Rodrigo Teixeira to Receive First Árbol de la Vida Award at GLAFF

Rodrigo Teixeira has been named the inaugural recipient of the Árbol de la Vida Visionary Award at the GuadaLAjara Film Festival, according to Variety. Wagner Moura will present the award to the producer on Nov. 6.

The ceremony precedes a screening of James Gray's Paper Tiger, which Teixeira produced. It marks the third collaboration between Teixeira and Gray, following Ad Astra and Armageddon Time.

Teixeira will also serve as the first mentor of the GLAFF Co-Production Lab, a new initiative developed with the Guadalajara International Film Festival to foster co-productions between Mexico and the United States.

Festival lineup

The 16th edition of GLAFF runs Nov. 5-7 in Los Angeles. The festival opens with Diego Luna's Ashes and closes with Eddie Sánchez's Mexicanamerican.

Teixeira is a two-time Oscar-nominated producer through his company RT Features, whose credits include Call Me by Your Name, The Lighthouse, The Witch and Invisible Life. He earned best picture nominations for Call Me by Your Name and Walter Salles' I'm Still Here, which won the Oscar for international feature. Films from RT Features have collected nine Oscar nominations and six Golden Globe nominations.