39th Guadalajara International Film Festival

39th Guadalajara International Film Festival
Official poster by Tata Muciño.[1]
Opening filmThis Excessive Ambition
Closing filmKinds of Kindness
LocationGuadalajara, Mexico
AwardsMezcal Award: We Shall Not Be Moved
Best Ibero-American Film: Toll
Festival dateJune 7–15, 2024
Guadalajara International Film Festival
2025

The 39th Guadalajara International Film Festival took place from June 7 to 15, 2024, in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] Spanish documentary film This Excessive Ambition served as the festival's opening film, screened at the opening ceremony at Telmex Auditorium. Directed by Santos Bacana, Rogelio González and Cristina Trenas, the film follows the tour Sin cantar ni afinar by Spanish rapper C. Tangana. Yorgos Lanthimos anthology film Kinds of Kindness served as the closing film.[2]

Pierre Saint Martin's We Shall Not Be Moved won the Mezcal Award for Best Film in the Mexican films section. Brazilian-Portuguese film Toll, directed by Carolina Markowicz, won Best Ibero-American Film, while Chilean-Dutch film The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine, directed by Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza, won Best Ibero-American Documentary Film.[3]

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  3. ^ "Todos los ganadores de la 39 edición del Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara (FICG)". Escribiendo Cine (in Spanish). June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.