LIFT Award for Best Local Filmmaker at 2011 aluCine Toronto Latin Film and Media Festival

LIFT recently presented the Best Local Filmmaker Award at
the 2011 aluCine Toronto Latin Film and Media Festival. This award is given to the jury’s selection for the best local
film or video maker from the festival. This award includes a LIFT membership as well as a $500 credit for equipment and facility rentals, workshops and courses.

LIFT recently presented the Best Local Filmmaker Award at
the 2011 aluCine Toronto Latin Film and Media Festival. This award is given to the jury’s selection for the best local
film or video maker from the festival. This award includes a LIFT membership as well as a $500 credit for equipment and facility rentals, workshops and courses.

The
award goes to Alejandro
Valbuena for his film Burnt.

A
film based on real life experiences, Burnt is a monochromatic recount of
childhood memories presented through a lover’s voice.

The
jury was captured by this filmmaker’s use of modern dance to tell a moving tale
of an adolescent’s self-acceptance in a family unable to accept who he is. This
is self-assured and poignant piece speaks to us in an age when we’re told “It’s
gets better.”—jury citation

To
see highlights and festival wrap information visit www.alucinefestival.com