Violeta Cine

Despite a great effort, the professional development of Diego, Andres and Renee, university students, is affected due to a diversion of resources by the authorities.

Annya and Guillermo are aspiring actors entering adulthood in Tijuana: Guillermo works at a Call Center and Annya is an Uber driver. After a misunderstanding, Annya ends up accepting a ride from a director who has just returned to the city to produce his new film.

In a context with few possibilities of mobility, Diego and his mother are faced with the need to share time and space. Household chores and interviews accompany their routine, suddenly, a malfunctioning boiler interrupts life. Diego's girlfriend's birthday is coming up and with it several decisions to make.

In the heart of Tijuana, the Cine Libertad, the city’s first neighborhood cinema, reopens after 53 years of abandonment. Originally operating from 1954 to 1964, it becomes a focal point for the local community, where former workers and patrons unite to share their memories. Through personal photographs and newspaper clippings, they recount the microhistory of both the cinema and Colonia Libertad, illuminating the vibrant culture and urban movements that shaped their lives in this border town.

Mariel along with her brother, neighbors and friends in Las Cumbres, their neighborhood in Tijuana, plan how to defend their loved ones from a plague of narcos and alien thieves who are causing water shortages in their homes.