In the perpetual darkness of an Arctic winter, a Latin American migrant woman builds a life of intimate maternal care for a Norwegian child while her own children grow up thousands of kilometers away, present only through the inadequate glow of a phone screen.
In 2019, César Díaz was awarded the Caméra d’Or, or the Golden Camera for Nuestras Madres, his debut feature film as a director-scriptwriter, at the Cannes Film Festival.
That year, Nuestras Madres, or Our Mothers, was also awarded the Critics’ Week SACD prize for best screenplay, and the Rails d’Or, the Golden Rails. Nuestras Madres has received worldwide distribution, and accumulated numerous prestigious awards at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the Pingyao International Film Festival, and the Chicago International Film Festival, among others. In Belgium, Nuestras Madres earned the prestigious Magritte du Cinéma for best debut film from the Académie André Delvaux, and was selected as the Belgian entry in the 2019, 91st Academy Awards.
Guatemalan and Belgian, César studied scriptwriting in Brussels. He also studied at La Fémis in Paris. He has edited several documentaries and more than ten fiction projects, with standout work including both Ixcanul and Temblores by Jayro Bustamante. He has been appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Culture Minister.
