10 Stand Outs at Mexico’s 20th Monterrey Film Festival, From Robie Flores’ ‘The in Between’ to Laetitia Dosch’s Palm Dog Winner ‘Dog on Trial’
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente From Sept. 25 to Oct. 2, the 20th edition of Mexico’s Monterrey Film Festival will screen nearly 100 films, culled from world-class festivals, including Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca and SXSW.
The festival will stage Mexican, Latin American and world premieres of fiction and documentary features, many by first-time film directors.
Below are 10 outstanding titles: “The Blue Star,” Javier Macipe, Spain, Argentina (Mexican premiere) An Ibero-American co-production between Fernando Bovaira’s Mod Producciones of Spain (“Biutiful”), Macipe’s El Pez Amarillo, Cimarrón (“Society of the Snow”) and Prisma, Argentina, the 90s-set film centers on Mauricio, a famous Spanish rock musician who decides to travel across Latin America in a bid to reconnect with his roots.
He meets Don Carlos, an aging musician who’s struggling despite having composed some of his country’s most famous folk songs.
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