Alternativa Film Festival Wraps in Medellín, Prizes ‘Runa Simi,’ ‘9-Month Contract,’ ‘A Useful Ghost’

May 3, 2026 9:50am PT Alternativa Film Festival Wraps in Medellín, Prizes ‘Runa Simi,’ ‘9-Month Contract,’ ‘A Useful Ghost’

Feature film winners also take in 'Cutting Through Rocks' and 'Lost Land' as Alternativa announces it will target Africa for its next edition

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

Plus Icon

Anna Marie de la Fuente

@adelafuente1

Latest

• Alternativa Film Festival Wraps in Medellín, Prizes ‘Runa Simi,’ ‘9-Month Contract,’ ‘A Useful Ghost’ 1 hour ago
• Chile’s ‘Red Hangar’ Sweeps 41st Guadalajara Film Festival 1 week ago
• From Local Producer to Global Player: How Chile’s Fabula Scaled Across Borders 2 weeks ago

See All

The 3rd Alternativa Film Festival wrapped April 30 in Medellín, Colombia with generous cash prizes doled out to five feature films and two shorts. These were selected from 15 feature-length films and 15 shorts hailing from Latin America and Asia.

Liza Surganova, head of the itinerant film festival founded by tech company inDrive, announced that Africa would be the next focus region for the 4th edition, leaving specifics for a later date.

Related Stories

Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight Lineup: ‘Butterfly Jam’ Starring Barry Keoghan and Riley Keough, Radu Jude’s Next Film and More