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Guillermo del Toro receives the Filmoteca UNAM Medal at Morelia film festival
Director Guillermo del Toro received the Filmoteca UNAM Medal, named after the National Autonomous University of Mexico's film archive, at the 24th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM).
Why it matters: UNAM's Filmoteca, the university unit that preserves Mexican cinema, is the body whose work del Toro praised on receiving its medal.
Gaceta UNAM, the university's newsroom, reported that film-maker Guillermo del Toro received the Filmoteca UNAM Medal at the 24th FICM.
According to Gaceta UNAM, the medal was presented on a Sunday afternoon at the Teatro Melchor Ocampo in the city of Morelia, Michoacán.
Del Toro said that the Filmoteca's work preserving Mexican cinema allows us to have a past and a future, Gaceta UNAM reported.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
The award concerns UNAM's Filmoteca and its work preserving Mexican cinema, which the medal's recipient, Guillermo del Toro, praised when he accepted it in Morelia.
