His 2015 film '' Embrace of the Serpent '' was screened in the Directors ' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival , where it won the C.I.C.A.E. Award . It won the Best Film award in the International Film Festivals of Odessa and Lima , where it also received a special prize by the Critics Jury . The film was also among the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards , being the first Colombian film ever to be nominated
2015 Cannes Film Festival
2015 Cannes Film Festival
Ciro Guerra