One of the perks of the film festival model is its ability to nurture talented filmmakers.
These potential auteurs work their way up from selective short film programs to sidebars, hoping to eventually enter the big-league competitions of the European Three: Cannes, Venice and Berlin.
Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios fits this description to a tee; after cutting his teeth on lauded short films, the director left the Berlin International Film Festival in 2014 with a justly-deserved Best First Film prize for “Güeros.” Ruizpalacios returns to the Berlinale — in Competition, no less — with the Gael García Bernal-starring “Museum.” It’s an endlessly entertaining, challenging investigation of history that confirms Ruizpalacios’ status as the next big thing in Mexican cinema.
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