2015 Los Cabos International Film Festival revealed the films selected to screen in the After DARK, American Specials and Green programs.
For the second year running, the
Festival presents its After Dark program, with three films from prestigious festivals such as Sundance, Cannes and Fantastic Fest, that are on the borderlines between horror, science fiction and black comedy.
TALE OF TALES (pictured above)
Dir. Matteo Garrone (Gomorra, Reality)
Cast: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel and Toby Jones
Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival.
THE WITCH (Latin American Premiere)
Dir. Robert Eggers (The Tell-Tale Heart, Hansel and Gretel)
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie
Premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
WHAT WE BECOME (Latin American Premiere)
Dir. Bo Mikkelsen (First Feature)
Cast: Mille Dinesen, Toels Lyby and Ole Dupont
Premiered at Fantastic Fest
The new American Specials program will feature the following American films that have won critical acclaim and set box-office records, among them the Mexican Premieres of:
BLACK MASS (Mexican Premiere)
Dir. Scott Cooper (Out of the Furnace, Crazy Heart)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and Dakota Johnson
Premiered at Venice International Film Festival.
THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL (Mexican Premiere)
Dir. Marielle Heller (First Work)
Cast: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård and Kristen Wiig
Premiered at Sundance.
In this fourth edition, Green is presented by Discovery Channel. In this program awareness-raising films prompt us to ponder on our responsibilities vis-à-vis the environment, and on the urgent need to establish a balance among all the links in the chain of life on our planet.
The films in this program are:
RACING EXTINCTION (Mexican Premiere)
Dir. Louie Psihoyos (Oscar Winner for Best Documentary for The Cove, Chaising Ice, Dinosaur 13)
Premiered at Sundance.
HURRICANE 3D (Latin American Premiere)
Dir. Cyril Barbançon y Andy Byatt
LA GLACE ET LE CIEL (Mexican Premiere)
Dir. Luc Jacquet
This film was the closing gala at Cannes Film Festival.
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