Morelia International Film Festival (FICM)
Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) takes place Oct 16 - 25, 2026 in Morelia, Mexico. The dress code is Smart casual; a light jacket for cool highland evenings. Typical cost ranges from 100 to 400 EUR per person.
Mexico's most respected film festival, screening national competition strands, international premieres and retrospectives amid Morelia's UNESCO-listed pink-stone colonial centre. It has become the key stop for discovering new Mexican and Latin American talent, with major directors regularly appearing, and its 24th edition runs in October 2026.
- When
- Oct 16 - 25, 2026
- Where
- Morelia, Mexico
- Dress code
- Smart casual; a light jacket for cool highland evenings
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 100 to 400 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 22 - 24C mild days, cool 10C nights at 1,920m
- When to book
- Book historic-centre hotels by early September; individual tickets are cheap and released with the program
- Getting there
- MLM (Morelia), ~30 min to the historic centre
- Where to stay
- Villa Montaña Hotel & Spa, Hotel de la Soledad, Hotel Casino Morelia
- Official site
- https://moreliafilmfest.com/en
How to attend
Individual tickets are inexpensive and sold to the public at venue box offices and online via moreliafilmfest.com; multi-film passes and accreditation widen access. Screenings run at Cinepolis cinemas and the Teatro Mariano Matamoros in the centre. Book historic-centre hotels early - the city fills for the festival.
Tickets for the October 2026 edition are not on sale yet - Morelia releases them alongside the programme a few weeks before the festival.
Insider tip
The free open-air screenings in the plazas beneath the cathedral are the festival at its best - bring a layer and arrive at dusk for a seat.
Get inside Morelia International Film Festival (FICM)
Booking matters here: book historic-centre hotels by early September; individual tickets are cheap and released with the program. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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