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The Argentine Feature UNDEFINED THINGS
by María Aparicio Wins the Cinema Tropical Award
for Best Latin American Film of the Year
Other Winners Announced this Evening:
PEPE (Dominican Republic) for Best Non-Fiction Film;
THE DELINQUENTS (Argentina) for Best Director;
THE SETTLERS (Chile) for Best First Film;
and SKIN OF GLASS for Best U.S. Latinx Film
New York, N.Y., January 14, 2025. The Argentine feature Undefined Things (Las cosas indefinidas) by María Aparicio has been named Best Latin American Film of the Year at the 15th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards, announced this evening at a special event hosted by Film at Lincoln Center in New York City and emceed by NY1 Noticias anchor Philip Klint.
This is the second consecutive year that an Argentine film wins the top award at the Cinema Tropical Awards, following Trenque Lauquen by Laura Citarella, which won Best Latin American Film last year.
This year’s jury gave the award for Best Non-Fiction Film to Pepe by Dominican director Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias. Argentine filmmaker Rodrigo Moreno received the Cinema Tropical Award for Best Director for his work on The Delinquents (Los delincuentes), while Chilean filmmaker Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers (Los colonos) won the award for Best First Film. In the U.S. Latinx Cinema category, the award for Best Film went to Skin of Glass, the documentary feature by Denise Zmekhol.
This year’s Latin American winners were selected by a jury comprising Milton Guillén, filmmaker and Senior Programmer for the Camden International Film Festival/Points North Institute; Josh Gardner, Associate Programmer, AFI Fest and AFI Silver Theatre; and Isabel Rojas, Director of OaxaCine.
The U.S. Latinx Film Awards winners were chosen by Sabrina Avilés, Founding Executive Director of CineFest Latino Boston; Eugenio del Bosque, Director of CineFestival San Antonio; and Gabriel Magraner, Associate Director, The Latinx Project at New York University.
Eligible films had a runtime of at least 60 minutes and premiered between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024.
Cinema Tropical’s programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The 15th Cinema Tropical Awards reception was sponsored by Mezcales de Leyenda.
Complete List of Winners — 15th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards:
Best Fiction Film: Undefined Things (Las cosas indefinidas) by María Aparicio, Argentina
Best Non-Fiction Film: Pepe by Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic
Best Director: The Delinquents (Los delincuentes) by Rodrigo Moreno, Argentina
Best First Film: The Settlers (Los colonos) by Felipe Gálvez, Chile
Best U.S. Latinx Film: Skin of Glass by Denise Zmekhol, USA/Brazil
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About Cinema Tropical and the Cinema Tropical Awards:
New York-based Cinema Tropical (CT) is the leading presenter of Latin American cinema in the U.S. Founded by Carlos A. Gutiérrez and Monika Wagenberg in 2001 with the mission of distributing, programming and promoting what was to become the biggest boom of Latin American cinema in decades, CT brought U.S. audiences some of the first screening of films such as Amores Perros and Y Tu Mamá También. Through a diversity of programs and initiatives, CT is thriving as a dynamic and groundbreaking 501(c)(3) non-profit media arts organization experimenting in the creation of better and more effective strategies for the distribution and exhibition of foreign cinema in this country.
The Cinema Tropical Awards were created in 2010 to honor excellence in Latin American filmmaking, and it became the first international award entirely dedicated to honoring the artistry of recent Latin American cinema. In its inaugural year, the Awards were given to the Ten Best Latin American Films of the Aughts.
Still Photo: Undefined Things by María Aparicio (courtesy of Las Flores).
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