Diego Luna kicks off 2016 with the Sundance premiere of "Mr. Pig," his third feature as a director. As an independent filmmaker, Luna admits that he sees everything from a very different perspective.
"I come from Mexico, where we don't have a studio system. If you exist, you're independent," he told The Hollywood Reporter at a panel, also adding that it's a great thing but quite challenging. "The problem is [that] we we shoot from funds and tax breaks, we don’t live by selling tickets. The challenge is to find a way to connect with audiences and tell them that now they matter," he added.
The Mexican actor elaborated on his interesting way of approaching a project, and stated the following: "People are searching through people's needs what stories need to be told. Then you shoot knowing there's an audience and you make them part of the process. It's quite exciting, I think audiences are becoming very powerful, almost bigger than studios somehow. I'm part of an audience before becoming a filmmaker. I'm here because I was sitting there wanting to be challenged by film. I think audiences are going to take over and that's cool."
Luna's new film, according to Deadline, hits home and is closest to his heart. “I spent five years working again with writer Augusto Mendoza to create a very personal story about fatherhood, our relationship with animals and Mexico. 'Mr. Pig' is a love letter to our parents, and our take on the road trip story in which the landscape of Mexico became it’s own character," he told the publication.
"Mr. Pig," produced by Luna and Golden Globe winner Gael Garcia Bernal, premieres Tuesday at the Sundance Film Festival.
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