''Our Mothers'' ( es, Nuestras madres) is a 2019 internationally co-produced
drama film directed by
César Díaz. It follows a forensic anthropologist in Guatemala investigating the disappearance of his father, a guerrilla fighter who went missing in the 1980s. It was screened at the
2019 Cannes Film Festival
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The Palme d'Or went to the South Korean film ''Parasite'', directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became t ...
where Díaz won the
Caméra d'Or.
''Our Mothers'' was selected as the Belgian entry for the
Best International Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to ...
at the
92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
It received six nominations at the
10th Magritte Awards
The 10th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best 2019 in film, films of 2019 in Belgium. It took place on 1 February 2020, at the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, Square, in the historic site of Mont ...
, including
Best Film and
Best Director for Díaz, winning
Best First Feature Film.
Accolades
See also
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List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
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List of Belgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
External links
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2019 films
2019 drama films
2010s Spanish-language films
Belgian drama films
Guatemalan drama films
Caméra d'Or winners
Magritte Award winners
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