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  • Chile’s ‘Red Hangar’ Sweeps 41st Guadalajara Film Festival Anna Marie de la Fuente
    Chilean Juan Pablo Sallato’s black & white fiction feature debut “Red Hangar,” which chronicles long-suppressed details behind the military coup that ousted Chile’s President Salvador Allende, swept the Ibero-American strand of the 41st Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG), taking home every single category. In the Best Performance category, “Red Hangar” lead Nicolás Zárate shared the prize […]
     

Chile’s ‘Red Hangar’ Sweeps 41st Guadalajara Film Festival

26 April 2026 at 08:58
Chilean Juan Pablo Sallato’s black & white fiction feature debut “Red Hangar,” which chronicles long-suppressed details behind the military coup that ousted Chile’s President Salvador Allende, swept the Ibero-American strand of the 41st Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG), taking home every single category. In the Best Performance category, “Red Hangar” lead Nicolás Zárate shared the prize […]

From Local Producer to Global Player: How Chile’s Fabula Scaled Across Borders

20 April 2026 at 13:33
It was one of the most anticipated events of the 41st Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG) where Chile is the country guest of honor. On April 19, director Pablo Larraín and his producing partner brother Juan de Dios Larraín, founding partners behind Chile’s most successful production company, Fabula, sat down with Netflix’s Francisco Ramos, VP of […]

‘In the Quarry’ Follow-Up ‘Matarifes,’ Buzzy ‘Poor Daniel’ and the Next From Gabriel Mariño Make the Cut at Guadalajara Construye 

19 April 2026 at 12:35
“Matarifes,” picked up for worldwide sales by Germany’s Picture Tree, features at this year’s Guadalajara Construye, one of the industry centerpieces at Latin America’s biggest film festival.   It is joined by the next from “Yesterday Wonder I Was” director Gabriel Marino and buzz title “Poor Daniel.” Shown just to the section’s jury, “Matarifes” marks […]

Pablo Larraín, Sebastián Lelio, Maite Alberdi Lead Chilean Contingent at the 41st Guadalajara Film Festival

18 April 2026 at 21:54
Chilean star power is in full force at the 41st Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG) where Pablo Larrain, Sebastián Lelio and Maite Alberdi lead a large contingent from Chile as the festival’s guest country of honor. “They are our golden generation of filmmakers – many of whom reached international recognition, including Oscar nominations and wins, while […]

Guadalajara Film Festival’s Co-Production Meeting Program Extends a Lifeline to Argentina

18 April 2026 at 16:03
Now on its 22nd edition, the Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG) Co-Production Meeting program has grown from strength to strength, luring a wide range of directors and producers from Spain and Latin America, both new and established. There are quite a number of projects from Argentina, which has leaned more heavily on co-productions given the plunge […]

Guadalajara Film Festival’s Queer Strand, the Premio Maguey, Toasts 15 Impactful Years

17 April 2026 at 17:04
The Guadalajara Film Festival’s (FICG) prominent LGBTQ+ strand, the Premio Maguey, is marking its 15th year, a milestone they have dubbed Queerciañera, fusing the words queer and quinceañera, Latin America’s hallowed coming-of-age celebration for girls turning 15. Since it was launched in 2012, the first queer film award to be launched in Mexico and Latin […]

Mexico’s 41st Guadalajara Film Festival Opens With Fernando Eimbcke’s ‘Flies’

17 April 2026 at 12:58
Fernando Eimbcke’s “Flies” (“Moscas”), a tender black & white drama that world premiered at the Berlinale, is set to open the 41st Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG).  Having moved to a Spring date to avoid clashing with World Cup soccer games, FICG runs April 17- 25 this year.  Mexico’s most prominent film fest will see a […]

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