In collaboration with the Independent Documentary Video Spanish American Conference, Against Silence All Voices, and the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, the International Contest of Video on Woman and Work was announced.  The chosen videos shall be exhibited during the Congress in open public spaces at the Zacatecas City.  Then, the chosen videos shall go in itinerary to other cities of Mexico.  At the video reception closing time, 77 documentaries from 13 different countries were received.  The winners of the International Woman and Work Prize are:

Shared Prize:
- The Queen’s Film (O Filme Da Rainha) from Sergio Mercurio (Brazil)

- Land of Women (Tierra de mujeres) (Adriana Estrada, Mexico)

Honorable Mention:
- Angelina the Midwife (Angelina la partera) (Marta Alcocer, Mexico)

The jury was integrated by:
Bertha Navarro
María Novaro
Rafael Bonilla

Abstract from the summary published in the newspaper La Jornada on April 14, 2008
“The International Woman and Work Prize was shared by Land of Women (Tierra de mujeres) (Adriana Estrada, Mexico) and O filme da Rainha (Sergio Mercurio, Brazil). Such award, where María Novaro, Bertha Navarro and Rafael Bonilla acted as jury, was announced as unique time by the International Woman, Work and Health Congress and this newspaper.
Bonilla explained that The Queen’s Film (O filme da Rainha), about a 74 years old lady who makes pieces of art from the candy wrappers, got the prize because of the “beauty of its movie language and brilliant portrait the documentary makes from an unusual woman."
Regarding the Land of Women (Tierra de mujeres), Bonilla said that the jury had decided to grant the prize “because of the way it raises the voices from native women who are categorically transforming their own reality.”
The director woman thanked the festival “for opening such spaces to people who appear in the documentaries.  The prizes are more for the stories than for the documentary makers."
The 34 years old sociologist explained to La Jornada what made her to film the documentary: “In 1994, the indigenous uprising surprised me.  It allowed me to know my country.”  In 1997 she went to Chiapas to study a Master, and her astonishment before the women she knew took her also toward the documentary, which was concluded in 2003.  She discovered that "what we saw from outside as hooded women was sustained in a civilian movement developed in many fields: craftswomen, single mothers, teacher women..." who are portrayed in the film".
For more information, visit:
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2008/04/14/index.php?section=espectaculos&article=a18n1esp

Selection of the videos to be presented at the V International Congress Woman, Work & Health form the 27 to 30 October 2008 in Zacatecas City, Mexico. This exhibitions will be held in two simultaneous sessions at the UAZ Siglo XXI buildings (form 10 to 18 hrs in 2,3 & 4 hours sessions). It will also be an exhibition at the Terrasse of the State Congress in Zacatecas City (form 28 th 31 october).

VIDEO EXHIBITION PROGRAM OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE WOMAN & WORK 27 TO 30 OCTOBER, AUTONOMUS UNIVERSITY OF ZACATECAS.