Arts & Entertainment

FIL concerts

The International Book Fair (FIL) presents free nightly shows in the Foro Expo, in front of the entrance to the Expo Guadalajara, all at 9 p.m. The line-up is a mix of artists from Madrid, this year’s invited guest at FIL, and Mexico.

With a riot of color and sound, the six-week-long cultural extravaganza known as Festival Sucede came to close Saturday, November 18, in Guadalajara’s Plaza Liberacion.

French writer, journalist and filmmaker Emmanuel Carrère has been awarded this year’s Premio FIL de Literatura en Lenguas Romances, Latin America’s most important literary prize worth $US150,000.

Acclaimed Guadalajara ballet dancer Isaac Hernandez (right) has become the first Mexican exemplar of that most kinesthetic of arts to grace a major Italian stage – and under the leadership of superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov, no less.

Newcomers to the region should not be awed by the Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL), Guadalajara’s annual book fair.

To the untrained eye, Marcelo Tobar’s film “Oso Polar” (Polar Bear), which picked up the Best Mexican Feature award at the recent Morelia Film Festival, looks to all intents and purposes like any other movie made in this country on a limited budget.