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Bajo Juárez and En el Hoyo will be part of BAFTA Goes To Mexico

Clara Sánchez

[imagen]Bajo Juárez(Special Titra Award-FICM) and En el Hoyo (Audience Award for Best Feature-FICM) will be part of BAFTA Goes To Mexico, a weekend-long celebration of contemporary Mexican cinema. Francisco Vargas’ El violin (Audience Award for Best Feature-FICM) and Kilómetro 31, which premiered at the FICM, will also be part of the program.

BAFTA goes to Mexico includes tributes, conferences and a discussion panel with industry professionals.

[imagen]Program

Friday 27 July
A Life in Pictures: Tribute to Alfonso Cuarón, who began his film career with Cuarteto para el fin del tiempo (1983).

Saturday 28 July
My Mexican Shivah (Alejandro Springall, 2006, 105 min.)
Japon (Carlos Reygadas, 2002, 130 min.)
Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991) – TBC
Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000, 154 min.)

Behind the Screen: Brigitte Broch. Broch has worked as a documentary filmmaker and worked as Art Director in the following films: Sólo con tu pareja (1991), El jardín del Edén (1993), Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (1995), Romeo y Julieta (1996), Sístole-diástole (1997), Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999), Amores Perros (2000), La Hija del Caníbal (2002), 21 Gramos (2003), Molino Rojo (2003), and Babel (2006).

Sunday 29 July
Santitos (1999)
The Devil's Backbone (Guillermo del Toro, 2001, 106 min.)
Behind the Lens: A Cinematographer's Journey - Guillermo Navarro
El Violin (Francisco Vargas, 2006, 99 min.)
KM 31 (Rigoberto Castañeda, 2006, 105 min.)

[imagen]In the Limelight: In Conversation with Acting Talent Vanessa Bauche. The Mexican actress has worked in films such as La Máscara del Zorro (1998), Un embrujo (1998), Un dulce olor a muerte (1998), Amores Perros (2000), Piedras Verdes (2001), De la Calle (2001), Digna... hasta el último aliento (2004), Los Tres Entierros de Melquíades Estrada (2005), and Las Vueltas del Citrillo (2006).

Monday 30 July
Discoveries Screening: Bad Habits (Simón Bross, 2006, 120 min.)
Discoveries Screening: Blue Eyelids (Ernesto Contreras, 2007, 98 min.)
Discoveries Screening: In The Pit (Juan Carlos Rulfo, 2005, 84 min.)
Discoveries Screening: Used Parts (Aarón Fernández, 2007, 95 min.)
Discoveries Screening: Bajo Juarez (Alejandra Sánchez y Antonio Cordero, 2006, 96 min.)
Discussion Panel: Contemporary Mexican Film - The Production with

[imagen]Marina Stavenhagen, Director of the Mexican Film Institute, script writer of De la Calle (2001), La Partida (2003) and La Guerrilla y la esperanza: Lucio Cabañas (2005); Frida Torresblanco, who has worked in films such as Temporada de patos (2004) and Laberinto del Fauno