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Opening of the Michoacán Film Festival
February 10, 2018The beauty of Michoacán, its geography and historical passages, its social changes and anecdotes, as well as the stories that have been interwoven in time, are part of the Michoacán Film Festival, opened on Friday night, February 9 at El Chopo University Museum.
María Cristina García Cepeda, secretary of Culture of the Government of the Republic; Enrique Graue Wiechers, rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, for its acronym in Spanish); Silvano Aureoles Conejo, governor of Michoacán and Jorge Volpi, director of Cultural Dissemination of the UNAM, were present at the ceremony.
The secretary of Culture said that Michoacán has been a window to the cinema and has built in this art a story that can be known more closely by the public through this exhibition in which the following movies will be screened: Maclovia, by Emilio Fernández; Janitzio, by Carlos Navarro; Qué lindo es Michoacán! (How cute is Michoacán), by Ismael Rodríguez, or El brazo fuerte, by Giovanni Korporaal.
María Cristina García Cepeda reminded that the Department of Culture has promoted the training of film creators, the diffusion, production and encouragement of seventh art, the weeks of Mexican cinema in the states and the creation of audiovisual forums for young creators.
"We cannot leave aside an initiative that was born in Michoacán and has been an example for the country, the creation in 2014 of the Cinema Mexico Digital platform, with the installation of 150 reception points in public libraries and community venues where three screenings per week of Mexican cinema are exhibited and that today has 760 reception points in the country for more than 800,000 spectators”, said Garcia Cepeda.
Governor Silvano Aureoles said that Michoacán has contributed a lot to the cinema, but also to the history of our country and this exhibition includes emblematic movies that narrate its presence as a leading state in national life.
"Michoacán was the birthplace of the Alba brothers, pioneers of Mexican cinema who began shooting with the filmmaker brought from France by the Lumiere brothers. Today, our cinema continues to show its creative power and its regenerative presence in the social fabric”.
Enrique Graue Wiechers celebrated the collaboration between the UNAM and the Department of Culture to make this exhibition that will offer a tour of great moments in our history on screen.
"The cultural diversity, colonial syncretism, the geographical and historical presence of this state will be present in all the features and short films that make up this exhibition, which tell us about the value of culture to transcend time”.
As part of the exhibition, the season of Indigenous Cinema of the state of Michoacán is presented with 14 short films of indigenous communities with cultural themes of the indigenous peoples, which will also be screened at the Cineteca Nacional. Among the productions include: Tsïri K’uinchekua, Relación de voces ancestrales, Mensajero de los Dioses, Así me trajo Dios al mundo and Tzintzuntzan Semana Santa..
Jorge Volpi said that the tradition of Michoacán as a state linked to cinema has allowed this exhibition that begins with the movie La historia en la mirada, by José Ramón Mikelajáuregui, with historical footage taken by the Alba brothers, originally from Morelia, Michoacán.
“It is an honor to begin this exhibition with this movie and appreciate these images that were digitally restored by the Film Archive of the UNAM with the support of the National Institute of Anthropology and History”.
Mexico,Distrito Federal
