Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 – Film

20 years of the Hay Festival in Colombia condensed into a one-hour documentary. With the voices of some of the most iconic festival guests, the audience will be able to see the secrets of the Hay Festival in Colombia.

Duration: 70 minutes

Director: Gustavo Gordillo

There is a superhero whose powers reside in the mind, the body and in an unbreakable spirit. With his white tunic, turban and an emerald with a K on his forhead, Kalimán was, and continues to be, an icon of Mexican and Latin American pop culture. Together with his associate Solín, he has been fighting evil since the 1960s, on radio and in bestselling comics. He also conquered cinemas in the 70s. Considered to be the first Mexican superhero, he showed us that there is no weapon more powerful than the mind, and that «whoever controls the mind, controls everything». Conversation with Edgar David Aguilera y Alfredo Rodríguez Karmix, co-screenwriters of Kalimán: El despertar.

There is a superhero whose powers reside in the mind, the body and in an unbreakable spirit. With his white tunic, turban and an emerald with a K on his forhead, Kalimán was, and continues to be, an icon of Mexican and Latin American pop culture. Together with his associate Solín, he has been fighting evil since the 1960s, on radio and in bestselling comics. He also conquered cinemas in the 70s. Considered to be the first Mexican superhero, he showed us that there is no weapon more powerful than the mind, and that «whoever controls the mind, controls everything». Conversation with Edgar David Aguilera y Alfredo Rodríguez Karmix, co-screenwriters of Kalimán: El despertar.

Hay Festival Constellations creates a space for intergenerational dialogue within the Mexican cultural scene, in fields such as literature, film, music, science and architecture. At this event, Ilse Salas and María Fernanda Monroy Gómez talk about the profession of telling stories on screen, playing the part that is the simplest and most complicated of all: oneself. In conversation with Romina Pons.

With a career in film, television and the theatre, Ilse Salas has brought her unique talent to films and series such as Las niñas bien, Güeros and 100 días para enamorarnos. Recognised with one Ariel awards, her work has been acclaimed by both critics and the public. Away from the screen, she has also added her voice to movements such as El Grito Más Fuerte, in which figures from Mexican culture have taken action against the country’s social injustices. In conversation with Bárbara Arredondo.