Mexican director María Conchita Díaz from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) was awarded two 2024 Yugo British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Student Awards for her film Solitude / La soledad: for Best Live Action Short Film and the Yugo Student Choice Award (tied with the German film Halfway House by Konstantin Münzel.
Solitude tells the story of Aurelia and Antonia, who have distanced themselves from their youth due to the greed of one of them to keep the house that their parents inherited. Aurelia spends her life alone in the countryside, until one night Antonia knocks on her door. Between the bewilderment and anger at the visit, Aurelia agrees to live with her sister who shows strange behavior and little by little she will discover what is behind it.
Born in Oaxaca, Díaz has directed the short films Sexo limpio, Rex, Venus and the feature film 8 Venado garra de jaguar. She is co-founder of the production company Ixmati Casa Productora, and is currently developing a sci-fi feature project.
The 2024 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards took place on Friday, July 12, at The Maybourne Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and was hosted by Elliot Knight. The ceremony featured the finalists films and projects selected and voted on by industry professionals from BAFTA's membership. The Student Awards celebrate and reward the next generation of talented and innovative filmmakers and creatives from around the globe. As one of BAFTA’s most global initiatives, this year’s 15 finalists were selected from over 700 submissions by students from schools in 30 countries.
