GuadaLAjara Film Festival in LA to Kick Off with Fernando Frías de la Parra’s Latest Film
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The GuadaLAjara Film Festival in Los Angeles (GLAFF) will commence with the North American premiere of Fernando Frías de la Parra’s ‘I Don’t Expect Anyone To Believe Me’. The festival will conclude with a screening of ‘Maestra’, a documentary by Maggie Contreras. The event will also honor activist Dolores Huerta, with all box office proceeds going to her foundation.
The GuadaLAjara Film Festival in Los Angeles (GLAFF), set to take place from November 1-3, will open with the North American premiere of ‘I Don’t Expect Anyone To Believe Me’, directed by Fernando Frías de la Parra. This film is the director’s follow-up to Mexico’s 2021 Oscar-shortlisted drama ‘I’m No Longer Here’ and HBO show ‘Los Espookys’. It tells the story of an aspiring writer who moves to Barcelona to study literature and finds himself entangled in a criminal enterprise.
The opening ceremony at this year’s 13th edition of GLAFF at ACE Hotel will also honor legendary activist Dolores Huerta, with all box office proceeds from this year’s festival being donated to The Dolores Huerta Foundation.
The festival line-up includes Alejandro Lozano’s ViX comedy ‘A Merry Mexican Christmas’ (El Sabor de la Navidad), produced by Salma Hayek Pinault’s Ventanarosa Production, and the North American premiere of the tragicomedy and official Peruvian Oscar submission ‘The Erection Of Toribio Bardelli’ (La Erección de Toribio Bardelli).
The festival will conclude on November 3 with a screening of ‘Maestra’, a documentary by Maggie Contreras about five women from around the world who are breaking glass ceilings in the male-dominated world of orchestral conducting.
As previously announced, Rodrigo Prieto, the cinematographer for ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ and ‘Barbie’, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the closing ceremony. The day before, Prieto will participate in a conversation with Oscar-winning production designer Eugenio Caballero.
On November 2, there will be a Day of the Dead special screening of Roberto Gavaldón’s 1960 fantasy drama ‘Macario’ at Gloria Molina Grand Park. This film was the first Mexican film to earn an Oscar nomination in what was then known as the foreign language category.
The GuadaLAjara Film Festival is supported by the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, the University of Guadalajara Foundation USA, the Grodman Legacy Family Foundation, and the Guadalajara International Film Festival.