Mexico’s Morelia Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 17th edition, which will take place October 18-27 and includes 94 films: 4 titles in the local Michoacan Section, 60 titles in the Mexican Short Film Section (12 animation, 14 documentaries and 34 fiction films), 11 titles in the Mexican Documentary Film Section and 9 titles in the Mexican Feature Film Section.
The Mexican feature film section, the festival’s main competitive section, will screen nine titles including Hari Sama’s This Is Not Berlin / Esto no es Berlín, which participated both at the Sundance and Tribeca film festivals; Carlos Lenin’s debut feature The Dove and the Wolf / La paloma y el lobo, which had its world premiere few days ago at the Locarno Film Festival where it won a couple of prizes; David Zonana’s Workforce / Mano de obra, which will have its world premiere in a few days at the Toronto Film Festival, followed by the San Sebastian Film Festival; and Joshua Gil’s Sanctorum, which is premiering this week in the Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival.
The rest of the competition is composed by Fernando Frías’ Ya no estoy aquí, Sebastián Padilla’s Muerte al verano, Bernardo Arellano’s El paraíso de la serpiente, José María Yazpik’s Polvo, and Andrés Clariond’s Territorio.
The documentary competition includes 11 titles including Bad hombres by Juan Antonio del Monte, Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson; Dibujos contra las balas by Alicia Calderón; El guardián de la memoria by Marcela Arteaga, Maricarmen by Sergio Morkin, Niña sola by Javier Ávila, Oblatos, el vuelo que surcó la noche by Acelo Ruiz Villanueva, Retiro by Daniela Alatorre, Tío Yim by Luna Marán, Tote_Abuelo by María Sojob, Sísifos by Nicolás Gutiérrez and Santiago Mohar, and Vaquero del mediodía by Diego Enrique Osorno.
