IMCINE CineMX Yearbook: Open and Historical Dataset

Context

The CineMX Yearbook of the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE) constituted one of the most valuable public resources to audit, study, and research the state of cinema in Mexico. In late September 2025, I carried out an exhaustive data extraction (web scraping) process of the site in order to analyze thematic trends in Mexican films.

On January 27, 2026, the official online platform that allowed interactive query of these historical files was unexpectedly taken down. In order to prevent the loss of this historical information and encourage cultural and public data analysis, I decided to consolidate and open everything extracted through a public repository on GitHub.