CCU (University Cultural Center)
Insurgentes Sur 300. Col. Coyoacán
www.cultura.unam.mx
The University Cultural Center is the UNAM main cultural space. All the arts meet there. Throughout the year, it offers an innovative and robust program including dance, music, theater, cinema and other contemporary artistic disciplines. Many buildings and green areas form part of it: Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Foro Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sala Miguel Covarrubias and Sala Carlos Chávez; together with the groups of sculptures known as Serpientes del Pedregal, Paseo de las Esculturas and Espacio Escultórico. In 2008, CCU opened its most recent endeavor: the Contemporary Art University Museum (MUAC), which is also a venue for the UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM).
Cinematógrafo del Chopo
Chopo University Museum. Enrique González Martínez 10, Col. Santa María la Ribera
http://www.filmoteca.unam.mx/
Cinematógrafo del Chopo is part of the Chopo University Museum, inaugurated by the rector of the University, Guillermo Soberón, on November 25th, 1975. Ever since it first opened its doors, the Chopo University Museum became a dynamic center for the promotion of contemporary art, characterized by an innovative, including, and diverse spirit. Through its work, the Museum has placed itself as an obligatory reference in avant-garde art.
In 2006 and 2007, the Chopo Museum renovated its premises to better help with the necessities of contemporary art through an intervention by architect Enrique Norten, implemented by the Coordinación de Proyectos Especiales de la UNAM (UNAM Special Projects Coordinating Office) in charge of architect Felipe Leal. The goal was to establish continuity in the artistic project and to keep contributing towards one of the essential duties of the UNAM: to spread the benefits of culture to the largest amount of citizens through the promotion and diffusion of contemporary art.
MuAC (Contemporary Art University Museum)
Insurgentes Sur 300, Centro Cultural Universitario. Col. Coyoacán
www.muac.unam.mx
MuAC (Contemporary Art University Museum) is an institution with strong ties to UNAM and a commitment towards the state of worldwide contemporary art. Its function is to activate both the visibility and the discourse of contemporary art from Mexico and Latin America.
The programs and project related to MuAC put current artistic creation first. Its curatorship favors the construction of knowledge and significant experiences and the actions presented within the installations of the museum should help to establish similar processes between the museum and its audiences. MuAC considers each of its visitors as a participative agent in this institution.
MuAC promotes networking through interdisciplinary work in the university and aims to establish strategic alliances with similar-minded people and organizations.
FES Acatlán (Acatlán Higher Learning Institution)
Av. Alcanfores y San Juan Totoltepec s/n. Santa Cruz Acatlán, Naucalpan, Edo. de México
www.acatlan.unam.mx
FES Acatlán campus is part of the UNAM and it distinguishes itself for a formation of quality, social relevance, and high educational level for professional workers, researchers and teachers whose intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development will promote a change towards a society that values more deeply the notions of justice, culture, and mutual responsibility.
FES Acatlán faculty is renowned for its artistic endeavor, as proven by the work of many groups and troupes, responsible for around 200 shows per year in the various UNAM venues, in addition to municipalities, prisons, shelters, public squares, and the most prominent settings such as Palacio de Bellas Artes, Teatro Legaria, Teatro Flores Canelo and Foro Juglar.
FES Acatlán will host the UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM) at Centro Cultural Acatlán.
FES Aragón (Aragón Higher Learning Institution)
Av. Rancho Seco S/N. Bosques de Aragón, Nezahualcóyotl, Edo. de México
www.aragon.unam.mx
Right from the beginning FES Aragón distinguished itself because of the responsibility and social commitment shown in all of its endeavors, together with the essential UNAM principle: to fully serve our country and humanity in general, putting that service before individual interests.
FES Aragón has also shown a keen interest in offering cultural activities to improve life quality for university students, teachers, and staff, as well as for the inhabitants of the surrounding areas to its premises.
FES Aragón will host the UNAM International Film Festival (FICUNAM) through its university-extension program, dedicated to cultural activities.
Faros (Lighthouses)
Faro de Oriente, Faro Tláhuac, Faro Milpa Alta y Faro Indios Verdes
http://www.cultura.df.gob.mx/index.php/foriente
Faro de Oriente (East-Side Lighthouse) represents an alternative view for cultural intervention. The aim is to offer a proficient cultural promotion as well as quality art and handicraft education for a population physically, economically, and symbolically disenfranchised from conventional cultural circuits.
It combines an art and trades school, a cultural venue offering relevant artistic experiences, and a public square. All of these elements create a new vision of cultural development through which access to these kinds of activities becomes a regular experience. There is an art gallery, a library, a toy library, and a bookshop. It also offers regularly free courses and workshops.
Cine Lido. Cineteca Nacional
Tamaulipas 202, Col. Condesa
http://www.cinetecanacional.net/
The history of Cine Lido began in 1942, with Charles Lee’s idea of creating a luxury theater with over 1,300 seats and a tower over 20 meters high. After a period of prosperity, it was remodeled during the 70s and it changed its name to Bella Época. The Centro Cultural Bella Época was first conceived during Consuelo Sáizar’s administration of the Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE).
In order to respect the origins of the place, part of its original infrastructure was preserved in a small theater used not just for film screening, but also for book presentations and children’s shows.
To reclaim the original spirit of the building where Centro Cultural Bella Época now stands, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Conaculta), FCE, and Cineteca Nacional established a collaboration agreement through which Cineteca Nacional will handle the administration of that small theater preserved in the cultural center.
Thus, Sala Lido will be integrated as part of Cineteca Nacional as a new decentralized film-screening space that will function with the high quality standards —in terms of programming as well as technical standards and service— characteristic of Cineteca Nacional. The titles will be screened in digital format.
Lumiere Reforma
Rio Guadalquivir 104, Col. Cuauhtémoc
http://www.cinemaslumiere.com/
Cinemas Lumiere began its activities in 1995, as a 100% Mexican film-screening chain. Later on, with the arrival in Mexico of the new multiple-screen theaters, Cinemas Lumiere began a revolutionary process that would change the traditional image of movie theaters to a state-of-the-art concept offering new services and adapting to changes in the market.
Lumiere Reforma is active in the promotion of culture screening movies for art-film lovers, showing film retrospectives and festivals, and premiering the most select films.