Board of trustees

The Guadalajara International Film Festival Foundation is a nonprofit association established in 1995. Its purpose is to seek funding and resources for the organization of the Festival. It is also responsible for all the contracts, arrangements and projects that relate to the Festival.

The foundation has a Board of Trustees currently chaired by Raul Padilla Lopez.

President
LIC. RAÚL PADILLA LÓPEZ

Secretary
SR. ÁNGEL IGOR LOZADA RIVERA MELO
Cultural Affairs General Director, University of Guadalajara

Treasurer
MTRO. BORIS GOLDENBLANK MIJAILOVICH
Head of the Image and Sound Department, University of Guadalajara

Liaison and international relations
INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE CINEMATOGRAFÍA, IMCINE
Lic. Marina Stavenhagen Vargas
Director

Special events
H. AYUNTAMIENTO CONSTITUCIONAL DE GUADALAJARA, JAL.
Mtro. Eugenio Arriaga Cordero
Director of Culture

Promotion and Broadcasting
H. AYUNTAMIENTO CONSTITUCIONAL DE ZAPOPAN, JAL.
Lic. Pedro Vicente Viveros Reyes
Private Secretary of Municipal President

Programming
ACTIVIDADES CINEMATOGRÁFICAS DE LA UNAM
Lic. Guadalupe Ferrer Andrade
Director

Juries
INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE PRODUCTORES INDEPENDIENTES, A.C., AMPI
Lic. Mónica Lozano Serrano
Director

Public Relations
ACADEMIA MEXICANA DE ARTES Y CIENCIAS CINEMATOGRÁFICAS
Sr. Pedro Armendáriz Prado
President