3 indie films vying for Mexico's Ariel Awards April 11, 2013 - 18:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Paula Markovitch's dirty war drama El Premio (The Prize) will vie for best picture and director honors against Rodrigo Pla's Uruguay-set drama La Demora (The Delay) and Matias Meyer's Cristero War period piece Los Ultimos Cristeros (The Last Cristeros) at Mexico's 55th Ariel Awards ceremony, The Hollywood Reporter said. Written and directed by newcomer Markovitch, The Prize garnered 10 nominations on Wednesday, including best first work, lead actress and original screenplay. Winner of the Silver Berlin Bear for outstanding achievement in production design and cinematography, the story centers on a mother and daughter who must go into hiding during Argentina's dirty war era. Also getting multiple noms were The Delay, a character-driven drama about a strained mother-daughter relationship; The Last Cristeros, set during Mexico's Cristero War; and Luis Mandoki's immigrant-themed La Vida Precoz y Breve de Sabina Rivas (The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas). Michel Franco's Despues de Lucia (After Lucia), winner of the 2012 Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes, landed best actor, actress and original screenplay noms but got snubbed for best picture and director. Competing for best Ibero-American picture are Spain's Blancanives (Snow White), Chile's Oscar-nominated No and Ecuador's Pescador (Fisherman). The awards ceremony will be held on May 28 at Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
