2006 | Color | 55 min The world of the surrealist Canadian artist Alan Glass: his work, his home, his friends, his boxes, his entire universe is shown through the point of view of art critics, artists and friends. Behind a glass and within an infinite number of boxes, Alan freezes, removes and modifies time. Country: México Direction: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Script: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Production: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Photography: Polgovsky; Eugenio Music: Roel; Karen Cast:Felguérez; Manuel, Carrington; Leonora, Glass; Alan, Friedeberg; Pedro Participation year at FICM: 2006
2006 | Color | 55 min The world of the surrealist Canadian artist Alan Glass: his work, his home, his friends, his boxes, his entire universe is shown through the point of view of art critics, artists and friends. Behind a glass and within an infinite number of boxes, Alan freezes, removes and modifies time. Country: México Direction: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Script: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Production: Makhlouf Akl; Tufic Photography: Polgovsky; Eugenio Music: Roel; Karen Cast:Felguérez; Manuel, Carrington; Leonora, Glass; Alan, Friedeberg; Pedro Participation year at FICM: 2006
Bridget Tichenor. Visiones reales In 2012, the Museum of Mexico City holds a major posthumous exhibition on Bridget Bate Tichenor (1917-1990), an English painter based in Mexico. Her friends, the artists Alan Glass and Pedro Friedeberg, visit the exhibition and comment on aspects of her work and life, such as her closeness to the European aristocracy and her time as a model and editor of Vogue in New York. She painted for 20 years on her ranch in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán. See More
Wolfgang Paalen. Cristales de la mente The artist Wolfgang Paalen was born in Vienna in 1905. In 1936, he joined the Parisian Surrealist movement led by André Breton. At the invitation of Frida Kahlo, he settled in Mexico in 1939. As a painter, he underwent several stylistic stages and had a profound influence on the genesis of abstract expressionism. He committed suicide in 1959 in Taxco, Mexico. See More
The last witness Leon Trotsky was granted political asylum in Mexico in 1937 after escaping Stalinist persecution. He lived in the neighborhood of Coyoacán, in Mexico City, where he wrote his last political works. His grandson Esteban Volkow is the last living witness of the two murder attempts and eventual assassination of his grandfather. Ninety-year-old Esteban recounts family life at the house, now a museum, and shares his memories of the revolutionary figure’s tragic end. See More
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26 Enjoy All the Free Events That the 24th FICM Has in Store for You! 10 · 16 · 26 Night of the Dead Celebration Week: A Tradition Learned Through Our Hands 10 · 14 · 26 The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26
