Morbido 2021: Mexican Genre Fest's Lineup And Poster Revea... OH MY GOD THAT'S HIS HEART!

Mórbido Film Fest 2021 to take place from the 28th to 31st of October in Mexico City

 

This year, Morbido Fest will take on the form of a hybrid model, trough Cinépolis Klic(r) for all of Mexico and will be transmitted via Morbido TV for  all of Latin America.

 

The Fourteenth edition of Morbido Film Fest has arrived, the event will take place from the 28th to 31st of October in Mexico City, and from the 1st to 5th of November in Chile, beginning in Santiago de Chile and closing in Valparaiso; by doing so, Morbido will release for the first time in its history, a binational edition as part of an alliance with SANFIC INDUSTRY.

 

Festival Director Pablo Guisa comments: "These are times of change and reinvention, for this reason we shall make Morbido's first binational edition composed of live events in Mexico and Chile and all of Latin America through Morbido TV's satellite signal.

 

"The theme of this year's festival will be SACRIFICE, because sacrifices have been required to create it, we sacrificed live events and we are dedicating all of this to the ancient gods so that 2022 can be an abundant and healthy year."

 

It's for for this reason that this year's festival reminds us of the age-old ritual of sacrifice as tribute to ancient Mexican gods of old; the poster design was created by Mexican comic-book living legend Rafael Gallur.

 

Morbido Film Fest 2021 will have its venues in Mexico City at Cinepolis Diana, Cinemania and Autocinema Coyote (Coyote Drive-In). And its venues in Chile will screen at Cultural Center Matucana 100 in Santiago and Insomnia Screen Room at Valparaiso City.

 

The Morbido Film Fest 2021 official selection is formed by 42 short-films and 18 feature length films of which 2 of them have their premieres in Mexico City, 3 of them are national premieres and 13 of them are Latin-American Premieres. The cultural offering the festival brings this year represents the very best of genre world cinema and most of them will be shown for the first time in Mexico.

 

The Mexican film selection contains 3 new productions: The Black Minutes (Los Minutos Negros) by Mario Muñoz and the Latin American Premieres of Forgiveness by Alex Kahuam and The Exorcism of God by Alejandro Hidalgo.

 

Forgiveness Director Alex Kahuam will be attending the film's Sunday 31st screening at Cinepolis Diana and cast members will be in attendance as well, such as Alejandra Toussaint, Alejandra Zaid, Jessica Ortiz, Horacio Castelo and Laura de Ita. Alejandro Hidalgo will be presenting his film at the screening of The Exorcism of God in the same venue.

 

"This year's Morbido Fest cultural offer will reach thousands of people across the entire continent Thanks to the hybrid model we have developed, which includes satellite transmissions by Morbido TV" - Said Pablo Guisa.

 

Morbido Film Fest would like to thank its allies Cinépolis, Clinepolis Klic, Mórbido TV, Mantícora Distribución, Chemistry, as well as the support of the office of cultural affairs of Mexico City, through the fund for promotion and development of Mexican Cinema PROCINE.

 

We hereby present the complete information of all of our film programming for 2021:

 

Latin America feature Length Film Selection

 

Al 3er Día (On The Third Day)/ Daniel de la Vega / Argentina / 2021 National Premiere

 

APPS / Sandra Arriagada, Camilo León, Lucio A. Rojas, José Miguel

Zúñiga & Samot Márquez / Chile, Argentina / 2021 National Premiere

 

Bienvenidos al Infierno (Welcome to Hell) / Jimena Monteoliva / Argentina / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

Exorcism of God / Alejandro Hidalgo / Mexico-USA / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

Forgiveness / Alex Kahuam / Mexico / 2021 Latin American premiere

 

Los Minutos Negros (The Black Minutes) / Mario Muñoz / Mexico / 2021

 

Selección de Largometrajes Extranjeros

 

La Abuela (The Grandmother) / Paco Plaza / Spain / 2021

 

La Pasajera (The Passenger) / Raúl Cerezo, Fernando González Gómez / Spain / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

Mad God / Phil Tippet / USA / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

Mi Adorado Monster (My Lovely Monster) / Víctor Matellano / Spain / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

Sound of Violence / Alex Noyer / USA / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

Sky Sharks / Marc Fehse / Germany / 2020 Mexican Premiere

 

The Amusement Park / George A. Romero / EUA / 1973 Latin American Premiere

 

The Sadness / Rob Jabazz / Taiwan / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

The Scary of Sixty First / Dasha Nekrasova / USA / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

The Spine of Night / Philip Gelatt & Morgan Galen King / USA / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

Woodlands Dark & Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror / Kier-La Janisse / USA/ 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

Zalava / Arsalan Amiri / Irán / 2021 Latin American Premiere

 

Anniversary Section 

 

Scream / Wes Craven / USA / 1996

 

In the 2021 short-film official selection over 42 shorts will be presented from 17 countries within five thematic blocks which will offer a provocative experience demonstrating the realm of sensations that short films can manifest.

 

This Short-Film blocks will be available at Morbido TV as well as its app from 28th of October through the 5th of November.

 

It's time for you to meet these stories and to allow Morbido Film fest to share the passionate vision of their filmmakers.

 

01. The Unspoken Antagonist

Forget the self-help liquor. Stop battling yourself. These stories will help change the perception of your self-esteem.

 

Cutter / Dan Repp, Lindsay Young / USA

La inquilina / Lucas Paulino, Ángel Torres / Spain

Smile / Joanna Tsanis / Canadá

El agua te arrepentirá / Marco Bentancor / Uruguay

The Gatherer / Pedro Tamames / Spain Unheimlich / Fabio Colonna / Mexico Leave Work / Hyolim Lee / South Korea Part Forever / Alan Chung-An Ou / Taiwan

 

02. Offspring and Progenitors

They say that everything is written in our DNA. Eight tales to reconsider the lessons of our ancestors.

 

A Tale Best Forgotten / Tomas Stark / Sweden

El Mito / Héctor Falcón Villa / Mexico

Such Small Hands / María Martínez Bayona / United Kingdom El Algoritmo del Alma / Israel Gómez Reséndiz / Mexico Deep Learning Death / Thorsten Fleisch / Germany

A Puff Before Dying / Michael Reich, Mike Pinkney /USA

Everything Go Round / Ryan Oksenberg / USA

Poor Glenna / Jean-Paul DiSciscio / USA

 

03. The Expansive Morphology of Being

An imaginary collection of surprising creatures, peculiar manifestations of otherness, that will seduce you with their painful charms.

 

When The Moon Was Gibbous / Erika Grace Strada /Denmark

They're Here / Sid Zanforlin / Canada

The Thing That Ate The Birds / Sophie Mair, Dan Gitsham / United Kingdom

Snowdevil / Patricio Valladares / Chile

Self Actualization of the Werewolves / Conall Pendergast /Canada

Monster Encounters / James Smith / Germany

Exhumando Londres Después de Medianoche / Gustavo Leonel Mendoza / Argentina

Wereback / Estrada Brothers / USA Brackish / Christa Boarini / USA Night Bus / Joe Hsieh / Taiwan

 

04. Caustic and Sticky

Episodes full of narrative triggers that will rock your perceptions, courtesy of the intoxicating properties of the graphic and the radical.

 

Algo en el Jardín / Marcos Sánchez / Chile

Guts / Chris McInroy / USA

Madd4_U /Alexandra Velasco, André Leshé / Mexico

Bestia / Hugo Covarrubias / Chile Teratoma / Jano Pita / Spain Lachesis / Gregory Foltynowicz / USA Strip / Craig Ouellette / USA

Night of the Living Dicks / Ilja Rautsi / Finland

 

05. Ask Time to Return

Atemporal enigmas full of existential angst and longing to alleviate absurdity and lubricate tedium.

 

Sweet Mary, Where Did You Go? / Michael Anthony Kratochvil /Australia

#NoFilter / Nathan Crooker / USA

Soy un Vampiro / Sofía Garza Barba / Mexico

Han Vuelto / Ismael Capistrán / Mexico

Are We Receiving Biological Signals from Outer Space / Tim Grabham / United Kingdom

She / Eugenio Villamar / USA

Salpicón / Marcos Muñoz / Mexico

Survivers / Carlos Gómez-Trigo / Spain

 

Morbido/ SANFIC Selection:

• Matucana 100

• Bienvenidos al infierno (Welcome to hell)

• Los minutos negros (The Black Minutes)

• Apps

• Al 3er día (On the third day)

• Valparaiso

• Mad God