Our Mothers

Our Mothers
Our Mothers
	Film poster
Directed by	César Díaz
Produced by	Delphine Schmit, Géraldine Sprimont
Starring
Edited by	Damien Maestraggi
Music by	Rémi Boubal
Distributed by	Pyramide
Release date	21 May 2019 (Cannes);
Running time	78 minutes
Countries	Belgium; Guatemala
Language	Spanish

Our Mothers (Spanish: Nuestras madres) is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film directed by César Díaz. It follows a forensic anthropologist in Guatemala investigating the disappearance of his father, a guerrilla fighter who went missing in the 1980s. It was screened at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where Díaz won the Caméra d'Or.^[1]

Our Mothers was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[2] It received six nominations at the 10th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Díaz, winning Best First Feature Film.^[3]

Accolades[]

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Belgian Film Critics Association^[4]	Best Film		Won
Cannes Film Festival^[1]	Caméra d'Or		Won
	Grand Prize – Critics' Week		Nominated
	SACD Award		Won
Magritte Award^[3]	Best Film		Nominated
	Best Director	César Díaz	Nominated
	Best Screenplay	César Díaz	Nominated
	Best First Feature Film		Won
	Best Cinematography	Virginie Surdej	Nominated
	Best Sound	Emmanuel de Boissieu, Vincent Nouaille	Nominated

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^ Keslassy, Elsa. "Oscars: Belgium Sends Cannes Prizewinner 'Our Mothers' to International Feature Film Race". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Dricot, Lucy (1 February 2020). "Découvrez le palmarès complet de la 10e cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma" (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Grand Prix UCC 2020: les cinq finalistes connus, le Cavens dévoilé". 6néma (in French). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

External links[]

Our Mothers at IMDb

This article related to a Belgian film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

This 2010s drama film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[cannes-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

[Belgium-2] Keslassy, Elsa. "Oscars: Belgium Sends Cannes Prizewinner 'Our Mothers' to International Feature Film Race". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

[magritte-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Dricot, Lucy (1 February 2020). "Découvrez le palmarès complet de la 10e cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma" (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[4] "Grand Prix UCC 2020: les cinq finalistes connus, le Cavens dévoilé". 6néma (in French). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

show v t Belgian Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
1970s	The Son of Amir Is Dead – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1976) In the Name of the Führer – Lydia Chagoll (1977) Les Rendez-vous d'Anna – Chantal Akerman (1978) Woman Between Wolf and Dog – André Delvaux (1979)
1980s	My Name Is Anna Magnani – Chris Vermorcken (1980) Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1981) Le Lit – Marion Hänsel (1982) Brussels by Night – Marc Didden (1983) Permeke – Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck (1985) The van Paemel Family – Paul Cammermans (1986) Wedding in Galilee – Michel Khleifi (1987) The Abyss – André Delvaux (1988) Wait Until Spring, Bandini – Dominique Deruddere (1989)
1990s	Monsieur – Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1990) Toto the Hero – Jaco Van Dormael (1991) Man Bites Dog – Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde (1992) Just Friends – Marc-Henri Wajnberg (1993) The Sexual Life of the Belgians – Jan Bucquoy (1994) Manneken Pis – Frank Van Passel (1995) La Promesse – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1996) Gabriel's Dream – Anne Lévy-Morelle (1997) Rosie – Patrice Toye (1998) Rosetta – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1999)
2000s	Lijmen/Het Been – Robbe De Hert (2000) No Man's Land – Danis Tanović (2001) The Son – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2002) On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After Life – Lucas Belvaux (2003) Gilles' Wife – Frédéric Fonteyne (2004) L'Enfant – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2005) The Only One – Geoffrey Enthoven (2006) Private Property – Joachim Lafosse (2007) Eldorado – Bouli Lanners (2008) Unspoken – Fien Troch (2009)
2010s	Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael (2010) Bullhead – Michael R. Roskam (2011) Our Children – Joachim Lafosse (2012) Kid – Fien Troch (2013) Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2014) The Brand New Testament – Jaco Van Dormael (2015) After Love – Joachim Lafosse (2016) Home – Fien Troch (2017) Girl – Lukas Dhont (2018) Our Mothers – César Díaz (2019) Adoration – Fabrice Du Welz (2020)

Our Mothers

Contents

Accolades[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]