IGuatemala sele ikhethe ifilimu ukuba ibonise ukukhethwa kwangaphambili kwe-Oscar Umboniso ogqwesileyo woLwimi lwaNgaphandle, kunye ayikho enye ngaphandle kwe 'Ixcanul'.
La Ifilimu kaJayro Bustamante eyanikezelwa kuhlelo lokugqibela lweBerlinale, iya kuba ngumphathi wokufuna ukutyunjwa kokuqala kweHollywood Academy Awards kwifilimu yaseGuatemala.
'Ixcanul' ine impumelelo enkulu kuhlelo lokugqibela loMnyhadala waseBerlin apho yawongwa ngeBhaso likaAlfred Bauer kwaye kule nyanga izayo iza kube ikhona kuMnyhadala weSan Sebastián kwicandelo leHorizontes Latinos, kwindawo eya kuba yipremiere yayo eSpain.
Isishwankathelo soku Inqaku lokuqala likaJayro Bustamante uthi: «UMaria, intombazana eneminyaka eli-17 ubudala yaseMayan Cakchiquel, uhlala nabazali bakhe kwifama yekofu, kumathambeka entaba-mlilo yaseGuatemala. Umtshato olungelelanisiweyo ulindele kuye, iprojekthi engafuni ukuyamkela, kodwa apho angenakubaleka. UMaría uya kuzama ukutshintsha ikamva lakhe ngaphandle kwemeko yakhe njengowasetyhini wemveli. Kodwa ingxaki yokukhulelwa kwakhe iya kumnyanzela ukuba aye kufuna isibhedlele: ihlabathi lanamhlanje aliphuphayo kakhulu liya kusindisa ubomi bakhe, kodwa ngexabiso eliphezulu kakhulu..