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Polo and Domingo spend their last days together between Ciudad Mendoza and Cordoba, in Veracruz, Mexico, before Domingo moves to another city for college. Domingo has to say goodbye to his girlfriend, Mina; while Polo deals with his feelings towards his best friend in the little time they have left.
Jun 2013
Julián is a single father, who will try everything to give his daughter Renata, a very special birthday present. Meanwhile, he will realize Renata's mother is further he thought.
Jan 2024
Oct 2024
Nina, a young actress who finds herself in an emotional turmoil during her opening night, struggles with a rehearsal that challenges her limits.
Dec 2024
Distrito Federal, 1973. In a seedy pool hall, the destiny between Gaspar, a young man thriving to his death, intertwines with the destiny of Bibiana, a wealthy girl with curiosity for the underworld.
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Lourdes is almost 24, works at a casting agency and takes care of her handicapped father, since her mother abandoned them years ago without explanation. Strange for her age and despite the advice of her best friend Victoria, Lourdes has never had a boyfriend or a kiss, just an internet flirt. One day, her mother returns home, reopening old wounds
Mar 2011
Omar, a Mexican migrant working in Canada, is the only bilingual worker at his factory. One day, he is ordered to translate devastating news for his colleague Joaquín. The news? The death of Joaquín's son.
Sep 2025
Surrounded by soap and water: a workday for two women in a steam bath. Surrounded by a crowd of naked men and secrets whispered behind these curtains of steam, Alma and Ha are forced to reveal their own truth.
Oct 2023
A young woman re-visits her past by fixing an old house her father left her after his death. Soon, she will learn not to burry her past, while meeting a little girl called Mariana.
Dec 2021
During a developing session in a photography darkroom, a young man's life will take an unexpected turn when as he reviews some negatives.
Sep 2024
"El Emblema", a retired wrestler completely unwilling to let go his profession, steps into the ring one last time to confront his own reality and frustration.
Apr 2024
Inside a room full of plants, a woman finds shelter from the outside world. Submerged in delirium, Alba experiences her withering.
Oct 2022
Martha is a 75-year old woman who lives alone in a social interest house in the outskirts of Mexico City. Martha decides to end her life. Her thrilling journey towards death, will surprisingly lead her, for the first time, to life.
Mar 2010
Leonardo de Santiago, a former film student, promises to make a masterpiece of contemporary cinema, however, pride could cause a disaster on his set.
Dec 2022
A flamenco dancer who grapples with stress and anxiety faces a critical decision point where she must choose whether surrender to her emotions or rise above them and take control.
Jun 2024
A man re-visits his past by going to the childhood house where he and his brother grew up in.
Second short film by Andrea Campos, about a teenager who tries to combat her mother's compulsive alcoholism with the help of her stepfather. Kind of experimental.
After Victoria, a young woman with anger issues, attacks her best friend by biting off a chunk of his face, she must confess what happened to her mother in order to try to find a solution to her behavior, even if it forces her to confront a beast just as dangerous as she is.
Jun 2025
Ada, an 8-year-old girl, longs to remember her late grandmother Totó's voice and finds solace in her spiritual presence in the family home, where she discovers she can hear her in a different way.
Black drops fall from the water faucets, peek through the drains, and flood the city. Sisters Paula and Teresa, cornered in their apartment, can do nothing but observe as that strange substance takes hold of their lives. Hypnotized, with nowhere to go, they come into contact with the liquid. Gradually, reality begins to distort and they get lost in it.