The Festival de Gramado ( or Gramado Film Festival ) Gramado, Brazil along with the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico are considered to be the most important film festivals of Latin America.

In 1982 she won the Kikito trophy for Best Actress for her performance in Luz del Fuego at the Gramado Film Festival.

The film's 2004 awards include best screenplay at the Cartagena Film Festival and a nomination for best film ; a special jury award at the Gramado Film Festival ; and an award for best editing at the Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival.

Julio Medem also received the Audience Award at the 2000 Athens International Film Festival and the Audience Award for Best Latin Film at the Gramado Film Festival.

Roberto Santos died of a heart attack at the São Paulo airport in 1987, just after returning from the Festival of Gramado, where Quincas Borba was shown and heavily criticized by a clique of critics.

* Gramado Film Festival: Eduardo Abelin Trophy ; 2005.

* Gramado Film Festival: Best Latin Actress for Son of the Bride, 2002.

Lumi Cavazos ( born December 21, 1968 ) is a Mexican actress who won the Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil ’ s Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of " Tita " in the 1993 adaptation of Laura Esquivel ’ s Mexican novel, Like Water for Chocolate.

Other cities on the Rota Romântica are São Leopoldo, Estância Velha, Ivoti, Dois Irmãos, Morro Reuter, Santa Maria do Herval, Presidente Lucena, Picada Café, Nova Petrópolis, Gramado, Canela and São Francisco de Paula.

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The 13 municipalities along the route are: São Leopoldo, Novo Hamburgo, Estância Velha, Ivoti, Dois Irmãos, Morro Reuter, Santa Maria do Herval, Presidente Lucena, Picada Café, Nova Petrópolis, Gramado, Canela, and São Francisco de Paula.

The cities of Nova Petrópolis, Gramado, Canela, and São Francisco de Paula are also included in the Região das Hortênsias, one of Brazil's tourist hot spots and very popular throughout the country in the winter and holiday seasons, for its breathtaking scenery, rich European cultural heritage and picturesque architecture.

* Portal turístico de Gramado e Canela

Gramado has several green areas, the most important are Black Lake, Communications Square, Knorr Park, Orchard Park, Major Nicoletti Square and, Roses Square.

Lago Negro ( Black Lake ) is the most known, visited green area of Gramado.

Both Canela and neighboring Gramado are important tourist resorts and they both draw many visitors each year.

Another key event in Gramado is Natal Luz, when Gramado is decked out in lights and wreaths made of recycled material by local residents.

In 2009 Dreamland Wax Museum opened in Gramado, in the south of Brazil.

Some known towns near Nova Petrópolis are Caxias do Sul, Novo Hamburgo, São Leopoldo, Feliz, Gramado, Canela.

Gramado is a municipality and small touristic town, southeast of Caxias do Sul and east of Nova Petrópolis in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the Serra Gaúcha region.

Most of the population of Gramado is of German or Italian descent.

Gramado is one of the towns along the scenic route known as Rota Romântica.

Gramado is also known by hydrangeas blossoming in late spring.

Gramado was originally settled in 1875 by Portuguese immigrants.

At this time, Gramado was an unincorporated township within the municipality of Taquara.

A railway arrived in Gramado in 1921, boosting the local economy.

Gramado officially became a village in 1937, when Gramado was already known as a summer holiday resort.

Frank Gehry's detailed, stainless steel band shell, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, hosts the classical Grant Park Music Festival concert series.

The city hosts the annual Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, attracting regional and international jazz, blues, rock, and world artists.

The Great Garden hosts every year the International Fireworks Competition, and the International Festival Weeks Herrenhausen with lots of music and cabaret.

Hanover also hosts Food Festivals, for example the Wine Festival and the Gourmet Festival.

In addition to this, in hopes of expanding tourism, the country hosts its annual St. Kitts Music Festival.

Each northern summer, the park hosts the annual, week-long Robin Hood Festival.

One of the most prominent buildings is the neoclassical Romanian Athenaeum, which was founded in 1852, and hosts classical music concerts, the George Enescu Festival, and is home to the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Romanian Athaeneum Society hosts the George Enescu Festival at various locations throughout the city in September every two years ( odd years ).

In springtime Lewiston hosts the Dogwood Festival.

Celebration hosts many events every year, including community-wide yard sales, an art show, an exotic car festival, an annual Radio Disney Holiday concert, an Oktoberfest Celebration, the " Great American Pie Festival " ( televised on The Food Network ), a " Posh Pooch " festival, and downtown events for the Fall and Christmas seasons when autumn leaves and " snow " ( small-scale soap flakes ) are released into the Town Center.

The city annually hosts the Ravenna Festival, one of Italy's prominent classical music gatherings.

Events such as the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival are held annually, while the city also hosts the largest bi-annual meeting of the Greek diaspora.

Lucca annually hosts the Lucca Summer Festival.

Being a vacation resort, Nice hosts many festivals throughout the year, such as the Carnaval de Nice and the Nice Jazz Festival.

The city also hosts another rock festival, Down by the Laituri, and one of the largest electronic music festivals in Northern Europe, UMF ( Uuden Musiikin Festivaali, " New Music Festival "), in addition to a vibrant nightlife, centred around the Market Square.

The city hosts the famous annual Savonlinna Opera Festival.

Later in June, the Gay and Lesbian Service organization hosts the Lexington Pride Festival, currently into the planning phases of its third festival as of 2009, the event is popular among the diverse communities in Lexington.

The city also hosts the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and a Bach Festival.

The Haifa Cinematheque, founded in 1975, hosts the annual Haifa International Film Festival during the intermediate days of the Sukkot holiday.

Brest also hosts an annual Short Film Festival called " Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest ".

The town also hosts the annual Shepton Mallet Digital Arts Festival which was founded in 2009.

Fort Adams, an historical fort dating back to the War of 1812 houses the Museum of Yachting and hosts both the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival annually.