A-list festival acclaimed pics from some of Mexico’s most celebrated talent, many of them female and first-timers, make up this year’s line-up at the Morelia Film Festival (FICM).
Running October 16-25, the 24th FICM edition features such luminaries as actor-producer Diego Luna (“Andor”) in his fifth outing as a director in “Ashes,” which world premiered in Cannes and was picked up by Netflix for Latin America, Spain and Portugal. It’s co-produced by Animal de Luz, run by Inna Payan whose directorial debut “Liliana’s Invincible Summer” (co-helmed with Samuel Kishi) will stream on Netflix.
Also leading the pack of a dozen fiction features in competition for Morelia’s top Ojo Award, is Nicolas Pereda’s wry ‘Everything Else is Noise.” (“Lo demás es ruido”), acquired ahead of its debuts at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) and the New York Film Festival (NYFF) by U.S.-based distributor Pragda; Rodrigo Plá’s “The Newcomers” (“Los Nuevos”), a Patra Spanou pick-up soon after its world premiere at Locarno’s Kids Screenings and Fernanda Tovar’s feature debut “Sad Girlz,” snagged by Alpha Violet before its Berlinale debut.
A total of 96 feature-length and short films, helmed by filmmakers from 17 states across Mexico, will compete in their respective sections for El Ojo, a sculpture created by Michoacán artist Javier Marín, along with cash and in-kind awards.
