EXCLUSIVE: Gael García Bernal (The Motorbike Diaries, Cassandro) can be honored with the inaugural Premio Vida y Legado (Life and Legacy Award) on the annual Día de Muertos celebration to be held on November 1 on the Hollywood Eternally Cemetary in Los Angeles.
Now in its third 12 months, the occasion is a tribute to Latino tradition and the Mexican custom of honoring household who’ve handed and bringing collectively household who’re chosen.
“I’m honored to current the inaugural Día de Muertos Award to Gael García Bernal, a real cinematic icon whose good work as each a producer and actor has introduced Latino tales to life and given them an area in mainstream tradition,” Carlos Eric Lopez, the Mexican-American advantageous artwork and movie star photographer who hosts the yearly dinner, informed Deadline in an announcement.
Día de Muertos celebration in 2022 with friends that included Diego Boneta, Miguel, Xochitl Gomez and Jessica Alba. Lopez is photographed at heart.
For greater than three many years, Bernal has helped push Latino illustration in Hollywood ahead together with his performances in lauded tasks like The Motorbike Diaries, Babel, A Little Little bit of Heaven and Coco, to call just a few of his big-screen hits. With Amores Perros, Y Tu Mamá También, Rudo y Cursi and Casa De Mi Padre, he put Spanish-language cinema on the map for a era—oftentimes alongside longtime buddy and collaborator, Diego Luna.
In 2023, he starred within the Amazon bio-drama Cassandro portraying the titular homosexual wrestler born Saúl Armendáriz.
He is also acknowledged for his small display screen work in Amazon’s Mozart within the Jungle, the HBO Max miniseries Station 11 and most lately he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe within the Disney+ TV particular, Werewolf by Night time.
The distinction can be bestowed yearly to a deserving member of the neighborhood who serves as a real guardian of Latino heritage. By illuminating the tradition, the honoree ensures its enduring legacy. Within the years to come back, the occasion will proceed to pay tribute to those devoted people for his or her dedication to preserving and telling cherished Latino tales.
Additionally, new this 12 months is the launch of the Abuelita Award introduced to 1 deserving grandmother in recognition and celebration of their profound affect. This 12 months’s honoree can be Lopez’s personal abuelita, Lola Joann V. Cisneros, higher identified by her grandson as Lita. Cura Lita, Lopez’s new beverage firm, was named in her honor and can donate funds to assist grandmothers by the This Is About Humanity initiative.
Lopez held the primary Día de Muertos celebration in 2021 to coach his non-Latino pals in regards to the historical past of the Mexican vacation and to introduce them to Mexican traditions. A 12 months later, he needed to create a desk for Latinos constructed by Latinos by inviting a curated crowd of Latino artists, tastemakers, enterprise leaders and organizers. Prior attendees have included Miguel, Jessica Alba, Vanessa Bryant, Nicole Richie, Stephanie Sheperd, Michael Cimino, Jen Atkin, Sasha Calle, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Jamie Mizrahi and Diego Boneta.
