliseo Subiela (Argentina) for "NO MIRES PARA ABAJO"

BEST SCREENPLAY: "MATAHARIS"
Directed by: Icíar Bollaín & Tatiana Rodríguez (Spain)

BEST ACTOR: Marlon Moreno (Colombia) for "PERRO COME PERRO"

BEST ACTRESS: María d’Aires (Portugal) for "A OUTRA MARGEM"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pedro Farkas (Brazil) for "OS DESAFINADOS"

SELECTION FOR THE GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS 2009:
"EL BAÑO DEL PAPA"
Directed by: César Charlone & Enrique Fernández (Uruguay/Brazil/France)
"OS DESAFINADOS"
Directed by: Walter Lima Jr. (Brazil)

MEXICAN FICTION FEATURE FILMS:

BEST FEATURE FILM: "DESIERTO ADENTRO"
Directed by: Rodrigo Plá.

BEST FIRST FEATURE: "CONOZCA LA CABEZA DE JUAN PÉREZ"
Directed by: Emilio Portes.

BEST DIRECTOR: Fernando Eimbcke for "LAKE TAHOE"

BEST SCREENPLAY: Rodrigo Plá & Laura Santullo by "DESIERTO ADENTRO"

BEST ACTOR: Mario Zaragoza for "DESIERTO ADENTRO"

BEST ACTRESS: Dolores Heredia for "ENEMIGOS ÍNTIMOS, CONOZCA LA CABEZA DE JUAN PÉREZ" & "DESIERTO ADENTRO"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Serguei Saldívar Tanaka for DESIERTO ADENTRO

MEZCAL AWARD: "DESIERTO ADENTRO" by Rodrigo Plá.

AUDIENCE AWARD: "DESIERTO ADENTRO" by Rodrigo Plá.

PRE-SELECTION FOR THE GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS -2009: "LAKE TAHOE"
Directed by: Fernando Eimbcke.
"DESIERTO ADENTRO"
Directed by: Rodrigo Plá.

DOCUMENTARY

BEST IBERO-AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY:"STRANDED: VENGO DE UN AVIÓN QUE CAYÓ EN LAS MONTAÑAS"
Directed by: Gonzalo Arijón (Uruguay/Spain/France).

SPECIAL JURY MENTION: "LUCIO"
Directed by: Aitor Arregi & José Mari Goenaga (Spain)

BEST MEXICAN DOCUMENTARY: "TRAZANDO ALEIDA"
Directed by: Christiane Bukhard.

SPECIAL JURY MENTION: "NIÑO FIDENCIO… DE ROMA A ESPINAZO"
Directed by: Juan Farre.

SHORT FILMS

BEST IBERO-AMERICAN SHORT FILM: "DIENTE POR OJO"
Directed by: Eivind Holmboe “Salmón” (Spain).

BEST MEXICAN SHORT FILM: "CAFÉ PARAÍSO"
Directed by: Alonso Ruizpalacios.

BEST ANIMATION: "JACINTA"
Directed by: Karla Castañeda (Mexico).

SPECIAL MENTION IBERO-AMERICAN SHORT: "UN RAMO"
Directed by: Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra (Brazil).

SPECIAL MENTION MEXICAN SHORT: "PRIMER MOVIMIENTO PARA 20 HOMBRES EN UN CUARTO VACÍO"
Directed by: Gabriel Herrera.

TVE AWARD: "LATINOS"
Directed by: Víctor Gaviria (Colombia)

FEISAL AWARD: "SIETE INSTANTES"
Directed by: Diana Cardozo (Mexico).

FIPRESCI AWARD: "EL CAMINO"
Directed by: Ishtar Yasin (Costa Rica)

AUDIENCE OF THE FUTURE AWARD: "ÁNGELES S.A."
Directed by: Eduard Bosch (Spain)

GUADALAJARA CONSTRUYE:

NEW ART DIGITAL PRIZE: "VEDADO"
Directed by: Asori Soto & Magdiel Aspillaga (Cuba).

SWISS EFFECTS PRIZE: "CRÓNICAS CHILANGAS" Directed by: Carlos Enrique Enderle Peña (Mexico).

LATINOFUSION PRIZE: "CRÓNICAS CHILANGAS"
Directed by: Carlos Enrique Enderle Peña (Mexico).

ASTRO ESTUDIO PRIZE: "CRÓNICAS CHILANGAS"
Directed by: Carlos Enrique Enderle Peña (Mexico).

CHURUBUSCO PRIZE: "CRÓNICAS CHILANGAS"
Directed by: Carlos Enrique Enderle Peña (Mexico).

SIGNIS-OCLACC PRIZE: "VEDADO"
Directed by: Asori Soto & Magdiel Aspillaga (Cuba).

THE LIFT PRIZE: "CRÓNICAS CHILANGAS"
Directed by: Carlos Enrique Enderle Peña (Mexico).
"VEDADO"
Directed by: Asori Soto & Magdiel Aspillaga (Cuba).

TITRA CALIFORNIA PRIZE: "CRÓNICAS CHILANGAS"
Directed by: Carlos Enrique Enderle Peña (Mexico).
"VEDADO"
Directed by: Asori Soto & Magdiel Aspillaga (Cuba).

Official Section:

Feature Length Ibero-American Fiction:
Best Film: “Párpados Azules” (Blue Eyelids)
Directed by: Ernesto Contreras (Mexico)

Special Jury Prize: “La Casa De Alicia” (Alice’s House)
Directed by: Chico Teixeira (Brazil)

Best Director: Paulo Caldas for “Desierto Feliz” (Happy Desert) (Brazil, Germany)

Best Screenplay: Carlos Contreras for “Párpados Azules” (Blue Eyelids) (Mexico)

Best Actor: Selton Mello for “Olor A Caño” (Drained) (Brazil)

Best Actress: Carla Ribas for “La Casa De Alicia” (Alice’s House)

Best Cinematography: Daniel Aranyó for “La Distancia” (the Distance) (España)

Best Iberoamerican Prime Opera: “Lo Que Sé De Lola” Directed by: Javier Rebollo (Spain)

Selection for the 2008 Golden Globe® Awards: “Párpados Azules” (Blue Eyelids)
Directed by: Ernesto Contreras (Mexico)

Selection for the 2008 Golden Globe® Awards: “La Casa De Alicia” (Alice’s House)
Directed by: Chico Teixeira (Brazil)

Selection for the 2008 Golden Globe® Awards: “Desierto Feliz” (Happy Desert)
Directed by: Paulo Caldas (Brazil, Germany)

Feaure Length Mexican Fiction:
Best Film: “Malos Hábitos” (Bad Habits)
Directed by: Simón Bross

Best Director: Enrique Begne for “Dos Abrazos” (Two Love Stories)

Best Mexiacan Prima Opera: “Partes Usadas” (Used Parts)
Directed by: Aarón Fernández

Selection for the 2008 Golden Globe® Awards: “Malos Hábitos” (Bad Habits)
Directed by: Simón Bross

Selection for the 2008 Golden Globe® Awards: “Partes Usadas” (Used Parts)
Directed by: Aarón Fernández

Feature Length Ibero-American Documentary:

Best Documentary: “Accidente” (Accident)
Directed by: Cao Guimarães and Pablo Lobato (Brazil)

Special Mention: “Los Ladrones Viejos. Las Leyendas Del Artegio” (Old Thieves. Artegio’s Legend)
Directed by: Everardo González

Feature Length Mexican Documentary:

Best Documentary: “Los Ladrones Viejos. Las Leyendas Del Artegio” (Old Thieves. Artegio’s Legend)
Directed by: Everardo González

Special Mention: “Súper Amigos” (Super Hero Friends)
Directed by: Arturo Pérez Torres

Ibero-American Short Films:

Best Ibero-American Short Film: Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa for “Beijo De Sal” (Salt Kisses) (Brazil)

Best Ibero-American Animation: Emilio Ramos for “Niebla” (Fog) (Spain)

Special Mention: Juan Carlos Villamizar for “Juanito Bajo El Naranjo” (Colombia)

Special Mention: Juan Pablo Zaramella for “Lapsus” (Argentina) and
Coke Riobóo for “El Viaje De Said (Spain)

Mexican Short Film:
Best Mexican Short Film: Hari (Carlos Sama) for “Tiene La Tarde Ojos” (The Afternoon Has Eyes) (Mexico)

Special Mention: Daniel Eduviges Carrera For “Primera Comunión” (First Communion) (México) and Gerónimo Barriga for “Hamac Caziim” (Sacred Fire) (México)

Audience Prize: “De Ángeles, Flores Y Fuentes”
Directed by: Pancho Rodríguez, Héctor Rodríguez, Rodolfo Guzmán (Mexico)

Mezcal prize: Párpados Azules (Blue Eyelids)
Directed by: Ernesto Contreras (Mexico)

TVE Prize:
Proyecto La 4ª Compañía De Amir Galván Cervera (México)

Premio Feisal: “Nomadak Tx”
Directed by: Raúl De La Fuente (Spain)

Special Mention: “La Ciudad De Los Fotográfos: Santiago bajo Pinochet” (The City of the Photographers: Santiago under Pinochet)
Directed by: Sebastián Moreno (Chile)

“Intervalo Clandestino” (Clandestine Interval)
Directed by: Eryk Rocha (Brazil)

FIPRESCI Prize:
Feature Length Iber-American Fiction: “La Casa De Alicia” (Alice’s House)
Directed by: Chico Teixeira (Brazil)

Premios Cine En Construcción Toulouse – Guadalajara:
Proyecto Cinematográfico

Premio Emilio García Riera:
“Personal Belonging De Alajandro Brugues” (Cuba)

Special Mention: “El Rey Del Chá Chá Chá”
Directed by: Vicente Ferraz and Isabel Martínez (Costa Rica)

Premio Rubén Gámez: “El Viaje De Teo”
Directed by: Walter Doehner Pecanin (Mexico)

Special Mention: “El Camino”
Directed by: Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)

Premio Signis – Oclacc: “El Camino”
Directed by: Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez (Costa Rica)

Prize to the Best Short Film Granted by the Academy Jalisciense de Cienastas: “Señas Particulares”
Directed by: Kenya Márquez (Mexico)

Youth Jury Prize: “Olentzero Y El Tronco Mágico “
Directed by: Juanjo Elordi (Spain)