2010 marks the third year of a partnership formed between the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival and the Cinefondation, which was created by the Cannes Film Festival, and has resulted in the MexiCannes Summer Residence Program in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Cinéfondation LA RÉSIDENCE, which each year is held in Paris through the Cannes Film Festival, selects a dozen of the best young filmmakers in the world, offering them a platform designed to propel their careers. The program includes master classes, workshops and meetings with public and private organizations to help obtain financing for their film projects.

With this same mission in mind, Expresión en Corto offers the 12 laureate filmmakers an opportunity to present their projects to international producers, distributors and film financing institutions during its International Pitching Market in Guanajuato, as well as to participate in workshops and private Master’s Classes with acclaimed national and international luminaries of film invited to the festival. Past Master’s Classes have been imparted by: Spike Lee, Deepa Mehta, Spike Jonze, Shyam Benegal and Peter Greenaway.

This year, the MexiCannes program brings together laureates from the 19th and 20th sessions of Cinefondation LA RESIDENCE, as well as two Mexicans on special scholarship from Expresión en Corto for the Summer Residency.