Written in ENTERTAINMENT he 8/9/2024 · 15:18 hs
EFE.– The Mexican actress Adriana Barraza asked the president-elect this weekend Claudia Sheinbaum what restore the supports to culture and cinema that were cut during the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“I would ask with all my heart that all the help we can have be returned, not even for those who already have the resources to do so, but for so many young people who want to get their projects off the ground,” he said before the ceremony of the Ariel Awardswhich recognizes the best of Mexican cinema.
Barraza was nominated in the category of best actress for the film “El último vagón” at the 66th edition of the Ariel Awards, which were held yesterday for the second time in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
The actress of films such as “Babel” and “The 33” asked the next president to remember the importance that culture has for the development of the country.
“It is not just glamour. No. Cinema, like the culture that is encompassed in theatre, television and many of the arts, is elements y food to be a better society,” he said.
Barraza said that the film industry has grown in the last decade, expanding its productions to all genres and audiences.
“(If it is) an industry, it means that it has all genres. We must not forget that comedy and any other genre is part of that industry and that we are also worthy representatives of our work in many places around the world,” he said.
The Mexican, nominated for best supporting actress at the awards Oscar In 2006 for the film “Babel”, she said that her work in “El último vagón”, in which she plays a teacher, is a Tribute to rural teachers and one of the most endearing he has made in his career.
Barraza recalled that in October he will premiere “My Friend the Penguin”, a children’s film in which he shares the screen with the French actor Jean Reno.
The Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC) organized the Ariel Awards, which in its 66th edition had 186 nominations, competing in 24 different categories, headed by the films “Tótem”, with 15 nominations, “Temporada de Huracanes” and “Heroico”, both with 11.
