2024-09-23 22:56:02
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Astrid Landero and Fernanda Valadez’s film “Sujo” will represent Mexico in the Oscar nomination in the best international film category.
The film will also seek a possible nomination for Spain’s Goya Awards in the best foreign language film category, the Mexican Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences announced on Monday.
The 97th Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will be held on March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The 39th Goya Exhibition will take place on February 8, 2025 at the Granada Exhibition and Congress Palace.
Mexico has been nominated for nine Oscars in the international film category, including Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Biutiful” and Guillermo del Toro’s del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth.” In 2019, the country won the coveted international statuette at the Academy Awards for Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma.”
Sujo won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and also won awards at the Toulouse Film Festival, Ajaccio Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, MOOOV Film Festival, African Film Festival, Asian and American Latin Film Festival, and Sofia Film Festival Awards. The film will be released in select theaters in the United States and Canada on November 29 and in Mexico in December.
The film is part of the Mexican feature film competition at the Morelia International Film Festival.
Landero and Valadez are Mexican screenwriters, directors and producers. Prior to that, they produced the feature films Darkest Days of Us and The Special, the second of which won awards at the Sundance and San Sebastian Film Festivals, in addition to winning a Gotham Award Best International Film Award. His short film “400 Suitcases” was nominated for a Student Academy Award in 2015.
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