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From April 23 to 29, movie lovers in Playa del Carmen will be treated to an extravaganza of cinema when the Riviera Maya Film Festival comes to town. From April 23 to 29, movie lovers in Playa del Carmen will be treated to an extravaganza of cinema when the Riviera Maya Film Festival comes to town. The 2015 program features 70 films, of which 53 are having their premiere in Mexico, in addition to workshops, seminars, master classes with actors and directors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nThe 2015 program features 70 films, of which 53 are having their premiere in Mexico, in addition to workshops, seminars, master classes with actors and directors and more.
\nThe films range from documentaries, shorts and experimental cinema to feature length movies. They are from Mexico, Chile, Argentina, United States, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Russia, China, Japan, Iran and a host of other countries.
\nThe Festival line up has several categories:
\n\u2022 Plataforma Mexicana<\/strong>: A competition showcasing Mexican filmmaking talent with 14 films selected for 2015.
\n\u2022 Galas<\/strong>: Special screenings with VIP guests from the film world. This year\u2019s films are: Burying the Ex (2014, USA). Director: Joe Dante, Elvira, te dar\u00eda mi vida pero la estoy usando (2014, Mexico). Director: Manolo Caro, Incompresa (2014, Italy \/ France). Director: Asia Argento, Knight of Cups (2015, USA). Director: Terrence Malick
\n\u2022 Planetario<\/strong>: A selection of six films drawing attention to social, environmental, cultural, historical and political issues facing the world today.
\n\u2022 General Public<\/strong>: A choice of 17 films from all over the world that will intrigue and delight the audience in different ways.
\n\u2022 Panorama Autoral<\/strong>: A selection of 18 international films showing the many ways of telling stories, using language and different movie genres.
\n\u2022 RivieraLab Presents<\/strong>: This is a showcase for documentaries, shorts and feature films that were featured as RivieraLAB projects in previous years of the festival and are now a reality.
\n\u2022 Selection \u2013 RivieraLAB 2015<\/strong>: A selection of film projects in progress.
\n\u2022 RivieraLAB Coproduction Forum 2015<\/strong>: Nine film projects in progress compete for a first prize of $200,000 pesos and a runner\u2019s up prize of $100,000 pesos.
\n\u2022 RivieraLAB Work in Progress 2015<\/strong>: Seven film projects at the post-production stage were selected from a field of 93 projects to compete for cash prizes or the Labodigital award for color correction and sound mixing.
\nFrom May 13, a selection of the most outstanding films will be screened in Puerto Morelos (May 13-17), Cancun (May 20-24), Isla Mujeres (May 28-30) and Tulum (June 4-6).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"