Arte 7

Marcela is a young woman who lives in Mexico City, where she makes her living teaching ballroom dancing. Everything seems to be fine in her little world: she is hoping to start her own dance academy and has romantic plans. However, one day she finds out that something strange is happening at her parents house: an underground and latent discomfort grows week by week. Gloria, her mother, seems absent, talking about strange events far from her daily routine and experiencing memory lapses. Almost at the same time, Nacho, Marcela's father, loses his job and, with it, his self esteem. Marcela forgets about her own needs choosing instead to concentrate on her parents troubles and reestablishing family harmony.

Iliteracy today seems to be a small problem globally, but it is hell for the individual illiterate that struggles alone in a hyper communicative era.

After her first hit of LSD, everything changed, reality was never the same. Martina's mind witnessed other dimensions and her life took a brighter path.

Is the story of a generation of thieves who achieved their greatest victories in the sixties; their distinctive code of ethics, the various categories of delinquents inhabiting the city’s streets, their alliances with high ranking police officials that allowed them to operate, the betrayals that followed, and the price they ended up paying.

Carmen, a woman in her twenties, records videos every day for her deceased mother. As a way of processing her absence, she captures what remains of their relationship in the echoes of daily life. One day, a new neighbor moves in next door — Carita, a 10-year-old girl, along with her mother, Amalia, who has begun to show signs of memory loss. Carita also records videos every day, but hers are for a father she has never met. From the very beginning, Carmen and Carita spy on each other through their cameras, building a silent bond. One night, Carita discovers a hole in the closet of her room. When she crawls through it, she finds herself inside Carmen’s apartment.

Pablo and Marina wake up in a hotel room and then travel the country together, she accompanies him while he is in the process of writing a traveler's guide. Pablo is a married man with two daughters, while Marina is a college student. During the journey they pass through different points in the relationship, sometimes in full disagreement.

Patricio’s (Bruno Bichir) wife has asked for a divorce, he can’t see his daughter and he has lost millions of dollars. Talk about a streak of bad luck! His eccentric friend offers him a room in a mansion that houses resident artists. There he meets Natalia (Karla Coronado), a young woman in charge of the mansion’s organic garden, with whom he establishes a relationship. A video installation about nuclear war will help him find his way again.

Erick travels with his father to the beach after the death of his mother; in that place he will find a sea shell, through which he will hear her voice.

A man drifts through echoes of a past he refuses to let go of, reliving joyful moments with someone who is no longer in his life. Laughter and games become his escape, shielding him from the truth. But as time moves forward, the line between past and present begins to blur until he’s forced to face what he’s been avoiding.

A boy and his dog are home alone. As they sleep soundly, they wake up to live a nightmare.

May, a teenage girl wakes up on May 17th expecting a visitor. She gets ready, cleans her room and prepares food for two, but the visitor never arrives. The only thing that accompanies her is a tall, indistinguishable black figure that lingers in the corners of her house.

Aldo is a teen who fights against an emotion that consumes him, preventing him from enjoying his life and his passions. When he finally decides to take action to improve his day, he discovers that he has to fight with more than just a feeling.

A sensory journey through the daily life of some regions of the Mexican Republic. Jumping from one city to another, the image weaves a journey that seems more and more historical than geographical.