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Browse 98 movies from Fomento al Cine Mexicano (FOCINE)
Manuel is desperate to save his wife from death. A mysterious man appears to him one day at church, convincing him to go to a Healer who can help her.
Nov 2025
Corina is 20 years old and does not leave her house except to work in a publishing house located in the neighborhood where she lives. After making a serious mistake with the end of the company's most famous book saga, Corina must overcome her fears with the help of Carlos and embark on a journey in search of a mysterious writer to save her job and that of her colleagues.
Jan 2025
A horror story that intertwines four tales on a fishing island in Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, where an evil lake spirit haunts the inhabitants, casting a dark shadow over their lives.
Apr 2025
In the late 80s Mexico, a family made up of seven women from different generations and ideologies fights to save the house in which they live and which they are about to lose due to an outstanding debt. We see the story through the eyes of the youngest, Roberta (8), as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery, which impacts the rest of the family.
May 2026
At 75 years old, Ricardo has problems balancing his job as a janitor at an elementary school and the care his wife requires in a wheelchair. Since it is impossible for him to survive on the pension he would receive, he must continue working and the conflict with a student will end up causing him to lose everything.
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Dalia discovers that her husband has vanished without a trace. As her life and her job as a subway driver begin to collapse, the violent indifference of her environment engulfs her in a dark tunnel that seems to lead nowhere.
Mar 2025
Eduardo, an 18-year-old kid from a small village in Jalisco, travels to Guadalajara. In this big and strange city, away from the eyes of his parents, he experiences his first encounters in love and sex.
Socorro is a lawyer obsessed with finding the soldier who killed her brother during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. When she receives a crucial clue about the soldier’s whereabouts fifty years after her brother’s death, Socorro embarks on a reckless mission for revenge.
Dec 2024
Few know José Ignacio Solórzano—a balding man with everyday troubles like money and marriage. But everyone knows Jis, the beloved cartoonist whose humor and art have left a mark on the country. Mollusk tells the story of both, exploring how creativity and laughter can help overcome life’s challenges.
Oct 2025
During the summer, thirteen-year-old Sofia moves to the country house, where her cousin Cristina is waiting for her to spend the vacations. During these days of games and discoveries, the two will be immersed in a love triangle with a man almost twenty years older. Its outcome will mark the passage from puberty to adolescence for both of them.
Oct 2022
A graffiti artist and a punk band singer meet amidst a profound social crisis. With revolutionary and idealistic visions for a fairer world, they bond over music and street art, using them as their weapons. Innocent and determined, they demand justice, but their defiance attracts the wrath of three corrupt policemen. After beating him and kidnapping her, they ignite the unimaginable fury of someone who has nothing left to lose.
Mar 2026
In the 1970s, Mexican bishop Sergio Méndez Arceo boldly confronts the Inquisition and defies Latin American dictatorships, striving to ignite a global spiritual revolution.
Apr 2026
Set of stories of couples who sign either their love or death sentence. Intimate, specific and diverse situations that give a panorama of the vast terrain of love relationships. Life is not the opposite of death, but rather its intermediate point. The opposite of death is love, because that is where the human being is more alive than ever.
Sep 2025
In the almost deserted town of La Raya, a mysterious refrigerator appears out of nowhere. Sotera Santos and her friend Eric see an opportunity to make a fortune by selling it. However, the fridge soon starts unveiling strange and enigmatic phenomena to those who approach it. As Sotera grapples with these unsettling occurrences, she must also face the painful reality that her mother might not return to take her to the United States, and that perhaps her departure from La Raya is not yet meant to be.
Feb 2026
With his single mother consumed by demanding work, young Pedro seeks comfort in the warm company of funeral home employees. Amidst the quiet of this unusual setting, it's Samo, the compassionate embalmer, who guides Pedro through the chaos of school life and the tender stirrings of first love.
Jul 2025
A photographer is murdered after taking photos of a group of kidnapped students. A politician involved in the events is forced to lie in a false official speech.
October 2nd, 1968. Ana witnesses the cold blood killing of Fernanda, her best friend, by an undercover soldier. After surviving the shooting she decides to avenge her friend. Everything unfolds between imaginary time leaps between 1968 and the current era.
Sep 2024
Carlos moves into his new home that borders the river. Soon, he discovers things begin to go missing from his backyard and the person responsible is a man who has decided to camp behind his property.
The life of Rayenari changes when the poet Antonin Artaud arrives to his village seeking the spiritual knowledge of the Tarahumara. Rayenari introduces him to the Peyote ceremony. However, the poet abandons the ritual and loses his soul. Sometime later, Rayenari discovers through dreams that Artaud has been committed to a mental hospital. It will be through this connection that Rayenari will help his friend to recover what he lost.
Jun 2024
In mid-90s Mexico City, five young siblings are left in the care of their grandmother after their parents suddenly disappear. As they fight to survive, the line between reality and something darker starts to blur. The grandmother, haunted by eerie visions and deepening fears, becomes more distant, while the children’s grip on reality begins to unravel. After a clash with their neighbors, the siblings withdraw even further into isolation, cutting themselves off from the outside world.