Reporting From Palm Springs — The film begins with a young woman’s taciturn face: a teenager named María diligently being dressed by her mother for a social obligation she would rather avoid. María’s ...

Chris Knight: It went by the name Ixcanul Volcano when it played at last year’s Berlin festival, winning the Alfred Bauer prize for 'opening new perspectives on cinematic art' You can save this ...

A young Mayan woman finds herself at a crossroads between the ancient and modern worlds in “Ixcanul Volcano,” a transporting, hypnotically beautiful debut feature from Guatemalan director Jayro ...

SAN SEBASTIAN –Spain’s Film Factory Ent. has swooped on world sales rights to Jayro Bustamante’s “Ixcanul,” a standout in San Sebastian Fest’s pix-in-post competition, Films in Progress, which wrapped ...

“Ixcanul,” which takes place near a volcano in Guatemala, is a lyrical film that plays like a well-done National Geographic special — until it unexpectedly turns lava-hot. Throughout, “Ixcanul” ...

“Ixcanul” means “volcano” in the Kaqchikel language, and the title refers both to the peak that overlooks the Guatemalan coffee plantation where the film is set and to the eruptive emotions at the ...

Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is on a winning streak, with recent victories at Berlin and Guadalajara. By John Hecht Ixcanul (Ixcanul Volcano), the feature debut of Guatemalan writer-director ...

Like its titular Guatemalan volcano, Jayro Bustamante's hypnotic film debut Ixcanul bubbles with the tension of a teenage girl at odds with her family's native customs, before erupting into a frantic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Academy Award-nominated “Embrace of the Serpent,” from Colombia’s Ciro Guerra, and “Ixcanul,” directed by Nicaragua’s Jayro ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Yellow Line” – which world preemed in Guadalajara – features a deep cast, led by Damian Alcazar then, Joaquin Cosio, Silverio ...