Hola México Film Festival returns for its 16th annual edition on September 20 – 27, 2024, during Hispanic Heritage Month with a diverse lineup of exciting films, including comedy, horror, social-political interest, LGBTQ themes, and more.
The festival will feature 20+ films and 20 short films from its filmmaker-focused program Tomorrows Filmmakers Today.
Samuel Douek, the founder and director of HMFF, had this to say about the film festival’s celebration, “In 16 years of showing Mexican cinema to our community, we’ve seen the Mexican film industry grow in huge leaps and bounds, with a maturing level of storytelling that coincides with a large growth in audience numbers whose presence shows a love and respect for our Mexican film heritage. Still, through all that growth the essence of HMFF remains the same: fantastic Mexican cinema in luxurious movie theaters surrounded by strangers who become familiar via our shared love of this great art form, and the celebration of it all!”
Opening the festival is Casi El Paraiso (Almost Paradise) directed by Edgar San Juan and Todas Menos Tú (Anyone But Her) directed by Luis Kuri as Closing Night film.
The festival will also bring back its ‘Special Showcase’ night to highlight three of this year’s film selections – Un Actor Malo (Bad Actor) directed by Jorge Cuchí; Párvulos: Hijos Del Apocalipsis (Toddlers: Children of the Apocalypse) directed by Isaac Ezban; and TransMéxico directed by Claudia Sanchez
2024 Hola México Film Festival Lineup
MÉXICO AHORA
Casi El Paraiso / Almost Paradise
Dir. Edgar San Juan
Todas Menos Tú / Anyone But Her
Dir. Luis Kuri
Dante y Soledad / Dante And Soledad
Dir. Alexandra De La Mora
Arillo De Hombre Muerto
Dir. Alejandro Gerber Bicecci
Un Actor Malo / Bad Actor
Dir. Jorge Cuchí
Todo el Silencio / All the Silence
Dir. Diego del Rio
A Cielo Abierto / Upon Open Sky
Dir. Mariana Arriaga y Santiago Arriaga
Firma Aquí / Sign Here
Dir. Enrique Vázquez
Soy Lo Que Nunca Fui / Broken Borders
Dir. Rodrigo Alvarez Flores
The Wingwalker
Dir. Alonso Alvarez-Barreda
Buen Salvaje / Good Savage
Dir. Santiago Mohar Volkow
Tótem / Totem
Dir. Lila Avilés
El Eco / The Echo
Dir. Tatiana Huezo
NOCTURNO
Párvulos: Hijos Del Apocalipsis / Toddlers: Children of the Apocalypse
Dir. Isaac Ezban
Masacre en Teques / Massacre in Teques
Dir. Rodrigo Hernández Cruz
DOCUMENTAL
Tratado de invisibilidad / Invisibility Treaty
Dir. Luciana Kaplan
El Guardián de las Monarcas / The Guardian of the Monarchs
Dir. Emiliano Ruprah de Fin
TransMéxico
Dir. Claudia Sanchez
EL OTRO MEXICO
Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara
Dir. Federico Cecchetti
M20 Matamoros Ejido 20
Dir. Leonor Maldonado