2006 | Color | 55 min The world of the surrealist Canadian artist Alan Glass: his work, his home, his friends, his boxes, his entire universe is shown through the point of view of art critics, artists and friends. Behind a glass and within an infinite number of boxes, Alan freezes, removes and modifies time. Country: México Direction: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Script: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Production: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Photography: Polgovsky; Eugenio Music: Roel; Karen Cast:Felguérez; Manuel, Carrington; Leonora, Glass; Alan, Friedeberg; Pedro Participation year at FICM: 2006
2006 | Color | 55 min The world of the surrealist Canadian artist Alan Glass: his work, his home, his friends, his boxes, his entire universe is shown through the point of view of art critics, artists and friends. Behind a glass and within an infinite number of boxes, Alan freezes, removes and modifies time. Country: México Direction: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Script: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Production: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Photography: Polgovsky; Eugenio Music: Roel; Karen Cast:Felguérez; Manuel, Carrington; Leonora, Glass; Alan, Friedeberg; Pedro Participation year at FICM: 2006
Bridget Tichenor. Visiones reales In 2012, the Museum of Mexico City holds a major posthumous exhibition on Bridget Bate Tichenor (1917-1990), an English painter based in Mexico. Her friends, the artists Alan Glass and Pedro Friedeberg, visit the exhibition and comment on aspects of her work and life, such as her closeness to the European aristocracy and her time as a model and editor of Vogue in New York. She painted for 20 years on her ranch in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán. See More
Wolfgang Paalen. Cristales de la mente The artist Wolfgang Paalen was born in Vienna in 1905. In 1936, he joined the Parisian Surrealist movement led by André Breton. At the invitation of Frida Kahlo, he settled in Mexico in 1939. As a painter, he underwent several stylistic stages and had a profound influence on the genesis of abstract expressionism. He committed suicide in 1959 in Taxco, Mexico. See More
The last witness Leon Trotsky was granted political asylum in Mexico in 1937 after escaping Stalinist persecution. He lived in the neighborhood of Coyoacán, in Mexico City, where he wrote his last political works. His grandson Esteban Volkow is the last living witness of the two murder attempts and eventual assassination of his grandfather. Ninety-year-old Esteban recounts family life at the house, now a museum, and shares his memories of the revolutionary figure’s tragic end. See More
Four 22nd FICM short films, presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week, got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25 FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25 Aurora Clavel (1936-2025) and TARAHUMARA (ALWAYS FURTHER ON) 05 · 22 · 25 Short films from the 22nd FICM presented at the 64th Cannes Critics' Week to be screened in Paris 05 · 22 · 25
Four 22nd FICM short films, presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week, got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25
Short films from the 22nd FICM presented at the 64th Cannes Critics' Week to be screened in Paris 05 · 22 · 25
