Mexico Macabro at Cinemateca "Luis Buñuel" in Puebla

From October 6 to 9, Mexico Macabro: 20 Years of Horror Cinema in Mexico comes to the Cinemateca Luis Buñuel in Puebla.

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

The series began digitally on August 20, 2021 as part of the lineup of the twentieth edition of Macabro: Mexico City International Horror Film Festival on the Plataforma Cine platform, and now begins its in-person run in the city of Puebla.

The films that will be part of the lineup are:

Wednesday 6

17:00 LOS INFECTADOS

Director and screenwriter: Alex G. Alegre | 2011 | Mexico | 75 min. | Horror.

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

19:00 SIN ORIGEN

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

Cast: Daniel Martinez, Lisette Morelos, Paulina Gil

Thursday 7

17:00 NAHUALES

Director and screenwriter: César García. | 2013 | Mexico | 75 min. | Horror.

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

19:00 FERAL

Director and screenwriter: Andrés Kaiser | 2018 | Mexico | 98 min. | Horror, drama.

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

Friday 8

17:00 EL DIABLO ME DIJO QUE HACER

Director and screenwriter: Alex G. Alegre | 2019 | Mexico | 83 min. | Horror, psychological thriller.

Cast: Marcos Duarte, Micho Camacho, María Pura.

19:00 SOMOS LO QUE HAY

Director and screenwriter: Jorge Michel Grau | 2010 | Mexico | 85 min. | Horror, drama.

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

Saturday 9

17:00 MIS DEMONIOS NUNCA JURARON SOLEDAD

Director and screenwriter: Jorge Leyva. | 2017 | Mexico | 90 min. | Horror, Western.

Cast: Manuel Uriza, Javier Godino, Noé Hernández.

19:00 PATITOS FEOS

Director and screenwriter: Mauricio Chernovetzky | Mexico | 2020 | 80 min. | Surreal comedy, fantasy, western

Cast: Giancarlo Ruiz, Luis Deveze, and Sergio Rubio

This series stands not only as one of the most representative celebratory activities of the largest and most long-standing 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.

Full lineup: https://macabro.mx/mexicomacabro/catalogo/

Check out the talks with the directors at: www.youtube.com/MacabroFest

STATES AND VENUES

October 6 to 9 at Cinemateca Luis Buñuel (Puebla)

October 18 to 24 - Tour through Morelos with Carreta Cine Móvil

October 29 to 31 at Rancho San Antonio Studios (Chihuahua)

November 1, 8, and 15 at Museo Iconográfico del Quijote (Guanajuato)

November 15 to 21 at Verne Cinema (Aguascalientes)

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)