Landmarks of Venezuelan cinema include two Cannes winners from this period : Carlos Hugo Christensen 's 1949 film '' La Balandra Isabel llego esta tarde '' , the first South American winner at Cannes , taking the Best Cinematography Award at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival , was the culmination of Bolívar Films ' efforts to create a real film industry in Venezuela , though it failed ; Margot Benacerraf 's 1959 documentary '' Araya '' , which " was hailed as a masterpiece of poetic cinema " , was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival , where it shared the Cannes International Critics Prize with Alain Resnais ' '' Hiroshima mon amour ''
1951 Cannes Film Festival
1951 Cannes Film Festival
Cinema of Venezuela