09 · 14 · 11 Miss Bala to inaugurate Horizontes Latinos Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Clara Sánchez/Translated by Cindy Hawes Daniela Michel, director of the Morelia International Film Festival, will be a jury member in this section, which also includes two other Mexican films: Asalto al cine by Iria Gómez and Entre la noche y el día by Bernardo Arellano. Argentine actor Juan Diego Botto will head the Horizontes Latinos jury with the participation of Daniela Michel and Javier Martín, program director at the Forum des Images in Paris. This is Michel's second time as a jury member in an international festival this year. The first was for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. This year, Mexico will exhibit 16 films at the festival. The section 4+1: Contemporary Mexican Cinema will present seven films previously shown at FICM, including Alamar by Pedro González-Rubio, Best Mexican Feature Film and Audience Award FICM 2009. Other films in the program are: Luz silenciosa, by Carlos Reygadas (Premiere FICM 2007), Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo by Yulene Olaizola (Official Selection FICM 2008), Lake Tahoe by Fernando Eimbcke, (Premio Tradicional FICM 2008), Norteado by Rigoberto Pérezcano (Official Selection FICM 2009), Verano de Goliat by Nicolás Pereda (Estreno FICM 2010) and Revolución by Mariana Chenillo, Fernando Eimbcke, Amat Escalante, Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo García, Diego Luna, Gerardo Naranjo, Rodrigo Plá, Carlos Reygadas and Patricia Riggen (Special Function FICM 2010). Las razones del corazón, an adaptation of the novel Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert and directed by Arturo Ripstein, is part of the Official Competition. Ripstein, who exhibited his film El carnaval de Sodoma at FICM 2006, has won the Golden Shell for Principio y fin (1993) and La perdición de los hombres (2000). The documentary Carrière by Juan Carlos Rulfo will be screened in the Zabaltegi section. The film is about the life of Jean-Claude Carrière -- special guest at FICM 2006, author, screenwriter and faithful collaborator of Luis Buñuel. Rulfo received the Audience Award at FICM 2006 for his documentary In the Pit (En el hoyo). He also presented his feature film Those That Remain (Los que se quedan), which he co-directed with Carlos Hagerman, at FICM 2008. Winning Mexican films at the festival's previous editions Mexico has had an outstanding participation at the San Sebastián Film Festival. In addition to the films by director Arturo Ripstein, who won the Golden Shell twice, other feature films have received awards in the different sections of the festival. Here is a list of the award-winning Mexican films at the San Sebastián Film Festival: Abel by Diego Luna ?Horizontes Latinos Award, 2010 Asalto al cine by Iria Gómez Casa de América Award, 2010 A tiro de piedra by Sebastián Hiriart, Offical Selection FICM 2010?Special Mention at Horizontes Latinos, 2010 El violín by Francisco Vargas Quevedo, Premiere FICM 2006?Signis Award, 2006Special Mention at Horizontes Latinos, 2006 Entre la noche y el día by Bernardo Arellano Cine en Construcción de la Industria Award, 2010 Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo by Yulene Olaizola, Offical Selection FICM 2008?Special Mention at Horizontes Latinos, 2008 Norteado by Rigoberto Pérezcano, Official Selection FICM 2009Cine en Construcción de la Industria Award, 2008Televisión Española Award 2008 Premio Casa de América de ayuda a la post-producción del cine latinoamericano, 2008 Parque Vía by Enrique Rivero Special Mention at Horizontes Latinos, 2008 Principio y fin by Arturo RipsteinGolden Shell for Best Film,1994 Párpados azules by Ernesto Contreras, International Critics' Week section, FICM 2007 ?Jury's Special Mention, 2007 Vidas errantes by José Carlos RuizCrítica Internacional FIPRESCI award and Televisión Española award for Best Picture,1984 For more information visit: www.sansebastianfestival.com
