Thank you for another great edition... long live Macabro!

August was and is the month of Macabro. 2022 was the year of the macabre dystopia. 2023 was the rebirth of the greatest monster: Macabro. After the pandemic years, we came back with new challenges and new ideas. A pagan carnival filled with initiation rites, dark rituals, and masks. We revisited the anguish of family tragedy (La mesita del comedor, Meltdown, Rabia and Megalomaniac); the perspective of 15 women directors on one of the most controversial subjects in Give me an A; the effects of the post-pandemic period in Apokawixa by Zawery Zulaswki; the stories and legends stemming from and inspired by world folklore (Irati, Legiones, Der Schwarze Spinne and Mother Superior; witchcraft (Juego de Brujas, The ones you didn’t burn); supernatural horror in Recuerdos del mal; the referential wonders in Minore and A lasanha assassina; the look at disappearances and murders in our country told through various short-film stories; the horror of reality surpassing fantasy in the documentary Isla Alien and the delirium of a Japanese auteur — Yoshihiro Nishimura — already familiar to Macabro, present with two works: Holy Mother and Onimanji. And that's just a taste.

This pagan carnival was made possible by the great work of the Team: Jocelyn Guzmán, Mario “Ayanami” Valencia, Alan Huerta, Diego “soy leyenda” Vilchis, Mabel Tinajero, Giovanni Carbajal, Arturo Rojas Rojas, Casandra Vicario, Sharon Toribio, Sandra Monroy Mandujano, Ángel Fernández, Rodrigo Mejías, Dulce Rojas Brenda Gutiérrez, Pedro Torres, Sasha Conde, Iván Contreras, João Fleck, Nicolas Tonsho, Gina Cobos, Jaime Rosales, Sagrario Reyes, Diana Galán, Paola Bonilla, Carlos Pérez, Mariel Cortés, Roxana Ruíz, Diego Álvarez, and Daniel Ballinas Núñez.

We thank the venues and institutions for their support in making this edition possible

Likewise, we thank our allies and sponsors, without whom this event would not have been possible

To our media allies for helping us spread the word about all our activities

As well as to all the partner establishments that pampered and looked after our guests and team with their hospitality.

To the entire team of volunteers who helped us pull off this edition. You all went above and beyond.

To all the directors, producers, and distributors who entrusted us with screening their films and chose us for their world, Latin American, North American, and national premieres. Thank you so much.

To the guests who joined us for this edition and made Macabro their home: Natasha Halevi, Erika Miranda, Hannah Alline, Meg Swertlow, Sean Gunn, Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, Evan Marlowe, Colton Van Til, Mercedes Bryce Morgan, Max and Maya; Adrián González-Camargo, Caye Casas, Jorge Michel Grau, Mayra Espinosa Castro, Fabián Forte, Alejandro G. Alegre, The Butler Brothers, Paul Urkijo, Emilio Portes, Michelle Garza, Lore Martell, Ariane Gaisán, Agus Carreño, Alberto Trejo, Mila Villalba, Raquel San Felipe, and José Texeira.

And finally, to the whole macabre crew who joined us for every screening and event we put on.

See you next year… long live Macabro.

- Edna Campos Tenorio, general and artistic director.