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‘Sujo’ Tops Morelia Film Festival With Best Screenplay, Direction & Fiction Feature Wins In Strong Start To Oscar Race


'Sujo,' Mexico's Oscar submission, topped the Morelia International Film Festival with three wins across screenplay, direction and overall film.

From filmmakers Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez, the drama centers on the eponymous beloved son of a small-town cartel gunman who narrowly escapes death when his father is murdered. Emilia Pérez from French director Jacques Audiard served as the opening screening, the actresses of which — Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz — were special guests. Special Jury Prize sponsored by Renta Imagen: Niño halcón duerme entre visiones de un incendio, Mauricio Sáenz-Cánovas

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