#AgendaMacabra Day 9. Macabre gala, competition screenings, and emerging horror

We're on day nine of the festival, and our recommendations are:

#GalaMacabra: La llorona

LA LLORONA (RESTORATION)

1933 – Mexico - 75 min.

DIRECTED BY RAMÓN PEÓN

Screenplay: A. Guzman Aguilera, Fernando de Fuentes, Carlos Noriega Hope

Cast: Ramón Pereda, Virginia Zurí, Carlos Orellana, Adriana Lamar, Esperanza del Real, Alberto Martí, Paco Martínez, María Luisa Zea

The film that launched the horror genre in our country. A production with a story that pits superstition against logic through scenes featuring some of the most striking special effects of the era.

PREMIERE OF THE RESTORATION CARRIED OUT BY THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE, CINE FANTÁSTICO, FILMOTECA DE LA UNAM, AND THE HANSON INSTITUTE.

PRESENTED BY THE ARCHIVO FÍLMICO PERMANENCIA VOLUNTARIA.

Biblioteca de México - 7:00 p.m. - Free admission until capacity is reached.

International competition selection

ALIVE – 2018 – Canada 91 min.

DIRECTED BY ROB GRANT

Screenplay: Chuck McCue and Jules Vincent.

Cast: Thomas Cocquerel, Camille Stopps, and Angus Macfadyen, among others.

A severely injured man and woman wake up in what appears to be a sanatorium. They soon discover that the sadistic man caring for them is the only one who holds the key to their freedom, as well as the horrifying answers about their true identity.

Cineteca Nacional - 8:30 p.m.

https://macabro.mx/2019/pelicula/alive/

Emerging horror: Sofía Carrillo

One of the most consistent names in Mexican animation over the past ten years is Sofía Carrillo, born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, with a great talent for creating family and ancestral stories intertwined with legends, pain, death, and loss, using objects and dolls that come to life in her hands.

Casa del Cine - 8:45 p.m.

https://macabro.mx/2019/pelicula/horror-emergente/