Huezo's Galerna Wins Top Prize at Impulso Morelia

Tatiana Huezo's fiction feature Galerna won the top José María Riba Award at the 12th Impulso Morelia, the pix-in-post industry section of the Morelia Film Festival, according to Variety. The section ran Oct. 18-20 during the festival, which closes Oct. 25.

The José María Riba Award is presented by Cinépolis Distribution and Profest 2026 and grants 250,000 pesos (about $14,740) for post-production and/or promotion. Galerna is Huezo's second fiction feature, following Prayers for the Stolen, and follows two casting directors traveling through remote Mexico in search of natural actors for a sci-fi film.

Alonso Garibay and Alejandro Bernal's documentary Homeboys received a Special Mention and an in-kind post-production award from Caffeine. The film also won the Eugenio Polgovsky award of 100,000 pesos (about $5,340.83). Homeboys centers on Roberto Hernández, known as Mr. Lucky, who founded a shelter for deported people.

Caffeine selected Galerna, All the Water in the World and Homeboys for in-kind services valued at over $20,000 (387,000 pesos) in total. Estudios Splendor Omnia chose the documentaries Raká and Katechon for in-kind services at its facilities in Tepoztlán, Morelos.

Earlier recognition for Galerna

Galerna recently won the Egeda Platino Industria Award at the San Sebastian Festival, where it took part in the WIP Latin America competition. Huezo first gained acclaim for the documentaries Tempestad and The Tiniest Place, both produced by Pimienta Films.