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- Release Date:
- July 23rd- August 1st, 2010
- Genre:
- Shorts, Docs& Mexican Feature Length Opera Prima in competition
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20 VENUES IN SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE&...
Friday, July 24 at 10:00am
Expresion en Corto International Film Festival FELIZ 2010!
Expresion en Corto International Film Festival ULTIMO DIA PARA ENVIAR SUS PROYECTOS PARA EL CONCURSO DE DOCUMENTAL UNIVERSITARIO GUANAJUATENSE!!!
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Expresion en Corto International Film Festival
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Expresion en Corto International Film Festival
Expresión en Corto is a state-sponsored, non-profit, cultural event that does not charge admission to its viewing audience and is made possible in large part thanks to: the State Government of Guanajuato, the Guanajuato State Secretary of Tourism, the National Council on Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA) the Mexican Ins...titute of Cinematography (IMCINE), the cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato Capital, sponsorship from the private sector, various tax-deductible donations from the public, many partnering institutions, and hundreds of volunteers. This combined support allows us to annually offer a variety of screenings, workshops, conferences, tributes and activities at no cost to the visiting public.
Since 1997 the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival has been held during the final week of July in the cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato Capital, Mexico. The festival estimates an attendance of over 72,000 total audience members and receives over1,750 films from more than 80 participating countries in its international competition.
More than 300 films are screened from 10am until 4am each day in 18venues, which include such unusual locations as: the Jardín Principal(main square) of San Miguel de Allende; the classical open-air staircase of the University of Guanajuato; the subterranean streets and tunnels beneath Guanajuato Capital (where gay, lesbian, erotic and underground films are projected); as well as horror films that are screened in both municipal graveyards (panteónes). There are also screenings in more conventional spaces such as the Teatro AngelaPeralta (SMA), Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramirez - El Nigromante (SMA),the Teatro Santa Ana (SMA), Galería Kunsthaus Santa Fe (SMA), the Auditorio del Estado (GTO) and the Teatro Principal (GTO).
The international competition is the largest in Mexico, with films competing in a variety of categories that include: Short Fiction, Short Animation, Short Experimental, Short Documentary, Long Documentary and Mexican Feature Length Opera Prima (or feature length films by first-time Mexican directors). As well as an assortment of workshops, conferences, Women in Film and Television luncheons and National Tributes to both Mexican and International A-list filmmakers who are in attendance.
Expresión en Corto has paid homage to both National and International filmmakers, including: Spike Lee, Tim Burton, Kenneth Anger, Oliver Stone, Deepa Mehta, Shyam Benegal, Tongolele, Joaquin Cordero, Irvin Kershner, Gaspar Noé, Felipe Cazals, Josefina Echanove, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Diana Bracho, María Rojo, Miguel Zacarías, Rafael Inclán, Julio Alemán, Don Manuel Esperón, and Marga López, among others.
In association with Women In Film and Television International, Expresión en Corto celebrates cinema's most accomplished women. Past honorees have included: Adriana Barraza, Marcela Fernández Violante, Brigitte Broch, Kathy Jurado, Angélica Aragón, Gloria Schoemann, Carmen Montejo, Silvia Pinal, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Ofelia Medina, Carla Estrada and Maria Elena Velasco, to name a few.
The festival hosts an annual International Pitching Market, summoning international producers, distributors and diverse film financing institutions from around the world who are interested in participating in co-productions with the top Mexican feature and documentary projects currently in development.
During last year's 61st Cannes Film Festival Expresión en Corto announced a partnership with the Cannes Film Festival to launch a program called the MexiCannes Summer Residence Program. This program serves as an extension to the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence Program, which yearly selects a dozen of the very best young filmmakers in the world (in addition to 2 of the top Mexican filmmakers on special scholarship from Expresión en Corto) and offers them a platform designed to propel their careers. The program includes private master's classes, workshops and meetings with producers, distributors and film financiers during the International Pitching Market, helping them secure financing for their film projects. Since the second session of The Résidence runs until mid-July, just before Expresión en Corto begins, this is the first opportunity for many producers to learn about these projects and meet the filmmakers themselves.
Yearly the festival contends with the participation of a guest country of honor, which presents the best of its country's film, music and culture. By way of special delegates who offer conferences, workshops, retrospectives, as well as present their country's industry; this cultural exchange reinforces the relationships between the creators of both nations while promoting artistic co-production. In previous years Canada, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France, the U.S.A. and India have all been Spotlight Countries. For the upcoming 12th edition of the festival in July of 2009 the festival plans on hosting the United Kingdom as their most honored guests.
Some of the world-recognized film institutions that have participated in the past include: Cannes Film Festival, Festival International du Court Métrage à Clermont-Ferrand, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Interfilm Berlin, Festival de Cine de Huesca, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Canal+, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American Film Institute, Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Texas Archive of the Moving Image, Frameline, Outfest, MIX NYC, South by Southwest, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Sundance Institute, the Vancouver Film School, and the University of Southern California and the University of Texas at Austin film departments.
Each edition of Expresión en Corto has managed a central theme. Previous themes have included: "In the Land of the Blind", "Seven Virtues and Seven Sins", "Censorship, Self-Censorship and Provocation", "Breaking Out" and "Identity". Each festival features special week-long programs of classic films dedicated to each theme and invites international filmmakers, writers, researchers and historians to give conferences on the same. Observing the International Year of the Environment, the festival will be going Green in 2009.
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Time:10:00AM Friday, July 24th
Location:20 VENUES IN SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE& GUANAJUATO CAPITAL
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