The 40th Guadalajara International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from June 6 to 14, 2025, in Guadalajara, Mexico. The festival will open with the Mexican Animated film I Am Frankelda, based on the series Frankelda's Book of Spooks and directed by brothers Arturo and Roy Ambriz Rendón.
The documentary film Llamarse Olimpia, directed by Indira Cato, won the Mezcal Award for Best Mexican Film; Gabriel Mascaro's international co-production The Blue Trail won Best Ibero-American Film, and Alberto Serra's Afternoons of Solitude won Best Ibero-American Documentary Film.
Background
Portugal was chosen as the guest of honor for this year's edition, with Portuguese actress Maria de Medeiros being honored with the Homenaje, Guest of Honor. Mexican actress and film producer Dolores Heredia received the Silver Mayahuel Lifetime Achievement Award (Mayahuel de Plata), while Mexican film producer Mónica Lozano Serrano was honoured with the Mayahuel FICG Industry Award. Chilean actress Daniela Vega received the Maguey Queer Icon Award, Mexican musician Denisse Guerrero and lead vocalist of the electropop band Belanova received the Maguey Lifetime Achievement Award, and Spanish filmmaker J. A. Bayona received the International Mayahuel Award.
A new section named Cine de Género was introduced, focused on "genre films", including horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
The festival's poster was designed by cartoonist José Ignacio Solórzano "Jis" and features a centaur as a metaphor for "the nature of cinema, a fusion of diverse elements, a times wonderful, other times chaotic".
Official selections
The following films were selected for the different sections:
Mezcal Award
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
<small>(MG)</small> indicates eligible for the Maguey Award, for films that include LGBTQ+ themes.
<small>(HeJ)</small> indicates film eligible for the Hecho en Jalisco Award.
Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
<small>(MG)</small> indicates eligible for the Maguey Award, for films that include LGBTQ+ themes.
Ibero-American Documentary Feature Film
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
<small>(MG)</small> indicates eligible for the Maguey Award, for films that include LGBTQ+ themes.
Ibero-American Short Film
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
<small>(HeJ)</small> indicates film eligible for the Hecho en Jalisco Award.
International Animation Feature Film
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
<small>(MG)</small> indicates eligible for the Maguey Award, for films that include LGBTQ+ themes.
Maguey Award
The following list consists of the films eligible for the Maguey Award that are not listed in the previous competition tables. The films in contention for both the Maguey Award and other competition section appear with the symbol (MG) next to it.
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
<small>(HeJ)</small> indicates film eligible for the Hecho en Jalisco Award.
Cine de Género
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
<small>(MG)</small> indicates eligible for the Maguey Award, for films that include LGBTQ+ themes.
Rigo Mora Award
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
<small>(HeJ)</small> indicates film eligible for the Hecho en Jalisco Award.
Socio-Environmental Cinema Award
The following list consists of the films eligible for the Socio-Environmental Cinema Award that are not listed in the previous competition tables.
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
Hecho en Jalisco
The following list consists of the films eligible for the Hecho en Jalisco that are not listed in the previous competition tables. The films in contention for both the Made in Jalisco and other competition section appear with the symbol (HeJ) next to it.
<span style="background:#eedd82">Highlighted title</span> indicates section's best film winner.
Other sections
Charity Galas
<small>(MG)</small> indicates eligible for the Maguey Award, for films that include LGBTQ+ themes.
Guadalajara Construye
Cinema Libre
Son de Cine In-Edit
Imágenes Restauradas
Portugal, Guest of Honor
Homenajes
Series Showcase
Awards
The following awards were presented:
Mezcal Awards
- Best Film: Llamarse Olimpia by Indira Cato
- Honorary Mention: Boca Vieja by Yovegami Ascona Mora
- Best Direction: Doce Lunas by Victoria Franco
- Best Performance: Emiliano Zurita for Rock, Weed and Wheels
- Best Cinematography: Sergio Armstrong for Doce Lunas
- Audience Award: Boca Vieja by Yovegami Ascona Mora
Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film
Ibero-American Documentary Film
Ibero-American Short Film
- Best Short Film: Las Voces del Despeñadero by Irving Serrano and Victor Rejón
- Special Mention: De Sucre by Clàudia Cedó
Maguey Award
- Best Film: Cactus Pears by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
- Honorary Mention: Away by Gerard Oms
- Maguey Jury Award: Lesbian Space Princess by Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs
- Maguey Jury Award (Honorary Mention): Un Mundo para MÃÂ by Alejandro Zuno
- Best Performance: for The Blue Trail
Animated Film
Rigo Mora Award
- Best Animated Short Film: Luz Diabla by Gervasio Canda, Patricio Patricio and Paula Boffo
- Special Mention: Retirement Plan by John Kelly
Hecho en Jalisco
- Best Film: No, Gracias, Ya No Fumo by Diego Toussaint
- Best Film â Special Mention: The Daughters of the Wind by José Camacho Cabrera
- Best Short Film: La Mosca en la Pared by Mar Novo
- Best Short Film â Special Mention: See You Soon by Jennifer Skarbnik López
Socio-Environmental Cinema Award
- Best Film: The Mountain Won't Move by Petra SeliÃ
¡kar
Other awards
References
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