Laguna Negra is a film that explores the core values of a subsistence farming community in Huancabamba (Peru), the way the fabric of this society has been threatened by large scale mining and the destructive outcome of imposing a capital intensive model of development on a society based on traditional values.
mikeywattsfilm@gmail.com
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Bang! Short Film Festival 2009 (UK)
ION International Film Festival 2009 (Nigeria)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lebú 2010 (Chile)
San Diego Latino Film Festival 2010 (USA)
Wood Green International Short Film Festival 2010 (UK)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Gualeguaychú 2010 (Argentina)
Ljubjana International Short Film Festival 2010 (Slovenia)
East End Film Festival 2010 (UK)
10a Muestra de Documentales - Prodocumentales 2010 (Spain & Ecuador)
10th Latin American Film Festival 2010 (Ireland)
London Filmmaker's Convention 2010 (UK)
Sembrando Cine 2010 (Peru)
Amsterdam Film Festival 2010 (Netherlands)
El Espejo Film Festival 2010 (Colombia)
6to Festival de Cine de Derechos Humanos 2010 (Bolivia)
Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2010 (UK)
GLOBIANS DocFest Berlin 2010 (Germany)
Lateinamerikanisches Filmfestival: Imagenes del Nuevo Mundo 2010 (Germany)
La Noche de los Cortos 2010 (Peru)
Portobello Film Festival 2010 (UK)
CINEMAISSI 2010 (Finland)
Native Spirit 2010 (UK)
Terra di Tutti Film Festival 2010 (Italy)
FINCA Environmental Film Festival 2010 (Argentina)
Cusco Short Film Festival 2010 (Peru)
8th International Audiovisual Festival of Biodiversity 2011 (Italy)
DOCUXIXON 2011 (Spain)
Festival Globale 2011 (Uruguay)
Green Unplugged online festival cultureunplugged.com/storyteller/Michael_Watts
Festival de Cortometraje de Venezuela FECOVEN 2011 (Venezuela)
Broadcast on Montana PBS as part of the TERRA: The Nature of Our World series in February 2011
AWARDS:
Rights in Action International Award (Bang! Short Film Festival)
Best International Documentary (Festival Internacional de Cine de Lebú)
Special Mention from the Jury (Festival Internacional de Cine de Gualeguaychú)
Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Student (Amsterdam Film Festival)
Best National Documentary (Cusco Short Film Festival)
Public Award for Best Film in Festival (Cusco Short Film Festival)
Human Rights Award (Cusco Short Film Festival)
Environment Award (Cusco Short Film Festival)
2nd Place International Documentary (FECOVEN)
