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Lila Avilés's portrait of a maid who seeks to leave her everyday world received the prize for the best Mexican feature film at the sixteenth edition of the Morelia International Film Festival, where the Alonso Ruizpalacios Museum was also awarded the price of the best achievement. and public recognition.
"I did not study cinema, but I love it and I admire everyone who came here, it's very nice to talk with the heart, but do not forget the congruence, I think in Mexico , my country and our duality, my film speaks of humanity, love, subtlety, compassion, observation of the other and can not be left out, "said Lila Avilés, at the reception of Eye, the logo of the FICM.
Museum, the story directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios and starring Gael García, won the Eye Award for Best Director and Audience: "You are part of the story, I like to think that those who will see this film will be part of it, The story was made by friends and puts on display the unquestionable friendship, thanks to the jury and the public who saw the film, "said Ruizpalacios through a message.
The jury for the official section was chaired by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay; they joined the table Adele Romanski, producer and winner of the Oscar; Beki Probst, Director of the European Film Market Berlinale; Patrice Leconte, French filmmaker; and actor Diego Luna.
In the performance categories, Naian González Norvind won the main prize for her work in Leona, a story that brings to the screen a portrait of the Jewish community; the best actor category was won by Raúl Briones Asphyxiawhere he played a man who relieved his pain by violence against women.
"It's a misogynistic, classy and violent man, without this character, I would not have understood how much machismo is rooted in society and the current situation of women in this country is often the product of a man like mine, "he said.
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel, Vice President of the FICM, hinted at what he expects from the country: "Promoting and guaranteeing cultural rights is essential to eliminating violence, oppression, racial hatred and violence. Exclusion, it is necessary to listen to the voice of the various communities.
"Women in the first place, children, young people, communities of sexual diversity, people with disabilities and people living in poverty, have chances for women and men," he added.
"AMLO NEVER NEED ME": MANDOKI
Luis Mandoki, the man behind the camera who gave visibility to Andrés Manuel López Obrador with two documentaries, does not rule out the idea of showing on screen a new film in which his victory is represented. However, he considers that the president-elect no longer needs him, so he will spend time developing his projects in fiction.
"When did I do Who is Mr. López? it was with the intention that the world really knew this character, because only his public part and his speeches were known in the squares, now the story is told alone, he does not need Mandoki to say it ", said the director, in his stay at the Morelia International Film Festival.
The filmmaker considers that with his work in documentaries Who is Mr. López? Y Fraud: Mexico 2006 he closes the personal anxiety, because at that time, he made visible a little known part of the president-elect and he is therefore satisfied with his position behind the camera these last six years.
"It was a very intense experience, at a time when there was an ostracism in the media and was used to show an angle that was not shown in the media It is now up to civil society, with this opening that I see to exist, to do its part and I will make my cinema, "explained the director.
"We talked about a lot of things, but with the recent victory, there are other priorities before thinking about a documentary, I saw it, we are friends, I am very happy with what He has accomplished, but now I am in my projects, not documentary, but fiction, I have on the table four projects very different from each other, "added Mandoki.
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