Los Cabos Film Festival Is 'Most Ambitious' to Date John Hopewell - Variety
go to original November 11, 2015

In a visionary move, Mexico’s Los Cabos Film Festival launched in 2012 as a crossroads for the U.S., Mexican and Canadian industries – just as Mexican talent fires up the U.S. Latino market, Mexico consolidated as a film power which could bring significant money to the table and Canadian film authorities and filmmakers began to cultivate co-productions with Latin America.

Three years later, running Nov. 11-15, and bookended in 2015 by Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Demolition Man” and Michael Fassbender starrer “Steve Jobs,” Los Cabos boasts far more star presence: Academy Award winner Jared Leto, Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor.

Fest also bows news sections- Tastes, a gastronomy focus; American Specials, for audience friendly fare; Outdoor screenings; and Spotlight, featuring Alex Ross-Perry (“Listen Up Phillip,” “Queen of Earth”) and his regular d.p. Sean Price Williams.

In industry terms, the 4th Los Cabos has made another forward-thinking strategic land-grab launching Cabos TV. Bar Rio de Janeiro’s TV market, nothing exists like it at a high-profile Latin American fest: a forum where producers not only screen dramas but move their latest projects and debate film-TV production model, fast consolidating over Latin America.

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