For the 19th consecutive year, the California Film Institute presents a selection of Oscar® submissions from around the world for consideration in the 2023 Academy Awards® Best International Feature Film category. For Your Consideration is a rare opportunity to watch a selection of these outstanding international films, many of which are top film festival prize winners.

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VENEZUELA’S SUBMISSION FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM • 2023 ACADEMY AWARDS®

Hatzín (Hatzín Navarrete), a young teenager from Mexico City, travels to collect the remains of his father, found in a communal grave amidst the vast and barren landscape of northern Mexico. A casual encounter with a man (Hernán Mendoza) who shares a physical resemblance with his father introduces both doubt around the truth and hope for the possibility of a family connection.

Winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola Award, the humanist yet searing The Box concludes a superb trilogy from Venezuelan writer-director Lorenzo Vigas, alongside his short Elephants Never Forget (2004) and feature debut From Afar (2016). Director Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela 2022) 90 min.

TUESDAY, NOV. 22 • 4:15
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 • 4:15 & 7:15

$12.50 General  |  $9. Senior • Youth • Matinée  |  $7 CFI Members