CINEMA interview by ALEPH MOLINARI and OLIVIER ZAHM portrait by OLIVIER ZAHM the renaissance of mexican cinema was dominated in the late ’90s by three major filmmakers, alfonso cuarón, guillermo del toro, and alejandro gonzález iñárritu, who all made it to hollywood without losing their strong sense of collaboration and friendly rivalry. a highly creative generation of directors is now emerging and exploring violence, social contrasts, and the bizarre facets of the country’s baroque cultural fabric. amat escalante won best director at the cannes film festival (2013) for his controversial narcothriller “heli” and the silver lion at the venice film festival (2016) for the sci-fi drama “the untamed” OLIVIER ZAHM — Let’s start with Mexican cinema. Are there any cult Mexican filmmakers that we should know of? In France, we know Sam Peckinpah [who made many of his films in Mexico] and Alejandro Jodorowsky, who is also not technically Mexican….