Kino Lorber will release on Blu-ray director Jayro Bustamante's film Ixcanul a.k.a. Volcano (2015), starring María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, and Manuel Antún. The release will be available for purchase on January 17.
Last year, the film won Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, and was Guatemala's first accepted submission to the Academy Awards, in the category of best foreign language film of 2015.
Synopsis: The brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is a mesmerizing fusion of fact and fable, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Kaqchikel speaking Mayans on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. Immersing us in its characters' customs and beliefs, Ixcanul chronicles with unblinking realism, a disappearing tradition and a disappearing people.