Mórbido Film Fest will feature the presence of prominent international directors, as well as 2 world premieres. Among the most anticipated Mexican films is the world premiere of your two deaddirected by Daniel Castro Zimbrón.
Mexico City, October 21 (However).- Morbid Film Festthe most important fantasy and horror film festival in Latin America, will hold a new edition in Mexico City from October 29 to November 9 at different venues. In this edition, 53 feature films and 45 short films will be presented, in addition to the traditional WIP (Work in Progress) section where the public will be able to discover the new visions that will mark the future of horror cinema.
Official image
Mórbido will celebrate the fear, imagination and narrative power of genre cinema, reaffirming its role as a meeting point for creators, dreamers and horror fans from around the world.
Master Rafael Gallur, living legend of Mexican comics, whose work has marked generations, created this year’s official image. With a playful and diabolical style, Gallur captures the expansion and strength of Mórbido within Mexico City: a festival that not only exhibits cinema, but inhabits the streets, dreams and nightmares of those who experience it.
Launching platform
This year, the festival received 379 materials from 47 countries, as a sign of its international prestige and its growing influence within the film circuit. This 2025, Mórbido Film Fest will present 53 feature films and 45 short films. Among the most anticipated Mexican films is the world premiere of your two deaddirected by Daniel Castro Zimbrón, one of the seven national productions that are part of this edition.
In total, the festival will have 2 world premieres, 2 American premieres, 25 Latin American premieres and 5 Mexican premieres, consolidating its role as a launching platform for unpublished productions.
“I am proud to present the selection of feature films and short films that we prepared this year. It has been a very special year for genre cinema, which continues to gain ground in the taste of the world public and is now the 3rd most consumed genre on the planet. This growth is reflected in our programming where we see a rich variety of powerful stories from around the world highlighting notable works of Mexican and Latin American cinema,” said José Luis Mejía Razo, festival programmer.
Darkness and creative force
The inaugural film, don’t follow mecomes under the seal of Cinépolis Distribución, while the closing will be in charge of Primatea Paramount Pictures production that will intensely close an edition marked by darkness, diversity and creative force.
In the short film section, Mórbido presents six thematic blocks, highlighting two spaces dedicated entirely to female directors—one for Mexican filmmakers and the other for international ones—as a recognition of the fundamental role of women in contemporary horror cinema. Furthermore, for the first time, the festival opens the doors to the Middle East, with a special block that brings together short films from Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Iran, marking a milestone in the history of the festival.
The new ANIMA section expands the boundaries of the genre with nine titles from eight countries, exploring the terrain of animated horror.
Among the directors who are part of this edition are: Daniel Castro Zimbrón, Ricardo Arnaiz, Ximena García Lecuona, Eduardo Lecuona, Carlos Matienzo Sermet, Alex Noyer, Dawid Torrone, Ángel Manuel Chivite, Luis Galindo, Joel Pérez Irizarry, Mallory Drumm, Alex Lee Williams and Jay Drakulic, who will share their vision and experience with the Mexican public.
Where will the films be presented?
Mórbido Film Fest will have 8 venues:
- Cinépolis Diana from October 29 to November 9
- Cineteca Nacional México on November 8 and 9
- National Cinematheque of the Arts from October 30 to November 2
- Chapultepec National Cinematheque from November 6 to 9
- Magic Lantern from October 30 to November 9
- Cinemanía Loreto from October 31 to November 8
- Cinecafé Odyssey from November 5 to 7
- Digital Culture Center, CCD on November 9
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