Overview
- The 23rd FICM runs October 10–19 with pre-inaugural screenings on October 9, featuring 102 films in competition across Mexican shorts, national documentaries and Mexican features.
- Kleber Mendonça Filho’s El agente secreto, starring Wagner Moura, will open the festival after both won top honors at Cannes.
- The international showcase adds high-profile titles including Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, with organizers saying del Toro is unlikely to attend, plus new works by Yorgos Lanthimos, Julia Ducournau and Park Chan-wook.
- Invited guests include Jafar Panahi, who brings It Was Just an Accident, and Juliette Binoche, presenting her directorial documentary In-I in Motion, alongside Lucrecia Martel and others.
- The festival formalized a collaboration with UMSNH to use university venues and host free screenings and activities, while leaders emphasized a pro-peace stance in public remarks.