On October 19th, the film community and lovers of the seventh art will gather for the first edition of the Mexica Film Awards 2023, set to take place at the iconic León Trotsky Museum House, located at Av. Río Churubusco 410, Del Carmen, Coyoacán, 04100 Mexico City.
These awards, conceived by renowned filmmaker and director of international festivals, Antoni Caimari Caldés from Mallorca, aim to highlight and elevate the excellence of authorial and independent cinema from Mexico and Ibero-America. They seek to give recognition, a voice, and a platform to films that, due to their unique and visionary nature, deserve wider acknowledgment and exposure.
The event will be hosted by renowned journalist Luis Magaña, who will guide attendees through an evening filled with excitement and acclaim. Furthermore, the awards night will feature the presence of Tino Cheschitz, co-director of the event and prominent Costume Director, and actress Mara López, both of whom will have the honor of presenting some of the evening’s most anticipated awards.
We invite media outlets to bear witness to this historical event, which will undoubtedly create a landmark moment in the appreciation and promotion of authorial and independent cinema in our region.
The finalist works are:
- Emboscada (2022) – René Herrera – México
- Año Cero – El Exilio (2020) – Jorge Dahlhaus, Valentina Bernardo – México
- Dulces Tentaciones (2022) – Óscar Blancarte – México
- Minezota (2018) – Carlos Enderle Peña – México
- Por favor no me abandones (2022) – Antonio Rotunno – México
- Pinches Actores (2015) – Miguel Angel Diaz – México
- GUAYABO (2022) – Los Hermanos Ximènez – Colombia
- Dark Girls (2023) – Allan J.Arcal – España
- Going North (2022) – Natalia Bermúdez – México
- El reencuentro. 500 años Moctezuma y Cortés (2021) – Miguel Gleason – México
- 1985: Hèroes entre ruinas (2022) – Jeanette Russ – México
- Notas de una vida (2023) – Roberto Bolado – México
- M. (2018) – Eva Villaseñor – México
- Grito del Barrio (2020) – Miguel Angel Dìaz – México
- Any place (2022) – Minerva Rivera Bolaños – México
- For Magda (2022) – Carla Larrea Sánchez – México
- She from the 21st Century (2021) – Minerva Elisa R. Bolaños – México
- Apnea (2023) – Natalia Bermúdez – México
- Te quiero Alejandra (2018) – Minerva Rivera – México
- Tail of rat (2022) – José Armando Salomo Rosas – México
- Four Minutes (2021) – HUGO Lara – México
- Urubá (2021) – Rodrigo Sena Sena – Brazil
- The White Costume (2022) – Baset Zandi – Iran
- El amor no existe (2019) – Fernando Fisher – México
- A tiempo para el Vals (2023) – Sandro Arceo Espinosa – México
- TZITHU (2022) – Oscar Navoa – México
- Medusa (2021) – Carlos Trujano – México
- Pérdidas de 5:00 a 8:00 (2023) – Oscar Mateo Hijuelos, Gloria Guadalupe Gonzalez – México
- Cana (2020) – Alejandro Cadena Cisnero – México
- Prevención de la Tortura en México (2017) – Alejandro Cadena Cisnero – México
- Deep Soria (2022) – Pedro Estepa Menéndez – Spain
- Torture prevention in Mexico: Building the capacity of the legal profession (2017) – Veronica Hinestroza – México
- Jocelyn y el Coyote (2013) – Pilar Colomè – El Salvador
It’s an honor to confirm that directors, producers, and actors from the aforementioned productions will be in attendance, adding to the prestige and authenticity of the event.
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