Blog: Film festivals

The eighth edition of the Ruta Maya Mexico International Film Festival will be held from November 1 to 4, 2022, in person in the city of Campeche, Mexico. Our motto is "Back to the Roots", that is, "Back to the Origins" that allows us to achieve new knowledge about the territory and its traditions, the city, its inhabitants, management and social innovation. This initiative, understood as the possibility of empowering ourselves as citizens from our origins.

OBJECTIVE:
Promote the culture, art and traditions of the Mayan Route through an international film festival in the State of Campeche, which seeks to be a meeting place between the audiovisual sector and the community, generating tourism, economic recovery and for this edition return to the origins.

BACKGROUND:
Since 2014, the festival began as the CAMPECHE FILM FESTIVAL, with a reception of 452 short films from around the world for its first edition and ending with more than 800 for the fifth. In 2018 the festival became what is now known as the RUTA MAYA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in which very marked lines of action are established for the support not only of the MAYA TRAIN, but also as a strategy for attracting regional tourism and local support. .