Following his tribute at the Inauguration of the Guanajuato International Film Festival, our renowned premier actor Eric Del Castillo (looking much younger than the 80 years his age claims he’s lived) gave a Master Conference at Bellas Artes yesterday at 1:00 pm. His full name is José Eduardo Eric del Castillo-Negrete Galván and as a...Continue Reading
As the Inauguration’s main event, GIFF paid tribute to premier actor Eric Del Castillo. Rosa Maria Bianchi, premier actress and Eric’s friend, introduced a brief video homage created by the Guanajuato International Film Festival by taking scenes of his most famous films and interviews with family and friends. Once finished, Eric Del Castillo took the...Continue Reading
During the opening ceremony of the eighteenth Guanajuato International Film Festival, held at the Angela Peralta Theater in the city of San Miguel de Allende, the Turkish ambassador, Mustafa Oğuz Demiralp, delivered some touching words in what represents the beginning of a movie-filled week. With great diplomacy, he spoke in favor of expanding relations between...Continue Reading
Dir. Bill Pohland Special Screening: Opening Night Film The Richter Scale says: You may not know who they are, but I’m sure everyone has Heard at least one song by the Beach Boys, one of the most popular bands of the 1960’s. Sooner or later, someone was going to make a musical biopic (biographical picture)...Continue Reading
Dir: Paz Fábrega Official Selection International Feature: Costa Rica The Richter Scale says: Luciana and Pedro meet at a party. They meet once, he kisses her. They find each other a second time, she kisses him. For two days, they’re inseparable. They don’t know anything about each other outside of the small details they each...Continue Reading
Dir: Deniz Gamze Erguven Official Selection International Feature: Turkey The Richter Scale says: No one escapes growing up. We can spend our lives running away from a lot of things, including the repression of women in small villages in Turkey, but no one escapes the changes in one’s body or the changes in our society’s...Continue Reading
Concert: Baba Zula: Baba Zula is a musical group created in Istanbul at the end of the 20th Century. Using traditional instruments and mixing them with new technologies and an initiative to innovate, Baba Zula promises to fill the center of San Miguel Allende with a unique concert experience. With a mix of traditional sounds,...Continue Reading
10:00 am Kids in Action: short films || Santa Ana Theater Official Selection Guanajuato || Ángela Peralta Theater 11:00 am Conference: Cátedra Kafka || Banamex Cultural House Dry Summer / Susuz Yaz (1963) Guest Country: Turkey || Bellas Artes 12:00 pm Kids in Action: Shaun the Sheep (PREMIERE) || Ángela Peralta Theater The First Smile...Continue Reading
Dir: Chloé Zhao Official Selection International Feature Length Film: United States The Richter Scale says: Typically, when we name a film’s protagonist, we’re talking about its chief character who is a person, but in some cases it might be more accurate that the place where the film is set is acting as its protagonist. We...Continue Reading
