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. [...]
WINNERS OF WORK IN PROGRESS DOCULAB: DOCUMENTARY FILM LAB REVEALED
Para poner punto final a las actividades destinadas al apoyo de talentos emergentes en la edición 40 del Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG), se realizó la premiación de los documentales seleccionados en DocuLab: Laboratorio de documentales. Este programa de Industria tiene como objetivo apoyar a realizadores iberoamericanos y sus películas en etapa de […]
JENKINS - DEL TORO 2025 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER PRESENTED AT FICG40
Carolina Revilla Casillas was presented as the winner of the Jenkins - Del Toro 2025 Grant during the 40th edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG). To make the official announcement, Daniela Yoffe Zonana, coordinator of Cultural Extension and Dissemination at the University of Guadalajara, was present at the press conference.
ALTERNATIVA ARRIVES IN LATIN AMERICA; PRESENTED AT GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The 40th edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) became the stage for the presentation to Latin America of the Alternativa Film Festival, which will consolidate a strategic alliance that seeks to strengthen the links between film and social change. Alternativa Film Festival is a global non-profit initiative [...]
HONESTLY, DENISSE GUERRERO: FICG40 THE ART BEHIND THE POP MEMORY
As part of its 40th edition, the Guadalajara International Film Festival reaffirmed its commitment to art as a space for freedom with the start of the Maguey Award activities. The Jesús Guerrero Galván Gallery, at the "Juan José Arreola" Jalisco State Public Library, hosted the opening of the Maguey Award, a [...]
WE'VE REACHED 40! THE GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS ITS OFFICIAL LINE-UP FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL
It all began on the screen of a university hall and, since then, the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) continues to project dreams that come true in national and international cinema. Today, four decades after that moment, the Festival is proud to reach its 40th edition, which will be held from March 6 to 14, 2010.
FICG40 ANNOUNCES ITS OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR THE MEZCAL AWARD COMPETITION SECTION
The 40th edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival announces the official selection of the Mezcal Award, dedicated to Mexican fiction and documentary feature films. The prizes consist of a Mayahuel statuette and $500,000.00 Mexican pesos awarded to the majority production company winning Best Mexican Feature Film; Mayahuel statuette and $100,000.00 Mexican pesos awarded to the winner of Best Mexican [...]