Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences have chosen Fernando Frías de la Parra’s I’m No Longer Here as Mexico’s official entry for the International Feature Film Oscar race.The pic centers on the young leader (Juan Daniel Garcia Trevino) of a small Monterrey street gang from the Cholombiano subculture who longs for home after being forced to move to Jackson Heights, Queens, after an altercation with a local cartel.
It premiered at the 2019 Morelia Film Festival where it won Best Feature and was a selection of this year’s truncated Tribeca Film Festival.The film received 10 Ariel Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, and is the official Mexican submission for Spain’s Goya.
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