PREMIO MAGUEY PREMIERES AMOR DE PAPEL AT FICG40
En una sala colmada de energía, la serie Amor de papel hizo su debut como parte del Showcase de Series del Premio Maguey, dedicado a las narrativas disidentes y al cine queer contemporáneo. La propuesta, integrada por cinco capítulos de cinco minutos, sorprendió por su frescura, su humor y su apuesta estética que narra un […]
PRODUCING WITH THE HEART: MÓNICA LOZANO AT FICG40
La edición 40 del Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG) se vistió de gala con la presencia de la productora mexicana Mónica Lozano. Este 9 de junio, la homenajeada ofreció una clase magistral titulada De historias locales a éxitos mundiales. En ella compartió con los asistentes su trayectoria y su metodología de trabajo, que […]
FICG40: EXPERTS ANALYZE THE ROLE OF SOUND IN FILM NARRATIVE
Reafirmando su misión en la formación de nuevas generaciones de cineastas, el Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG) presentó la clase magistral El otro elemento: El sonido en el cine, conceptualizar, producir y posproducir, un encuentro íntimo donde destacados profesionales desentrañaron los secretos de este arte invisible que define la experiencia cinematográfica. El encuentro […]
ICE MERCHANTS: FROM SMALL RITUALS TO BIG STORIES
From piano to animation, João Gonzalez, gave the Master Class: "Ice Merchants" - From a Student Film to the Oscars® at the 40th edition of the International Film Festival in Guadalajara (FICG40) that took place at the Ágora Jenkins of the University Cultural Center of the University of Guadalajara. Film director, animator, illustrator and [...]
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 [...]
FICGAMES PLAYTEST UNLOCKS ONE MORE LEVEL AND MAKES US PART OF THE GAME
With the inauguration of the Guadalajara Film Market, held on Saturday, June 7, the FICGames PlayTest was also presented. Despite being located in the subway lobby of the Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas, this space shone with the vibrant atmosphere created by the 10 video games gathered there. The circular stand in the center incited curiosity [...]
BETWEEN NERVOUSNESS AND EXPECTATION, THE SECOND EDITION OF PITCH FICGAMES GOES UP A NOTCH
In collaboration with UNIAT, the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) presented the second edition of Pitch FICGames, which seeks to expose and support the talent of animators, screenwriters, programmers and other industry professionals, proposing itself as a factor of change to traditional forms of storytelling. Representatives of five projects [...]
FORTY EDITIONS, FOUR MAYAHUELES: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN GENERATIONS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE CINEMA THEIR HOME
At FICG40, four women with Mayahuel de Plata met in one afternoon to share their authenticity with the public. From different trenches of filmmaking -acting, production, teaching and activism- these women did not speak from the podium, but from the heart. The panel began at the point where the two sides of the [...]
REFLECTING THE SEVENTH ART FROM THE BODY: PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK CINE SOMÁTICO AT FICG40
Cinema can be looked at from different fronts, among them that of the body, from which the British academic and psychotherapist Luke Hockley proposes an unconventional look at it with his book Somatic Cinema. The relationship between screen and body: a Jungian perspective. The book, co-published by the Faculty of Cinema, makes a [...]
TALENTS GUADALAJARA BEGINS ACTIVITIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN GUADALAJARA
In times of anger, love is a beehive... And with this theme embracing its seventeenth edition, Talents Guadalajara, part of Industry and Market of the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), began its activities in which 43 selected participants and six projects that will learn, develop and strengthen their specialties [...]