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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 where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.
Nov 25, 2015 · Ixcanul: Directed by Jayro Bustamante. With María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo. On the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.
Jan 19, 2016 · Guatemala's submission for Best Foreign Film to the 88th Academy Awards®. Now on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD: bit.ly/2S17KH5The brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is a ...
Aug 19, 2016 · Ixcanul is incredibly moving, both in conveying universal truths faced by young women coming of age, and in portraying the challenges faced by and strengths of...
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Aug 19, 2016 · A mesmerizing, understated tragedy set far from Iceland—but in a place shadowed by the same geological reality—“Ixcanul” is the first film made in the Kaqchikel Mayan language and was Guatemala's entry into the Academy Awards last year.
Aug 18, 2016 · More than a fable about the clash of tradition and modernity, “Ixcanul” is finally a painful illustration of the ease with which those who have can prey on those who don’t.
Due to the rarity of films coming out of Guatemala, Ixcanul made a sensation when premiering at the Berlinale, where it won the Silver Bear. A young Indigenous woman is the center of this visually hypnotic, emotionally subdued and strikingly poignant film, slowly burning until its final eruption.
