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Crowds in Morelia struggle to get tickets for Del Toro film screening
People queued from before dawn in Morelia, Mexico, hoping to get tickets for a screening of Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth.”
The film is scheduled to screen at the Teatro Mariano Matamoros on Sunday, October 18, as part of the Morelia International Film Festival.
The screening marks 20 years since the film’s 2006 premiere, which was also held at the festival in Morelia.
Many people in the queue were told at the theater that most tickets had already sold through the online system, leaving them frustrated and without seats.
One person in line said she was told 30% of the seats may still be released, possibly on Sunday morning.
Del Toro is expected to attend, adding to the interest among residents, visitors and journalists.
The screening reconnects the film with the festival where it first premiered, but the sources do not confirm when or how the remaining seats will be made available.
Crowds formed outside the Teatro Mariano Matamoros in Morelia from at least 5:30 a.m. on October 16, hoping to buy tickets for a screening of Guillermo del Toro’s El laberinto del fauno.
The film is scheduled to screen at the theater on Sunday, October 18, as part of the Morelia International Film Festival.
Most people in line were told they could not buy tickets because most had already sold through the online system.
A woman in the queue said 98 people were ahead of her when she arrived at 7 a.m. and that practically none got tickets.
People were told that 30% of the seats remained to be released, possibly on the morning of the screening.
- Who
- People hoping to see the film, including Morelia residents, tourists and festival attendees.
- What
- Crowds struggled to obtain tickets for a screening of Guillermo del Toro’s El laberinto del fauno.
- When
- People were queuing from at least 5:30 a.m. on Friday, October 16, 2026. The screening is scheduled for Sunday, October 18.
- Where
- Outside the Teatro Mariano Matamoros in central Morelia, Michoacán.
- Why
- The screening marks the film’s 20th anniversary and is scheduled as part of the 24th Morelia International Film Festival, with Del Toro expected to attend.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
El laberinto del fauno had its Mexican premiere at the Morelia International Film Festival.
People began lining up outside the Teatro Mariano Matamoros to seek tickets.
People in line were told most tickets had already sold through the online system.
The film is scheduled to screen at the theater, with some remaining seats possibly to be released that morning.
- Film
- El laberinto del fauno
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
- Venue
- Teatro Mariano Matamoros, Morelia
- Scheduled screening
- October 18, 2026
- Festival
- 24th Morelia International Film Festival
- Seats remaining
- 30% reportedly still to be released
What people are saying
When I arrived at seven in the morning, there were 98 people ahead of me. Practically none got tickets.
There was a man who was truly furious.
He wanted to break the theater’s windows.