Lila Aviles' 'Totem,' Tatiana Huezo's 'The Echo' Top Morelia Festival

Mexico’s official entry to the Greatest Worldwide Characteristic Oscar race, Lila Aviles’ “Totem,” and Tatiana Huezo’s documentary “The Echo” (“El Eco”) snagged three prizes a chunk on the Morelia Worldwide Movie Competition (FICM), which wrapped Sunday, Oct. 29.

The awards doled out Saturday capped a busy twenty first version that noticed a constellation of luminaries on the town, together with Jodie Foster, Jessica Chastain, Peter Saarsgard, Viggo Mortensen, Danny Huston, James Ivory, Irène Jacob and producing companions Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy.

Mexico’s multi-Oscar nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, (“Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Barbie,” “Brokeback Mountain”) who obtained the pageant’s Premio Cuervo lifetime achievement award, served as a juror within the official choice which gave finest Mexican characteristic and finest director awards to “Totem,” described by Selection as an“intimate, emotionally wealthy” movie. “Totem” additionally took residence the Viewers Award, an excellent indication of its field workplace potential.

The very best screenplay award went to Elisa Miller and Daniela Gómez for his or her gripping drama, “Hurricane Season” (“Temporada de huracanes”), streaming on Netflix from Nov. 1.

Huezo’s “The Echo” continues to reap accolades since its Berlinale bow the place it gained finest documentary, adopted by the Gold Hugo on the Chicago Movie Competition’s documentary part and the Critics Prize on the Sizzling Springs Documentary Movie Competition.

It’s eligible to compete for the 96th Academy Awards in the most effective documentary class and is at the moment within the Academy’s Screening Room.

At Morelia, “The Echo” clinched finest documentary, the doc viewers award and finest documentary made by a girl.

The Echo
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Morelia opened with “The Useless Don’t Harm,” Mortensen’s second directorial outing the place he’s additionally author, composer and star in a Western set in an 1860s U.S. border city.

Among the many festivals many highlights have been masterclasses given by Foster, Ivory, Kennedy and Marshall, amongst others.

Ivory additionally introduced his docu “A Cooler Local weather,” a compilation of footage that he took throughout a life-changing journey to Afghanistan within the Nineteen Sixties.

Mexico’s Eugenio Derbez was additionally readily available to current dramedy “Radical” alongside director Christopher Zalla. A Sundance Competition Favourite winner, “Radical” is predicated on the true story of an unconventional and galvanizing instructor within the Mexican border city of Matamoros.

Carlos Carreras (“The Crime of Father Amaro”) introduced the world premiere of his newest movie, “Confessions,” in Morelia, which is able to then be launched by Sony Mexico after its Mexico Metropolis premiere Oct 31.

Eva Longoria was additionally on the Unesco World Heritage city to current her hit dramedy “Flamin’ Sizzling,” at the moment streaming on Prime Video.

Mariana y Santiago Arriaga presided over the Mexican premiere of their debut characteristic “A Cielo Abierto,” written by their father, Guillermo Arriaga.

In the meantime, a jury led by Cinema Tropical’s Carlos Gutierrez handed out a number of awards to the contributors within the pageant’s WIP part, Impulso Morelia, the place winners obtain awards in money and sort.

The Premio José María Riba went to “La libertad de Fierro,” directed by Santiago Esteinou. “

Formas de atravesar un territorio,” from Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba and Bosquenegro and Estudio Errante gained the Premio Estudios Churubusco Azteca.

In the meantime, two movies gained a Premio de Estudios Splendor Omnia: “La Libertad de Fierro” and “Los sueños que compartimos, helmed by Valentina Leduc and produced by Salamandra Producciones.

The Morelia Movie Competition ran Oct. 20 – 29.

2023 FICM Winners:

Greatest Mexican Characteristic

“Totem,” Lila Aviles

Greatest Director

Lila Aviles, “Totem”

Greatest Screenplay

“Hurrican Season,” Elisa Miller, Daniela Gómez

Greatest Actress

Adriana Llabrés, “Todo el silencio”

Greatest Actor

Sebastián Rojano, “Todos los incendios”