Heli de Amat Escalante, única película mexicana que aspira al Oscar 2014

La academia ha anunciado la primera lista de aspirantes a la categoría de Película Extranjera, 76 son las cintas que buscan este galardón. En los premios Oscar 2014.

La cifra sobrepasa los 71 títulos del año pasado, un nuevo récord para la categoría que incluye muchos films aclamados en festivales internacionales.

A pesar de haber sido un excelente año en taquilla para las películas mexicanas, la única que se encuentra en la lista es “Heli” del director nacido en Barcelona Amat Escalante.

La película más reciente del mexicano Amat Escalante será recordada por una secuencia: la de un joven colgado del techo al que, después de una buena paliza, le prenden fuego en los genitales. La imagen trastornó a un buen número de críticos en el pasado festival de Cannes, donde Heli, el tercer largometraje del director, inauguró la sección oficial. Ya que no es un spoiler, la escena era descrita en las notas y era el eje de las opiniones sobre la película (la mayoría no muy amables). Extracto de Letras Libres.

Avance de Heli:

La lista completa:

1. Afghanistan, “Wajma – An Afghan Love Story,” Barmak Akram, director
2. Albania, “Agon,” Robert Budina, director
3. Argentina, “The German Doctor,” Lucía Puenzo, director
4. Australia, “The Rocket,” Kim Mordaunt, director
5. Austria, “The Wall,” Julian Pölsler, director
6. Azerbaijan, “Steppe Man,” Shamil Aliyev, director
7. Bangladesh, “Television,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director
8. Belgium, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van Groeningen, director
9. Bosnia and Herzegovina, “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” Danis Tanovic, director
10. Brazil, “Neighboring Sounds,” Kleber Mendonça Filho, director
11. Bulgaria, “The Color of the Chameleon,” Emil Hristov, director
12. Cambodia, “The Missing Picture,” Rithy Panh, director
13. Canada, “Gabrielle,” Louise Archambault, director
14. Chad, “GriGris,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director
15. Chile, “Gloria,” Sebastián Lelio, director
16. China, “Back to 1942,” Feng Xiaogang, director
17. Colombia, “La Playa DC,” Juan Andrés Arango, director
18. Croatia, “Halima’s Path,” Arsen Anton Ostojic, director
19. Czech Republic, “The Don Juans,” Jiri Menzel, director
20. Denmark, “The Hunt,” Thomas Vinterberg, director
21. Dominican Republic, “Quien Manda?” Ronni Castillo, director
22. Ecuador, “The Porcelain Horse,” Javier Andrade, director
23. Egypt, “Winter of Discontent,” Ibrahim El Batout, director
24. Estonia, “Free Range,” Veiko Ounpuu, director
25. Finland, “Disciple,” Ulrika Bengts, director
26. France, “Renoir,” Gilles Bourdos, director
27. Georgia, “In Bloom,” Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directores
28. Germany, “Two Lives,” Georg Maas, director
29. Greece, “Boy Eating the Bird’s Food,” Ektoras Lygizos, director
30. Hong Kong, “The Grandmaster,” Wong Kar-wai, director
31. Hungary, “The Notebook,” Janos Szasz, director
32. Iceland, “Of Horses and Men,” Benedikt Erlingsson, director
33. India, “The Good Road,” Gyan Correa, director
34. Indonesia, “Sang Kiai,” Rako Prijanto, director
35. Iran, “The Past,” Asghar Farhadi, director
36. Israel, “Bethlehem,” Yuval Adler, director
37. Italy, “The Great Beauty,” Paolo Sorrentino, director
38. Japan, “The Great Passage,” Ishii Yuya, director
39. Kazakhstan, “Shal,” Yermek Tursunov, director
40. Latvia, “Mother, I Love You,” Janis Nords, director
41. Lebanon, “Blind Intersections,” Lara Saba, director
42. Lithuania, “Conversations on Serious Topics,” Giedre Beinoriute, director
43. Luxembourg, “Blind Spot,” Christophe Wagner, director
44. Mexico, “Heli,” Amat Escalante, director
45. Moldova, “All God’s Children,” Adrian Popovici, director
46. Montenegro, “Ace of Spades – Bad Destiny,” Drasko Djurovic, director
47. Morocco, “Horses of God,” Nabil Ayouch, director
48. Nepal, “Soongava: Dance of the Orchids,” Subarna Thapa, director
49. Netherlands, “Borgman,” Alex van Warmerdam, director
50. New Zealand, “White Lies,” Dana Rotberg, director
51. Norway, “I Am Yours,” Iram Haq, director
52. Pakistan, “Zinda Bhaag,” Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directores
53. Palestine, “Omar,” Hany Abu-Assad, director
54. Peru, “The Cleaner,” Adrian Saba, director
55. Philippines, “Transit,” Hannah Espia, director
56. Poland, “Walesa. Man of Hope,” Andrzej Wajda, director
57. Portugal, “Lines of Wellington,” Valeria Sarmiento, director
58. Romania, “Child’s Pose,” Calin Peter Netzer, director
59. Russia, “Stalingrad,” Fedor Bondarchuk, director
60. Saudi Arabia, “Wadjda,” Haifaa Al Mansour, director
61. Serbia, “Circles,” Srdan Golubovic, director
62. Singapore, “Ilo Ilo,” Anthony Chen, director
63. Slovak Republic, “My Dog Killer,” Mira Fornay, director
64. Slovenia, “Class Enemy,” Rok Bicek, director
65. South Africa, “Four Corners,” Ian Gabriel, director
66. South Korea, “Juvenile Offender,” Kang Yi-kwan, director
67. Spain, “15 Years Plus a Day,” Gracia Querejeta, director
68. Sweden, “Eat Sleep Die,” Gabriela Pichler, director
69. Switzerland, “More than Honey,” Markus Imhoof, director
70. Taiwan, “Soul,” Chung Mong-Hong, director
71. Thailand, “Countdown,” Nattawut Poonpiriya, director
72. Turkey, “The Butterfly’s Dream,” Yilmaz Erdogan, director
73. Ukraine, “Paradjanov,” Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directores
74. United Kingdom, “Metro Manila,” Sean Ellis, director
75. Uruguay, “Anina,” Alfredo Soderguit, director
76. Venezuela, “Breach in the Silence,” Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directores

El recorte final de nominados será anunciado el 16 de enero, tiempo suficiente para que los miembros de la academia se sienten a ver todo este gran material.