#VeniceFilmFestival: Mexican Filmmaker Michel Franco received the Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival 2020 for “NEW ORDER”, a “harrowing, ultra-violent coup d’etat thriller” considered to be his “most ambitious & darkest film”.

Announced yesterday night:

My Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio 2017 colleague Michel Franco won the Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival 2020 with his new coup d’etat thriller “New Order” about a distressing drama …. set in a dystopian Mexican city”, considered to be his “most ambitious and darkest film”.

Can be proud to have learned about the Mexican film director and his work during our joint visit at the Bellagio center.

Congratulations, Michel!

After “Chronic”, “April’s Daughter”, “After Lucia” now “New Order” (youtube TEASER). More Info.

As ever, merciless and obsessed with his topic.

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