Puerto Vallarta Film Festival 2009

Visitors to Puerto Vallarta are accustomed to the fantastic beaches, gorgeous Puerto Vallarta hotels and exciting activities, and from December 2-6, 2009 they can add movie-going and star-gazing to their vacation plans.  The sixth annual Puerto Vallarta Film Festival kicks off December 2, bringing full length films and documentaries from Hollywood and around the world to the Cinemark Theater in Plaza Caracol.

The festival was founded in 2004 by Robert James Roessel and since then it has continued to grow and thrive, bringing talented film makers and noted actors to the beautiful shores of Mexico.  The program for this year’s Puerto Vallarta Film Festival includes the animated feature from Wes Anderson “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”, with an all-star line up of voices including  George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Bill Murray.  The movie is based on the children’s novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, creator of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach and many other childhood favourites.  Other films being featured in this year’s festival include “Law Abiding Citizen” with Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” starring a great cast (Heath Ledger, Collin Farrell, Jude Law, and Johnny Depp) and “Down for Life” starring Danny Glover and Kate del Castillo.  For a complete list of films, please visit the Puerto Vallarta Film Festival website.

Puerto Vallarta is located in the state of Jalisco on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.  International cultural productions continue to grow throughout Mexico and the Puerto Vallarta Film Festival 2009 is an important event for the state of Jalisco.  Film, art, music and culture have always been vital to the people of Mexico and it is exciting to see the international community taking note.  Dtraveller wishes the organizers of the PV Film Fest much great success for this year and for many years to come.