Mexfest

The London Mexfest launches this summer, taking place from 17 – 19 August at Rich Mix, East London as part of the Shoreditch Fringe Festival. It presents a three day fiesta of live music, contemporary, award winning films including features, documentaries, sci- fi classics, shorts and animations, alongside exhibitions, food – and wrestling! The festival kicks off on Friday 17th with the world premiere Made in Mexico (Hecho en Mexico by UK filmmaker Duncan Bridgeman (Dir. One Giant Leap), followed by a live concert from Amandititita, the Mexican queen of Anarcumbia. The festival closes with a screening of Daniel and Ana (Daniel y Ana), the first feature from acclaimed director Michel Franco (his second feature, After Lucia, won this year’s Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes). It also includes the first ever UK exhibition of Lucha Libre photographs by Lourdes Grobet.