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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
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
Juana, Mar, and Eduardo tell their stories of abuse.
Oct 2020
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.
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In a rusty world, a robot attempts to assemble its final creation.
Sep 2024
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
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
On a quiet night in Mexico City, Natalia visits her boyfriend Diego to lose his virginity with him, as agreed. As they explore their ideas about love, sex, and innocence, their adolescent concerns lead them to confront and mature in ways they did not expect.
Jun 2019
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
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
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
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
Dec 2024
Iván is a teenager who loves fighting video games and is attracted to Demian. He has decided to take the plunge and tell him how he feels, so he visits him at the arcade where he works. However, the owner of the place has archaic rules that they will have to contend with.
Apr 2025
The film introduces us to Faby and her family, who keep alive the memory of Yosi, a young dreamer from Xalapa who disappeared. His cousin Diego rescues the notes he left written on his wall and turns them into a song. Faby, his mother, hears the music that preserves his memory for the first time.
Selah, a fish with a body, decides to bring soups to her mouse friend living in the dumpster. However, during her journey, the soups fall, triggering a repetition of events.