Writers, filmmakers, cartoonists and artists will meet again at the International Book and Audiovisual Media Fair (FILMAQ), whose second edition will be held from June 19 to 23 at the Querétaro Arts Center (Ceart) and the Rosalío Solano Cineteca, where a variety of free access activities will be held.
Unlike the previous year, in this edition Spain and Aguascalientes will be counted as special guests and there will be a comic pavilion.
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In addition, a posthumous tribute to the poet Francisco Cervantes Vidal. The man from Querétaro was a renowned writer, journalist and professor at the Autonomous University of Querétaro. In 1977 he received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, with which he moved to Portugal, where he made translations of Portuguese-language poets. He received various awards throughout his career, such as the Xavier Villaurrutia Award, the Río Branco Order of Brazil and the Heriberto Frías Award of Querétaro. In his work there are the publications: The matter of the tax (1968), The designated men (1972), sung for no one (1982), alternating wounds (1985), among others. In her honor, a sculpture was placed at the entrance to the City Museum, which is remembered by the population for being accompanied by a small bronze kitten.
Under the motto “from the page to the screen”, they will be developed workshops, keynote lectures, film screenings, theater, concerts and of course there will be presentation and sale of books with guest authors.
Although the schedule has not yet been published, the fair already has an official Instagram that will serve as a channel for the new edition.
Below we reveal the names of some of the personalities who head the poster this 2024.
Guillermo Arriaga
Writer, producer, director and recognized for being the screenwriter of Dog loves, 21 grams and Babel, among other projects. He is originally from Mexico City and has been nominated for the Oscars, BAFTA and the Young Critics Award at the Cannes Festival.
as a writer It has stood out for its complex, raw and fascinating narrative. Last year she visited the first edition of the festival to present his book, Foreign, a novel set in England in the 18th century, which tells the story of a young man who faces the world of the different and anomalous with strange and deformed beings who live at the limit of the human condition.
The writer refers to the category of monsters, but not to refer to these terrifying beings that you can find under your bed; but, to those sectors of society that for centuries have been marginalized and identified as strangers, turning this novel into a harsh criticism of contemporary humanity.
Liliana Blum
Latin American narrator recognized within the literary world for her strong, raw and disturbing texts. Her specialty is exexploration of the darkness of human nature. Six novels and nine short story books have been published by him. From his pen you can find the titles: The Pentapod Monster, Hare Face, Pandora, A Cosmic Mistake, The Strange Case of Lenny Goleman, Citrus Blues, among others. She is recognized for being one of the first Mexican writers of her generation whose work has been translated for the Anglo-Saxon public.
Robert Valley
Canadian animator and visual graphic artist. His art is influenced by the work of Peter Chung (American cartoonist, film director and animator of South Korean origin, creator of Æon Flux) and Jamie Hewlett (co-creator of the band Gorillaz)with whom he has collaborated.
He is responsible for the character designs of Disney projects, Tron: Uprising and Motorcity. He worked on the design of the 2009 video game, The Beatles: Rock Band and recently directed two episodes of the Netflix animated series, Love, Death & Robots.
The artist will be present at FILMAQ within the comic pavilionone of the new features of this new edition.
Elisa Miller
Mexican film director, writer and producer. She was the first Mexican to receive the Golden Palm, highest award granted by the Cannes Film Festival (considered one of the most prestigious within the industry) with his project See rainmade while he was a student at the Cinematographic Training Center (CCC).
His filmography is integrated into the projects Hurricane season (2023)The pleasure is mine (2015), What is karma’s fault? (2022)Go further Alicia (2010)About Sarah (2014), to mention a few.
Maria Novaro
Director, screenwriter, editor and producer of Mexican cinema. Since 2018, he has been in charge of the direction of the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE). His international recognition came with the release of his second feature film. Danzón (1991), which was presented for the first time at the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, the film was the first Mexican film at the festival after more than 15 years of absence. His filmography is made up of the tapes The good herbs (2010)Lola (1989), Without leaving a trace (2000)The garden of Eden (1994)Treasures (2017), among other films.
Alma Delia Murillo
Mexican writer originally from the city of Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico. She is the author of the book my father’s head (2022), in addition to Tales of evil and one or two cursed ones (2020), The child we were (2018), The inhabited nights (2015) and hunting ladies (2010). She is the author of the Saturday column Postmodern and Fucked which can be read in Almadelia, also publishes an editorial in the newspaper Reforma.
Street Angel
Spanish comic illustrator, author and critic. He is one of the most notable figures of the beginning of the boom of adult comics in Spain and his work has appeared in magazines such as star, Rambla, Comix International, Zone 84 and The Viper. He has actively participated in the Semana Negra (dedicated to crime novels) in Gijón since 1988 and in the Avilés Comic Days. Among his work are the comics: Modotti: a woman of the 20th century (made in tribute to Tina Modotti, Italian photographer) and HUgo Pratt: The Hand of God. The illustrator will participate in the comic pavilion.
Also at FILMAQ will be the writer Ildefonso Falcones (Spain); the filmmaker Alejandra Márquez (Mexico); comic artist Humberto Ramos (Mexico); the writer and journalist Armando Fuentes Aguirre “Catón” (Mexico); comics author and illustrator Bartolomé Seguí (Spain); the writer L’Amargeitor; the writer and editor Francisco Hinojosa (Mexico); the filmmaker Claudia Sainte-Luce (Mexico); the film director and screenwriter Beatriz Sanchís (Spain) and the writer Enrique Serna (Mexico).
A fair for readers
The first edition took place from June 14 to 18 at the Educational and Cultural Center of the State of Querétaro Manuel Gómez Morin, the Querétaro Emerging Art Center and the Alameda Olympic Stadium.
More than 300 artists from Chile, Argentina, Peru, Spain, Cuba and Mexico participated, as well as local creators.
Among the guests were Guillermo Arriaga, Santiago Roncagliolo and José Ignacio Valenzuela “Chascas”; the filmmakers Luis Téllez, Carlos Pérez Osorio and Samuel Kishi and the musicians Cecilia Toussaint, Mare Advertencia Lirika, Luis Pescetti and Son Rompe Pera.
In total, 230 free-entry activities were held, including book presentations, discussions, keynote lectures, film screenings, concerts, workshops and sales of books from 90 publishers and 40 independent labels. The investment was 9 million pesos.
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The International Book and Audiovisual Media Fair is an initiative promoted by the Ministry of Culture ofthe State of Querétaro that seeks to explore the universe of the book and the stories that go beyond the limits of the written text to other media and languages.
Furthermore, it is an invitation to explore the different angles of the literary experience, from its adaptation to cinema, theater and even sound projects in digital formats.
In that sense, FILMAQ recognizes the citizen not only as a reader, but as a reader-spectator, a new consumer of literature who accesses this experience in another way.
