Cartagena Film Festival

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Cartagena Film Festival

Cartagena Film Festival office
Location	Cartagena,  Colombia
Founded	1959 (1959)
Founded by	Víctor Nieto
Awards	Golden India Catalina
Directors	Lina Rodríguez
Language	Spanish
Website	www.ficcifestival.com

The Cartagena Film Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short films. The Cartagena Film Festival, which is held every March, is the oldest film festival in Latin America.^[1]

The Cartagena Film Festival was founded 1959 by Victor Nieto.^[1] Nieto remained the director of the film festival for 48 years, his last being in 2008.^[1] Nieto died at the age of 92 in November 2008.^[1] Lina Paola Rodriguez was appointed manager by Nieto in 2007 and 2008, and will remain acting director following Nieto's death.^[1]