Tag Archives: Oscars

Mexican Director Del Toro Nominated for Best Picture Oscar

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican horror film director Guillermo del Toro will again repeat in the Academy Awards this year for the best-picture Oscar with his dramatic thriller “Nightmare Alley,” which was nominated for a quartet of awards Tuesday, Feb. 8, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences via global live stream. Del Toro, who won

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Three Mexicans Take Home Oscar for Best Sound Design

By KELIN DILLON Audio mixers Michelle Couttolenc, Jaime Baksht and Carlos Cortés, all hailing from Mexico, took home the Oscar for Best Sound Design at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, for the trio’s work on the film “The Sound of Metal.” The Mexican sound designers, in collaboration with Nicolas Becker and Phillip Bladh, beat out other nominated films like “Mank,”

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The Runway Rundown

Highlights and Lowlights from the 93rd Oscars By KELIN DILLON The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, April 25, and all the biggest stars brought out their best garments for Hollywood’s premier awards show. As always, while some actors and addresses brought out all the stops and shined in the spotlight, others fizzled in the flashbulbs of the

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Mexican Film Shortlisted for Best Foreign Feature

XINHUA The Mexican film “Ya No Estoy Aquí” (“I’m No Longer Here”) has been shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 93rd Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, the academy announced Wednesday, Feb. 10. Director Fernando Frías’ feature film will represent Mexico in the 2020 Academy Awards competition for best international film for 2020.

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Mexican Film to Compete in Oscars

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The director Fernando Frías’ feature film “Ya No Estoy Aquí” (“I Am No Longer Here”) will represent Mexico in the 2020 Academy Awards competition for best international film for 2020. Frías’ powerful drama first premiered late last year at the Morelia Film Festival, where it won both the feature film competition award and the

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‘Roma’ Takes Best Foreign Picture at Oscars

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     After having been nominated for 10 Academy Awards, the Mexican film “Roma” walked away with three Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, including best director for Alfonso Cuarón. “Roma” also won the Oscars for best cinematography and best foreign film. This was the ninth nomination for a Mexican film in the best foreign film category

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