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 [...]
"PUTTING HUMAN EMOTIONS AT THE SERVICE OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS": A FANTASTIC WOMAN AT FICG40
Por la mañana del sexto día del Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG40), se proyectó el largometraje Una mujer fantástica (2017) dirigido por Sebastián Lelio y protagonizado por la actriz chilena Daniela Vega, quien fue homenajeada con el premio Maguey Queer Icon de esta edición. Una mujer fantástica cuenta la historia de Marina, una […]
GUADALAJARA BUILDS INDUSTRY PROGRAM WINNERS ANNOUNCED
El Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG), a través de sus programas de Industria, presentó en la sala 2 del Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas a los ganadores de la décima novena edición de Guadalajara Construye, que se llevó a cabo del 9 al 11 de junio. Guadalajara Construye tiene como propósito fundamental apoyar […]
WINNERS OF INDUSTRY TALENT PROJECT MARKET PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
La edición 40 del Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG), a través de sus programas de Industria, dio a conocer a los ganadores de Talent Project Market, que se llevó a cabo del 9 al 11 de junio. En esta ocasión, se eligieron seis proyectos provenientes de países como Cuba, Honduras, México, República Dominicana […]
WINNERS OF THE INDUSTRY PROGRAM EPISODE ZERO: SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCED
La edición 40 del Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG), a través de sus programas de Industria, dio a conocer a los ganadores de la quinta edición de Episodio 0: Series en Desarrollo, que se realizó del 9 al 11 de junio. Episodio 0: Series en Desarrollo está dirigido a productores iberoamericanos con propuestas […]
FICG40: A STRONG, DEBATED AND CONSTANT VISION; THIS IS MICHEL FRANCO'S CINEMA.
Michel Franco, director de películas como Después de Lucía (2012) y Nuevo orden (2020), se presentó en la sala 2 del Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas para dar una clase magistral sobre su visión del cine desde su labor como director. El realizador enfatizó mucho dentro de su clase magistral Narrar sin concesiones: Una mirada […]
SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CINEMA: THE SPARK TO CHANGE THE WORLD IGNITED BY FICG40
The Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) opened its doors to the creation of spaces to explore issues of socio-environmental ethics with the panel Environment, society and cinema, with the participation of filmmaker Max Keegan; the director of the Museum of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guadalajara, Eduardo Santana; and documentary filmmaker Rodolfo [...]
WINNERS OF THE INDUSTRY PROGRAM COPRODUCTION MEETING ANNOUNCED
The Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), through its Industry programs, presented the winners of the twenty-first Co-Production Meeting in Hall 2 of the Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas. In the framework of FICG's 40th anniversary, the Co-Production Meeting is a platform that opens doors to the [...]
"BE ROMANTIC IN YOUR ART AND PRAGMATIC WITH YOUR TIME"; EAN MCNAMARA PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF REALITY AT FICG 40
During the fifth day of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG40), the talented visual artist Ean McNamara gave an out-of-the-ordinary master class entitled: Mr. Director, Your Monster Is Sinking into the Lake. Beginning with the famous anecdote of director Billy Wilder, during the filming of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, McNamara [...]
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.