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Special screening of FICM at the Cannes Critics' Week

Paula Amor, Coordinadora de Difusión (@Paulitamor)

This morning at 11:30 in France, six short films selected from FICM 2013 were presented at the Espace Miramar during the 53rd edition of the Critics’ Week:

- La banqueta / The Sidewalk, by Anaïs Pareto Onghena (Best Fiction Short Film)
- Las montañas invisibles / The Invisible Mountains, by Ángel Linares (Best Documentary Short Film)
- Jerusalén /Jerusalem, by Alicia Segovia Juárez (Studio 5 de Mayo Special Award FICM 2013)
- El fin de la existencia de las cosas / The End of Existence of Things, by Dalia Huerta Cano (Official Selection FICM 2013)
- El último velo / The Last Veil, by Luis David Palomino Benítez (Official Selection FICM 2013)
- Aningaaq, by Jonás Cuarón (Official Selection FICM 2013)

Anaïs Pareto Onghena (director of La banqueta), Pedro Hernández (producer and actor in La banqueta), Ángel Linares (director of Las montañas invisibles), Alicia Segovia Juárez (director of Jerusalén), Dalia Huerta Cano (director of El fin de la existencia de las cosas) and Luis David Palomino (director of El último velo) were all present at the event in Cannes.

In interviews, the directors expressed their excitement about presenting their work at the Critics’ Week and thanked FICM for its confidence and support by giving them exposure on the international level:

Anaïs Pareto Onghena: “This is huge. In our case when you do something so small and can reach these levels, it’s very impressive. For me, the Morelia Festival is super important and this screening in Cannes, which is another FICM award, is awesome.”

Alicia Segovia Juárez: “For me, it means a great opportunity to have the public from other parts of the world see my work and to meet very talented people. It means many things. Cannes is amazing. I feel I owe a great deal to the Morelia Festival because the best award that a festival can give you is take you to another festival.”

Luis David Palomino: “It’s amazing and also a privilege. I’m really enjoying it. It was a big surprise to be selected in Cannes. It’s a great place of opportunities”.

Dalia Huerta Cano: “I feel very proud. You feel super good to be in such a special place. I like the Morelia Festival very much and to be here was an incredible surprise.”

Ángel Linares: “It’s a marvelous opportunity to show a little of what Latin America is on the screen. To be in the Critics’ Week is fundamental and it goes along with the same line of the Morelia Film Festival of supporting new young filmmakers.”

The screening was presented by Charles Tesson, artistic director of the Critics’ Week, and Daniela Michel, general director of FICM. Also attending the event was Agustín García-López Loaeza, Mexican ambassador in France.

At the presentation of the short films, Daniela Michel said: “This is a very special day for us. I want to express my enormous gratitude to the Critics’ Week for this great opportunity to present the young and talented directors of Morelia.

This is the best gift.” Charles Tesson, who has attended FICM on several occasions and in 2010 was part of the Mexican short film jury, pointed out that the Critics’ Week and the Morelia International Film Festival have been partners since the first edition of FICM in 2003. “FICM is more than a partner, it is a true friendship between two festivals that like each other a lot. It’s a great pleasure to go to Morelia. I like this festival and I always enjoy it.”

To commemorate this solid partnership, FICM and the Critics’ Week offered “The Last Night” festival, a celebration that has become an important gathering point of guests, actors, filmmakers and personalities of the international film community at the Cannes Film Festival.