Pantalla de Cristal Film Festival

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The Pantalla de Cristal Fest is a major international film festival located in Mexico City. The festival features over two hundred digital films, shorts, musical videoclips, TV spots and documentaries over the course of seven days. [1]

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The Festival was established in 1999 by José Antonio Fernández, founder of the Mexican film magazine Screen. Eight categories of awards were included in its most recent edition: for feature films, documentaries, short films, video clips, commercials, newspaper reports, corporate videos, television series and miniseries.

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References

  1. Castañon, Emmanuel (Oct 2001). "Pantalla de Cristal: un festival contra corriente". Golem Producciones.

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