10 · 26 · 18 The Morelia International Film Festival Paid Tribute to Pierre Rissient Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Azul Ramírez @azulartx Within the 16th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), Daniela Michel, founder and director of the festival, in the company of Jean-Pierre García, film critic and historian, and Meredith Brody, film critic at Indiewire, gave tribute to FICM's beloved and admired friend, Pierre Rissient, with the presentation of the documentary Gentleman Rissient, (2016, dirs. Benoit Jacquot, Pascal Merigeau and Guy Séligman), which portrays the pioneer, journalist, filmmaker and tireless ambassador of international cinema. Daniela Michel Jean-Pierre Garcia spoke about how important FICM was for Rissient: "For him, it was one of the great festivals that he might have wanted to know much earlier, when we talk about Rissient and his love for the festival we're not talking about anyone, we are talking about someone very committed to cinema of the whole world, we can talk about him as an adventurer of cinema, a hunter of important works," he concluded.
