Olhar Award (Best Film)

Best Director

Best Scriptwriter

Best Performance

Best Art Director

Best DOP

Best Sound

Best Editor

Olhar Award (Best Film)

Special Jury Prize

Olhar Award (Best Film)

Special Jury Prize

Olhar Award (Best Film)

Olhar Award (Best Film)

Best Film

Best Film

Created in 2011, The Brazilian Film Critics Association (Abraccine) is a result of a historic enterprise, being the first national organization to gather Brazilian film critics. 

The award will be given out to a film, short or feature, produced or co-produced by the state of Paraná,and listed in the festival’s programming in any of its sections.Every year, the AVEC-PR Award is rebaptized as it gathers to celebrate the most prominent contemporary artists in the state. This year, the Paraná Video and Cinema Association honors Hugo Mengarelli. This year’s AVEC-PR Award honors Solange Stecz, a woman who deserves to be remembered for her devotion to the cinema of Paraná. Born in Curitiba, Solange is an exceptional person who has worked tirelessly to promote our local cinema within Brazil and beyond. Her story began at the Curitiba Cinematheque, where she was invited by Valêncio Xavier to coordinate the research “Film production and screenings in Paraná 1892-1930”, a pioneering work that incorporated data from Paraná’s film industry into studies of the history of Brazilian cinema. Since then, Solange has been continually advocating for audiovisual preservation and education. She coordinates the Postgraduate Program in Arts at UNESPAR and is a member of the Brazil Committee for the UNESCO Memory of the World Program, representing audiovisual archives. PhD in Education from UFSCAR and MA in History from UFPR, she coordinates the Cinema and Education Laboratory (LabEducine), a reference university outreach program for training cinema and education professionals. Also noteworthy are her contributions to the development of local public policies. She has been a member of the Paraná State Council for Culture since 2014 and was responsible for designing the Paraná State Culture Plan. She is the National Secretary of the Brazilian Cinema Research Center. Her actions in preserving the history and memory of the Parana film industry have been immensely important. An illustrious career that merits celebration. Written by Priscila Pacheco