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 ...

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 ...

We never quite see the entire volcano during “Ixcanul,” at least not in a picture-postcard way. We usually see just a piece of it, in the background, but people talk about it all the time. They give ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jayro Bustamante’s “Ixcanul” won the Golden Gateway award in the international competition section at the 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Guatemala's Oscar entry 'Ixcanul' won top honors at the Mumbai Film Festival, which concluded Thursday night with an awards ceremony attended by top Bollywood stars, including actors Salman Khan and ...