Lisandro Alonso’s “Jauja” was crowned the top film of the year at the sixth annual Cinema Tropical Awards on Wednesday.

The Argentine film stars Viggo Mortensen as a man on the search for his missing daughter. “Jauja” draws audiences in with its beautifully photographed 4:3 framing and its deliberate, steady pace. The film’s big twist provides audiences with some interesting perspective, making it a movie that is impossible to forget.

“Jauja” beat out such films as Chilean auteur Pablo Larrain’s “The Club,” Colombian director Oscar Ruiz Navia’s “Los Ongos,” “The Princess of France” from Argentina, and “White Out, Black In” from Brazil.

“Jauja” joins the ranks of such films as “El Lugar del Hijo,” “Viola,” “Neighboring Sounds” and “Octubre” as the films to win the distinction for Best Film at the festival.

Alonso’s film also won the Un Certain Regard Award from the Cannes Film Festival. It also managed some victories at the Fenix Film Awards, Huelva Latin America Film Festival and Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards.

Larrain won the Best Director award for his work on “The Club.” Past winners of the director award include Gustavo Fontan, Carlos Reygadas, Matias Meyer and Michael Rowe.

Panama’s “Invasion” won the Best Documentary award. That film was Panama’s Oscar submission this past year. The Best First Film award went to Guatemalan film “Ixcanul Volcano,” which was directed by Jayro Bustamante.

In the Best U.S. Latino film, “Mala Mala” took home the prize. That film chronicles the lives of members of Puerto Rico’s LGBT community. Finally, the Best Documentary Director award went to Betzabe Garcia for her work on “Kings of Nowhere.”

Cinema Tropical is a leading presenter of Latino cinema in the U.S. The company was started in 2001 under the guidance of Carlos Gutierrez and Monika Wagenberg. It has distributed such films as Alfonso Cuaron’s calling card “Y Tu Mama Tambien” and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s breakout picture “Amore Perros.”

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