Ixcanul

Ixcanul
Film poster
Directed byJayro Bustamante
Written byJayro Bustamante
StarringMaría Mercedes Coroy
Maria Telon
Edited byCésar Díaz
Release dates
  • 7 February 2015 (2015-02-07) (Berlin)
  • 25 November 2015 (2015-11-25) (France)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesGuatemala
France
LanguagesKaqchikel
Spanish

Ixcanul ([ʔiʃ.kʰa.nɯɬ], Kaqchikel for "volcano") is a 2015 Guatemalan drama film written and directed by Jayro Bustamante in his directorial debut. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival,[1] where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.[2] The film was selected as the Guatemalan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but was not nominated.[3] It is the first film produced in the Kaqchikel language of the Mayan family.[4]

  1. ^ "Berlinale 2015: Malick, Dresen, Greenaway and German in Competition". Berlinale. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". Berlinale. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ^ Hopewell, John (27 August 2015). "'Ixcanul (Volcano)' Chosen as Guatemala's First Ever Academy Awards Entry". Variety. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ Ixcanu, Roger Ebert website