MEXICO MACABRO: 20 YEARS OF HORROR CINEMA IN MEXICO

This Friday, August 20, the presentation of Mexico Macabro: 20 Years of Horror Cinema in Mexico took place. At the conference were Edna Campos, the festival's director; Lola Díaz-González, IMCINE's Deputy Director of National Distribution and Promotion; and Carlos Meléndez and Pablo Olmos Arraya, directors of two of the films in this cycle, who highlighted the important promotion and exhibition work carried out year after year by Macabro FICH.

Mexico Macabro: 20 Years of Horror Cinema in Mexico is a retrospective featuring titles that have been part of the programme of Macabro: Mexico City International Horror Film Festival between 2008 and 2020.

The cycle will begin digitally on August 20, 2021, as part of the programme of the twentieth edition of Macabro: Mexico City International Horror Film Festival on the platform Plataforma Cine, where five titles will screen through August 27 and will then tour physical venues in the states of Puebla (Cinemateca Luis Buñuel), Morelos (La Carreta mobile cinema and Cine Morelos), Chihuahua (Rancho San Antonio Estudios), Guanajuato (Museo Iconográfico del Quijote), and Aguascalientes (Verne Cinema), wrapping up on November 21, 2021. All screenings, both digital and in-person, will be free.

This cycle stands not only as one of the most representative celebratory activities of the largest and longest-running genre film festival in Mexico, but also as a testament to what the 21st-century rebirth of production —mostly independent— has meant for a genre that achieved great results in the early years of cinema in our country. Thanks to the support of FOCINE and IMCINE, Macabro will be seen in other parts of the Mexican Republic.

You can watch the full presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2z5VFBdmXw (abre en nueva pestaña)

EL DIABLO ME DIJO QUE HACER

Direction and screenplay: Alex G. Alegre | 2019 | Mexico | 83 min. | Horror, psychological thriller.

Cast: Marcos Duarte, Micho Camacho, María Pura.

ATROZ

Director: Lex Ortega | Screenplay: Lex Ortega and Sergio Tello | 2015 | Mexico | 87 min. | Horror, found footage.

Cast: Carlos Padilla, David Aboussafy, Lex Ortega.

FERAL

Direction and screenplay: Andrés Kaiser | 2018 | Mexico | 98 min. | Horror, drama.

Cast: Héctor Illanes, José Ángel García, Julio Sandoval.

MÉXICO BÁRBARO

Director: Jorge Michel Grau, Ulises Guzmán, Isaac Ezban, Lex Ortega, Gigi Saúl Guerrero, Laurette Flores, Edgar Nito, Aarón Soto. | Screenplay: Various. | 2014 | Mexico | 115 min. | Horror, fantasy.

Cast: Harold Torres, Waldo Facco, Marco Zapata.

BELZEBUTH

Director: Emilio Portes. | Screenplay: Emilio Portes and Luis Carlos Fuentes. | 2018 | Mexico | 115 min. | Horror.

Cast: Joaquín Cosío, Tobin Bell, Giovanna Zacarías.

SOMOS LO QUE HAY

Direction and screenplay: Jorge Michel Grau | 2010 | Mexico | 85 min. | Horror, drama.

Cast: Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Daniel Giménez Cacho.

HISTERIA

Director: Carlos Meléndez. | Screenplay: Carlos Meléndez and Gabriel Reyes | 2016 | Mexico | 81 min. | Drama, psychological thriller.

Cast: Héctor Kotsifakis, Sharon Zundel, Noé Hernández.

MIS DEMONIOS NUNCA JURARON SOLEDAD

Direction and screenplay: Jorge Leyva. | 2017 | Mexico | 90 min. | Horror, Western.

Cast: Manuel Uriza, Javier Godino, Noé Hernández.

LOS INFECTADOS

Direction and screenplay: Alex G. Alegre | 2011 | Mexico | 75 min. | Horror.

Cast: Marcos Duarte, Claudia Nin, Renato de Triana.

NAHUALES

Direction and screenplay: César García. | 2013 | Mexico | 75 min. | Horror

Cast: Jovita Solano, Jazmín Nopala Solano, Adrián González Cuata.

PATITOS FEOS

Direction and screenplay: Mauricio Chernovetzky | Mexico | 2020 | 80 min. | Surrealist comedy, fantasy, western

Cast: Giancarlo Ruiz, Luis Deveze and Sergio Rubio

SIN ORIGEN

Director: Rigoberto Castañeda | Screenplay: Michael Caissie | 2019 | Mexico | 94 min. | Horror, dark fantasy

Cast: Daniel Martinez, Lisette Morelos, Paulina Gil

RENDEZ-VOUS

Direction and screenplay: Pablo Olmos Arrayales | 2019 | Mexico | 106 min. | Thriller

Cast: Helena Puig, Antonio Alcántara Cruz, Markin López, Roberto, Axel Zapién.

STATES AND VENUES

• Puebla at Cinemateca Luis Buñuel
• Morelos at La Carreta Cine Móvil and Cine Morelos
• Chihuahua at Rancho San Antonio Estudios
• Guanajuato at Museo Iconográfico del Quijote
• Aguascalientes at Verne Cinema

COSTS

ALL SCREENINGS WILL BE FREE

Project carried out with the support of the INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE CINEMATOGRAFÍA through the PROGRAMA FOMENTO AL CINE MEXICANO (FOCINE)