The 15th Morelia International Film Festival will be held in the capital city of the Mexican state of Michoacán from October 20 through 29. Now standing out as one of the biggest film festivals in Latin America, this event is welcoming five French directors this year.
Michel Hazanavicius (Redoubtable), Léa Mysius (Ava), Barbet Schroeder (The Venerable W.), Laurent Cantet (The Workshop), and Emmanuel Gras (Makala) will thus make the trip to present their films in Mexican premieres in the stunning city of Morelia, a magnificent example of colonial architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
This year's festival will be an occasion for audiences to discover a world premiere screening, organized with UniFrance support, of Michel Hazanavicius: Histoire de cinéma(s), a documentary on the French filmmaker directed by Christophe D'Yvoire and Jean-Pierre Lavoignat, in which Hazanavicius shares his views on cinema in general, and his own films in particular.
Furthermore, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, another guest at the festival, will be able to speak to audiences in his native tongue about his film BPM (Beats Per Minute), which is programmed at the festival. Each year the Morelia festival presents a retrospective of films from the most recent La Semaine de la Critique - Cannes as well as a selection of short films made by students at the Gobelins Film School.
Morelia 2017 will also be marked by the presence of Charles Tesson (director of
La Semaine de la Critique - Cannes) as a jury member; Jean-Pierre Garcia, a film critic, art historian, and founder of the Amiens Film Festival; and Edouard Waintrop, director of the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, who will present a special program this year devoted to Spanish anarchist cinema.
Mexican premieres
- BPM (Beats Per Minute) by Robin Campillo
- Happy End by Amos Kollek
- Redoubtable by Michel Hazanavicius
- The Venerable W. by Barbet Schroeder
- The Workshop by Laurent Cantet
- Bright Sunshine In by Claire Denis
- Faces, Places by Agnès Varda, JR
- Michel Hazanavicius: Histoire de cinéma(s) by Christophe D'Yvoire and Jean-Pierre Lavoignat
- The Square by Ruben Östlund (minority co-production)
- Zama by Lucrecia Martel (minority co-production)
- Loveless by Andreï Zviaguintsev (minority co-production)
Cannes Critics' Week selection
- Makala by Emmanuel Gras
- Ava by Léa Mysius
- Gabriel and the Mountain by Fellipe Barbosa (minority co-production)
- Los Perros by Marcela Said (minority co-production)
Jean Vigo Prize
- Barbara by Mathieu Amalric (minority co-production)
French feature films
- Jeannette: the Childhood of Joan of Arc by Bruno Dumont
- Becoming Cary Grant by Mark Kidel
- Lover For A Day by Philippe Garrel
- Rodin by Jacques Doillon
- The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius
- Return to Montauk by Volker Schlöndorff (minority co-production)
- Call Me by Your Name by Luca Guadagnino (minority co-production)
- Ghost Hunting by Raed Andoni (minority co-production)
