‘Night of Fire’ will represent Mexico at the Goya Awards; The Mexican film seeks the prize

After the instability that the film industry has presented around the world as an undeniable consequence of the pandemic, the film and entertainment industry is starting to regenerate and there is a lot of good news for Mexico. National productions continue to bring the name of the country to the top and in all corners of the world and the information recently revealed by the AMACC demonstrates this.

This Thursday, September 29, the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMACC) revealed it Mexican film by director Tatiana Huezo, ‘Noche de Fuego’ will be commissioned to represent Mexico at the Goya Awards. The production, which premiered last year internationally and currently can be viewed through the Netflix streaming service, is looking to win the award.

‘Night of Fire’ will be the Mexican film that competes at the Goya Awards, after the Ariel Awards that the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciencesreceived 19 nominations, one of the most cited in the ceremony which will take place on 11 October.

As for the Goya Awards, the Mexican film will compete in the Best Ibero-American Film category awarded by the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A promising milestone for the national industry and one that inspires other directors to continue occupying spaces.

‘Night of Fire’ is based on the novel Prayers for the stolenknown in Spanish as Ladydi, by the journalist Jennifer Clemente which closely tells the story of three girls who grow up in the midst of violence in the Sierra de Guerrero, Mexico. A place where violence has become natural and inclement, and where drug trafficking monopolizes the spaces occupied by peasants, as well as by the women of the country.

Violence begins to permeate every part of the Sierra de Guerrero, and this is how the trio of girls grows, trying to take care of the narcos men who come down to find women who possess them for their “service”.

With this film, Huezo has raised its voice for girls and women, for those exposed to a reality little touched by security and much by drug traffickers, which is increasingly part of their daily life, from birth to death. die or disappear.

Although the film touches on the theme of drug trafficking, it tells it from a different perspective than other perspectives, it has touched the cinema countless times with the aim of reflecting the reality of some unprotected sectors of the country. Currently the tape is available on Netflix.

“BARDO” will participate in the Oscars for the best film

This was not the only news that the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed, also the Mexican of Alejandro González Iñárritu, ‘BARD, False chronicle of few truths’will be what Mexico will represent at the 2022 Oscars. It will be October 27 when the Mexican director’s film will be available in theaters, after being presented as the opening film of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM).

‘Bardo’ will compete for the Oscars in the Best International Film category, in the event that awards the best of cinema, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States. This film will also become part of the Netflix catalog, representing a moment of well-being for the film industry in Mexico.