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A young nurse with a domestic abuse past starts working the night shift at a small hospital, where, during the night, the ghost of a nurse materializes.
Dec 2024
A young artist named Massad doesn't know he has the power to talk to the spirits. When he faces the struggle of his community with a serious drought, he will have to become the spirit of the deer in order to save his loved ones embracing the powers of shaman.
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Toto and his friends must rescue his egg children after they're taken away for a gourmet food event in Africa.
Aug 2021
This is a special summer for ten-year-old Valeria, who lives in Mexico City with his family. Valeria is emotionally aware and is rocked by her first romance, the last stretch of childhood, and a forbidden love between her brother and her best friend. A beautiful and sunny coming-of-age film for older primary school children.
Aug 2023
Under the imposing snow-capped mountains of Utah, a Mexican family lives with the uncertainty of a loved one's disappearance.
Apr 2025
After the Cristero War in rural Mexico, a carpenter must carry the body of his young son across a devastated landscape haunted by the devil.
Mar 2025
Five men are hired to paint the yellow line the road between two villages in Mexico forgotten. Aboard an old pickup truck, initiated the work of more than two hundred kilometers of asphalt and yellow paint to be completed in less than a fortnight
Mar 2015
Lucía and Nico, the couple of the century, are about to say yes... although not with each other. It turns out that they both decided to get married on the same day and in the same place, but with other people.
Mar 2024
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.
Oct 2024
Lucía lives with an incurable disease, and Bruno was deported to Mexico with no place to sleep. An unexpected phone call brings them together in an emotional story of overcoming, reconstruction and hope.
Jan 2025
An actor's world comes crashing down after he learns that his wife has left him.
Aug 2016
Sofía makes a home-made video of her holidays travelling through the North Pacific coast with her friends Marielena and Clara. Marielena is obsessed with following the itinerary she made, but Sofia's irresponsibility and spontaneity force her to take new decisions. Meanwhile, Clara carries with the secret of a possible but doubtful pregnancy.
Mar 2018
This is a movie built from impericia, from misunderstanding, from surprise and mutual amazement; it is a film that reflects on the idea of community, the relationship of mankind with the environment in which nature, beasts and human beings depend on each other to continue inhabiting a barren land.
May 2020
A desperate mother contacts his son's ex-girlfriend to tell her that he's about to marry a wicked witch.
Dec 2022
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.
In a desperate bid to save her holistic center in Bali, Victoria returns to Mexico to sell the family home. However, confronting her adult children with the truth proves more challenging than she anticipated, forcing her to navigate a web of family dynamics and emotional complexities as she seeks to secure their future while grappling with her own aspirations.
A successful transgender actress and her lawyer husband decide to adopt a child, defying the conservative community in Argentina. But their attempt for a domestic happiness is thwarted when they visit the actress's hometown.
Oct 2025
In the rugged mountains of Oaxaca, young basketball players Bernabé, Tobías, and Aniceto battle systemic barriers to redefine their futures. Pushed by the demanding leadership of Sergio Zúñiga, they tackle every challenge head-on. With rising star Gustavo and the strategic guidance of trainer Sebastián, these determined athletes prove that grit, teamwork, and the power of dreams can transform not only their lives, but their entire community.
Mary travels from Honduras to the United States looking for her son, a migrant kidnapped in Mexico. Francisco, the dean of the Pesh community, fights against the extinction of the tropical forest. Both struggle against disappearance.
Feb 2024
Mexico City. Every day, Beatriz is insulted and humiliated by her jealous husband, but she does not flee his side because they have created a codependency and, at least for her, she would not conceive of her life any other way: by dint of feeling humiliated, she feels desired and desirable.
Sep 2019