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Mexican films at the San Sebastián Film Festival 2012

Some of the most outstanding Latin American films of the year will have their premiere in Spain in the Horizontes Latinos section. Those selected will compete for the Horizontes Award of 35,000 euros, presented by a three-member international jury. The films included in Horizontes Latinos 2012 are:

• Infancia clandestina (Clandestine Childhood), by Benjamín Avila (Argentina, Spain and Brazil),
• Aquí y allá, by Antonio Méndez Esparza (Mexico, Spain, USA)
• El bella vista (The Bella Vista), by Alicia Cano (Uruguay, Germany)
• La demora (The Delay), by Rodrigo Plá (Uruguay, Mexico and France)
• Después de Lucía (After Lucia), by Michel Franco (Mexico)
• Era uma vez eu, Verônica (Once Upon a Time Was I, Veronica), by Marcelo Gomes (Brazil)
• Joven y alocada (Young and Wild), by Marialy Rivas (Chile)
• Post Tenebras Luz, by Carlos Reygadas (Mexico, France, Germany and Holland)
• La playa, by Juan Andrés Arango (Colombia, Brazil and France)
• Salsipuedes, by Mariano Luque (Argentina)
• La Sirga, by William Vega (Colombia, Mexico and France)
• El último Elvis (The Last Elvis), by Armando Bo (Argentina and USA)

In addition, 17 projects have been selected to participate in the First Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, whose goal is to strengthen co-production and inter-continental promotion networks. One of those chosen was Nicolás Pereda's Cuando los caballos aprendieron a llorar, a Mexican-Spanish co-production. Pereda, along with other project heads, will meet with industry professionals for two days in order to establish contact with possible co-producers and distributors.

Mexico will also be present in the 10th anniversary of Films in Progress, in the program entitled "Ten Years of Latin American Cinema." The program includes 18 of the most acclaimed films that have been selected in this section, such as the Mexican films, El violín (2005), by Francisco Vargas; Norteado (2008), by Rigoberto Perezcano; Entre la noche y el día (2010), by Bernardo Arellano; and La nana (2008), by Sebastián Silva (Chile-Mexico co-production).

Lastly, the Mexican documentary Lupe el de la vaca, by Blanca X. Aguerre, will be screened in the Culinary Zinema: Cinema and Gastronomy section, along with other films with food-related themes.

For more information, we recommend that you visit the official site of the San Sebastián International Film Festival: here.