- Source: 38th Guadalajara International Film Festival
The 38th Guadalajara International Film Festival took place from June 3 to 9, 2023, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Heroic received the Mezcal Award while Costa Rican film I Have Electric Dreams won the Best Ibero-American Film award.
The festival opening ceremony took place at Telmex Auditorium and was hosted by Andrés Zuno. At the ceremony, Raúl Padilla López was honored for his work in the festival. Padilla López served as president for the festival until his death in April 2023. Mexican actress Arcelia Ramírez and Italian film editor Roberto Perpignani received special achievement awards. American film Asteroid City, directed by Wes Anderson, was the festival's opening film.
Juries
= Official competition
=Mezcal Award
Pituka Ortega Heilbron, Panamanian filmmaker
Gregory Nava, American director and writer
Diego Calva, Mexican actor
Melissa Cobb, American producer
Paolo Genovese, Italian director
Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film
Gabriel Nuncio, Mexican director, producer, screenwriter and actor
Claudia Sainte-Luce, Mexican writer, director and actress
Andrés Wood, Chilean director
Gustavo Castillón, Mexican producer
Paulina Dávila, Colombian actress
Ibero-American Documentary Feature Film
Claudia Becerril Bulos, Mexican cinematographer
Paulina Suárez, Mexican director of Ambulante
Anna Saura, Spanish producer
Ibero-American Short Film
Armando Espitia, Mexican actor
Roger Durling, American SBIFF director
Andrés Almeida, Mexican actor
Marianna Vargas, Dominican film commissioner of DGCINE
Luis Rosales, Mexican casting director
Maguey Award
Adrián Silvestre, Spanish director
Eréndira Ibarra, Mexican actress
Ximena Romo, Mexican actress
Made in Jalisco
Leonardo Ortizgris, Mexican actor
Mariana Chenillo, Mexican director and screenwriter
Pablo Zimbrón Alva, Mexican producer
Cassandra Ciangherotti, Mexican actress
Socio-Environmental Cinema Award
Cristo Fernández, Mexican actor
Martha Reyes Arias, Mexican actress
Carmen Elisa Gómez, Mexican researcher
Andrés Castillo, Ecuatorian musician and cultural promoter
International Animation Feature Film and Rigo Mora Award
Alberto Montt, Chilean-Ecuatorian illustrator
João Gonzalez, Portuguese director and animator
Cruz Contreras, Mexican animator
Lefteris Becerra, Mexican researcher, journalist and academic
Young Mezcal
Fanfan Zhou, California Institute of the Arts representant
Yamir Perea, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica representant
Valeria Contreras, Columbia University School of the Arts representant
Fernando Ramírez, University Centre of Art, Architecture and Design (University of Guadalajara) representant
Adrián Morales, National School of Cinematographic Arts (UNAM) representant
Emilio Sillero, Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica (ENERC) representant
Irving Colorado, Escuela Veracruzana de Cine Luis Buñuel representant
Tommaso Diaceri, Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia representant
Nicolà Folin, Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia representant
Samuel Vaca, ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, representant
Sergio Anchondo, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education representant
Sergio García, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education representant
Paola Arellano, Universidad de Artes Digitales (UAD) representant
Hugo Rocha, Universidad de Medios Audiovisuales (CAAV) representant
Andrea Hernández, Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA) representant
Lydia Acevedo, University of Southern California representant
= Independent juries
=FIPRESCI
Valentina Giraldo Sánchez, Colombian critic
Andrew Kendall, Guyanese critic
Ivonete Pinto, Brazilian journalist and film critic
FEISAL
Guillermo Vaidovits, Mexican director of the master's degree in Film Studios of UDEG
Ivette Liang, Cuban-Colombian Head of the Production Department of EICTV and Director of Nuevas Miradas, and film producer
Juan Mora Catlett, Mexican film director, editor and screenwriter
Busi Cortés, Mexican director, screenwriter and scriptwriter
Official selections
The following films were selected for the official competitions:
= Mezcal Award
=Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
(HJ) indicates film eligible for the Hecho en Jalisco Award.
= Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film
=Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
(MG) indicates film eligible for the Maguey Award that include LGBTQ+ themes.
(SE) indicates film eligible for the Socio-Environmental Cinema Award.
= Ibero-American Documentary Feature Film
=Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
(MG) indicates film eligible for the Maguey Award that include LGBTQ+ themes.
= Ibero-American Short Film
=Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
= Maguey Award
=The following list consists of the films eligible for the Maguey Award that are not listed in the previous competition tables. The films in contention for both the Maguey Award and other competition section appear with the symbol (MG) next to it.
= Hecho en Jalisco
=The following list consists of the films eligible for the Hecho en Jalisco that are not listed in the previous competition tables. The films in contention for both the Made in Jalisco and other competition section appear with the symbol (HJ) next to it.
= Socio-Environmental Cinema Award
=The following list consists of the films eligible for the Socio-Environmental Cinema Award that are not listed in the previous competition tables. The films in contention for both the Socio-Environmental Cinema Award and other competition section appear with the symbol (SE) next to it.
= International Animation Feature Film
=Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
= Rigo Mora Award
=Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
Official awards
The following awards were presented:
= Mezcal Award
=Mezcal Award: Heroic by David Zonana
Best Director: Gisela Delgadillo for Kenya
Best Actor: Fernando Cuautle for Heroic
Best Actress: Rocío de la Mañana for Adolfo
Best Cinematography: Santiago Sánchez for Women of the Dawn
Special Mention: A Wolfpack Called Ernesto by Everardo González
= Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film
=Best Film: I Have Electric Dreams by Valentina Maurel
Best Director: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren for 20,000 Species of Bees
Best Actor: Reinaldo Amien for I Woke Up with a Dream
Best Actress: Beatriz Batarda for Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures
Best Screenplay: Marco Martins and Ricardo Adolfo for Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures
Best First Feature: 20,000 Species of Bees by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Special Mention: Sister & Sister by Cala Rossel
= Ibero-American Documentary Feature Film
=Best Documentary Film: Samuel and the Light by Vinícius Girnys
Best Director: Pau Faus for Fauna
Best Cinematography: Nico Miranda and Fernando Lorenzale for The Castle
= Ibero-American Short Film
=An Avocado Pit by Ary Zara
= Maguey Award
=Maguey Award: Kenya by Gisela Delgadillo
Jury Prize: Medusa Deluxe by Thomas Hardiman
Best Performance: Ensemble cast of 20,000 Species of Bees
= Made in Jalisco
=Best Feature Film: Martinez by Lorena Padilla
Best Short Film: He, Behind the Gun by Gabriel Esdras
Special Mention: A Territory Without Us by Pablo Márquez Cervantes
= Socio-Environmental Cinema Award
=City on the Back by Paola Rodas Ziadé
= International Animation Feature Film
=Best Film: Chicken for Linda! by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach
Special Mention: No Dogs or Italians Allowed by Alain Ughetto
= Rigo Mora Award
=Rigo Mora Award: Flesh of God by Patricio Plaza
Special Mention: Ninety-five Senses by Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
= Young Mezcal
=Young Mezcal Award: Heroic by David Zonana
Special Mention: Kenya by Gisela Delgadillo
= Audience Award
=Kenya by Gisela Delgadillo
Independent awards
= FIPRESCI Prize
=Best Film: Heroic by David Zonana
= FEISAL Prizes
=Best Film: Samuel and the Light by Vinícius Girnys
Special Mention: Calls from Moscow by Luis Alejandro Yero
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 38th Guadalajara International Film Festival
- Diógenes (film)
- David Zonana
- 2023 in film
- Love & Mathematics
- Sister & Sister
- 2024 in film
- List of Chilean films
- Festival Internacional Cervantino
- The Eternal Memory
