Nuestras Madres

A film by César Diaz
Fiction feature film / Language : Spanish / 2019

Synopsis
Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked the civil war. Victim statements come one after another. Ernesto is a young anthropologist working for the Forensic Foundation; his job is to identify the missing. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a guerrillero who went missing during the war. Against his mother’s wishes, he flings himself body and soul into the case, looking for truth and resilience.

Written and directed by César Diaz / Director of photography Virginie Surdej / Sound Vincent Nouaille / Production designer Pilar Peredo / Costumes Sofia Lantan / Editing Damien Maestraggi / Mix Emmanuel De Boissieu / Sound editing Alexandre Davidson

Production : Delphine Schmit, Perspective Films / Géraldine Sprimont, Need Productions / Cineconception.
Distribution: Pyramide
Sales: Pyramide

Festivals :
–  Caméra d’Or & Prix SACD at International Critics’ Week, Cannes Film Festival 2019 ,Critics’ Prize at the FIFF Namur 2019,busan international film festival,best director at pinagyao IFF 2019 , international festival of cinenof Santander , Jerusalem film festival , Melbourne film festival, Lima film festival, SANFIC Santiago, Chile, Reykjavik international film festival, New vision competition,Hamburg film festival, Warsaw film festival, Oulan Bator film festival ,the film of canne’s Bucarest, Taipei Golden horse film festival, Cooperation Award  in San Sebastian film festival, Best photography Award in Ostend  film festival 2019, Silver Hugo in Chicago international film festival 2019 – Magritte of the best first movie 2020