{"id":16640,"date":"2019-09-05T10:21:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T15:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/137.184.87.148\/?p=16640"},"modified":"2020-01-15T13:07:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:07:52","slug":"ambulante-recibe-premio-principe-claus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/137.184.87.148\/en\/2019\/09\/ambulante-recibe-premio-principe-claus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambulante receives the Prince Claus Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ambulante is one of seven recipients for the 2019 Prince Claus Award. The dutch prize recognizes and celebrates individuals and visionary organizations whose cultural initiatives have has a large impact on the local communities they serve.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The award honors the Ambulante\u2019s commitment to \u201cshowcase documentary film as a means to increase consciousness and solve the community\u2019s most pressing social questions,\u201d as well as \u201cdemonstrate its amazing contributions to Mexican cinematography.\u201d As Ambulante\u2019s Executive Director Paulina Suarez said:<\/span><\/p>\n

This award is a recognition of our hard work over the past fifteen years, to our colleagues, partner, the documentary film community, and our volunteers that make everything possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The \u201cPrince Claus\u201d has been awarded every year since 1997 acknowledging contributions to cultural preservation and creative development.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the accomplishment in mind, Ambulante would also like to recognize six other Mexican recipients that have won the award since its inception: Carla Ferna\u0301ndez (2013), Teresa Margolles (2012), Maya Goded (2010), O\u0301scar Hagerman (2007), Francisco Toledo (2000; Main Winner for his work \u201cH\u00e9roes urbanos\u201d or Urban Heroes) and Carlos Monsiva\u0301is (1998).<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2019, all of the award\u2019s winners were women:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n