Mantarraya Productions, is an independent cinema production company funded in 1998. On their web page they define Mantarraya as; "... works as a platform for a new generation of filmmakers and has earned a reputation for promoting new talent". NDMantarraya is the label they use for distribution (in association with Nodream Cinema company of film director

Carlos Reygadas Carlos Reygadas Castillo (; born October 10, 1971) is a Mexicans, Mexican filmmaker. Influenced by existentialist art and philosophy, Reygadas' movies feature spiritual journeys into the inner worlds of his main characters, through which themes ...

), and NDM is the international sales company label. Mantarraya Productions is known for their risky content on their films. They are the Mexican production company with the most international film awards in the last 50 years. Since 2002 they participated eight times in different sections of the

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and their parallel sections; six times in the "Official Selection", four of them in the Competition and two more in "

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", also they have been invited 2 times to the Directors' Fortnight a parallel section of

. The Mexican Academy choose ''Heli'' to represent Mexico for the 2014 Oscars Award.

Spontaneous generation

In 2005 Mantarraya participated with two of their productions in the "Official Selection" at the

, unusual for an independent production. That year they participated with '' Battle in Heaven'' by

invited to the Competition and '' Sangre'' by Amat Escalante who was invited to

where the film was honored by the FIPRESCI Award. In 2005 the French newspaper ''Le Monde'' referred to them as: "Mexique, la génération spontanée". In 2007 they repeated this achievement as they were invited with two other of their productions, ''

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'' by Carlos Reygadas who received the

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in the Competition of the "Official Selection" and ''La Influencia'' by Pedro Aguilera that premiered at the Fortnight sidebar of the

Cannes awards

*2002 ''Japón'' by Carlos Reygadas receives a "Special Mention" for the Caméra d'Or *2005 ''Sangre'' by Amat Escalante is awarded the Fipresci Award. The last time a Mexican production had been honored with this award at the Cannes Film Festival was given to the film "Cada vez mas Lejos" by Luis Alcoriza back in 1965. *2007 ''Silent Light'' by Carlos Reygadas receives the

. It is the first time in history that a Mexican director (Carlos Reygadas) receives the Jury Prize at Cannes. This recognition has been received by directors like;

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, Costa-Gavras, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Ken Loach,

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and

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among others. *2012 ''Post Tenebras Lux'' by Carlos Reygadas receives the Award for "Best Director". *2013 ''Heli'' by Amat Escalante receives the Award for "Best Director". For the second time in a row and third time in history a Mexican director receives this award. In 2012

and in 2006 was received by Alejandro González Iñárritu with his film ''

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''. This recognition has been also received by directors like; Luis Buñuel,

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, Costa-Gavras,

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, Wong Kar-wai and

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among others.

Venice awards

*2016 ''The Untamed'' by Amat Escalante receives the Award for "Best Director".

Filmography

References

*Pablo Siedlecki - http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2005/05/11/mexique-la-generation-spontanee_647721_3246.html - ''Le Monde''. Retrieved 11 May 2005. *John Hopewell - https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/ndm-takes-viggo-mortensen-starrer-untitled-exclusive-1200482444/ - ''Variety''. Retrieved 16 May 2013. *Maane Khatchatourian - https://variety.com/2013/film/news/mexico-picks-heli-for-oscars-foreign-language-film-race-1200616491/ - ''Variety''. Retrieved 18 September 2013. *Michael O'Boyle - https://variety.com/2006/film/news/romandia-crosses-border-1200335902/ - ''Variety''. Retrieved 21 May 2006.

External links

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