Mexico’s has announced “Sujo” as the country’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. The movie written and directed by Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and will hit theaters November 29.

Mexico has picked Sundance Film Festival winner Sujo to represent the country at the 2025 Oscars in the Best International Feature category. The drama from Identifying Features directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez premiered at Sundance this year,

The Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas has selected Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner "Sujo" as its entry for the 2025 International Feature Oscar race.

Sujo, which won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema: Dramatic, will represent Mexico in the 2025 Oscar race.

Sundance prize-winner Sujo has been picked up for UK theatrical distribution by Ijaz Kato and John Kinson’s newly-launched outfit Beam Films. Sujo won the grand jury prize in the world cinema dramatic competition at Sundance, and will continue its festival run at San Sebastian and BFI London Film Festival.