The Festival program is presented during the opening ceremony, which also celebrates and recognizes the trajectory of each edition's honorees.
En la clausura acontece la ceremonia de premiación de los ganadores en cada una de las categorías. En ambas ceremonias se proyectan estrenos en México de películas de relevancia cultural.
The Guest of Honor occupies an important place in the Festival's activities with the purpose of opening different paths to intercultural dialogue.
This presence includes a program of classic and contemporary films from the cinematography of that country or region, meetings between professionals and master classes.
In collaboration with the Fundación Universidad de Guadalajara A.C., the Galas a Beneficio are screenings of premiere films that take place within the framework of the Guadalajara International Film Festival to raise funds that are donated to recognized social welfare institutions in the State of Jalisco.
In each edition of the Festival a retrospective curatorship is programmed with the best of the cinematography of the personalities honored.
This section includes the best of international cinematography with a curated selection of films that have stood out in their countries of origin or in the international festivals in which they have been presented.
Section for the screening of feature films that have marked the history of national cinema and that have been restored in collaboration with various institutions.
Programming dedicated to the crossover between music and audiovisual language. Section curated in collaboration with In-Edit, Barcelona's international music documentary film festival.
The International Film Festival in Guadalajara was the first Latin American film festival to promote, since 2014, screenings and lectures adapted for people with some kind of disability, through the use of mobile applications with audio description, adapted subtitling or sign language options.
The purpose of this section is to link the culinary and cinematographic cultures with screenings of national and foreign feature films with a gastronomic theme. The ingredients and dishes, characters of these productions, will serve as inspiration for the creation of menus offered during special dinners at the best restaurants in Guadalajara.
Series are part of the diversity of the cinematographic exercise. For this reason, the Guadalajara International Film Festival presents exclusive premiere chapters that will live on digital platforms.
