Maurice Seezer is an Irish songwriter, musician, and film music composer. Born in 1960, he grew up in the Dublin suburb of Coolock, in a musical family.
The Guadalajara International Film Festival is a week-long film festival held each March in the Mexican city of Guadalajara since 1986.
Simón Bross is a Mexican director and producer.
Inercia is a 2013 Mexican drama film directed by Isabel Muñoz Cota Callejas, who also wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Claudia Sainte-Luce. The cast includes Maricela Penalosam, Flavio Medina, Mauricio Isaac and Veronica Langer. Filming locations included Colonia Roma and Narvarte in Mexico City.
Veronica is a 2017 Mexican psychological thriller starring Olga Segura, and Arcelia Ramirez.
The Platino Awards, known in Spanish as Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano, are Ibero-America's annual film awards.
Another Forever is a 2016 Brazilian drama film directed by Juan Zapata, co–written by Juan Zapata and Daniela Escobar, and starring Daniela Escobar, Marlon Moreno, Peter Ketnath and Barbara Scolaro, in lead roles. Originally titled Butterflies, the name was changed to Another Forever in May, 2016. The film is about a grieving woman who makes a spontaneous trip abroad to visit a friend and get her life back on track. It was filmed in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil and the United States and was a co-production between Zapata Filmes (Brazil) and Ley em Movimiento (Colombia).
The 60th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) took place on June 5, 2018, at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. During the ceremony, AMACC presented the Ariel Award in 26 categories honoring films released in 2017. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by Canal 22.
Enriqueta Margarita Lavat Bayona, known professionally as Queta Lavat, was a Mexican actress. She was the sister of actor Jorge Lavat and voice actor José Lavat, and mother of Mexican sports anchor Pablo Carrillo. She was best known for her roles in Las tandas del principal, Cruz de amor and Clase 406. At the time of her death, she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.
Love & Mathematics is a 2022 Mexican comedy film directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce and written by Adriana Pelusi. Starring Roberto Quijano. It had its international premiere on September 10, 2022, at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Contemporary World Cinema section.
Ok, It's Fine… is a 2020 Mexican black-and-white comedy-drama film directed by Gabriela Ivette Sandoval and written & starred by Roberto Andrade Ceron. It had an initial release in Mexico on November 24, 2020, as part of the 35th Guadalajara International Film Festival.
Home Is Somewhere Else is a 2022 Mexican-American adult animated documentary film written and directed by Carlos Hagerman & Jorge Villalobos. It tells three stories of migrant families who share their fears, hopes, and emotions about what it means to live undocumented in the United States.
The Realm of God is a 2022 Mexican drama film written and directed by Claudia Sainte–Luce. Starring Diego Armando Lara Lagunes, Margarita Guevara González and Lizbeth Gabriela Nolasco.
My Girlfriend Is the Revolution is a 2021 Mexican coming-of-age romance film directed by Marcelino Islas Hernández and written by Hernández & Gabriela Vidal. Starring Sofía Islas, Ana Valeria Becerril and Flor Edwarda.
Caracas Ibero-American Film Festival is a Venezuelan film festival. It was initially created in 2003 with the purpose of promoting Ibero-American cinema, with emphasis on first movies. Subsequently, in 2021 it restarted its activities again.
The 26th Málaga Film Festival took place from 10 to 19 March 2023 in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. 20,000 Species of Bees and Sister & Sister won the Golden Biznaga for, respectively, Best Spanish Film and Best Ibero-American Film.
Diógenes is a 2023 Quechua-language drama film written and directed by Leonardo Barbuy La Torre. It was selected to compete in the Zonazine section at the 26th Málaga Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on March 14, 2023. The film won the Silver Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Film, and Barbuy La Torre won for Best Director. It is a co-production between Peru, Colombia and France.
David Zonana is a Mexican filmmaker known for his films regarding social issues, primarily featuring amateur actors. Zonana has directed several short films and two feature films, Mano de Obra (2019) and Heroico (2023), which have received critical acclaim.
The 25th Málaga Film Festival took place from 18 to 27 March 2022 in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. Lullaby and Utama won the Golden Biznaga for, respectively, Best Spanish Film and Best Ibero-American Film.
The 39th Guadalajara International Film Festival took place from June 7 to 15, 2024, in Guadalajara, Mexico. 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.
