FounderLa Casa de Producción
Jayro Bustamante is a Guatemalan screenwriter, director and film producer. He studied social communication at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, film directing at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français and screenwriting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografía in Rome. In 2009 he founded with Marina Peralta La Casa de Producción, where he has produced his films Ixcanul (2015), Temblores (2018), La Llorona (2019), Rita and Cordillera de Fuego (both to be released). In 2018 he founded Les Films Du Volcan, his French production house, and Fundación Ixcanul, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing cultural and educational content through film to all of Guatemala. He has received multiple awards at international festivals, including a Silver Bear at the Berlinale and Best Director at the Venice International Film Festival. "La Llorona" was the first Central American film to be nominated for a Golden Globe and to be on the Oscar shortlist.