The Guadalajara Film Festival (FCIG) has unspooled its 36th edition this year in a world still reeling from COVID-19. The pandemic has battered film festivals around the world, leaving programmers …
has unspooled its 36th edition this year in a world still reeling from COVID-19. The pandemic has battered film festivals around the world, leaving programmers and administrators re-assessing how to fulfill their mission to bringing films to large numbers of the public and the industry.Estrella Araiza
FICG is Mexico’s largest and oldest film festival and is generally considered to be the most important festival gathering in Latin America. Although there is plenty of activity this year with co-production meetings continuing unabated, overall numbers have decreased significantly. According to Araiza, some 5,000 participants were invited and accredited in pre-pandemic years as opposed to only 1,200 accredited guests invited in 2021. The number of films was also reduced.
There seem to be no clear reasons for the funding cuts. Reportedly, the festival was told that since it had been on the receiving end of the government’s largesse in recent years, it was time to spread the wealth to other festivals. Additionally, government trusts that had been used for film festival funding have been dissolved with the money now going to the current administration’s pet projects.
“It’s a little bit more relaxing and easier to manage with the reduced size,” she reflected. “It could be a good idea to keep it smaller.”
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