In the City of Sylvia "In Review Online" named it the 2nd best film of 2008. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of "The A.V. Club" described it as "something of a masterpiece." "En la Ciudad de Sylvia" was nominated for the 2007 Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, although the award was eventually presented to Ang Lee for "Lust, Caution". "En la Ciudad de Sylvia" won the 2008 Australian Film Critics Association award for the 'best unreleased film' in Australia at the time of the awards. Guerín won the best director award of the Premios ACE 2009 for this film. In the City of Sylvia In the
Ventura Film Festival Ventura Film Festival The Ventura Film Festival is an international film festival held each year in Ventura, California. The Ventura Film Festival features Academy Award-winning films and has been attended by Academy Award-winning celebrities. In 2011 the Ventura Film Festival hosted the 50th Anniversary of "West Side Story" and the full cast of the film and gave a lifetime achievement awards to Academy Award winner/Golden Globe winner George Chakiris who starred in the film as Bernardo and Academy Award nominee/Golden Globe winner Russ Tamblyn who played the co-starring role of Riff in "West Side Story". The 50th Anniversary of "West