Two-time Oscar-nominated producer Rodrigo Teixeira will receive the inaugural Árbol de la Vida Visionary Award at the GuadaLAjara Film Festival (GLAFF), the Los Angeles offshoot of the Guadalajara International Film Festival, on Nov. 6.
The honor will be presented by Oscar-nominated actor Wagner Moura ahead of a screening of James Gray’s “Paper Tiger,” which Teixeira produced. The award recognizes individuals who have made a lasting impact on cinema and strengthened the ties between Latin America and the international film industry.
Teixeira will also serve as the first mentor of the GLAFF Co-Production Lab, a new industry initiative developed with the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) to foster co-productions between Mexico and the United States.
“Rodrigo Teixeira has built a career defined by bold storytelling and a true commitment to artists across the border,” says Ximena Urrutia, executive director of GLAFF. “As inaugural mentor of our New Mexico-U. S. co-production lab, he will help emerging filmmakers turn ambitious cross-border projects into lasting partnerships.”
For more than two decades, Teixeira has bridged Latin American and global filmmaking through his production company RT Features, whose credits include “Call Me by Your Name,” “The Lighthouse,” “The Witch” and “Invisible Life.” He earned best picture nominations for “Call Me by Your Name” and Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here,” which won the Oscar for international feature. Films from his banner have collected nine Oscar nominations and six Golden Globe nominations.
“Paper Tiger” marks the third collaboration between Teixeira and Gray, following “Ad Astra” and “Armageddon Time.”
The 16th edition of GLAFF runs Nov. 5-7 in Los Angeles, opening with Diego Luna’s “Ashes” and closing with Eddie Sánchez’s “Mexicanamerican.”