Lila Avilés won the Best Director award at the Durban International Film Festival

After winning the Golden Lynx at the 19° Fest New Directors in Espinho, Portugal, the Competition Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the past Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Director award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés was awarded the Best Director award at the Durban International Film Festival for its second feature film, Tótem.

The film, a co-production between Mexico, Denmark, and France, tells the story of Sol, a seven year old girl who spends the day with his grandfather at his house helping him with the preparations for a surprise party for her father. Slowly, everything begins to turn more chaotic, shattering the family's foundations. Naíma Sentíes, Montserrat Marañón, Marisol Gasé, Saori Gurza, Mateo García Elizondo, Teresita Sánchez, Juan Francisco Maldonado, Iazua Larios, and Alberto Amado star in Tótem.

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