Mexican Film Production List: 2000

This information comes from various sources. Updates, additions and corrections welcome.

• Amor a ciegas (U.S.-Mexican co-prod): DIR: Adolfo Martínez Solares (and one source credits Alberto Mariscal as co-dir); CAST: María Conchita Alonso, Alejandro Tommasi, Jeff Fahey, J. Eddie Peck, José Alonso, Silvia Manríquez, Roger Cudney; START: February 2000; NOTES: based on a story by René Rebetez, SCR: Jeff O'Brien; to be shot in English in Mexico City; as of Sept 2000, this film is titled (in English) BLIND HEAT, although BLIND HEART is another possible "final" title (thanks to Jeff O'Brien for this info)
• El apóstol rojo maya (Canvill International): DIR: Ricardo Canto E.; CAST: Casilda Rivera, Alejandra González, Skye Hodges, Ivana Morandi, Alejandra Hera, Guillermo Herrera. TO START: 18 October 2000.
• Atlético San Pancho (Altavista): CAST: Héctor Suárez, Lumi Cavazos, Luis Felipe Tovar, Diego Luna; SHOT: state of Hidalgo, August 2000.
• Boda con la muerte (César Balestra): DIR: José A. Medina; CAST: Diana Golden, Rosenda Bernal, Fernando Casanova, Leonardo Daniel; videohome; completed Oct 2000
• Bonitos ojos: DIR: Fernando Sariñana; CAST: Jesús Ochoa; COMPLETED: July 2000; retitled: Quizá ?
• Corazones rotos (IMCINE-Prods. Volcán-Rentaimagen): DIR: Rafael Montero; START: 17 July 2000; CAST: Alejandro Camacho, Norma Herrera, Carmen Montejo, Martha Navarro, Verónica Merchant, Rafael Sánchez Navarro
• Cuento de hadas para dormir a los cocodrilos (IMCINE-FOPROCINE-Malayerba): DIR: Ignacio Ortiz; CAST: Arturo Ríos, Ana Graham, Luisa Huertas; START: November?
• De la calle (Tiempo y Tono-IMCINE-FOPROCINE): DIR: Gerardo Tort; START: July 2000; CAST: Fernando Peña, Maya Zapata, Vanessa Bauche, Luis Felipe Tovar
• Demasiado amor (IMCINE-French-Spanish co-prod): DIRECTOR: Ernesto Rimoch; CAST: Ari Telch, Karina Gidi; BASED ON NOVEL BY: Sara Sefchovich; START: February 2000 in Spain and Mexico.
• En busca de la Santísima Trinidad: DIRECTOR: José Luis García Agraz; CAST: Demián Bichir; START: postponed to early 2001; title also listed as Al rescate de la Santísima Trinidad.
• En el tiempo de los mariposas (SHOWTIME-Prods. Amaranta): DIR: Mariano Barroso; CAST: Salma Hayek; TO START: October 2000 (in Veracruz).
• Esa tarde en la habitación (ARGOS CINE): DIR: Walter Doehner; BASED ON NOVEL "The Blue Room" by Georges Simenon; TO START: postponed to January 2001, title change to La habitación azul.
• Escrita en el cuerpo de la noche: DIR: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo; IN PRODUCTION: Fall 2000.
• El gavilán de la sierra (IMCINE): DIR: Juan Antonio de la Riva; START (revised): October 2000 in Durango.
• El honor de la sangre : DIR: José Antonio Medina; CAST: Alberto Estrella, Maribel Palmer, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Víctor Carpinteiro; SCR: Raúl Castrita; COMPLETED as of Oct 2000
• Luces de Bengala; DIR: Luis Felipe Tovar; CAST: Gabriel Retes, Sherlyn, Patricia Reyes Spíndola; NOTES: this is being shot in digital format. It features students of the acting workshop of Patricia Reyes Spíndola. Shooting started December 2000.
• Muerte en Tepoztlán (Asociación Mexicana de Cineastas Independientes): DIR: Janusz Polom; NOTES: shot in state of Morelos, fall 2000. Digital format.
• Un mundo raro (CUEC): DIRECTOR: Armando Casas; CAST: Emilio Guerrero; STARTED: summer 2000
• Otilia Rauda (Alameda Films): DIRECTOR: Dana Rotberg; CAST: Alberto Estrella, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, José Carlos Ruiz; START: June 2000 in Veracruz; [Mexican-Spanish co-production]
• Las [dos? or otras?] caras de la luna (IMCINE): DIRECTOR: Guita Schyfter; START: February 2000; CAST: Geraldine Chaplin, Ana Torrent, Diana Bracho
• Perfume de violetas (IMCINE): DIR: Marisa Sistach; START: April 2000.
• La perla: DIR: Alfredo Zacarías hijo; PROD: Alfredo Zacarías padre; CAST: Richard Harris, Jorge Rivero; START: April 25 2000; NOTE: this may be entirely financed by non-Mexican companies
• Piel de víbora (FOPROCINE-Orbitum-STPC): DIR: Marcela Fdez. Violante; CAST: Ana Colchero, Blanca Sánchez, José Carlos Ruiz, Beatriz Aguirre; START: October 2000.
• pw@festival.com: DIR: Gabriel Retes; CAST: Lourdes Elizarrarás, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Daisy Granados, Víctor Laplace; NOTES: shot in digital format at film festivals in Havana, Puerto Rico, and (upcoming) Cartagena.
• Quizá (Altavista): DIR: Fernando Sariñana; CAST: Jesús Ochoa; aka Bonitos ojos ?
• Raquel: DIR: José Quintero; CAST: Yolanda Andrade; START: not set (late 2000)
• Rescate suicida (videohome): CAST: Letty; IN PRODUCTION: Fall 2000
• Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata: Infraterrestre (Cine Prods. Molinar): CAST: El Hijo del Santo, Diana Golden, Luis Felipe Tovar; SHOT: summer 2000 in Chihuahua; TO BE RELEASED: Feb 2001
• Las siete fases (AMCI): DIR: Pedro Araneda; CAST: Sherlyn, Santiago Michel; IN PRODUCTION: July 2000 in Puebla and D.F.
• Sleepwalk (4 Charros): DIR: Luis Bustamante; CAST: Miguel Sordo, Inés Cazares, Víctor Castillón, Howard Hughes II; TO START: Oct 30 in Hermosillo; BASED ON: comic strip by Adrián Tomime
• Su Alteza Serenísima (FOPROCINE-Argos-Su Alteza Serenísima S.A.): DIRECTOR: Felipe Cazals; CAST: Alejandro Parodi (as General Santa Anna); START: March 2000
• El teléfono: DIRECTOR: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo; CAST: María Rojo; START: not set
• Torrent (IFM Film Assoc.): DIR: Hugo Stiglitz; CAST: Vanessa Angel, Christine Elise, Joanna Pacula, Gregor Toerzs; NOTES: shooting completed in October; it is not known if this film has Mexican money invested in it or if it is just being shot in Mexico.
• Tumba para dos hermanos: CAST: Irma Dorantes; SHOOTING in Tijuana, October 2000.
• Vera (IMCINE-FOPROCINE-Chadwick Films [Germany]-BB&R [USA]): DIRECTOR: Francisco Athié ; START: March 2000; CAST: Marco Antonio Arzate, Urara Kusanagi. NOTE: this film will combine computer animation and live action.
• Vidas privadas (IMCINE-Fito Páez): DIRECTOR: F. Páez; CAST: Cecilia Roth; START: Nov 2000 (pre-prod); [Mex?-USA-Argentina-Spain?]
• Untitled project: DIRECTOR: Gabriel Retes; CAST: Geraldine Chaplin, Edward James Olmos (tentative); TO START: October
• Untitled project (Univisión): DIRECTOR: René Cardona Jr.; CAST: Julissa, Alberto Vázquez, César Costa, Johnny Laboriel, Enrique Guzmán, Angélica María ; START: not set. This is a "60s reunion" movie project.
• Untitled project (Televisa-Warner Bros.): DIRECTOR: Roberto Sneider; SCR: Carolina Rivera; CAST: Adal Ramones; START: post-Sept 2000.
• Untitled project: CAST: Tatiana; DIR: René Cardona III; START: late 2000
• Vivir Mata (Titán Prods-Argos Cine): DIR: Nicolás Echevarría; SCR: Echevarría and Juan Villoro (based on Villoro's book "La casa pierde"); CAST: Daniel Giménez Cacho; TO START: POSTPONED until early 2001
• Y tu mamá también: DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón; CAST: Maribel Verdú, Gael García, Diego Luna; START: third week of February in Mexico City and Oaxaca. COMPLETED: 1 May 2000 NOTES: cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki