 In 1956, "Modesta", a short film produced within the island's Division of Community Education, won the Best Short Film Award at the Venice Film Festival; in 1998, "Modesta" became the first Puerto Rican film named to the United States National Film Registry.Within the 1960s, an explosion of filmmaking aroused on the island.About half of the films shot in this period were co-productions between Puerto Rico and Mexico.