Aruba Jury Split Over ‘Ballplayer: Pelotero’ and ‘Ghett’a Life’

The third outing of the Aruba International Film Festival continues through Thursday, but the jury has already given its top honor to two films.

The Caribbean Spotlight Competition handed out the Jury Award to both the Dominican Republic documentary Ballplayer: Pelotero and Jamaican feature Ghett’a Life — a drama about boxing and Kingston crime from director Chris Browne.

Puerto Rico’s América also received a special mention.

Among the audience kudos, the CSS Audience Award went to Daphne Schmon‘s locally produced wind surfing documentary Children of the Wind. The audience’s choice for a short was Awa Brak, from directors Francisco Pardo and Ryan Oduber.