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Kaoticni Zivot Nade Kadic by Marta Hernaiz was presented at the 16th FICM

With the presence of director Marta Hernaiz, Mariana Rodríguez -sound design- and Paco Espinal -producer-, the film Kaoticni Zivot Nade Kadic (The Chaotic Life of Nada Kadić), which is part of the Mexican Feature Film Section of the 16th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) was presented at a press conference. The post-production was completed with the Impulso Morelia 2 award, which she won in 2016.

Marta Hernaiz and Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel.

One element that defined film's fate was the participation of Aida Hadžibegović and her daughter, Hava Đombić, who suffers from autism; this became a point of reference for the making of the film. "It was a shock, children, and people with autism suffer a lot of exclusion. Hiring a girl actress would be an exclusion, so I decided to include her instead. Although the film does not address autism directly, they need to adapt to this situation that they were living," said Hernaiz.

The competition screening of the film took place in the afternoon. There, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Batel, vice-president of FICM, said, "We are very pleased to have you here, it is the culmination of that project that came a couple of years ago".

"I started here, and it could end here, so it is the most appropriate place to show it for the first time in Mexico. 'Nada' not only means the opposite of everything, it means 'hope' in Bosnian, which is the language of the film, and I hope you like it very much," said the director.