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Charlie Kaufman will present his short film HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST at the 23rd FICM

• The Oscar® winner and Eva H.D., the film's screenwriter, will participate in a discussion during the festival.

The 23^rd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and Piano present the new film by acclaimed screenwriter and director Charlie Kaufman, How to Shoot a Ghost. Premiered worldwide at the Venice Film Festival, the short film will have a special screening as part of the FICM’s 23^rd edition.

Winner of the Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, dir. Michel Gondry), Kaufman will give a talk alongside poet Eva H.D., who wrote the screenplay for the short film.

A recently deceased young pair meets on the streets of Athens, amid the vibrant urban landscape and the ghosts of history. One was a translator, the other a photographer; both were outsiders in life. In death, they struggle with the remnants of their desires and mistakes. They wander the city together, finding solace in the harsh beauty of their existence and its aftermath.

“Following two recently dead people who wander Athens as ghosts, the film explores mortality: as it interacts with the urge toward belonging, and our human desire to leave something, some trace, behind; and our twin desire for self-obliteration. Street photography, historical footage, and old home videos interlaced with the body of the film, shot on location by Michał Dymek, underscore how the ‘now’ will become the ‘then’, how those of us living today become the ghosts of tomorrow” the director explains.

“What does it mean to let go, to say goodbye; to move through time, through life without clinging to it? As ghosts, Anthi and Rateb occupy a liminal space. Both had struggled with difficult relationships in life and now as they try to understand their current situation, the echoes of those struggles persist.”

Charlie Kaufman penned the screenplays for films like Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He also wrote and directed Synecdoche, New York, Anomalisa, and I'm Thinking of Ending Things. In addition, he authored the novel Antkind.

#FICM2025 will take place from October 10 to 19. The festival will hold screenings in Morelia, Michoacán, as well as virtual screenings through nuestrocine.mx. There will be pre-opening screenings on October 9. The opening screening of the 23rd FICM will take place on October 10, 2025.

We will soon reveal more information and details about the program and ticket sales through www.moreliafilmfest.com and FICM's social media accounts.