César Díaz
César Díaz (born 20 September 1978) is a Belgian-Guatemalan film director, screenwriter and editor. In 2011, after developing an interest in filmmaking, he attended La Fémis film school in Paris where he studied in the school's Atelier Scénario, a year-long screenwriting workshop. Since the mid-2000s, Díaz has worked on a number of documentary films, before making his feature-length debut in 2019 with Our Mothers.
César Díaz
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- Name
- César Díaz
- Birth Name
- Augusto César Díaz
- Born
- 20 September 1978
- Birthplace
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Occupation
- * Director
- Education
- Free University of Brussels
- Nationality
- Nicaragua · Belgium
- Honours
- Rails D'Or
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The film premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where Díaz won the Caméra d'Or. Our Mothers received the André Cavens Award for Best Film given by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC) and was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. It received six nominations at the 10th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Díaz, winning Best First Feature Film. At 2023 Series Mania Forum, his upcoming project The Invisible Ink won a €50,000 grant development grant. The eight-part episodic is produced by Fernando Epstein.
Cesar Diaz et Cecilia de Arce reçoivent les 25e Rails d'Or 2019 remis par Charles Tesson et Gérard Camy
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• Name — César Díaz • Birth Name — Augusto César Díaz • Born — 20 September 1978 • Birthplace — Guatemala City, Guatemala • Occupation — * Director • writer • editor • Education — Free University of Brussels • Years Active — 2006–present
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• Pourquoi les hommes brûlent-ils? (2010) • Territorio liberado (2014) • Our Mothers (2019) • Mexico 86 (TBA) - Post-production
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