38th Guadalajara International Film Festival
Official poster by Liniers.[1]
Opening filmAsteroid City
LocationGuadalajara, Mexico
AwardsMezcal Award: Heroic
Ibero-American Film: I Have Electric Dreams
Festival dateJune 3–9, 2023

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.[2]

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.[3] American film Asteroid City, directed by Wes Anderson, was the festival's opening film.[4]

Juries

Official competition

Mezcal Award
Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film
  • Gabriel Nuncio, Mexican director, producer, screenwriter and actor[5]
  • 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[5]
  • Paulina Suárez, Mexican director of Ambulante
  • Anna Saura, Spanish producer
Ibero-American Short Film
  • Armando Espitia, Mexican actor[5]
  • Roger Durling, American SBIFF director
  • Andrés Almeida, Mexican actor
  • Marianna Vargas, Dominican film commissioner of DGCINE
  • Luis Rosales, Mexican casting director
Maguey Award
Made in Jalisco
Socio-Environmental Cinema Award
  • Cristo Fernández, Mexican actor[5]
  • 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[5]
  • João Gonzalez, Protuguese director and animator
  • Cruz Contreras, Mexican animator
  • Lefteris Becerra, Mexican researcher, journalist and academic
Young Mezcal

Independent juries

FIPRESCI
  • Valentina Giraldo Sánchez, Colombian critic[5]
  • 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[5]
  • 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:[5][6][7][8]

Mezcal Award

Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
AdolfoSofía AuzaMexico, United States
Love & MathematicsAmor y matemáticasClaudia Sainte-LuceMexico
HeroicHeroicoDavid ZonanaMexico, Sweden
MartinezMartínezLorena PadillaMexico
Women of the DawnMujeres del albaJimena Montemayor LoyoMexico
RageRabiaJorge Michel GrauMexico
Ch'ul be, Sacred PathCh'ul be, senda sagradaHumberto Gómez PérezMexico
The Invisible FrontierLa frontera invisibleMariana Flores VillalbaMexico
KenyaGisela DelgadilloMexico
TushkuaLudovic BonleuxMexico
A Wolfpack Called ErnestoUna jauría llamada ErnestoEverardo GonzálezMexico
(HJ) indicates film eligible for the Hecho en Jalisco Award.

Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film

Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
20,000 Species of Bees (MG)20.000 especies de abejasEstibaliz Urresola SolagurenSpain
Almamula (MG)Juan Sebastián ToralesArgentina, France, Italia
In the Company of Women (MG)Las buenas compañíasSilvia MuntSpain
DiógenesLeonardo Barbuy La TorrePeru, France, Colombia
Great Yarmouth: Provisional FiguresMarco MartinsPortugal, United Kingdom, France
Sister & SisterLas hijasKattia G. ZúñigaPanama, Chile
The Fishbowl (SE)La peceraGlorimar Marrero-SánchezUnited States, Spain, Puerto Rico
Octopus SkinLa piel pulpoAna Cristina BarragánEcuador, Mexico, Greece, Germany, France, Italy
I Have Electric DreamsTengo sueños eléctricosValentina MaurelCosta Rica, France, Belgium
(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.
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Light Falls VerticalAra La Llum Cau VerticalEfthymia ZymvragakiSpain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands
The BilbaosLos BilbaoPedro SperoniArgentina
The Castle (MG)El castilloMartin BenchimolArgentina, France
FaunaPau FausSpain
Alien IslandIsla AlienCristóbal Valenzuela BerriosChile, Italy
Calls from Moscow (MG)Llamadas desde MoscúLuis Alejandro YeroCuba, Germany, Norway
The Eternal MemoryLa memoria infinitaMaite AlberdiChile
Notes For a FilmNotas para una películaIgnacio AgüeroChile, Francia
A House for Wandering SoulsO Auto das ÁnimasPablo Lago DantasBrazil, Spain
Samuel and the LightSamuel e a LuzVinícius GirnysBrazil, France
(MG) indicates film eligible for the Maguey Award that include LGBTQ+ themes.

Ibero-American Short Film

Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
The Things to ComeL'avenirSantiago RáfalesSpain
Dust TrailsCaminos de tierraMiranda Pérez LedesmaMexico
The House of SandLa casa de arenaLuis Vicente FresnoChile
AshenCenizoGustavo Hernández de AndaMexico
Exceptional Tales from a Young Female Team: RedsCuentos excepcionales de un equipo juvenil femeino: Las RojasTom EspinozaArgentina, Venezuela
The CageLa jaulaCesar SaldivarMexico
LavaCarmen JiménezSpain
Look, KidMira, niñoSergio Avellaneda BelmonteSpain
Human NatureNaturaleza humanaMónica LimaPortugal, Germany
SaturnSaturnoAndré Guiomar, Luís CostaPortugal
The TreasureEl tesoroDavid Rodríguez EstradaMexico, United States
An Avocador PitUm Caroço de AbacateAry ZaraPortugal
Ice LoveAmor iceKaty AraizaMexico
AqueronteManuel Muñoz RivasSpain
Does a Snail Dream of Home?¿El caracol sueña en casa?Luis Armando Sosa GilMexico, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium
In My SkinEn mi pielSándor M. SalasSpain
LucasJessica QuirozMexico
Madre nuestraDavid ParedesColombia, Cuba
The Sea is Also YoursO Mar Também é SeuMichelle CoelhoBrazil, Cuba
Your Voice is WithinSu voz está dentroMariana Flores VillalbaMexico
A Robust HeartUn corazón más contundenteArgentina, United States, United Kingdom
The View from Up AboveLa vista desde arribaRafael Martínez SánchezMexico

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.

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Cross DreamersSoledad VelascoArgentina
I Woke Up with a DreamDesperté con un sueñoPablo SolarzArgentina, Uruguay
In BedKe’elu En MacharNitzan GiladyIsrael
Kokomo CityD. SmithUnited States
Little Richard: I Am EverythingLisa CortésUnited States
LiubenVenci D. KostovSpain, Bulgaria
Medusa DeluxeThomas HardimanUnited Kingdom
MuttVuk Lungulov-KlotzUnited States
PassagesIra SachsFrance
Till the End of the NightBis ans Ende der NachtChristoph HochhäuslerGermany

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.

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Over There...Allá, cartas al corazónMontserrat LarquéMexico
Net: Games of LifeRedes: Juegos de la vidaCésar AréchigaMexico
TelephoneTeléfonoJerzain OrtegaMexico
A Territory Without UsUn territorio sin nosotrxsPablo Márquez CervantesMexico
He, Behind the GunÉl, detrás del armaGabriel EsdrasMexico
The Legacy of FireEl legado del fuegoEliseo Chirino SandovalMexico
The Old Had and the CrowLa vieja y el cuervoMaría Lucía Bayardo DodgeMexico

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.

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
City on the BackCiudad a la espaldaPaola Rodas ZiadéEcuador
Deep RisingMatthieu RytzUnited States
We Are GuardiansChelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, Edivan GuajajaraBrazil, United States

International Animation Feature Film

Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Art College 1994Liu JianChina
Black Is Beltza II: AinhoaFermin MuguruzaSpain, Argentina
Blind Willow, Sleeping WomanSaules aveugles, femme endormiePierre FöldesFrance, Canada, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Chicken for Linda!Linda veut du poulet!Chiara Malta, Sébastien LaudenbachFrance, Italy
Little Nicholas: Happy As Can BeLe Petit Nicolas: Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux?Amandine Fredon, Benjamin MassoubreFrance, Luxembourg
No Dogs or Italians AllowedAlain UghettoFrance, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal
A Kingdom for Us AllUn reino para todas nosotrosMiguel Angel UriegasMexico, Colombia

Rigo Mora Award

Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Aaaah!Osman CerfonFrance
CanaryPierre-Hughes Dallaire, Benoit TherriaultCanada
Flesh of GodCarne de DiosPatricio PlazaArgentina, Mexico
Christopher at SeaTom CJ BrownFrance, United Kingdom, United States
Compound Eyes of TropicalOjos compuestos de tropicalZhang Xu ZhanTaiwan
EevaLucija Mrzljak, Morten TšinakovEstonia, Croatia
HumoFummeRita BasultoMexico
It's Nice in HereRobert-Jonathan KoeyersNetherlands
Money and HappinessNikola Majdak, Ana NedeljkovićSerbia, Eslovakia, Eslovenia
The Most Boring Granny in the Whole WorldDie allerlangweiligste Oma auf der ganzen WeltDamaris ZielkeGermany
Ninety-five SensesNoventa y cinco sentidosJerusha Hess, Jared HessUnited States
O Cosaco RosaLa Veste RoseMónica SantosPortugal, France
PachydermeStéphanie ClémentFrance
TeacupsAlec Green, Finbar WatsonAustralia, Ireland
The TempleLe TempleAlain FournierCanada

Official awards

The following awards were presented:[2][9][10]

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

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

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

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