First Prize Winners
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Colonel Delmira Gouveia | Coronel Delmiro Gouveia | Geraldo Sarno | Brazil |
| 1979 | Maluala | Sergio Giral | Cuba | |
| 1980 | Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey | Gaijin - Os Caminhos da Liberdade | Tizuka Yamasaki | Brazil |
| 1981 | They Don't Wear Black Tie | Eles Não Usam Black-Tie | Leon Hirszman | Brazil |
| 1982 | Time for Revenge | Tiempo de Revancha | Adolfo Aristarain | Argentina |
| 1983 | Up to Certain Point | Hasta cierto punto | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba |
| 1984 | Memories of Prison | Memórias do Cárcere | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil |
| 1985 | Frida | Frida, naturaleza viva | Paul Leduc | Mexico |
| 1985 | Tangos, the Exile of Gardel | El exilio de Gardel: Tangos | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| 1986 | Hour of the Star | A Hora da Estrela | Suzana Amaral | Brazil |
| 1987 | A King and His Movie | La película del rey | Carlos Sorín | Argentina |
| 1988 | The South | Sur | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| 1989 | Last Images of the Shipwreck | Últimas imágenes del naufragio | Eliseo Subiela | Argentina |
| 1990 | Hello Hemingway | Fernando Pérez | Cuba | |
| 1991 | Jericho | Jericó | Luis Alberto Lamata | Venezuela |
| 1992 | Forbidden Homework | La tarea prohibida | Jaime Humberto Hermosillo | Mexico |
| 1993 | Strawberry and Chocolate | Fresa y chocolate | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío | Cuba |
| 1994 | The Beginning and the End | Principio y fin | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| 1995 | Midaq Alley | El callejón de los milagros | Jorge Fons | Mexico |
| 1996 | Deep Crimson | Profundo Carmesí | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| 1997 | Martín (Hache) | Adolfo Aristarain | Argentina | |
| 1998 | Life is to Whistle | La Vida es Silbar | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| 1999 | Olympic Garage | Garage Olimpo | Marco Bechis | Argentina |
| 2000 | Me You Them | Eu Tu Eles | Andrucha Waddington | Brazil |
| 2001 | The Swamp | La Ciénaga | Lucrecia Martel | Argentina |
| 2002 | City of God | Cidade de Deus | Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund | Brazil |
| 2002 | Suddenly | Tan de repente | Diego Lerman | Argentina |
| 2003 | Havana Suite | Suite Habana | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| 2004 | Whisky | Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll | Uruguay | |
| 2005 | Blessed by Fire | Iluminados por el fuego | Tristán Bauer | Argentina |
| 2006 | Love for Sale | O Céu de Suely | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| 2007 | Silent Light | Stellet Lijcht | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico |
| 2008 | Tony Manero | Pablo Larraín | Chile | |
| 2009 | The Milk of Sorrow | La Teta Asustada | Claudia Llosa | Peru |
| 2010 | A Useful Life | La vida útil | Federico Veiroj | Uruguay |
| 2011 | Hell | El Infierno | Luis Estrada | Mexico |
| 2012 | NO | NO | Pablo Larraín | Chile |
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