A european director is making a film with children from a social center in tangiers. Working with nonactors, filmmaker jayro bustamante in his feature debut crafts a mesmerizing and deeply affecting fable. Jayro bustamantes ixcanul was a genuine discovery, as this is not only the directors first feature, but also the first film made in the kaqchikel mayan language, with mayan performers, about the mayan community in guatemala by somebody who grew up in the area. Con maria mercedes croy, maria telon, marvin coroy, justo lorenzo, manuel antun. Pepe, a young coffee cutter who plans to migrate to the usa becomes her possible way out. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th berlin international film festival where it won the alfred bauer prize. As colombia still grows, in the international ambitions of its film and tv industries, and as a locale for international shoots, it needs a prestige premier.
Financial analysis of ixcanul 2015 including budget. This is ixcanul film trailer by archipel productions on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Like its titular guatemalan volcano, jayro bustamantes hypnotic film debut ixcanul bubbles with the tension of a teenage girl at. Aug 27, 2015 ixcanul volcano chosen as guatemalas first ever academy awards entry dramathriller has already won a top prize at berlin, and the top prize at guadalajara and cartagena. Artcam films sedmnactileta maria zije s rodici v chudem staveni na upati aktivni sopky, kde otec dohlizi na kavovou plantaz. Financial analysis of ixcanul 2015 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Film v roce 2015 ohromil berlinale a ziskal prestizni cenu alfreda bauera. The brilliant debut by guatemalan filmmaker jayro bustamante is a mesmerizing fusion of fact and fable, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of kaqchikel speaking mayans on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Guatemalan film ixcanul might be the most feminist movie of the year the story of ixcanul sheds light on the discrimination faced by indigenous mayan women in.
Maria, a 17yearold mayan girl, lives and works with her parents on a coffee plantation in the foothills of an active volcano in guatemala. Guatemalas secondever oscar submission is a powerfully visualized narrative enriched by feminist themes and ethnographic detail. Maria, a 17 year old mayan girl, lives and works with her parents on a coffee plantation in the foothills of an active volcano in guatemala. A perfect depiction of hardship of life, but from the perspective of a teenager. Unforgettable from the 2015 mill valley film festival, this first feature by filmmaker jayro bustamante is a strikingly authentic drama. Sep 17, 2016 guatemalan film ixcanul might be the most feminist movie of the year the story of ixcanul sheds light on the discrimination faced by indigenous mayan women in guatemala, and casts mayan actors. Please join them wednesday, september 21, 2016 at 6. Ixcanul 2015 ixcanul 2015 ixcanul 2015 the image could not be loaded. Vulcano ixcanul 2015 film completo hd scarica 720p hd. Well filmed and a close look at an indian community. Ixcanul kaqchikel for volcano is a 2015 guatemalan drama film, a debut written and directed by jayro bustamante. Ixcanul 2015 jayro bustamante synopsis, characteristics.
Ixcanul opens a window into a littleseen corner of the world and finds universal truths about the human condition that should resonate with patient viewers. I gave this film four stars because on the amazon video listing, the names of both female actresses, maria mercedes coroy and juana are not listed in the amazon description, nor in the starring list. August 21, 2016 in ixcanul, guatemalas firstever oscar entry, feminism erupts in a small mayan community. The official trailer for ixcanul, guatemalas submission for best foreign film to the 88th academy awards. Aug 19, 2016 but in his stunning debut film, ixcanul, jayro bustamante indulges in no romance. In ixcanul, guatemalas firstever oscar entry, feminism. Ixcanul tops cartagena, continues fest triumphs variety. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Filmed entirely in kaqchikel, jayro bustamantes new movie explores a. The remainder of the picture is a fascinating blend of modernity. Su mymovies il dizionario completo dei film di laura, luisa e morando morandini. Immersing us in its characters customs and beliefs, ixcanul chronicles with unblinking realism, a disappearing tradition and a disappearing people.
Ixcanul is set on a coffee plantation in guatemala, located on the side of an active volcano which gives the film its name. Ixcanul is not a film about indigenous culture but one that was developed from within it. Con maria mercedes croy, maria telon, marvin coroy, justo lorenzo, manuel antun titolo originale ixcanul. The film premiered as part of the main competition section. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. Maria, a 17yearold mayan girl, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation in the foothills of an active volcano in guatemala. This semester, students in ftdm associate professor tricia jenkins film festivals course are organizing four screening events for the kino monda film series, sponsored by tcus center for international services. Parthenos e lucky red uscita giovedi 11 giugno 2015. In this dreamlike fusion of documentary and fable, two young, impoverished mayan lovers escape from their servitude on a remote guatemalan coffee plantation and attempt to make their way to the. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. September 21 film screening of ixcanul 2015, directed. Synopsis maria is a 17 year old mayan girl who lives and. Not only because of its amazing pictures of the volcanic guatemalan landscape.
The film was based on the real about a small mayan family living closer to the active volcano slope working in the coffee plantation. From guatemala, selected to represent the oscars in the previous year 2016, but did not make. But in his stunning debut film, ixcanul, jayro bustamante indulges in no romance. Ixcanul 2016 a young indigenous woman does not want to live in the modern world until it saves her life during a pregnancy complication.
With maria mercedes coroy, maria telon, manuel antun, justo lorenzo. Because of his methods, his relationship with the children during shooting degenerate and transform the evolution of the project. As colombia still grows, in the international ambitions of its film and tv industries, and as a locale for international shoots, it. Ixcanul chosen as guatemalas first time ever academy. Ixcanul, from luminous ritual to emotional explosions. Webdlrip scarica il film vulcano ixcanul 2015 vulcano ixcanul movies, scarica utorrent gratis. Ixcanul opens a window into a littleseen corner of the world and finds universal truths.
Bustamantes 2015 debut ixcanul was the first guatemalan film to compete in the festival and was awarded the alfred bauer award and subsequently selected as the countrys official submission for the best foreign language category for academy award consideration. Starring maria mercedes coroy, maria telon, manuel antun, justo lorenzo, marvin coroy. Vulcano ixcanul youtube trailer 2015 vulcano ixcanul 2015, scarica il film completo mp4. Ixcanul 2015 ixcanul 2015 the image could not be loaded.
Join us for a screening of ixcanul, a guatemalan film by jayro bustamante 2015. Guatemalanfrench movie ixcanul tells the sad but realistic. Ixcanul is the story of a girl on the precipice of adulthood caught between two men, and ultimately, two worlds. Ixcanul volcano chosen as guatemalas first ever academy awards entry dramathriller has already won a top prize at berlin, and the top prize at guadalajara and cartagena. The film follows maria played by maria mercedes coroy, a 17 year old mayan girl, who lives and works with her parents on a coffee plantation in the foothills of an active volcano in guatemala. Set in an indigenous mayan community of coffeefarmers living in the shadow of an active volcano, the story centers on maria, a restless 17yearold indigenous girl whose parents have arranged an advantageous marriage to the plantation overseer. It is a film about powerlessness and the struggle of a young woman to free herself from the bonds of patriarchy. Its particular beauty lies in showing the dignity the mayan people have in spite of being marginalised.
Mar 18, 2015 that is all the more necessary in 2015. Ixcanul eludes the kind of drama that ceremoniously, if all too inevitably, attends the bucolic strands of narrative suggested by bustamantes chosen milieu, instead opting for a more earthy but. And not only because it depicts the exotically traditional lifestyle of the indigenous protagonists with their rituals, which should fascinate many especially western viewers. Ixcanul may also be available with public performance rights ppr and digital site licensing dsl for colleges and universities.
Turn on looping for your embedded video so it will play over and over and over and over and over and you get the idea. Ixcanul is a 2015 guatemalan drama film, a debut written and directed by jayro bustamante. I gave this film four stars because on the amazon video listing, the names of both female actresses, maria mercedes coroy and juana are not listed. The film was selected as the guatemalan entry for the best foreign language film at the 88th academy awards but was not nominated.
On the slopes of an active volcano in guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeenyearold maria by her kaqchikel parents. Sadly the story is not one that engenders much empathy for the family at is center. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Jan 19, 2016 the official trailer for ixcanul, guatemalas submission for best foreign film to the 88th academy awards.