Cinema: Festival de Cine de Mexico DF

Later in February, Mexico City will stage its Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival - FICCO (Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo de la Ciudad de México) , between 21 February and 4 March. This festival was launched in February 2004 and has become the most important cinematographic event of the country. It is committed to promoting the best world cinematography and to offering an alternative outlook on present day cinema. "FICCO is an outstanding venue that celebrates creators and spectators, adding itself to the big international festivals, leaving proof that cinematographic art is still alive." It includes the Fiction international competition, with movies from directors from all over the world (that haven´t shot more than three full length films). The Tendencies section will display movies by directors who have opened new paths for the films of the future.

The film that will kick off this edition of FICCO will be "Little Children" by Todd Field, with the excellent Kate Winslet, also featuring Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Connelly. The film was recently nominated for three Oscar prizes in the categories of Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Script. This year 16 films will be participating in the fiction section such as "The Namesake", by Mira Nair, David Lynch's "Inland Empire" with Laura Dern (which will come out in Brussels on 7/02, "Flandres" by Bruno Dumont, "Shortbus" by John Cameron Mitchel (not to be missed!) and the documentary "When the levees broke – a requiemin tour acts" by Spike Lee. Pitty DF is so far away...