Mexico City International Film Festival
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Mexico City International Film Festival, or FICC (Festival Internacional de Cine en la Ciudad de México) for its initials in Spanish
was an annual film festival
that began in February 2011.
It quickly become one of the most important film festivals in Latin America
. It was hosted by Cinemark, one of the three dominant movie theater chains in Mexico
. It lasted two weeks and programmed sections on documentary features
, fiction, worldwide premieres, retrospective
s, and global tendencies in cinema. The jury was composed of important figures of the film industry worldwide.
In the 1st edition of 2011 it programmed documentary retrospectives on MUNAL, a Cuban film
retrospective.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
was an annual film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
that began in February 2011.
It quickly become one of the most important film festivals in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. It was hosted by Cinemark, one of the three dominant movie theater chains in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It lasted two weeks and programmed sections on documentary features
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, fiction, worldwide premieres, retrospective
Retrospective
Retrospective generally means to take a look back at events that already have taken place. For example, the term is used in medicine, describing a look back at a patient's medical history or lifestyle.-Music:...
s, and global tendencies in cinema. The jury was composed of important figures of the film industry worldwide.
In the 1st edition of 2011 it programmed documentary retrospectives on MUNAL, a Cuban film
Cinema of Cuba
Cinema arrived in Cuba at the beginning of the 20th century. Before the Cuban Revolution of 1959, about 80 full-length films were produced in Cuba. Most of these films were melodramas...
retrospective.