As of this Tuesday, the activities of the industry and projections, glamor and carpets of the Cannes Festival in its 76th edition begin and, with it, the most important sideboard of world cinematography of which Mexican cinema is no stranger.
For this year, the national cinema will once again have a wide presence headed by the world premiere, out of competition, of the film “lost in the night”, by the Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalantean old acquaintance of the film encounter, winner of Best Director at the 2013 Cannes edition for “Heli” and also winner of the Fipresci Award in the 2005 version of the film meeting for “Blood”.
On the other hand, the award-winning director Lila Aviles He will present his work “Totem”, which has already won the Berlinale Ecumenical Award and three recognitions from the Beijing International Film Festival. This film will be presented as part of the Cannes Ecrans Juniors selection of feature films.
Likewise, among the films that will be released at the film meeting on the French Riviera will be “eureka”, a co-production Mexico, Argentina, France, Germany and Portugal, by the Argentine Lisandro Alonso, carried out with the Eficine stimulus of our country. Alonso is not new to the festival either, just like Escalante, he was recognized in 2014 with the Fipresci Award for “Jauja”.
The projection of a version restored by the National Cinematheque from the classic of our cinematography “The skeleton of Mrs. Morales” (1959), by Rogelio A. Gonzalezas part of the Cannes Classics section.
The international festivals of Morelia and Guanajuato will also take part in the meeting, with the presentation of various projects that they have promoted from their trenches.
He FICM will present a screening of four outstanding short films from its recent edition. For its part, the GIFF will once again have an important presence in the Short Film Corner of the Marché Du Film with the presentation of seven short films made by young people from Guanajuato.
the big names
With regard to the great filmmakers who will be presenting film works inside and outside the competition, Wes Anderson, with “Asteroid City”; the multi-award winning Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda, with “Kaibutsu”; the legendary Aki Kaurismaki, with his “friendly tragicomedy” “Fallen Leaves”, and another legend of world cinema, the German Wim Wenders, who will present “Perfect Days”, among others. All of them in competition.
Out of competition, the new works of Robert Rodríguez, “Hypcnotic” will be exhibited; by Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”, and the long-awaited “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, starring Harrison Ford and Mads Mikkelsen, directed by James Mangold, responsible for films such as “Logan” and “Ford v Ferrari ”.
There will also be special screenings of films such as “Anselm”, by Wenders; “Strange Form of Life”, by Pedro Almodóvar, and “Occupied City”, by Steve McQueen, among others.
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