With the aim of contributing to the creation of new audiences for Mexican cinema and adding to the dissemination of the seventh art made in national territory, the Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), with the support of EFICINE, Distribución and ESTAFETA, will carry out the cycle More Mexican Cinema, Please, in which 6 Mexican films will be screened from September to December 2022.
The films that make up this cycle represent the best of contemporary national cinema and offer a privileged overview of the concerns, values and talents that motivate the audiovisual industry in our country. Below is a list of the 6 films that will be shown in this effort to bring Mexican film art closer to its natural audience.
6 Films
Antes del olvido
Iria Gómez Concheiro, 2018, México, 103’
A company that collaborates with the government threatens to evict the tenants of a neighborhood to build a shopping center. The tenants are forced to come out of their apathy and join
Cosas que no hacemos
Bruno Santamaría, 2020, México, 72’
Among all the children on an island that seems to have no adults, Ñoño stands out, who does not seem to want to grow up or leave the island. At 16, he continues to dance, run and play like an 8-year-old, but he has a secret.
ColOZio
Artemio Narro, 2020, México, 91’
Quirky road movie in which the political history of Mexico is nearly rewritten by two friends on an acid trip
Las flores de la noche
Omar Robles / Eduardo Esquivel, 2020, México, 85’
In a small town on the shores of the largest lake in Mexico live «Las Flores de la Noche», four young queer people. Uriel, one of the group, has decided to abandon his feminine identity after joining a religious group that uses conversion therapies.
Distrito Olvido
Thom Díaz, 2020, México, 85’
Olvido District, a place far from the new transformation that one of the most important cities in Mexico is experiencing. A place where Mexican youth seems increasingly pushed into the maelstrom of rejection and sordid abandonment to enter into violence.
Somos Mari Pepa
Samuel Kishi, 2013, México, 95’
Alex, a 16-year-old boy, has different goals for the summer: create a new song with his rock group, get a job and have his first sexual experience. At the same time he discovers that his grandmother begins to be more dependent on him.
6 Venues
GUANAJUATO
COMPARTIMENTO CINEMATOGRÁFICOSAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE
12 Octubre 19:30 hrs. Cosas que no hacemos
26 Octubre 19:30 hrs.ColOZio
05 Noviembre 20:00 hrs. Las flores de la noche
09 Noviembre 19:30 hrs. Distrito olvido
16 Noviembre 19:30 hrs. Somos Mari Pepa
23 Noviembre 19:30 hrs. Antes del olvido
GUANAJUATO CAPITAL
11 Septiembre 17:00 hrs. Antes del olvido
18 Septiembre 17:00 hrs. Cosas que no hacemos
09 Octubre 17:00 hrs. ColOZio
06 Noviembre 17:00 hrs. Las flores de la noche
20 Noviembre 17:00 hrs. Distrito olvido
04 Diciembre 17:00 hrs. Somos Mari Pepa
IRAPUATO
13 Septiembre 20:30 hrs. Antes del olvido
22 Septiembre 20:30 hrs. Cosas que no hacemos
11 Octubre 20:30 hrs. ColOZio
09 Noviembre 20:30 hrs. Las flores de la noche
30 Noviembre 20:30 hrs. Distrito olvido
07 Diciembre 20:30 hrs. Somos Mari Pepa
MORELOS
TEPOZTLÁN
22 Septiembre 14:30 hrs. Distrito olvido
07 Octubre 19:00 hrs. Antes del olvido
13 Octubre 19:00 hrs. Las flores de la noche
11 Noviembre 19:00 hrs. ColOZio
25 Noviembre 19:00 hrs. Cosas que no hacemos
08 Diciembre 19:00 hrs. Somos Mari Pepa
CHIAPAS
SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS
18 NOVIEMBRE 18:00 hrs. Antes del olvido
19 NOVIEMBRE 18:00 hrs. Cosas que no hacemos
20 NOVIEMBRE 18:00 hrs. ColOZio
25 NOVIEMBRE 21:00 hrs. Las flores de la noche
26 NOVIEMBRE 21:00 hrs. Distrito olvido
27 NOVIEMBRE 21:00 hrs. Somos Mari Pepa
ESTADO DE MÉXICO
TOLUCA
30 SEPTIEMBRE 18:00 hrs. Antes del olvido
07 OCTUBRE 18:00 hrs. Cosas que no hacemos
27 OCTUBRE 18:00 hrs. ColOZio
03 NOVIEMBRE 18:00 hrs. Las flores de la noche
24 NOVIEMBRE 18:00 hrs. Distrito olvido
08 DICIEMBRE 18:00 hrs. Somos Mari Pepa