GUADALAJARA. The president of the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), Armando Casas He mentioned that “Our cinema should accommodate all diversity, all voices and all cultures”during the 66th delivery of the Ariel Awards.
“We want a plural and influential cinema, because cinema is one of the most powerful hereditary cultural expressions of a country.because it promotes the knowledgepromotes the empathy with others, strengthens one culture of peacea culture of tolerance and dialogue among the various sectors of society,” he added.
Also, delving into diversity, Casas recognized the work of female filmmakersas well as actresses and professionals from other areas of film production, included in the nomination.
“This year we celebrate that the presence of women’s talent and creativity continues to increase. Three of the five nominations to Best Directors are women“, he mentioned referring to Lila Aviles, Tatiana Huezo and Elisa Miller.
“Also for the first time in the history of this award We have three winners of the Golden Ariel”he said about Angelica Maria, Brigitte Broch and Busi Cortesto whom it was awarded posthumously.
In his speech, the director also referred to The importance of cinema for Mexican societyas a source of access to culture, and the importance of management in that relationship.
“Cinema is strategic for any nationfor this nation. It is the responsibility of public policy to protect and promote cultural production and artistic creation, as well as access to them by the population,” said Armando Casas, who also emphasized the development of national talent in the seventh art.
“The national film industry has shown remarkable growth in recent years. The creativity, technical and artistic quality of our professionals have been recognized in the most important spaces of world cinema.”
Finally, the highest representative of the AMACC He emphasized the solidarity that the film community must have, at this specific moment with Argentina.
“The academy must express its solidarity with the Argentine film community that is suffering political debate government policies that call into question the reality of the emblematic and complete cinematography of Ibero-American cinema,” he said.