
Mexico's Morelia Film Festival Builds Warm Community of Cinephiles
by The Daily Eye Team November 10 2015, 4:05 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 31 secsGlowing reports from the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia
(FICM) inspired me to fly down to Michoacan in late October for the
13th edition. I was not disappointed. After launching as a shorts
festival, gradually director Daniela Michel and her co-founder,
Cinepolis CEO Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, have added a Mexican
Oscar-qualifying shorts as well as a feature competition section to a
wide-ranging international program, as well as a works-in-progress
showcase for international buyers, complete with cash awards.
Arguably, this festival has done much to bolster Mexican filmmaking by
nurturing talent, supporting talented shorts directors through their
early features.