06 · 03 · 10

Señora Pájaro receives award from CANACINE

Clara Sánchez

Decroux tells the story of Lara, a sick little girl who, while watching life go by from her balcony, discovers Sole, a woman who has lost her desire to live, on a neighboring balcony. They both establish a relationship at a distance, through silences and glances.

Fernando Luján received the Best Actor award for his work in Cinco días sin Nora (Five Days without Nora) by Mariana Chenillo, winner of the Public’s Prize at FICM 2009. The film is about Nora, an elderly woman who before dying devises a plan to make José, her ex-husband, take care of her funeral. But the only flaw in the plan – a mysterious photo left under the bed – will lead to an unexpected outcome that remind us that sometimes the greatest love stories are hidden in the smallest places.

The feature film Los que se quedan (Those That Remain) by Juan Carlos Rulfo and Carlos Hagerman, whose special showing was at the sixth edition of FICM, won the prize for Best Documentary.  The film captures through everyday scenes an intimate portrait of those who migrate to the United States, a country that for some represents opportunity while for others -- those families that stay behind on this side of the Rio Grande -- silence, nostalgia, and memory. The film depicts the lives of those who leave, those who remain, and those who return.