The 34th annual Guadalajara Film Festival opens Friday, March 8, running a full week, bringing hundreds of films, industry professionals, press and public together in a week-long celebration of cinema.

The Federacion Canofila Mexicana (Mexican Kennel Club) has selected a labrador named “Puppy” belonging to the Jalisco Civil Protection and Firefighters Unit as its “Dog of the Year.” 

Male members of the Red Ciudadana (Citizens’ Network) convened at the Rotunda of the Illustrious Jaliscienses in downtown Guadalajara March 2, urging men to stand in solidarity with the feminism movement.

Liverpool, first called The Cloth Case, was founded in 1847 by Jean Baptiste Ebrard, a Frenchman who first started selling clothes in cases in Mexico City’s downtown.

The name “Las Fabricas de Francia” will no doubt be remembered fondly in Guadalajara for a few more years, but no longer will it grace the frontages of any local department stores.

For the eighth year in a row, the Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG) presents the Premio Maguey, focusing on LGBTQ themed movies.