2008 was a big year for the festival… we grew in many ways and had a great response from participants and audience. Here´s the official info:
The Fourth Monterrey International Film Festival took place from August 15th to the 23rd in venues of the Nuevo León Council for the Arts and MMCinemas. With an attendance of over 26,750, the festival succeeded in surpassing all past editions.
In response to it´s call for entries, the festival received 1852 entries from 111 countries from 5 contintents. Out of these the official selection was conformed, with 14 feature films, 40 international shorts, 16 Mexican shorts and 6 Nuevo León feature films.
118 short and feature films were part of many different showcases, such as the “Social vision”, “Guest Country”, “Galleria”, “Student Film Showcase”, and tribute retrospectives.
Argentina was the guest country for 2008 and bonds were tightened with the Argentinian Embassy and its cultural aggregate Mr. Gustavo Souto as well as the INCAA, the argentinian film institute.
The festival honored the following distinguished filmmakers in 2008:
Tommy Lee Jones
International Tribute
Héctor Bonilla
Mexican Tribute
Cecilia Roth
Argentina Guest Country
Special Tribute
Marcelo Céspedes / Cine Ojo
Argentina Guest Country
Special Tribute
Rogelio González
Posthumous Tribute
Mexican Institute of Cinematography
25th Anniversary Tribute
César Jaime
International Screenwrtiter´s Conference
Special Tribute
The following awards were given at the festival´s closing ceremony:
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