Guanajuato, Mexico: Outdoor Movies at the ExpresiГіn en Corto International Film Festival

The Expresión en Corto International Film Festival -- held annually since 1997 during the final week of July in Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico -- is a free, state-sponsored event drawing more than 77,000 attendees and receiving over 1,500 submissions from 88 countries. Over 400 films screen across 18 venues simultaneously, running from 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. each day, with no admission charged to the public.

Its outdoor venues are its most distinctive feature. Screenings take place at the main square of San Miguel de Allende, the classical open-air staircase of the University of Guanajuato, the subterranean streets and tunnels beneath the city, the Museum of the Mummies of Guanajuato, and both municipal cemeteries -- horror films in the mummy museum and underground screenings in the city's tunnels among the festival's most memorable experiences.