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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
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 story about the families of those that once were our witnesses, our eyes and our voice, but were threatened, had to leave Mexico and forced to live in exile, seeking for political asylum. It is not about powerful journalists, it is about invisible reporters that represent the weakest links of the news network’s chain and now are living in an immigration limbo.
Oct 2015
An actor's world comes crashing down after he learns that his wife has left him.
Aug 2016
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
After suffering a violent incident, a woman decides to become a vigilante, defending every woman who has suffered from physical or psychological abuse.
Oct 2018
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
A tale about the fragile lives of four characters during a month of their lives. One of them, Ana, is waiting for a kidney donor.
Jul 2017
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
A family is left adrift after the father's departure. Mother and children will have to grow and let go of their fears in order to survive.
Mar 2019
A successful transgender actress decided to adopt a child with her lawyer husband . She juggles her career, marriage, and the adoption in pursuit of domestic happiness, all while trying to embrace her flaws and contradictions and also claim and defend her right to ambition, desire, and security. But that pursuit is eventually thwarted when they visit the actress's hometown.
Oct 2025
Built on a lake and reshaped over centuries, Mexico City is a metropolis defined by water—scarce, overwhelming, and ever-present. Through its streets and its people, the film explores how this fragile relationship continues to shape a city that floods, thirsts, and slowly sinks.
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Diana, a 24-year-old woman, spends her pandemic days confined to her apartment. She becomes an observer of the couple living across from her, initially witnessing a loving relationship that starkly contrasts with her own isolation. However, as the lockdown drags on, the couple’s situation begins to unravel, revealing hidden tensions and changing the course of their relationship.
Sep 2024
After her sister’s mysterious death, Rebeca uncovers an urban legend about a cursed video game that unleashes a deadly entity. As the line between myth and reality dissolves, she must confront the evil before it claims her and her friends.
Jul 2026
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
Under the imposing snow-capped mountains of Utah, a Mexican family lives with the uncertainty of a loved one's disappearance.
At a pivotal moment in her singing career, Rocío discovers that her mother is ill and that her final wish is to meet with her again before she dies. After evading the past for 10 years, Rocío returns to her hometown from where she was once expelled. When confronting her family, she comes to understand that forgiveness is the key that will allow her to realize her full potential.
May 2018
In the midst of countless social incidents and deep internal battles, Juliana, an Otomi farmer, obtains one of the best harvests of her life: the triumph of her will.
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