IGuatemala isivele ikhethe ifilimu ukuthi iyethule kusengaphambili i-Oscar Ifilimu ehamba phambili ngolimi lwangaphandle, futhi akekho omunye ngaphandle kuka-'Ixcanul '.
La I-Jayro Bustamante tape eyanikezwa kumagazini wokugcina weBerlinale, izophatha ukufuna ukuphakanyiswa kokuqala kwamaHollywood Academy Awards ngefilimu yaseGuatemala.
U-'Ixcanul 'wayene- impumelelo enkulu ekushicilelweni kokugcina koMkhosi waseBerlin lapho aklonyeliswa khona ngomklomelo i-Alfred Bauer Prize kanti kulenyanga ezayo uzobe ekhona eSan Sebastian Festival esigabeni saseHorizontes Latinos, lapho kuzoba khona ukukhonjiswa kwakhe okokuqala eSpain.
Amazwibela alokhu Isici sokuqala sikaJayro Bustamante usho kanjalo: «UMaría, uMayan Cakchiquel oneminyaka engu-17, uhlala nabazali bakhe epulazini lekhofi, emithambekeni yentaba-mlilo esebenzayo eGuatemala. Umshado ohleliwe umlindele, iphrojekthi angafuni ukuyamukela, kepha angakwazi ukubalekela kuyo. UMaría uzozama ukushintsha ikusasa lakhe yize isimo sakhe singowesifazane wendabuko. Kodwa inkinga ngokukhulelwa kwakhe izomphoqa ukuthi aphume ayofuna isibhedlela: izwe lesimanje abephupha ngalo kakhulu lizosindisa impilo yakhe, kodwa ngentengo ephezulu kakhulu ».