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Mexico’s most prominent film festival, the Guadalajara International Film Festival (Ficg) lived up to its renown, scoring massive attendance for its milestone 40th edition, which wrapped June 14.

Led by festival director Estrella Araiza, the annual film event in Mexico’s second largest city reported 29,599 screening admissions, 7,209 participants in masterclasses and panels, and 1,473 accredited guests and industry professionals. Its inauguration fiesta alone, which featured live music and Lucha Libre, is said to have lured up to 3,500 attendees.

With the new genre cinema sidebar this year, won by Germán Tejada’s “The Innocents,” the festival marked 10 competitive sections. The Iberoamerican section was dominated by Brazil, with Best Fiction Film going to Gabriel Mascaro’s Berlin Special Jury prizewinner “The Blue Trail” and Anna Muylaert’s “The Best Mother in the World,” winning Best Screenplay, Cinematography and Performance for lead Shirley Cruz. The latter, sold worldwide by The Match Factory, won at...

Just like last year, the 2014 Daytime Emmy acting reels are being made available for public viewing online. The roundup of episode submissions continues with Best Younger Actress. I've watched all five; will "Bold and the Beautiful" star Linsey Godfrey's comic reel stand out in a category full of tears? -Break- Daytime Emmy nominees reveal episodes submitted to judges Length of Reel: 9:16 Synopsis: Caroline Spencer (Godfrey) watches an episode of her friend Rafael's (Andy Zuno) web series "Room 8" and gives him suggestions for how to make it more sexually provocative. But she has an ulterior motive: she's trying to make her ex-boyfriend Rick jealous. Analysis: There are no tears of anguish in Godfrey's submission. The actress is trying a different strategy, submitting a mostly comic episode in a field full of high drama. She's front and center for nearly the entire reel, acting out a...