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Mexico’s Oscar Entry ‘Sujo’ Makes a Sweep of the Morelia Film Festival
Mexico’s Oscar entry 'Sujo' made a sweep of the 22nd Morelia Film Festival, winning the Ojo Awards for Best Film, Director and Screenplay.
Sujo’s win caps a luminary-packed festival that included Francis Ford Coppola, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuaron, Liv Tyler, Ava DuVernay, Ira Sachs and Leos Carax in attendance. The festival led by Daniela Michel opened Oct. 18 with France’s submission to the Oscars, “Emilia Pérez” by Jacques Audiard, which won the Cannes Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award for its four leads, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz. FICM, which recognizes and showcases the best Mexican works of the year, also hosted the Mexican premieres of such prominent titles as Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist, “Mark Cousins’ documentary “A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things,” Luis Ortega’s “El Jockey,” DuVernay’s “Origin,” Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man,“ and the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner, Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door,” as well as Sean Baker’s “Anora,” winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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