Mexico City – “Carmin Tropical,” Rigoberto Perezcano’s exploration into gender, family and violence, took the top prize for best fiction feature at the Morelia International Film Festival on Friday evening. It beat out Alonso Ruizpalacio’s “Güeros,” which nearly made a sweep, winning the press prize, public prize, and best first or second work, as well as picking up actor kudos for the three leads in the film.
The second feature from Perezcano, whose first film “Northless” also bowed at Morelia, focuses on the community of traditional transgendered women, known as muxes, on the southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec, turning on a trans woman’s homecoming to seek the killer of her friend, another muxe. “Carmin” was co-produced by Cinepantera and Tiburon Films.
The win is impressive, coming against the much-lauded “Güeros,” which took best first feature in Berlin, as well as kudos in Tribeca and San Sebastian. The Tenoch Huerta starrer,...
The second feature from Perezcano, whose first film “Northless” also bowed at Morelia, focuses on the community of traditional transgendered women, known as muxes, on the southern Isthmus of Tehuantepec, turning on a trans woman’s homecoming to seek the killer of her friend, another muxe. “Carmin” was co-produced by Cinepantera and Tiburon Films.
The win is impressive, coming against the much-lauded “Güeros,” which took best first feature in Berlin, as well as kudos in Tribeca and San Sebastian. The Tenoch Huerta starrer,...
- 10/25/2014
- by James Ronald Young Jr
- Variety - Film News
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