Gabriel Risptein’s Lucia Films thriller starring Tim Roth will fly the flag in the Academy’s foreign-language contest.
600 Miles premiered in Berlin where it earned Ripstein the Best First Feature Award before winning the MEZCAL Award for best Mexican Film in Guadalajara.
Roth plays a US agent who befriends his gun-smuggling captor during a long ride to the Mexican’s cartel bosses. Kristyan Ferrer also stars.
Michel Franco produced with Ripstein and Moisés Zanana.
Runner-up jury award presented to ‘Nimuendajú’ by Tania Anaya.
“Bafta needs more than cosmetic tweaks,” says one panellist.
Fernanda Tovar’s assured friendship drama won Berlin’s Generation 14Plus strand
The steadily increasing international outlook of the US Academy Awards has been confirmed once again.
The awards will take place on February 16 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
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