Since 1995, the Film Festival for children (…and not so children) has brought a large number of short and feature films from many parts of the world to children in our country, with the aim of transforming the vision they have of their environment, all through moving images.
The event, organized by La matatena, a film association for girls and boys, in addition to disseminating the changes that can be achieved with the stories that are seen inside the dark room, also has the mission of making it the young people themselves who make their stories. For this reason, he promotes the creation of feature films and short films from an early age.
These projects are part of the official selection of its 28th edition, which we present below.
official selection
64 materials produced in 27 countries will be presented. It should be noted that all the films are dubbed into Spanish.
In this edition, 28 national short films will be screened that will be in competition, all made by boys and girls. These are:We are still alive!, What’s up with video games?, And what are you for?, Wishes for my world, conscience; The Komodo dragon, Dammoncalu Planet, Food juggling, Migration, If I have to go, I want to go with you, The good guys follow me, Garbage dreams, Tito the penny and Disorder.
Two short documentaries will also be presented: find wayfrom Red audiovisual La Yerbabuena and Jaripeo in the riverby Tania Huidobro Moreno.
In addition, other shorts that will be presented are: The Goose, The Pebble Hill, Cold Heat, Nameless and zoomfrom Switzerland, Belgium, France and Italy.
Likewise, the 2023 Children’s Film Festival is committed to promoting cinema made by and for the community with disabilities. For this reason, the shorts will be screened Hello!which makes visible the lives of people with attention deficit, as well as be sisters, which addresses motor disability from childhood. In addition to this, La matatena, AC also gives clay animation workshops to members of the deaf community. From these workshops came the shorts the silent family and My story in the hearing world.
Finally, the feature film selection, in which the films will be presented Home Is Somewhere Elseby Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos, as well as Franz’s Storiesin collaboration with Goethe-Institut Mexiko and Michael Harbauer, director of SCHLINGEL, a German film festival for children and young people.
The mission of the festival
During the opening ceremony, which took place at the Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City, Liset Cotera, director of La matatena, said the following:
“This edition is very special, it has cost us a lot of work, but we have managed to arrive one more year to share the best cinema for girls and boys that is produced in Mexico and internationally”.
children’s jury
On this occasion, the jury is made up of 18 girls and boys between the ages of 7 and 14. The jury was selected from film appreciation workshops given by La matatena, AC
When and where?
The Film Festival for children (…and not so children) will take place from August 8 to 13 and its functions can be seen in complexes such as Cinemanía, Cineteca Nacional and the FAROS Oriente, Cosmos and Aragón. In the same way, there will be an outdoor function in the Villa Panamericana Housing Unit.
In addition, many of the shorts will be broadcast on television by Canal Once, Capital 21 and Canal 22.
Access to in-person features is free.
For more information about the 2023 Children’s Film Festival, go to the La matatena website.
Jose Roberto Landaverde I love writing, listening, reading and commenting on everything related to cinema. I love music and am a fan of The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac and Paramore. My favorite movies are Rocky and Back to the Future and obviously one day I’ll climb the “Philly Steps” and drive a DeLorean. Faithful believer that cinema is the best teleportation machine, and also that on the big screen we can all see ourselves represented.