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11°° Edition
on of th
he Mor
relia Int
ternati
tional Film
F
Fesstival
(FICM
M)
The Morrelia International Film Fe
estival (FICM
M) was found
ded in 2003 as a
way of p
promoting ne
ew trends in Mexican cinema, with th
he city of Mo
orelia
as its ma
ain venue.
The FIC
CM’s mission
n is to prom
mote new talents in Mexxican cinema
a, to
increase
e the offer off quality cine
ema and to contribute
c
to the cultural and
touristic activities in the
t state of Michoacán
M
Rele
evant inform
mation on
the FICM
Openingg Film The exxtraordinary film Gravity by Mexican
n director Alfon
nso Cuarón will be screeened at the opening night ceremony of the 11th edition, an event n October 18 at that will take place on
épolis Morelia Ce
entro. the Ciné
of Honor Guest o
This yeaar, the festival is privileged to have ass its guest of honor h
Alejandro Jodorow
wsky, who will present p
a series of his films, includingg the Mexican ork, La danza de premierre of his new wo
la realid
dad. The Besst of FICM in Mexxico City orelia Internation
nal Film Festival The Mo
will prresent the winners and a selectio
on of the best off the festival on Novemb
ber 1 to 7 in Mexxico City. o Especial Invitado
El exttraordinario cin
neasta Robert Rodrigu
uez asistirá al 11º 1
FICM para presenttar su película más reciente Machette Kills. Sectiions in co
ompetition
n:
Four secctions officially compete:
1. Mich
hoacan Secttion
2. Mex
xican Short Film
F
3. Mex
xican Docum
mentary
4. Mex
xican Feature
e Film
This yea
ar, the lineup
p features 43
3 short films
s, 23 docum
mentaries, 11
Michoacá
án works and 12 features by filmmak
kers from diffferent statess
of the co
ountry, such as Oaxaca, Baja Califorrnia, Veracru
uz, Guerrero,,
Puebla and
a Michoacá
án, and Mex
xico City.
In additio
on, the festivval organizes
s a Michoaca
ano contest of short film
m
script, which
w
involve
es scripts wrritten by auth
hors from Michoacán
M
orr
living in Michoacan.
M
MEXICA
AN FEATUR
RE SELECT
TION
This year, the Mexica
an Feature Section
S
includ
des: A los ojo
os by Michell
and Victo
oria Franco; Club Sándw
wich by Ferna
ando Eimbckke; Gonzálezz
by Chrisstian Díaz; Las horas muertas
m
by Aarón Fern
nández; Loss
insólitos peces gato
o by Claudia
a Sainte-Luc
ce; La jaula
a de oro byy
Diego Quemada-Die
ez; Manto Accuífero by Miichael Rowe; Paraíso byy
Mariana Chenillo; Penumbra
P
byy Eduardo Villanueva;
V
S
Somos
Marii
Pepa by Samuel Kish
hi Leopo; La
a vida después by David Pablos; and
d
Workers by José Luis Valle González.
Academ
my Awards
Since 20
008, the Aca
ademy of Mo
otion Picture
e Arts and Sciences
S
(AM
MPAS) of the
e United Sta
ates officiallyy
recognizzed FICM byy offering the
e winning ficction, docum
mentary and animation sh
hort films at Morelia the
e
opportun
nity to be con
nsidered for an
a Oscar® nomination
n
Participating In
nstitution
ns
The orga
anizers: Boa
ard of Truste
ees of the In
nternational Film Festiva
al of Morelia with the su
upport of the
e
Secretarriat of culture
e of the Government of Michoacan,
M
H Ayuntamiento de Morrelia, Michoa
H.
acán and the
e
National Council for culture and the
t arts.
More Infformation
Video – o
or visit: http:///moreliafilmfeest.com/
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