CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION OF THE 41ST GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS NOW OPEN.
The Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) has opened the call to participate in the Official Competition of its 41st edition, which will take place from Friday, April 17 to Saturday, April 25, 2026. FICG invites producers and filmmakers from Mexico, Ibero-America and other regions of the world to submit their films to the [...]
LIST OF FICG40 WINNERS
Mezcal Award Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film Ibero-American Documentary Award Maguey Award International Animated Feature Film Made in Jalisco Socio-environmental Film Award Ibero-American Short Film Rigo Mora Award Young Jury Award Cine de Genre FEISAL FIPRESCI Award
MORE THAN 300 FILMS AND A PASSION FOR STORYTELLING: PAULO BRANCO AT FICG40
As part of the 40th edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG40), the renowned Portuguese producer Paulo Branco offered a master class in which he shared his vision of film and independent production. His career includes collaborations with directors such as Raúl Ruiz, Manoel de Oliveira, Wim Wenders and David Cronenberg. [...]
FORMING COMMUNITY: A WEEK AT FICG40
Despite the heat these days, walking through the doors of the Cineteca or the Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, during the Guadalajara International Film Festival, always feels like a breath of fresh air. It renews my enthusiasm and gives me the certainty of being in the right place. In these spaces [...]
"WE DON'T EXIST WITHOUT MEMORY": MARIA DE MEDEIROS AT THE 40TH EDITION OF THE GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG40) screened the feature film Capitães de Abril (2000), a film about memory and revolution that tells the story of the peaceful military coup d'état against the dictatorial regime of António de Oliveira Salazar in Portugal. The film was directed by the guest of [...]
MOLLUSK: JOSÉ IGNACIO SOLÓRZANO "JIS" AT FICG40
Molusco, the biographical documentary that explores the professional and creative career of José Ignacio Solórzano, Jis, one of Mexico's most influential cartoonists, was presented at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG40). The screening was held as part of the Galas a Beneficio program, the proceeds of which will be donated to the San Vicente [...]
LATINOS CHANGING HOLLYWOOD
Together with Xolo Maridueña and Joel Novoa, the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG40) aims to challenge Latin American narratives written by and for Hollywood. Xolo is an American actor of Cuban, Ecuadorian and Mexican descent and in his master class: Latinos changing Hollywood, he shared how important it is to tell all those [...]
FICGG40 RECEIVES SURPRISE MAGUEY AWARD FOR MENTIRAS, LA SERIE
For being iconic and a reference for the LGBTQ+ community, Mentiras, the series was received at the 40th edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) with the presentation of a Maguey Award for the ensemble cast of this adaptation of the classic play. Mentiras, the series arrived in Guadalajara for [...]
FROM THE LINE TO THE SCREEN: AMACC FILMMAKERS REVEAL THEIR CREATIVE PROCESSES AT FICG 40
During the 40th edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), prominent members of the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMACC) shared with the public their trajectory, methodology and creative processes, key elements in the realization of projects that have been nominated for and won the Ariel Award. With the participation of [...]
LIES: THE NOSTALGIA OF WHAT YOU DID NOT EXPERIENCE AT FICG40
At the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), the panel Narrating the Past to Conquer the Present: Production and Nostalgia in the Streaming Era was presented by actor and producer Luis Gerardo Méndez and the Head of Local Originals for Mexico at Amazon MGM Studios, Alonso Aguilar Castillo. [...]