1968 | B/N | 85:00 Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. Country: México Direction: Velo; Carlos Script: Agustín; José, Galiana; Fernando, Velo; Carlos Production: Ortiz; Angélica Photography: Solano; Rosalío Sound: González Gancy; Jesús Music: Guerrero; Sergio Cast:Angélica María, Luján; Fernando, Rambal; Enrique Art direction: Rodríguez Granada; Ramón Participation year at FICM: 2026
1968 | B/N | 85:00 Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. Country: México Direction: Velo; Carlos Script: Agustín; José, Galiana; Fernando, Velo; Carlos Production: Ortiz; Angélica Photography: Solano; Rosalío Sound: González Gancy; Jesús Music: Guerrero; Sergio Cast:Angélica María, Luján; Fernando, Rambal; Enrique Art direction: Rodríguez Granada; Ramón Participation year at FICM: 2026
Pedro Páramo A strange and mesmerizing story that explores the destructive relationship between those with power and those without, Juan Rulfo’s 1955 novel Pedro Páramo is considered one of the greatest texts in any language by Jorge Luis Borges, and Gabriel García Márquez credits the book with breaking him free from his writer’s block and inspiring his own masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Carlos Velo’s 1967 film adaptation, rarely seen, doesn’t attempt to outshine or reinvent Rulfo’s story of a young man searching for his father but instead commits to translating the written word to cinematic See More
Bullfighter A documentary about famous Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, narrating his life from childhood through his rise to the peak of his profession. See More
Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
