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Las Madres
de Playa de Mayo

A scene from Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.Exhibitions

Oscar Nomination, Best Documentary
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, California, 1985

Blue Ribbon
American Film and Video Festival, New York, 1986

Blue Ribbon
The American Film and Video Festival, 1988

Grand Prix-Ex Aquo
Cert.amen Internacional de Cine Documental y Corto Metraje, Bilbao, Spain, 1985

Festival de Cine de la Mujer, Mar De Plata, Argentina, 1988

Festival Dei Popoli, Florence, Italy, 1985

Coral Prize, Feature Documentary
Festival Internacional de Cine Latinoamericano, Havana, Cuba

Festival Latino, New York, August 1989

Non-competitive showcase
Film Arts Festival, San Francisco, 1985

Prize of the Public
Filmes de Femmes, Festival International de Creteil, Creteil, Paris, 1986

Foro Naciona1, Cineteca Naciona1. Mexico City Mexico, 1986

Best Film
Global Village Documentary Film Festival, New York, 1986

Hawaii Film Festival

First Prize
International Catholic Organization for Cinema & Audiovisuals Prize
Havana, Cuba, 1985

Among Six Best Films
International Documentary Association, Los Angeles, California, 1986

Caracol Prize From Union of Writers and Artists
International Film Festival! Havana, Cuba, 1985

XVI Journada de Cinema Da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, 1985

Margaret Mead Film Festival, American Museum of Natural History, 1986

Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 1986

Non-competitive, Premiere, Mill Valley Film Festival, 1985

Munich Film Festival, Munich, Germany, 1986

Emmy Nomination, News and Documentary
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 1988

Best of Northern California
National Educational Film Festival, 0akland, California

P.O.V. PBS National Broadcast, United States, 1988

Golden Gate Award
San Francisco International Film Festival, 1986

Best Film
Sinking Creek Film Festival, Greeneville. Tennessee

Second Place, Documentary
Sydney Film Festival, Australia

Toronto Film Festival, Canada, 1986

Special Jury Prize, Documentary
United States Film Festival, Salt Lake City, 1 986

Valladolid Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain, 1985

Women Journalists' Assn. Prize
Women's International Film Festival, Creteil, Paris, 1986

Certificate
Women's Point of View, Fest Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


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