The Morelia Film Festival has announced the lineup for the official competition of its 12th edition. The Mexican Feature Film Section will see the national premieres of Los ausentes / The Absent (pictured left) by Nicolás Pereda, Carmín Tropical by Rigoberto Perezcano, El comienzo del tiempo by Bernardo Arellano, Sand Dollars / Dólares de arena (pictured below right) by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas, Güeros by Alonso Ruizpalacios, and I Am Happiness on Earth / Yo soy la felicidad de este mundo by Julián Hernández, among others.
In the Mexican Documentary Feature Film section, Morelia will showcase Muerte en Arizona / Death in Arizona by Tin Dirdamal, Chuy, El hombre lobo / Chuy, the Wolf Man by Eva Aridjis, La hora de la siesta / The Naptime by Carolina Plat, Bering, equilibrio y resistencia by Lourdes Grobet, and Café by Hatuey Viveros, among others.
Prolific director Pereda will also have the Mexican premiere of his film El palacio / The Palace as part of the Mexican Documentary Short Film section, which also include 11 other short films made by Mexican directors. The 12th edition of the Morelia Film Festival will take place October 17-26 in Mexico.
Complete selection:
Mexican Feature Film Section
1. The Absent / Los ausentes by Nicolás Pereda
2. Carmín Tropical by Rigoberto Perezcano
3. El comienzo del tiempo by Bernardo Arellano
4. Sand Dollars / Dólares de Arena by Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas
5. Eddie Reynolds y los Ángeles de Acero by Gustavo Moheno
6. En la estancia by Carlos Armella
7. Güeros by Alonso Ruizpalacios
8. Hilda by Andrés Clariond Rangel
9. Los muertos by Santiago Mohar Volkow
10. Las oscuras primaveras by Ernesto Contreras
11. Plan sexenal by Santiago Cendejas
12. I Am Happiness on Earth / Yo soy la felicidad de este mundo by Julián Hernández
Mexican Documentary Feature Film Section
1. Bering. Equilibrio y resistencia by Lourdes Grobet
2. Café (Cantos de humo) by Hatuey Viveros
3. Chuy, El hombre lobo by Eva Aridjis
4. La danza del hipocampo by Gabriela D. Ruvalcaba
5. Historias de la Sierra Madre by Omar Osiris Ponce Nava
6. El hogar al revés by Itzel Martínez del Cañizo
7. La hora de la siesta by Carolina Platt Soberanes
8. Matria by Fernando Llanos
9. Death in Arizona / Muerte en Arizona by Tin Dirdamal
10. Retratos de una búsqueda by Alicia Calderón
11. El silencio de la princesa by Manuel Cañibe
12. Sporen / Huellas by Diego Gutiérrez, Danniel Danniel
Mexican Documentary Short Film Section
1. Estado de ánimo by Genaro Rojas Ramírez
2. Gallo de pelea by José Luis Palma
3. El hombre de maíz by Irving Mondragón
4. Jefe del desierto by Alejandro Ramírez Collado
5. Jeuh kieh a hm jm kahun / El sendero del caldo de piedra by Arturo Juárez Aguilar, Sarah Borealis
6. Nenek by Sabdyel Almazán
7. OSO_TAPATÍO by Erick Flores, Miguel Cedeño
8. El palacio by Nicolás Pereda
9. ¿Por qué el recuerdo? by Juan Pablo González
10. El sudor de la agonía by Mariano Rentería Garnica
11. Toñita’s by Sebastián Díaz, Beyza Boyacioglu
12. Xochicalco, altar al tiempo by Alicia Ortega García
