IXCANUL VOLCANO

IXCANUL

By Jayro BUSTAMANTE

BUFF FILMFESTIVAL - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2015

First-timer director Jayro Bustamante proves himself a true global up-and-comer with Silver-Bear Awarded IXCANUL (VOLCANO). As touching as it is visually beautiful and impressively well performed, this Guatemala-France coproduction includes the producers Edgard Tenembaum (The Motorcycle Diairies).

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2015
Competition Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize, International Jury
Guadalajara FICG 2015
Best Latin American Film, Best Director
FICCI Cartagena 2015
Best Picture Award
Toronto - TIFF 2015
Discovery
San Sebastian FF 2015
Horizontes Latinos
Mumbai FF 2015
Int'l Competition Golden Gateway
Ventana Sur 2015
Video Library
Toulouse (ARCALT) 2015
Audience and Critics Award
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • GUATEMALA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • KAQCHIKEL
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jayro BUSTAMANTE
    • Writer(s)
    • Jayro BUSTAMANTE
    • Producer(s)
    • Marina PERALTA (La Casa de Producción), Pilar PEREDO (La Casa de Producción), Edgard TENEMBAUM (Tu Vas Voir), Jayro BUSTAMANTE (La Casa de Producción)
    • Synopsis
    • Maria is a 17-year-old living and working on the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala. A snakebite forces her into the modern world, about which she has dreamt so much. It saves her life, but at too high a cost.