To Live to Sing Official Selection International Feature Film Dir. Johnny Ma The Richter Scale says: Everything has an end, even the things we wish would last forever. Children grow, priorities change, places fade away or are destroyed and some groups of people, no matter how close they have been at some point in their...Continue Reading

GIFF wraps another edition filled with unforgettable moments The twenty-second edition of GIFF was a success in its two locations. We enjoyed the best of world cinema with a large Official Selection with national and international feature films and short films of the highest quality in genres such as documentary, experimental cinema, animation and fiction....Continue Reading

The visionary director spoke with GIFF XXII’s audience   Imaginative, challenging, unique: this is Terry Gilliam. The audience of the twenty-second edition of the Guanajuato International Film Festival had the opportunity to meet one of the most important filmmakers of our era in person. In a keynote lecture, he shared advice and stories regarding his...Continue Reading

Ghost Tropic Official Selection International Feature Film Dir. Bas Devos The Richter Scale says: First we see an apartment in a static shot that lasts two minutes and feels endless, until we hear the voice of our protagonist explaining the pride she feels in the work she does, cleaning this apartment and making it habitable....Continue Reading

Guanajuato hosts discussion tables on film analysis The Guanajuato International Film Festival, always committed to cinema in all areas that allow it to exist, will present the Second Edition of The Critic’s Room, which will begin on Saturday, July 27 at 10:00 a.m. am at Convention Center Room A in Guanajuato City. The Critic’s Room...Continue Reading

Gilberto El Valiente, Arial and Test OK put your skeleton to the test at GIFF XXII Music + Cinema continues its concert program on the last day of activities of the twenty-second edition of the Guanajuato International Film Festival. On this occasion, those in charge of making people dance will be the bands Gilberto El...Continue Reading

Paper Boats Official Selection Mexican Feature Film Dir. Yago Muñoz The Richter Scale says: When a movie begins with the vomit-inducing voice of Donald Trump (who unfortunately is President of the United States) reciting one of his xenophobic and racist speeches, one knows they’re about to see something that criticizes some aspect of his mandate,...Continue Reading

Edgar Nito presents his feature debut during GIFF XXII   The Guanajuato International Film Festival in its twenty-second edition dressed up to receive the national premiere of the The Gasoline Thieves, directed by Guanajuato native Edgar Nito. During the Red Carpet event before the screening, we saw models dressed in the best of Mexican fashion...Continue Reading

The Voice of Silence Official Selection Mexican Documentary Dir. Jorge Uruchurtu The Richter Scale says: On September 19, 2017, like every year on the anniversary of the 1985 earthquake, there was an earthquake drill throughout Mexico City at about 11:00 in the morning. These drills are already a tradition and like every year, some take...Continue Reading