05 · 10 · 10 Cannes Film Festival opens today Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Clara Sánchez The Morelia International Film Festival and the Critics’ Week will exhibit Señora Pájaro (Mrs. Bird) by Véronique Decroux and Julio Bárcenas, Best Short Film FICM 2009, and the feature film Revolución, made up of10 short documentaries by Mexican filmmakers Mariana Chenillo and Amat Escalante, winners FICM 2008; Fernando Eimbcke, Premio Tequila Cuervo FICM 2008; Patricia Riggen, FICM 2005 selection; Gael García Bernal, Gerardo Naranjo, Rodrigo Plá and Carlos Reygadas, whose first or second films were shown at FICM; Diego Luna, who has presented the Ambulante Documentary Film Festival since 2005; and Rodrigo García. From its beginning in 2003, FICM has maintained an important partnership with the Critic’s Week. Each year the Festival program includes films shown at Critics’ Week while a selection of the winners of the previous edition of FICM is exhibited at Cannes. Mexico is also participating this year with the films Año Bisiesto by Michael Rowe and Somos lo que hay (We Are What We Are) by Jorge Michel Grau that will be screened as part of the Directors’ Fortnight section and will compete for the Caméra d’Or, or Best First Feature Film. Diego Luna’s film Abel will also be exhibited out of competition.
