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During the weekend Julian takes care of his father Ramiro who is sick and close to his death. Ramiro looks to reconcile with his son after hurting him in the past for his sexual orientation. Although Julian keeps looking for his father’s acceptance, their personal desires will prevent them from mending the relationship, as neither can accept the other as he is.
Sep 2022
Carlos is a teenager who lives with his mother, Lily, waiting for Fernando, his father, who works as a truck driver. One weekend, Fernando comes home from work to try to take his place as the father of the family, while Carlos and Lily do everything they can to make him stay.
Oct 2025
SDL Estela is a woman who lives between reality and imagination inside a psychiatric hospital. The recurring apparitions of Diana, his daughter, will cause Estela to prepare to face her fate and finally accept the loss of Diana.
Juana, Mar, and Eduardo tell their stories of abuse.
Oct 2020
Sep 2024
When oil tankers went aground in the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico in Campeche, thousands of oil workers lost their payments and their rights.
Nov 2020
Don Gilberto is an older man who lives and works with his son Daniel, who has a physical disability. This is a common day in their lives, from the moment they wake up until they return from work.
Sep 2025
Sincho is a cruise ship clown who is evicted from his home without much money. He hallucinates about a lawyer who offers to help him. Homeless, Sincho decides to commit suicide rather than suffer on the streets.
Apr 2021
Dec 2024
At a rough construction, bricklayers begin their work day calmly and serenely, until they discover the heaviness that lies within them and the physical wear and tear that it involves. This same situation begins to fall on the workers so that everything begins to become encapsulated and become like a limbo.
Oct 2023
In a rusty world, a robot attempts to assemble its final creation.
Hipólita is a domestic worker who, like her mother before her, has worked in Samuel's enormous colonial house for decades. After Hipólita becomes aware of class differences and Samuel invades her privacy, she decides to take control of her work and her life.
Jan 2018
Joel has to escape from his hometown because they want to kill him. He goes on a journey across the ocean with a group of migrants who are smuggled by a man who calls himself Diablo.
Dec 2023
A nostalgic-night trip through Mexico City. Through the heels of Gloria and Eden we will wander through those places that come to life when the sun goes down, where gender is blurred, colors vibrate, and souls shine under neon lights.
Aug 2021
Bonifacio is a man caught between revolutionary and contemporary Mexico, struggling to find fulfillment in either era. Haunted by the death of his son and burdened by social upheavals, he navigates a life marked by unfulfilled dreams and persistent challenges.
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After a short vacation, Esther and Leonardo recall moments from their youth and their relationship before they became parents. As they get closer to the city, the coexistence becomes tense and Esther makes the decision to confess to Leonardo that she regrets being a mother.
Oct 2022
Pablo and Lucía, bound by a shared past, enter their first months of theater studies with high hopes—only for a single night to unravel everything. At a party, Lucía disappears from Pablo's life, leaving him grappling with her absence amidst friends, family, and the echoes of their dreams. As he drifts through memories and familiar places, Pablo begins to understand that Lucía saw the world with a unique insight, challenging him to rebuild his own path in the face of loss and rediscovery.
En mi piel is a self-portrait about the struggle between mind and body dealing with bulimia.
Aug 2024