The Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival, sometimes known as FilMar,:107 is an international cultural event dedicated to generating spaces for the distribution and promotion of the best of Venezuelan, Latin American, and Caribbean film. 
History.
It began in 2008, started through the Cinema and Audiovisual Media Platform of Venezuela's Ministry of Culture, with the national film distributor Amazonia Films organizing the awards. It takes place during the month of October of each year on Margarita Island. Its main award is the Golden Pelican.
The festival is open to all, being reviewed positively as an area where poor children can go and watch the films being publicly screened, allowing them to see a different style of media to the blockbusters in cinemas.:89
Award categories.
The award trophies are stylistic pelican head statuettes.
Latin American and Caribbean Films.
Awards in this category include monetary prizes in United States dollars.
Venezuelan Films.
Awards in this category included monetary prizes in Venezuelan bolívares.
Recurring events.
Other events covering different aspects of filmmaking have been hosted by experts in the field at different editions.
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