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
Pigs in the City the City" event was held from May 23 through October 23, 2008, and was called "Power of the Pig." The pigs were also on display during the 25th Anniversary Lexington Barbecue Festival and during the "Official Food Festival of the Piedmont Triad Region of the State of North Carolina," a one-day event that usually draws up to 150,000 visitors from all over the nation to Lexington, a town of about 20,000 residents. Some of the themes for Pigs in the City 4 include "Pigahontas", "Tanya "Cabbage Patch" Burcham", "This Little Piggy went to Market", "Mr. Porkwrench", "Huckleberry Pig" and "Girl