'Valley,' 'Benghazi' win at Latin Side in the Doc

BUENOS AIRES -- Carlos Caridad Montero's "Beyond the Silicone Valley" and Nathalia Orozco's "Benghazi, Beyond the Front Line" needed top honors Thursday within the 3rd Doc Buenos Aires/Latin Side in the Doc, Latin America's top doc co-production forum. Nabbing the Arte France Prize together with a Sunny Side in the Doc Prix Coup p Coeur, "Valley" can be a "funny, ironic but furthermore deep analysis of Venezuela's beauty industry," mentioned Roberto Blatt, director of content and development at Spain's Chello Multicanal. Pitched with passion by Orozco, "Benghazi" captures the anticipation of Libya's middle classes through the Arab Spring. Orozco closed a co-production pact in Buenos Aires with Colombia's E-nnovva so when TV Mexico, she mentioned. Straddling Chile and Italia, Constanza Fernandez's mouth-watering food doc "Levaggi" needed the Cono Sur Award. Professionals from Arte France, France Televisions, Al-Jazeera Network, ARD, Sundance Institute and Link Media figured among 68 customers at LSD/BDA. In 2012, LSD will move from Argentina to mid-November's Mexico City DocsDF Festival. "Mexico is a perfect platform to mix documentaries within the Americas," mentioned LSD mind Yves Jeanneau. Pubcaster Once TV Mexico will sponsor DocsDF and LSD, added Once TV gm Rafael Lugo Sanchez. "DocsDF grows. We are growing. Documentaries have a very extended history in Mexico," he mentioned. This August, Once TV launched Documents 360, per week day primetime docu slot. DBA will overlap a couple of days with 2012's Ventana Sur and morph in the meet with a four-day sister docu mart, hosting a difficult-cut docu showcase and completed docu feature tests, mentioned DBA director Marcelo Cespedes. DBS/LSD went 12 ,. 6-8. As well as the individuals who win are: ARTE PRIZE "Beyond the Silicone Valley," (Carlos Caridad Montero, Venezuela) SUNNY SIDE In The DOC PRIX COUP P COEUR "Benghazi, Beyond the Front Line" (Nathalia Orozco, France, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico) "Beyond the Silicone Valley," (Carlos Caridad Montero, Venezuela) CONO SUR PRIZE "Levaggi," (Constanza Fernandez, Chile) STAGNARO LABORATORY PRIZE "Jorge Sanjines, The Courage from the Cinema Alongside the folksInch (Alejandro Zarate Rotor rotor blades, Bolivia) Appear Publish-PRODUCTION PRIZE "Where Had You Been? (Through the U.S. Invasion of Panama)" (Abner Benaim, Panama) ARGENTINA HIGH-DEFINITION PRIZE "Puerto Alvira," (Hector Ulloque Franco, Manuel Ruiz Montealegre, Colombia) Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com