Desafío Buñuel México opens its fourth edition in Tepic, Nayarit, on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, with five days and 48 hours to film, edit and screen a short film, according to the Diario de Teruel. The event runs through Saturday the 14th and turns the Nayarit capital into a temporary film set.
The rally was born in Teruel, Spain, as a tribute to Luis Buñuel, and since 2023 it has had a sister edition in Mexico. The competition keeps the marathon format: scripts must be inspired by a film from the filmmaker, and this time the focus is Simón del desierto, released in 1965. For the local scene, the value lies in infrastructure and in the circulation of talent: for five days Tepic operates as a production studio and connects filmmakers from different regions with professionals from the national industry. The precedent shows the reach of the exchange. In 2023, Memoria de un pez, from the La Laguna team of Pato Rivera, won the first Mexican edition and its team traveled to the Spanish event, El Siglo de Torreón recalls.
The organization received 150 scripts and selected the finalists. One of the teams is directed by the Catalan Sergi Llacer, who in August won the Desafío Buñuel Teruel with La noche del mediodía and earned the passport to Mexico. The jury is made up of the actress Sylvia Pasquel, the production designer Óscar Tello and the filmmaker Roberto Fiesco. The program includes a tribute to Gabriel Figueroa through a conversation with his son, Gabriel Figueroa Flores, and activities at four venues: the ruins of Jauja, the Teatro del Pueblo, the Centro de las Artes Indígenas and the Casa Fenelón. Each team can add a professional actor, among them Fermín Martínez, Norma Reyna, Isabel Yudice and Víctor Prieto.
The rally closes on Saturday, November 14, with the awarding of cash prizes. The winner of the Jury Prize will be able to compete in the X Rally Desafío Buñuel de Teruel, in 2027, and the acting, production design and film production workshops remain open to the public.
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