The Special Festival Award 2020 goes to Carlos Reygadas for the outstanding contribution to the artistic development of the moving image

One of the most famous directors in Latin America, he has been named as the one-man third wave of Mexican cinema. Reygadas’ work dissolves conventional boundaries between narrative and documentary filmmaking traditions, as the director’s camera patiently observes not only his films' characters, but also the interior and exterior landscapes around them.(1971, Mexico) Producer, director, screenwriter and editor, by full name Carlos Reygadas Castillo. He became interested in film as a teenager, watching films of Andrei Tarkovsky. He attended college in England, then studied law in Mexico. After graduation he moved to London and worked for the UN. He directed his first, short films Maxhumain and Prisioneros in 1999. His first feature-length film Japan (Japón, 2002, in Spanish production) drew attention of international critics, but it was censored in Great Britain due to scenes of real cruelty towards animals. His film Battle in Heaven (Batalla en el cielo, 2005) brought him even more attention, causing much controversy with its explicit sex scenes. His drama Silent Light (Stellet Licht, 2007) deals with the inner struggle of the members of the Mennonite Church. The film won awards at numerous international film festivals, including Grand Jury Prize in Cannes in 2007 (shared with Persepolis by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi) and the Motovun Propeller in 2008. He also filmed part of the medium-length omnibus 42 One Dream Rush (2009), the work of some forty directors on the subject of dreams, and part of omnibus by Mexican directors Revolución (2010). A semi-autobiographical drama Post Tenebras Lux (2012) brought him best director award in Cannes. Our Time (Nuestro tiempo) from 2018 was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival.

Filmografija / Filmography
2018 Our Time
 2014 Short Plays (segment "Mexico")
 2012 Post Tenebras Lux
 2010 42 One Dream Rush (Short)
 2010 Revolución (segment "Este es mi reino")
 2009 Serenghetti
 2007 Silent Light
 2005 Battle in Heaven
 2004 Filmando: Batalla en el cielo (Documentary)
 2002 Japón
 1999 Maxhumain (Short)
 1999 Prisioneros (Short)
 1998 Adulte (Short)