The Program is not a film festival but na exhibition circuit which permits to release in all Mexican territory movies from the entire world, awarded in most important festivals.
This year, the program is composed by 21 features by well known directors as Ang Lee, the Coen brothers, Jim Jarmusch, Ken Loach, the Dardenne brothers, Michael Winterbottom, Claire Denis, Bruno Dumont or Uli Edel.
The program started at National Cineteca, from November the 5th until the 30st, and will continue until July 2010 in 20 diferent locals of the metropolitan area and 21 inside the Republic, including cities like Guadalajara and Monterrey.
OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST is described by the newspaper La Jornada as “an eloquent eulogy of the art of making cinema, in a free and imaginative way, among a reality inhabited by fictions” and “an original narrative, that will equally shake and enthusiasm all sorts af audiences”.
Mexican distribution will be guarantee by Latino Fusion.
The commercial release of OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST is equally planned in March 2010 in Argentina.
OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST will also be released by January in Taipei, Taiwan, at SPOT Cinema, managed by director Hou Hsiao Hsien, by the occasion of “Tomorrow’s Cinema” Festival which aims to present innovative young director’s work. The film will be screened 6 times along the event.