Ifilimu ka-Amat Escalante ethi "Heli" kuphela kwentetho ethetha iSpanishi icandelo elisemthethweni yolu hlelo olutsha lwe Umkhosi weCannes.
Ifilimu yesine ngumlawuli waseMexico osele ethathe inxaxheba kwi-Un Certain Regard section Umkhosi weCannes ngo-2005 kunye nefilimu yakhe yokuqala ethi "Igazi" ifumana ibhaso leFipresci.
«Inqwelomoya» ibalisa ngedolophu encinci yaseMexico apho uninzi lwabemi bayo lunokukhetha kuphela phakathi kokusebenza kwindawo yokudibanisa iimoto okanye ukusebenzela ishishini leziyobisi.
Ifilimu, enombhalo wayo Amat Escalante, ibala phakathi kwabalingisi bayo uArmando Estrada, uLinda González Hernández, uAndrea Jazmín Vergara, uReina Julieta Torres noRamón Álvarez.
Kunyaka wesibini ilandelelana ukuba icinema yasemexico iya kumelwa kwicandelo elisemthethweni lokhuphiswano lwesiFrentshi. Ngo-2012 «i-Post Tenebras Lux» ayizange ithathe inxaxheba kuphela, kodwa iphumelele ibhaso lolona lwalathiso. Kwi-2010, ifilimu yaseMexico ethi "Biutiful" nayo yayikwicandelo elisemthethweni, iphumelele ibhaso lomdlali obalaseleyo we-ex aequo kaJavier Bardem.
Olunye ulwazi-Ukhetho lweefilimu eziza kuthatha inxaxheba kwi-Cannes 2013