Mexico’s Monterrey International Film Festival marks a milestone 20th edition with inaugural industry programs, a robust lineup, and new team members as it seeks to further boost its international profile.
According to Variety, the event will be held from Sept. 25 to Oct. 2 in Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, with two new programs, WIP and ProMeetings, leading its industry section.
Festival board president Lorena Villarreal spearheads the festival, which will highlight a selection of world-class films sourced from top-tier festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Tribeca, and Sundance.
“The Festival is also expanding its industry footprint to establish itself as a bridge between the U.S., Iberoamerica and Mexico while supporting our local industry in Nuevo Leon with more programs and notable guests and honorees to be announced very soon,” she said, listing the likes of Andrea Arnold’s “Bird”; Agathe Riedinger’s debut film “Wild Diamond,” which world premiered in Cannes; the Sundance-winning doc “Sugarcane” by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie and “Another End” by Piero Messina.
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