Cinépolis and the Sundance Institute have teamed up to present the first edition of the Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024. This initiative that has been worked on for several years is finally a reality and from April 25 to 28, the inhabitants of Mexico City will have the opportunity to enjoy one of the most outstanding independent film festivals in the world that is traditionally celebrated in Utah, United States.

This film event was first held in Park City in 1978 under the name Utah/US Film Festival and was founded by Sterling Van Wagenen, John Earle and actor Robert Redford. The festival initially focused on independent films and documentaries, seeking to provide a platform for emerging filmmakers outside the traditional Hollywood circuit. In 1981, it was renamed Sundance Film Festivalin honor of the character of the American western legend, Sundance Kid, played by Redford in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and over the years, this exhibition has grown in size and prestige, becoming one of the most important seventh art events in the world for independent cinema.

This year, for the first time, the Sundance Film Festival will showcase and support the work of artists from Mexico and Latin America and offer a new cinematic experience for film fans in Mexico City with screenings at Cinépolis Diana, Cinépolis VIP Miyana , Cinépolis VIP Perisur, Cinépolis VIP Mítikah and Cinépolis VIP Satélite.

In its debut in Mexico, the Festival has a program that includes 12 feature films, six national short films, eight question and answer sessions and two panels with directors of the films. These spaces are free and take place at Cinépolis Diana on April 26 and 27, which provides an opportunity to open conversation between the invited filmmakers and the attending public.

This programming is a great effort because for more than a decade there has not been a Film Festival of this magnitude in Mexico City. For this reason, the film selected for the opening screening of the Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024 was the documentary Frida, directed by Carla Gutiérrez. In the Cinépolis podcast named Paloma and Nachothe director of operations of Cinépolis, Miguel Mier, assures that opening this edition with this piece is something exceptional because Frida’s impact on the world is impressive.

List of feature films:

• Agent of Happinessby Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó (Hungary and Bhutan)
• Frida, by Carla Gutiérrez (United States and Mexico)
• Equalizerby Juan Mejía Botero (Colombia, United States and Mexico)
• Your Monsterby Caroline Lindy (United States)
• Skywalkers: A Love Storyby Jeff Zimbalist and Maria Bukhonina (United States)
• In The Summersby Alessandra Lacorazza (United States)
• 20 Days In Mariupolby Mstyslav Chernov (Ukraine)
• Love Machinaby Peter Sillen (United States)
• Going Varsity In Mariachiby Sam Osborn and Alejandra Vasquez (United States)
• Love Lies Bleeding, by Rose Glass (United States)
• daughtersby Angela Patton and Natalie Rae (United States)
• Maluby Pedro Freire (Brazil)

Special Mexican Short Film Program:

• The motorcyclist does not have happiness in his suitby Gabriel Herrera
• Socrates’ speleological odysseyby Aria Covamonas
• Business tripby Gerardo Coello Escalante
• The longest dream I rememberCharles Lenin
• factory girlby Selma Cervantes
• The Balahnaby Xóchitl Enríquez Mendoza

Headquarters:

• Cinépolis Diana
• Cinépolis Miyana
• Cinépolis VIP Mítikah
• Cinépolis VIP Perisur
• Cinépolis VIP Satellite

Filmmakers who traveled to CDMX for the Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024:

• Dorottya Zurbó (Agent of Happiness)
• Carla Gutierrez (Frida)
• Alejandra Vázquez and Samuel Osborn (Going Varsity In Mariachi)
• Juan Mejía and producer Daniela Alatorre (Equalizer)
• Alessandra Lacorazza (In The Summers)
• Jeff Zimbalist and producer María Bukhonina (Skywalkers: A Love Story)
• Pedro Freira (Malu)
• Caroline Lindy and lead actress Melissa Barrera (Your Monster)

From the Mexican Short Film Program, the festival will have the presence of:

• Gabriel HerreraThe motorcyclist does not have happiness in his suit)
• Selma Cervantes (factory girl)
• Paloma Petra (The longest dream I remember)
• Gerardo Coello (Business trip)

For more details about the question and answer sessions, you can visit the page www.cinepolis.com/sundance-cdmx or the Cinépolis application.

Ticket prices

The tickets for the Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024 costs 105 pesos for regular screenings and 210 pesos for VIP screenings and you can purchase them through the official Cinépolis website.

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