by the El Reportero’s news services
Within the framework of the Imcine Conference, the government of the State of Chiapas and the federal Ministry of Culture will sign an agreement to create the post-production center for indigenous and Afro-descendant cinema of Imcine in La Albarrada, San Cristóbal de las Casas.
In a statement, the Ministry of Culture informed that the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (Imcine) will carry out a series of activities on October 10, 11 and 12, aimed at the creators and communities of the southern region of the country, and will be given to To know the results of the call for the Stimulus for audiovisual creation in Mexico and Central America for indigenous and Afro-descendant communities (ECAMC).
The signing of inter-institutional collaboration agreements with the states of southern Mexico will also be carried out, where the Secretary of Culture, Alejandra Frausto Guerrero, and the director of Imcine, María Novaro, will be present.
Willem Dafoe will be Guest of Honor at the 17th FICM
The extraordinary actor Willem Dafoe will return to the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) as a Guest of Honor for the Mexican premiere of The Lighthouse (dir. Robert Eggers), a film that stars along with Robert Pattinson.
His prolific career of nearly five decades, in which he has participated in more than 100 films, includes works with leading directors such as Paul Schrader, Oliver Stone, Werner Herzog, Abel Ferrara, Wes Anderson, Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese, and four nominations for Oscar: in 1986 for Platoon (dir. Oliver Stone), in 2000 for The Shadow of the Vampire (dir. E. Elias Merhige), in 2017 for The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker) and in 2018 for Van Gogh: in the door of eternity (dir. Julian Schnabel).
Famous singer Mercedes Sosa dies
The famous Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa, admitted to a hospital for weeks because of a pulmonary liver problem, died on Sunday at the age of 74.
His remains are veiled in Buenos Aires, in the National Congress, where thousands of people who want to say goodbye are concentrated.
“La Negra” Sosa, recognized worldwide as one of the main folk and popular voices of Argentina and Latin America, remained in an intensive care room since September 18. This week he had been connected to an artificial respirator.
The medical report released on Saturday established that his state of health was delicate due to the “deterioration of his organic functions.”
“It was the voice of those who had no voice at the time of the dictatorship and brought anguish for human rights in Argentina to the whole world,” said musician Víctor Heredia, with whom Sosa shared the stage.
Honduran film nominated for the 2020 Oscar Awards
Café con Sabor a Mi Tierra is the selected film that will represent Honduras for the consideration of The American Film Academy at the Oscar Awards in the category “Best Non-English Speaking Film”.
The Honduras Selection Committee, chaired by the filmmaker Jurek Jablonicky, approved for Coffee with Flavor to My Land to represent Honduras in the 92nd edition of the Oscar Awards to be held on February 9, 2020.
This category has the representation of 93 countries, including countries with a lot of cinematic tradition such as Spain, Argentina, and Mexico, winners the previous year. Central America is represented this year by Costa Rica, Panama and Honduras.
Coffee with Flavor to my Land is a film by Sin Frontera Estudios directed by the Honduran Carlos Membreño and is based on real events with a focus on human value, sacrifice, struggle and work behind an aromatic cup of coffee that is consumed in Honduras and the world; the love of the family, heritage, culture, values and, above all, the positive image of the country.
