Mexico Tourism Weblog / » Acapulco’s Port prepares for the Fifth French Festival

The heavenly Acapulco‘s port, will again from 3 to 5 April, the French Festival, a multicultural event featuring activities of music, fashion, film and cuisine.

For nearly five years this fest, which has been supported by the Government of the State of Guerrero and the Embassy of France in Mexico, has become the most important event of the French mainland, because of its large projection media and its impact Mexican Franco in the community.

In those days there will be a retrospective of policy film French and Mexican, which will be presented films of the genre polar or film noir, the body of the French Embassy in Mexico, as well as the main distributor of French cinema here, New Era Films.

Also, the body of the Filmoteca UNAM, will be screened films of the genre Mexican police.

To contextualize this retrospective, the critic and researcher of Mexican cinema, Rafael Aviña, will present a book edited by the Filmoteca UNAM, “A champion of a thousand faces”, which addresses the filmography of the actor David Silva, icon of the films in Mexico .

Retrospective animated France-2008: In this section, to be held at the Cultural Center Acapulco, Guerrero’s Institute of Culture, will present a selection of the best short film festival in Annecy, France’s most important and world, in the genre of animation.

The program emphasizes the production of short film Oscar winner for Best Short Animation, “Peter and the Wolf” and the French film nominated in the same category, “Until the pigeons go to heaven.”
It also displayed the shorts of young filmmakers, David Gautier (France), and Luis Felipe Hernandez (Mexico), who in the framework of the festival, will hold a workshop for children to make a short animated with children of Acapulco.

It was also screened shorts Dominique Jonard, French filmmaker based in Mexico, where he has made his film, and Rene Castillo, Mexican filmmaker award at the Cannes Film Festival.

In addition there will be short films and feature animation child Mexico and France, courtesy of IMCINE, The Matatena, Annecy Festival, Videocine, Anima Studies, The Nahuala Egg Productions and Cartoon.

Three disc jockeys Mexicans will be responsible for the holidays entertain the festival, with its electronic rhythms (DJ Luka DJ silicone Selektor and Bruno Romero). Also participating Camerata International, formed by the talented musicians of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Acapulco.

“Riviera” of the Parisian brand Margareth & Moi, is the title of the collection Prêt-a-Porter created by designers Gildas Pennec and Victoria Hernando, who will present L’Oreal Professional Products and Intercoiffure Mondial Mexico, the traditional gateway to be placed over the hotel pool Elcano.

Moreover, in the Quinta Real Hotel will be presented in unique and world first, the exhibition of watercolours “Sweets”, in which the painter Véronique Lataste and writer Elisabeth Ranedo recreate a world of ladies flirty, glamorous and elegant.

On the second occasion will take place on National Young Chefs Contest Mexicans, whose panel will be chaired by Gérard chefs Dupont (World President of the Academy of Culinary France), Olivier Lombard (Director of the Terrasse Renault and President of the Academy in Mexico Culinary France), and Jorge Pereiro (Hotel Elcano and Beach Club Elcano Diamond).

It also conducted a contest for bartenders, chaired by Ambassador World Grey Goose, Dimitri Lezinska, who has dealt with major clubs bars and clubs of Europe.

It should also be noted that Prime seminar will be held on the Franco-Mexican Tourism Professions, which involved authorities and professionals in the tourism sector in France and Mexico.
Source: eluniversal.com.mx

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