Guadalajara International Film Festival

The Guadalajara International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara) is a week-long film festival held each March in the Mexican city of Guadalajara since 1986.

The presence in Guadalajara of delegates from other important festivals from around the world has helped Mexican cinema to have a strong international presence in the last twenty years. The festival has also helped to revitalize the careers of some older more established Mexican and English speaking artists like Arturo Ripstein, Gabriel Figueroa, María Félix, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Silvia Pinal, Ignacio López Tarso, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Felipe Cazals, Jorge Fons, Katy Jurado, and Ismael Rodríguez as well as many others.

The festival features an official competition, similar to other festivals like Cannes, and an international jury presents awards in several category at the end of each festival, many of which are accompanied by cash prizes.

Activities

 * Guadalajara Film Market & Producers Network (Marché du Film, Festival de Cannes)
 * Iberoamerican Film Market
 * Short Up!!! (Short Film Program)
 * Digital Space (Digital Cinema Keynotes)
 * Iberoamerican Co-production Meeting
 * Guadalajara Build (Post-production Market)
 * Expotec (Technology Show)
 * Iberoamerican Film Crossing Borders (Foreign Market Training)

Sections and awards

 * Mezcal Award: consisting of Mexican films or co-productions, from 2000 to 2012 a series of awards named Mayahuel were also given to Mexican films.
 * Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film: consisting of fictional feature films from countries within Ibero-America.
 * Ibero-American Documentary Feature Film: consisting of documentary feature films from countries within Ibero-America.
 * Ibero-American Short Film: consisting of short films from countries within Ibero-America, including Mexico.
 * Maguey Award: consisting of films with LGBT topics.
 * Hecho en Jalisco: consisting of films produced in Jalisco.
 * Socio-Environmental Cinema Award: consisting of films with socio-environmental topics.
 * International Animation Feature Film: consisting of animated feature films from all over the world.
 * Rigo Mora Award: consisting of animated short films from all over the world.

Mexican Feature Films Competition (Mezcal Award)

 * Best Film


 * Best Direction


 * Best Actor


 * Best Actress


 * Best Cinematography

Ibero-American Feature Films Competition

 * Best Film


 * Special Jury Mention


 * Best Direction


 * Best Actor


 * Best Actress


 * Best Screenplay


 * Best Cinematography


 * Best First Feature Film

Ibero-American Documentary Films Competition

 * Best Ibero-American Documentary Film

From 2007 to 2012, two special mentions were presented, one for a Mexican documentary film and other for an Ibero-American one.
 * Special Mention


 * Best Direction


 * Best Cinematography


 * Best Mexican Documentary Film

Short Films Competition

 * Best Ibero-American Short Film


 * Special Mention


 * Best Mexican Short Film

Animated Short Films (Rigo Mora Award)

 * Best Animated Short Film


 * Special Mention

International Animated Feature Films Competition

 * Best International Animated Film


 * Special Mention

Maguey Award

 * Best Feature Film


 * Special Mention


 * Best Performance

Mayahuel Award
From 2000 to 2012 a series of awards under the name of Mayahuel Awards were given to Mexican films within the festival. These awards would eventually be replaced by the current Mezcal Awards.
 * Best Film


 * Best Director


 * Best Actor


 * Best Actress


 * Best Screenplay


 * Best Cinematography


 * Best Art Direction


 * Best Score


 * Best Sound


 * Best Editing


 * Best First Feature Film