The Mexican director Lila Avilés said this Saturday that the rise of female directors in Mexican cinema is a consequence of the work that other female creators have been doing for decades to open spaces for an industry in which men predominated.
“This broadcast is honoring (Luz Eugenia) ‘Busi’ Cortés, she is part of (the generation) of María Novaro of these pioneers who opened that gap and obviously I am here for the path that they walked,” she said before the ceremony of the awards. Ariel Awards which takes place this Saturday in Guadalajara (western Mexico).
Avilés’ film, ‘Totem’, is the film with the highest number of nominations in the 66th edition of the Ariel Awards, granted by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC) to recognize the best of Mexican cinema.
The film, which tells the story of a 7-year-old girl who faces the death of her father, has been nominated for best film at film festivals such as the Berlin Film Festival and the Platinum Awards for Ibero-American Cinema, among others.
The story was born from the personal experience of Lila Aviles who managed to create an intimate film in which the audience identifies with his own family and their experiences, he said.
“There is a mystery there that connects (with the public) and creates that mirror, that reflection, and who doesn’t come from a mourning? Who doesn’t come from a family, from a celebration? Who doesn’t come from that essence and that harmony that makes us identify with what is human?” he expressed.
The film has 15 nominations, including the most important ones for best film, director and original screenplay.
The Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC) organizes the Ariel Awards, which in its 66th edition have 186 nominations competing in 24 different categories, headed by the films ‘Tótem’ with 15 nominations, as well as ‘Temporada de Huracanes’ and ‘Heroico’, both with eleven.
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