Morelia International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia)

Morelia International Film Festival

Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia

Also known as: FICM, Morelia Film Festival
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The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) is devoted to Mexican cinema: its four competitive sections — the Michoacán Section, Mexican Short Film, Mexican Documentary and Mexican Feature Film — accept only works directed by Mexican citizens or legal residents of Mexico. Winners receive the Ojo, a sculpture designed for the festival by the Michoacán artist Javier Marín, and the Ojo awards for fiction, animated and documentary short films are on the Academy's list of qualifying festival awards for the Short Films categories. The festival also runs a short screenplay contest for writers from Michoacán.

FICM was launched in 2003 in Morelia, the capital of Michoacán, and is organised by a non-profit civil association. Since its beginning it has partnered with the Critics' Week of the Cannes Film Festival, presenting a selection of its films each year. The programme adds Mexican and international premieres, retrospectives and Impulso Morelia, a showcase of Mexican feature films in post-production for industry professionals. The 24th edition runs 16–25 October 2026 in Morelia.

Country

Mexico

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Feature, Short, Short Script

Awards and prizes

Ojo (sculpture by Javier Marín), diploma and cash incentive: - Best Work of the Michoacán Section - Best Mexican Fiction Short Film - Best Mexican Animated Short Film - Best Mexican Documentary Short Film - Best Mexican Feature-Length Documentary - Best Mexican Fiction Feature Film - Best Director of a Mexican Fiction Feature Film Diploma and cash incentive: Best Screenplay of a Mexican Fiction Feature Film; Michoacán Short Film Screenplay Contest. Ojito and diploma: Best Actress and Best Actor in a Mexican Feature Film. Audience Awards (diploma): Best Mexican Feature Film and Best Mexican Feature-Length Documentary. The jury may give Special Mentions. The Ojo awards for Mexican fiction, animated and documentary short films are Academy Award qualifying for the Short Films categories.

Festival rules

Competition (24th edition, 2026): - The four competitive sections (Michoacán Section, Mexican Short Film, Mexican Documentary, Mexican Feature Film) accept only films directed by Mexican citizens or legal residents of Mexico, produced in 2025–2026. - Michoacán Section: films by directors born in or legally resident in Michoacán; they enter through the Short Film, Documentary or Feature sections. - Mexican Short Film: up to 40 minutes, not commercially released. Mexican Documentary: at least 40 minutes, not commercially released; priority to documentaries not yet premiered in Mexico. Mexican Feature Film: over 60 minutes, not premiered in Mexico commercially or at other national festivals, completed after July 2025. - Films previously broadcast on TV, released commercially or offered free online are not accepted in competition; restricted online festival screenings are allowed except in the Feature section. - Selected films must be subtitled in Spanish and English and screened in DCP; no screening fees are paid. - Michoacán Short Film Screenplay Contest: scripts up to 8 pages by writers born in or resident in Michoacán (separate call). - Use of artificial intelligence must be disclosed in the entry form. Entry deadline for 2026: 19 June 2026; selection announced 14 August 2026.

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