Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Reygadas, Jonás Cuarón, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Demián Bichir, Diego Boneta and Luis Gerardo Méndez were among some of Mexico's most outstanding filmmakers and actors who attended the festival this year
\n\nBruno Santamaría Razo’s fiction debut “Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building”(“Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul”) has clinched the top Ojo award at the 24th Morelia Film Festival (FICM), which wraps Oct. 25.
\n\nHailed by Variety as a “lush, poetic film rooted in memories,” it became the first Mexican feature to compete at Cannes’ Critics Week in 20 years.
\n\nMorelia’s international jury, led by J.A. Bayona (“Society of the Snow”), praised the coming-of-age film for “courageously exploring the past, embracing pain and transforming it …into an expression of pure, unbound beauty.”
\n\nDrawing on the filmmaker’s own experiences, the drama traces back to a defining moment in his childhood: the year he turned eleven and when his father was diagnosed with HIV.
\n\n“Six Months…” also nabbed the Audience Award for fiction films, a strong indication of its box office potential.
\n\nAlejandro Ramírez, Cinépolis CEO and FICM president, described the festival’s 24th edition as a particularly Mexican celebration as it…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/