Further information
If you’d like to purchase FICM’s publications or receive additional information about the festival, please visit our headquarters located at Melchor Ocampo #35, downtown, just behind the Palacio de Gobierno. Our phone number is 443 317-7801.
When you arrive in Morelia look for the free program booklet at the front desk of your hotel or at any of the festival venues. It will include the daily screening program and a list of the venues of the festival.
We strongly recommend that you buy a FICM catalogue that will have information about the movies to be screened at the festival, more about the special guests who will be attending this year, in addition to a description of the conferences, roundtable discussions and other activities.
Most of the festival films are shown at Cinépolis Centro. Other venues include Cinépolis Plaza Morelia and Cinépolis La Huerta, which are easily reached by taxi.
The festival offers free screenings at the Teatro Emperador, a palace built in the 1930s in downtown Pátzcuaro which is only 40 minutes away from Morelia either by taxi or bus.
At designated showings, there will be Q & A sessions with the director, especially related to those films in competition. Further information will be available in the festival program.
Tickets can be purchased at Cinépolis Centro, Cinépolis Plaza Morelia y Cinépolis La Huerta.
In order to make this festival accessible to everyone, tickets to Cinépolis Centro will cost 30 pesos, much less than the regular price. Season tickets for 4 showings will be sold for 100 pesos.
We recommend arriving 15 minutes before the screenings as maximum occupancy is expected. There are no commercials or trailers before the screenings. Seats cannot be reserved. Tickets can be bought directly at the box office the day of the screening or online at www.cinepolis.com.mx
Look for the movie you want to see, click on “Compra Reserva” and follow the instructions.
In most cases, the movies in competition are shown in Spanish with English subtitles while the majority of the international movies are subtitled in Spanish and in English. Please check the program to see if the movie you want to watch is available in your language.
In general, conferences, round tables and exhibitions described in the catalogue are free of charge and don’t require a ticket. However, seating is limited, so we suggest getting there early because seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis.
We recommend that you stop by the Museo del Dulce, that will take you back in time to the viceroyalty’s kitchen, where dulce de leche, morelianas and fruit-based sweets are prepared. You can also watch a video about the history of Mexican candy making, see scale models of old Morelian houses, or take a photographic journey through downtown buildings while listening to a guide dressed in colonial attire.
After this sweet visit, continue on to the Fuente de Las Tarascas and the Acueducto, with its 253 arches. Bishop Fray Antonio de San Miguel ordered the aqueduct’s construction in 1785 to provide the city with water.
Other sightseeing musts are: the Palacio Municipal, which dates back to the 18th century and whose main attraction is its octagonal patio; the Templo y Conservatorio de Música de Las Rosas; the Palacio Clavijero, the former Colegio Jesuita which today offers many cultural activities, among them the FICM; the public library which also has served as a venue for activities of the film festival; and, finally, the Mercado de Artesanias, a must visit where you will find art crafts at very low prices.
While you are in Morelia we suggest you try any of the restaurants in the portales and enjoy the extraordinary tourist options the city has to offer.
For further information, check out the following web pages:
Official web page of Morelia: www.visitmorelia.com
Official web page of Michoacán: www.turismomichoacan.gob.mx
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