External reviews about FICM
• Mexico Rising
by Nick James Editor of Sight and Sound Magazine Most film festivals are about the search for hits or masterpieces but there`s another kind closer to a spirit of real discovery. In Mexico there`s an elegant event designed to open minds to cinema`s democratic potential...
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Mexico Rising: Interview
by Nick James
In this month's Sight & Sound we published an interview conducted by Editor Nick James with the Chilean director and polymath Raúl Ruiz at the Morelia film festival in Mexico. The published text drew on only part of a much longer interview and concentrated on Ruiz's advice for young film-makers...
•DISPATCH FROM MEXICO: Fast Rising Morelia International Film Festival Attempts to Stay Small
by David Wilson (October 27, 2006)
The formula for a successful film festival is not always straightforward. It can vary from country to country and even city to city. So many elements factor in--local geography, industry connections, cultivating a regional audience--that finding the right ...
• A World Class Cultural Event: Morelia Fest Focuses on Mexican Docs and Shorts in 3rd Year
by Silverdocs
The third Morelia International Film Festival wrapped on Sunday, bringing to a close anambitious eight day program that included 42 Mexican shorts and 17 Mexican docs in competition as well as dozens of narrative features and films in special sections, from both Mexico and around the world...
• Mexico Gets Mobile Movies: Traveling Documentary Festival to Launch in Early 2006
by Silverdocs
On the heels of a renaissance in recent years, Mexican cinema continues to ride a wave of global popularity, from an unusually strong presence at this year's Cannes Film Festival to an increased awareness even among its citizens at home. Now, a Mexican production company called Canana...
• Directions: As Far From Sundance as Could Be
by Perla Ciuk
According to custom, Mexican Indians avoid being photographed for fear of their souls being stolen. But the third International Film Festival of Morelia (and a related Mexico United States binational conference on Indian and Indianrelated media) that took place last month might have effectively laid that custom to rest...
• Mexico's next gen on view at fest (2006)
by Michael O´Boyle
The Morelia Film Fest, now in its fourth year, continues to consolidate its position as a discovery platform for Mexico's next generation of filmmakers...
• Morelia fest wild for 'Bunch' doc (2006)
by Michael O´Boyle
The Morelia Film Festival crowned "La palomilla salvaje" (The Wild Bunch) best docu while the audience was split for black-and-white gem "El Violin" and the widely acclaimed docu "In the Pit."...
•'Quinceanera' opens Morelia fest (2006)
by Michael O´Boyle
The fourth Morelia Intl. Film Festival will open Oct. 14 with Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer's Sundance fave "Quinceanera" and close Oct. 22 with Michel Gondry's "The Science of Sleep."...
• Region gains showbiz visibility, Cinepolis-back fest will take place in Morelia in Oct.
by Michael O´Boyle
With a growing festival, a new film fund in development and the possibility of a major studio development, Michoacan is shooting for a bigger star on the movie industry map.
State capital Morelia will host its third international film fest from Oct. 8-16. Backed with funds from nation's largest exhib, Cinepolis, the event has become one of the most important...
Intimate fest leaves good impression, Event unspooled 11 Mexican feature
by Michael O´Boyle
Mexico's growing festival circuit, the Morelia Film Fest is making its mark. In its third year, fest offers a panorama of the Mexican industry. While competition is focused on shorts and docs, fest screened 11 Mexican features, nine of which preemed here.
"Morelia is about young filmmakers, and we are doing our part to nurture the next generation,"...s, nine of which preemed here...
• "Quinceanera", "Sleep" bookend Morelia fest (2006)
October 07, 2006
Coming-of-age drama "Quinceanera," from writer-directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, and Michel Gondry's romantic fantasy "The Science of Sleep" will bookend the fourth edition of the Morelia International Film Festival, one of Mexico's top movie showcases...
• "Salvaje" earns top Morelia prize (2006)
October 24, 2006
Gustavo Gamou's documentary "La Palomilla Salvaje" (The Wild Squad), a depiction of two wannabe bull riders, won top prize at the fourth Morelia International Film Festival...
