Tag: Totem
Interview: Lila Avilés – Tótem
Among the titles competing for the Golden Bear at the 2023 Berlinale, the sophomore feature by Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés brims with vitality. It...
Tótem | Review
Life and Death of the Party: Aviles’ Bustling Ensemble Piece Balances Pain & Profundity
Taking place over the course of one frenetic day, Lila...
2024 Oscars: Totem, The Mother of All Lies, Godland, The Zone of Interest & The Taste of Things Part of International Feature Shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists in ten categories for the upcoming 96th edition and of course, we are...
2023 Gotham Awards: All of Us Strangers Leads Noms, but it’s a “Past Lives” vs. “A Thousand and One” Event
In what is an increasingly convoluted ceremony (remember that each category is determined by a mere five individuals), All of Us Strangers takes the...
2024 Oscars: Lila Avilés’ Tótem is Mexico’s Nomination for Best International Film
In a flurry of announcements for the Best International Film category, we now learn that Mexico has selected Lila Avilés' brilliant sophomore feature, Tótem...
2023 San Sebastián: Lila Avilés, Felipe Galvez, David Zonana & Carolina Markowicz Fill Horizontes Latinos Section
A dozen film titles with items dating back to this year's Sundance (David Zonana's Heroic), Berlinale (Lila Aviles' Totem and Tatiana Huezo's The Echo)...
2023 Berlin International Film Festival Coverage Wrap-Up
The 2023 edition of the Berlin International Film Festival has come and gone (we got plenty more to insert here), but here are some...
2023 New Directors/New Films: Avilés’ Tótem, Abbruzzese’s Disco Boy & Leaf’s Earth Mama Among Highlights
Lassoing international film titles as far back as last year's Manuela Martelli's Chile ’76 and Saim Sadiq's Joyland and as recent as Berlinale's Abbruzzese's...
House Hold: Sideshow & Janus Films Move into Berlinale Fave “Tótem”
Winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize and easily among the top films at this year's Berlinale, Lila Avilés' sophomore feature Tótem had already racked...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #66. Lila Avilés’ Totem
Totem
A project that would have shot sometime around the summer of '21, auteur Lila Avilés reteamed with actress Teresa Sanchez and Lazua Larios (from...
2022 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Un Certain Regard
Hovering around the eighteen to twenty film selection range, the Un Certain Regard section wasn't necessarily overhauled but there was an unofficial memo that...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #26. Lila Avilés’ Totem
Totem
As highlighted in our countdown there are many reasons to be excited for the new year in Mexican and new auteur cinema when we...
