He director cinema Luis Estrada received a tribute on the part of the National Chamber of the Film Industry (Canacine) for his pentalogy of political satires that began with “The Law of Herod” in 1999.
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During the annual delivery of Canacine Awardsin which Eugenio Derbez took the awards to Best Film, Best Actor and Film highest grossing by Radical, the organizers surprised Estrada with a recognition.
“We are all together responsible and also guilty of the moment that Mexican cinema is going through. I don’t know if they are going to give me another award, but just in case I didn’t come prepared for this one and I suppose the rest will go to Derbez to“Which we warmly congratulate, although how rude that he didn’t come, but that’s not how this business is,” said the director of the film “Que viva México!”
“LET’S NOT LOSE FAITH IN MEXICAN CINEMA”
Director from “A Wonderful World”, “Hell” and “The Perfect Dictatorship” shared his position regarding the current government administration and the Mexican Institute of Cinematography IMCINE.
“I am not going to waste this opportunity to speak ill of the IMCINE, from the Ministry of Culture, from the Fourth Transformation because I have talked so much about this that I can bore you. What I want to talk about is the current moment that we are experiencing for the cinema Mexican, I hope they don’t sabotage me, we are at a breaking point, at a crossroads,” he said.
“My last movie was probably the last guinea pig of a cinematographic modelWe all know what happened to him. mexican cinema after the pandemic, but it was a project that perhaps I bet too much on,” he expressed.
He filmmaker He said that he spent all his savings and the money he didn’t have so that his film could debut as he had imagined: in a theater cinema.
“I recovered two important things, the dignity of my movie and my personal dignity, I hope we do not lose faith in him mexican cinema“It’s in our hands,” he concluded.
THE BOX OFFICE IS RECOVERED
On the other hand, Canacine reported a 33 percent increase in ticket sales this year, reaching 218 million tickets, compared to 164 million last year.
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Regarding the monetary item, there was an increase of 36 percent, reaching 14,631 million pesos.
Super Mario Bros. The Movie topped the list of films most watched international films in Mexico, with 22.7 million viewers and 1,542 million pesos in revenue.