09 · 22 · 22 20th FICM Reveals the First Part of its Program Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) announced the first part of the program for its 20th edition, which will take place from October 22 to 29, 2022. This 20th FICM will take place in a hybrid mode with in-person screenings at Cinépolis Morelia Centro, Cinépolis Plaza Las Américas, Teatro Mariano Matamoros, Centro Cultural Universitario and Plaza Benito Juárez, as well as free virtual screenings through Cinépolis Klic, Canal 22 and FilminLatino. OFFICIAL SELECTION The Michoacán Section, Mexican Short Film, Mexican Documentary, and Mexican Feature Film sections are an essential part of the Morelia International Film Festival. This year, 59 short films, 15 feature-length documentaries, 11 works from Michoacán and 10 feature films are in competition, adding up to 95 works by filmmakers from different states of the Mexican Republic. It is important to remember that in the case of fiction, documentary, and animation short films, as well as documentary feature films, winners will be considered eligible for the Oscar® nomination. This year, the Mexican Feature Film Section consists of: Días borrosos, by Marie Benito Dos estaciones, by Juan Pablo González La hija de todas las rabias, by Laura Baumeister Huesera, by Michelle Garza Cervera Manto de gemas, de Natalia López Gallardo El norte sobre el vacío, by Alejandra Márquez Abella Ruido, by Natalia Beristain Santa Bárbara, by Anaïs Pareto Onghena Trigal, by Anabel Caso Zapatos rojos, by Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser. JURY In this 20th edition, the jury for the FICM Mexican Feature Film section will be chaired by the extraordinary Oscar®-winning Polish filmmaker, a dear friend to the festival, Pawel Pawlikowski. The rest of the jury consists of: Ava Cahen, general delegate of Cannes Critics' Week; and Gaia Furrer, artistic director of the Giornate degli Autori, a segment of the Venice International Film Festival. The jury for the Mexican Documentary Section will include Josh Siegel, film curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA); Annouchka De Andrade, film activist and former director of the Festival International du Film d'Amiens; award-winning director Heidi Ewing; and Cédric Succivalli, president of the International Cinephile Society (ICS). The jury for the Mexican Short Film Section will be made up of Marie-Pauline Mollaret, member of the Cannes Critics' Week selection committee; Will Noah, channel editor at the Criterion Collection; and the great Mexican actress Arcelia Ramírez. Lastly, Erwin Neumaier, General Director of Estudios Churubusco; Héctor Orozco, renowned curator, and researcher; and prominent Mexican journalist Columba Vértiz, will make up the jury for the Michoacan Section. OPENING NIGHT SCREENING Thanks to the support of Netflix, the movie BARDO, Falsa Crónica de Unas Cuantas Verdades, by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, will be screened at the Opening Night Screening of our 20th edition, an event that will take place on October 22 in Morelia, with the extraordinary multiple Oscar®-winning Mexican director and writer in attendance. More about BARDO, Falsa Crónica de Unas Cuantas Verdades. NATIONAL PREMIERES The Mexican releases this year will include: El sueño de ayer, by Emilio Maillé Pasitos a la fama, by Carlos Carrera El poderoso Victoria, by Raúl Ramón El grosor del polvo, by Jonathan Hernández Dive, by Lucía Puenzo Maquíllame otra vez, by Guillermo Calderón Bering. Encuentro familiar, by Lourdes Grobet Bridget Tichenor. Visiones reales, by Tufic Makhlouf TRIBUTE TO ALEJANDRO GALINDO Thanks to the invaluable support of the Cineteca Nacional, the UNAM Film Library, Fundación Televisa, Raul and Rodolfo de Anda/Cinevisión, America Movil, David Agrasánchez/Nuevo Cinema Latino, Mr. Carlos Vasallo, and STPC of the RM, the 20th FICM will pay tribute to the extraordinary Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Galindo, with a program of special screenings of: Campeón sin corona (1945) Esquina, bajan! (1948) Una familia de tantas (1948) Hay lugar para dos (1948) Cuatro contra el mundo (1949) Doña Perfecta (1951) Los dineros del diablo (1952) Los Fernández de Peralvillo (1953) Espaldas mojadas (1953) INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FORUM Likewise, we will hold the Indigenous Peoples Forum, with works by Xun Sero, Isis Ahumada, Roberto Olivares, Julio César Saavedra Castro, Aracely Méndez, Florencia Gómez Santiz, Xóchitl Enríquez Mendoza, Galileo Beethoven Genaro Domínguez, José Lomas Hervert, and Salvador Martinez Chacruna. The films to be presented at the Indigenous Peoples Forum are: Features Mamá, by Xun Sero Mi no lugar, by Isis Ahumada Plegaria, by Roberto Olivares Shorts Ñuhu, by Julio César Saavedra Castro El cielo es muy bonito, by Aracely Méndez 3 días, 3 años, by Florencia Gómez Santiz La Baláhna, by Xóchitl Enríquez Mendoza Cuentos Mixe, by Galileo Beethoven Genaro Dominguez La lengua y el olvido, by José Lomas Hervert Piedra, by Salvador Martínez Chacruna SPECIAL SCREENINGS A quien cierra los ojos, by Ana Díez Efímera, Luis Mariano García | In collaboration with Festival Mix: Cine y Diversidad Sexual Helguera: el trazo de la congruencia, by Armando Casas | In collaboration with Canal 22 Presenta María Izquierdo: mujer y artista, by Gabriel Santander | In collaboration with Canal 22 Presenta Las mujeres pantera, by René Cardona La revuelta, by Lucero González Docu-series El Tema: CDMX, by Santiago Maza | In collaboration with La Corriente del Golfo Un disfraz para Nicolás, by Eduardo Rivero Dos entre muchos, by Julian Hernández IMCINE PROGRAM Program 1 La causa (1974), BY Arturo Ripstein Teshuinada (1979), by Nicolás Echevarría Program 2 Día de México (1974), by Rubén Gámez Sur: sureste 2604 (1974), by Paul Leduc Poetas campesinos (1980), by Nicolás Echevarría XX AÑOS, 11 EXPOSICIONES EXHIBIT. FUNDACIÓN TELEVISA AT THE MORELIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Since 2012 and thanks to Fundacion Televisa’s generosity, we have held eleven exhibits with material from the foundation’s photographic collections. This year, we present at the plaza Benito Juárez, at the Morelia’s Historic Centre, the XX years, 11 exhibitions. Fundación Televisa at the Morelia International Film Festival exhibit. IMPULSO MORELIA 8 Also, programmers from important national and international festivals, producers, distributors and sales agents will be invited to actively participate in Impulso Morelia 8. This year, the panel will be made up of Laurent Cantet, winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes; Patricia Riggen, renowned Mexican filmmaker; Daniela Alatorre, multiple award-winning producer and director; Claudia G. Covarrubias, production and marketing director of the Churubusco Azteca Studios; Mathilde Henrot, renowned curator, programmer and co-founder of the Festival Scope online service; Alessandro Raja, prominent programmer and also co-founder of Festival Scope; and Kyzza Terrazas, renowned Mexican writer and filmmaker. More about the projects participating in Impulso Morelia 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank the Government of the State of Michoacán, which, as every year through the Ministry of Tourism, gives us their unconditional support to make this great Morelia International Film Festival happen. Thank you to Secretary Roberto Monroy García and the entire team that makes up the Secretariat of Tourism. We especially want to thank the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo for their kind support. Many of the official venues where the festival takes place are possible thanks to the university’s Rector, Dr. Raúl Cárdenas Navarro, the Department of Cultural Outreach and Extension Universitaria, along with all the staff that makes it possible for us to occupy their spaces during the duration of the festival. Like always, we are grateful for the invaluable and generous support of many sectors of the Government of the State of Michoacán, the Honorable Municipality of Morelia, the Ministry of Culture of the Mexican Government, Cinépolis, the Mexican Film Institute, the Cineteca National, the General Directorate of Cinematographic Activities - UNAM Film Library, Fundación Televisa, the Michoacán University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo, all our allied media and each of the instances that make this event possible. We also wish to offer a very special thanks, for their constant support, to the Embassy of France, the Embassy of the United States of America, the Embassy of Hungary, the Embassy of Spain, UniFrance, Canal 22, Canal Once, Cinépolis Klic, Cinépolis Distribución, FilminLatino, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Netflix, Piano, Mubi, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures México, Walt Disney Company Latin America, Tulip Pictures, Interior XIII, Diamond and Cine Caníbal; as well as Mundet, HSBC, Kansas City Southern de México, Lexus, 400 Conejos, and Nespresso. We also thank the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Mexico, with whom we have collaborated to promote recognition of diversity, respect for differences, the diffusion of gender equality and non-discrimination principles of, and the prevention of violence based on sex and gender. With these actions, FICM seeks to spread forms of social and community development focused on people, to be a space to explore other ways of inhabiting cinema, focused on inclusion, as well as on creating a safe space for all the people who come together in it. For more information, FICM invites you to visit its official website www.moreliafilmfest.com and its socials, where you will soon be able to check the festival's program and purchase tickets.
