Canadian Cinematography Awards

Arthur Balder has been honored with two consecutive Best Documentary of the Year awards by the Association of Latin Entertainment Critics of New York (2015 and 2016), as well as the Lady Of the Victory of the Critics Circle of Mexico (2015), the Michel Foucre Award for Best Director (6th Ierapetra International Film Festival, 2019); his films have won the Fabrique Du Cinema Award 2018 for Best International Documentary and the Parajanov-Vartanov Award. The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors of New York (HOLA Awards 2016) as honored him with the Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking Award (2016). In his documentary films he has sought from the set-out to defy the boundaries between documentary and fiction.

As a writer he’s authored nine fiction novels, published and distributed, among other major houses, by Penguin Random House, Mondadori, Albin Michel in Europe and across Latin America. His films have garnered nominations and / or official selections at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, DOC LA, Carthage Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying), Black Nights Film Festival of Tallinn (FIAPF competitive feature length), Parajanov-Vartanov Institute of Los Angeles, Gijon International Film Festival (Spain, FIAPF competitive), Ierapetra International Film Festival (Audience Award 2019), Chichester International Film Festival Golden Door International Film Festival (Jersey City), and have screened at such iconic venues as Egyptian Theater, American Cinematheque, Los Angeles, and the main theatres of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).