Identifying Features (Spanish: Sin Señas Particulares) is a 2020 Mexican-Spanish drama film directed by Fernanda Veladez who co-wrote with Astrid Rondero.[1][2] It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic and the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay.[3][4] It is about the many immigrants who often go missing or die on their journeys.[5][6] Most of the main characters are mothers trying to find their children.[7]
Reception
It has a 99% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 72 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "A slow-burning descent into desperation, Identifying Features uses one shattered family's ordeal to offer a harrowing look at the immigrant experience."[8] According to Metacritic, which sampled 15 critics and calculated a weighted average score of 85 out of 100, the film received "universal acclaim".[9]
Darío Basile, Curro Muñoz, Lara Gómez del Pulgar, Mario Lucero Recio, Carlos Claramunt Terol, Jaime Rafael Fuente, Pablo Lamosa Barros, Ricardo G. Elipe, Antonio Ramos Ramos
Won
Best Special Effects
José Ángel Cordero, Mahonrri Laurencio Cordero Ortiz, José Martínez «Josh»[note 1]
^ When the nominees were announced on August 18 2021, the information only mentioned the names of José Ángel Cordero and José Martínez «Josh». On September 25 2021, the name of Mahonrri Laurencio Cordero Ortiz was already included during the ceremony transmission. The causes of this incident are unknown.[11][12]