Very fittingly, Coco is set to have its world-premiere at Mexico’s Morelia International Film Festival on October 20th, over a month before the US release date.
The Morelia Film Festival’s Twitter announced the news yesterday, posting a video of Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina (directors), and Darla Anderson (producer) expressing their delight in having Coco featured as an opening night movie at this festival’s 15th anniversary.
Adrian Molina describes Coco as:
“the first Pixar movie inspired by the lovely people, the beautiful traditions, and the culture of Mexico, so we are honoured to have the opportunity to launch it there first.”
COCO, de @DisneyStudiosLA, se mostrará por primera vez durante la inauguración del #15FICM. #PixarCocoMX https://t.co/oILHE2dt0O pic.twitter.com/iclhX9xB4b
— Morelia Film Fest (@FICM) July 5, 2017
A new poster has been produced for the festival, and it’s beautiful – it has the same bright colours as the logo, but some familiar characters and objects can be seen in amongst the brush strokes forming the iconic skull representing Día de los Muertos. Mama Coco takes centre stage, and the skull’s teeth seem to be formed by the bridge between the land of the dead and the land of the living that we saw in the latest trailer.
Here’s hoping Coco helps in making Morelia’s 15th film festival its best yet!
