Based on a story of B. Traven, Macario revolves around a humble woodcutter who, tired and frustrated of working from dawn to dusk, promises his wife he will go hunger until he can enjoy a turkey just for himself. His wife manages to steal one for him and Macario decides to enter the woods by himself so none can bother him while he eats it. In the woods, he runs into the Death, who is as hungry as he is, and Macario invites it a nibble of the delicious feast. Thankfully, the Death gives Macario an elixir able to cure any disease. Macario begins to make big profits by curing sick people with his magic potion, until the Church accuses him of witchery. Macario would have to prove that every good deed he has performed is more than an illusion.

 

Macario is placed among the best films of the history of Mexican cinema, the breath-taking photography of Gabriel Figueroa along with the direction of Roberto Gavaldón granted the film a place in the Official Selection in Competition section for the 1960’s edition of Cannes international film festival and a nomination for best foreign film at the Academy Award.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don Plutarco and his son, Genaro, live a double life: they are both farmers and musicians while taking part in a guerrilla movement that plans to rise against the government. When the army suddenly attacks their community, Don Plutarco manages to escape with women and children, but the munitions are still in the town besieged by the army. Don Plutarco decides to carry out his own plan to help the rebels: pretending to go to his maize field, he crosses the military siege, but he is caught and his violin, his most valuable treasure, is taken away from him. In order to get it back, the old man starts a relationship with the troop's captain; eventually, they will discover their mutual love for music.

 

El Violin travelled around the world through festivals and was eligible for countless awards, including the prize for Best Actor for Ángel Tavira in the 59th edition of Cannes Festival in 2006. The first full-length feature film of director Francisco Vargas Quevedo addresses the continuous struggle between farmers and the military in Mexico in a terrible, ironic and moving story. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Mexico City a terrible accident takes place and turns out to be the axis of three stories that reveal the harshness of human nature and life. These are the cases of Octavio (Gael García), a young teenager who decides to escape with his brother’s wife; Daniel a grown-up man who abandons his wife and family for a beautiful model; and El Chivo, a hitman whose only remorse in life is to had abandoned his daughter. 

 

Probably the most popular Mexican film internationally, filmed in the year 2000, Amores Perros has been awarded over a dozen times, as well as nominated and presented in numerous festivals; among these, it was presented on the 53rd edition of Cannes Film Festival as part of the Official Selection in “Section Parallèle”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Legend of the Nahuala is a special screening in the Mexican Film Festival. Despite not being presented at Cannes film festival, this film is among the best animation full-length feature films produced in Mexico, worthy of winning two national awards and having an amazing success in the Mexican box offices. Now it is time to share it with the rest of the kids from all over the world.

 

Puebla de los Ángeles city, Day of the Death in Mexico, the year: 1807. Leo, a shy and coward child has to face his fears by going inside an old house to rescue his brother Nando, who has been captured by La Nahuala, a powerful and evil ancestral spirit. Once inside the house, Leo will defy fearful creatures and will meet friendly spirits that will help him overcome different situations and mysteries in order to confront the Nahuala.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1535, analchemist crafts an extraordinary mechanism encapsulated in a small golden artifact. The invention, designed to give eternal life to its holder, survives until 1997, when Jesus Gris, an antique’s dealer, discovers it. Fascinated, Gris does not realize that more than one person is looking for the strange object. The eternal life promise has become an obsession for the old and very sick man, Dieter de la Guardia; he, as well as his nephew, Angel, will do anything to get ‘the invention of Cronos’.

 

Cronos was part of the Official Selection in Cannes Festival in 1993 presented in “Section Paralléle”. It was the first full-length feature film directed by Guillermo del Toro, who has been awarded also by other international releases such as ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ and ‘Pan’s Labyrinth.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macario

 

Dir.Roberto Gavaldón

Mexico, 1960, 90 min

(BBFC rated A)

Cast: Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer.

Cannes, The Official Selection 1960, In Competition

 

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El Violín (The Violin)

 

Dir.Francisco Vargas Quevedo

Mexico, 2006, 96 min

(BBFC Suitable only for 15 years and over)

Cast: Ángel Tavira, Gerardo Taracena, Dagoberto Gama

Cannes, The Official Selection 2006, Un Certain Regard, award for best actor 2006

 

English subtitles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dir.Alejandro González Iñárritu

Mexico, 200

153 min

(BBFC Suitable only for 18 years and over)

Cast: Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas, Rodrigo Murray, Goya Toledo, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Emilio Echevarría

Cannes, The Official Selection 2000, Section Parallèle

 

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Dir. Ricardo Arnaiz

México, 2007, 84 min

Voices: Ofelia Medina, Fabrizio Santini, Jesús Ochoa, Martha Higareda, Rafael Inclán.

Special Screening (Not in Cannes)

 

English subtitles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cronos

 

 

Dir.Guillermo del Toro

Mexico, 1991, 91 min

(BBFC Suitable only for 15 years and over)

Cast: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Caudio Brook

Cannes, The Official Selection 1993, Section Parallèle

 

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