FICM - International Press

The Economist
10.18.2010
Mexico's film industry.¡Acción! More films, more subsidies, elusive profits
WHEN the Morelia International Film Festival began in 2003, the organisers struggled to find a home-grown release with which to open it. This year's festival, which took place last month, was spoilt for choice. View original article
The News
Morelia Film Fest kicks off
MEXICO CITY - Now in its eighth year, the Morelia International Film Festival(FICM)shares its cinemátic wonders with the public in Morelia, Michoacan, beginning Saturday,Oct.16 and runs through October 24, 2010. View original article
Indie Wire
10.25.2010
Latin American Gems at Non-Biz Obsessed Morelia Fest
by Howard Feinstein
"Change of plans. We're going to Sam's Place."
I heard this exchange between two of the festival programmers at the Morelia International Film Festival after dining in a restaurant full of upside-down statues of Saint Antonio (women pray to him for a husband), before driving to the opening party. It sounded so mysterious. View original article
Variety
10.17.2010
'Biutiful' way to start a festival. Morelia begins with Iñárritu pic, Mexico's Oscar choice
by James Young
Two weeks after winning Mexico's foreign-language Oscar nomination, Alejandro Iñárritu's "Biutiful" opened the Morelia Film Festival on Saturday with helmer and Palm d'Or-winning topper Javier Bardem in tow. View original article
Los Angeles Times
10.19.2010
Morelia Film Festival: A dancer in Tijuana tells her own tale
In real life and on screen, Aidee Gonzalez is a dancer at a strip joint in Tijuana. She's raising kids in the town of Tecate, east of the city, working to make them a better home and supporting her girlfriend, who wishes to become pregnant. Suffering a betrayal, Gonzalez descends into depression but eventually picks herself up. View original article
Los Angeles Times
10.19.2010
Morelia Film Festival: Collection of shorts looks at Mexican Revolution through contemporary lens
One film is about a woman who is so desperate to get cosmetic dental surgery that she sues her supermarket employer because she is paid partly in vouchers she can only redeem at her job. Another is about a young Mexican American woman who must find a way to "repatriate" her dead father back to his small village in Mexico, as many migrants do in their passing.
Los Angeles Times
10.17.2010
'Biutiful,' a stark look at the lives of migrants, opens film festival in Mexico
The Morelia International Film Festival opened here Saturday night with a lavish inaugural screening and the Mexican premiere of "Biutiful," the new film by director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu that is picked to represent Mexico at the 2011 Academy Awards. View original article
The Hollywood Reporter
10.6.2010
'Biutiful' to open Morelia Film Festival
by John Hecht, AP share
MEXICO CITY -- The 8th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival will kick off with Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's latest drama "Biutiful," marking the Mexico premiere of the Javier Bardem vehicle. View original article
The Hollywood Reporter
10.23.2010
Marimbas From Hell' Wins Morelia Fest's Top Prize
by John Hecht
MEXICO CITY -- "Marimbas from Hell", a docu-fiction hybrid centering on the real-life story of a hapless Guatemalan musician, took home best picture Saturday at the 8th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival. View original article
The Economist
25.10.2010
Treasure in the attic
by T.W. | MEXICO
The eighth annual Morelia International Film Festival, which came to an end yesterday in the Mexican state of Michoacán, featured a full programme of new releases, international premieres and sections curated by or dedicated to directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Terry Gilliam. But the most interesting screenings were not the latest releases but some of the oldest. View original article
Sight & Sound
04.10
Festival Special: Morelia, Mexico
by Paul Julian Smith
The seventh Morelia International Film Festival, which ran from October 3-11, 2009, is unique for a number of reasons. For one thing it takes place in an exquisite Mexican colonial town, all pink stone and baroque curlicues. View original article
Sight & Sound
12.08
Mexican models
by Paul Julian Smith
Paul Julian Smith finds varied forms for future Mexican cinema in Morelia. It was Todd Haynes, a high-profile guest, who noted that the International Film Festival in Morelia, Mexico, now in its sixth outling, seems to have suddenly burs ton the World film map. View original article
IndieWire
13.10.08
Todd Haynes, "Wadley," Christian Mungiu, and Mexico's First Lady at Morelia Fest
by Eric Kohn
Security measures suddenly became intense on Thursday at the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), but not due to a looming threat. Quite the opposite, in fact: The wife of Mexican president Felipe Calderon paid a visit to the small town and spent the day watching films, bringing a protective army in tow. View original article
IndieWire
08.10.08
In Wake Of Attack, Morelia Fest Offers Sense of Renewal
by Eric Kohn
It can take over four hours to drive from Mexico City to the capital of Michoacan de Ocampo for the Morelia Film Festival, but the vibrant town in question lies several more metaphorical miles away from recent newspaper headlines. View original article
Variety
25.08.08
Morelia hits on growth spurt Film festival up 10% from last year
by James Young
MEXICO CITY -- The sixth Morelia Film Festival, Mexico's showcase for new and emerging filmmakers, is growing in scale with 85 pics in competition, up 10% on 2007. View original article
Variety
04.08.08
Morelia sets competition titles | Festival will feature four competitive categories
by James Young
MEXICO CITY -- Organizers of the sixth Morelia Intl. Film Festival unveiled the competition films on Monday, including "Los bastardos" (The Bastards), Amat Escalante's tale of immigrants in Los Angeles driven to violence. View original article
IndieWire
16.10.07
Cultivating Filmmakers and Audiences at Expanding Morelia Fest
by Eugene Hernandez
Eating lunch at a table with Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) chiefs Daniela Michel and Alejandro Ramirez (inside the festival’s spacious afternoon hospitality venue), acclaimed Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu spent some time chatting with a group of young kids who probably aren’t old enough to see his films, but nonetheless seemed excited by the encounter. View original article
IndieWire
26.10.06
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... View original article
The Reporter
24.10.06
"Salvaje" earns top Morelia prize
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... View original article
Variety
23.10.06
Morelia fest wild for 'Bunch' doc
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."... View original article
Variety
22.10.06
Mexico's next gen on view at fest
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... View original article
The Reporter
07.10.06
"Quinceanera", "Sleep" bookend Morelia fest
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... View original article
Variety
06.10.06
'Quinceanera' opens Morelia fest
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."... View original article
IndieWire
19.10.05
A World Class Cultural Event: Morelia Fest Focuses on Mexican Docs and Shorts in 3rd Year
by Jonny Leahan
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.. View original article
Variety
16.10.05
Intimate fest leaves good impression
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... View original article
Variety
25.09.05
Region gains showbiz visibility
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... View original article
Sight & Sound
2005
Mexico Rising
by Nick James
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... View original article
Sight & Sound
01.05
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... View original article
The New York Times
2005
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... View original article