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Browse 45 movies from SAE Institute
Amos, delving into his past, embarks on a journey to relive the conversations he shared with his late friend Vogel. In these nostalgic reunions, Amos immerses himself in memories that hold the unique essence of their relationship. As the memories unfold, an intriguing mystery is unveiled: the encrypted question Vogel sought to answer, "How long do clouds live?".
Oct 2024
Nohemí and Mary are two women resisting structural violence in Ciudad Juárez. United by pain and hope, both mothers find inspiration to move their families forward. The dragonfly, a symbol they share, embodies their resilience and capacity for change.
Aug 2026
After experiencing several nightmares in which his mother dies, Diego begins to question the truth of his reality. When he realizes that the nightmares are actually memories, Diego must decide whether to stay with his mother in this reality or return to the reality where she no longer exists.
Sep 2026
A family gathers and sells waste. One day, the mother finds a cylinder in an abandoned hospital and takes it home. The family situation becomes worse when, without them realizing it, the cylinder begins to change them from within.
Feb 2017
Ramón grew up in the shadow of his father's expectation. Now being a father and accompanied by his son, he returns to the places that determined his way of being, to confront the relationship he had with his late father and heal the relationship with his son.
Apr 2022
At his birthday party, a young introvert must confront his family's conservative ideals when his boyfriend unexpectedly shows up.
Nov 2025
After a mysterious tarot reading from a client, Mina, who works in a photographic development studio, decides to fulfill her fantasy.
Jul 2022
Barbaro arrives at the airport to meet his parents when an immigration officer stops him and questions his intention to enter the Netherlands.
Sep 2015
After failing to help stock a warehouse, a blue jaguar finds a place that connects with her origins.
Aug 2022
Ariadna, an elderly woman, is overwhelmed by the pressure of leaving her sister in a nursing home, without having enough money. After robbing a supermarket for the first time, Ariadna will find an escape from the weight of caring for a family member with dementia.
Sep 2024
Emma Yesica Duvali, a 61-year-old trans woman, returns to the stage and recalls the transcendental moments that marked her life: her childhood, her first jobs, the police violence she faced during the times of Negro Durazo and how she became a vedette. A journey through time through Yesica's memory and the nightlife of theaters and cabarets in Mexico in the eighties.
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A man struggles with insomnia, guilt and his doppelgänger, because of an event that he has erased from his memory but not from his conscience.
Primos is a story of binaries, leaded by fantastic apes. A tale of two visions of one place. Matter and spirit come together to transform the nature of these apes.
Jun 2018
We embark on the journey back to Hugo Arellanes' home (Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero). Through this introspective journey, Hugo explores racism in Mexico and, together with Beatriz Amaro and Aleida Violeta, reveals how the Afro community has been "whitewashed" in the country. They show us how this invisibility has led to the oblivion of Afro-descendant heroes in Mexico's independence and the cover-up of the history of slavery in the territory.
Apr 2024
Guanajuato, 1900. Fermín suffers from a serious illness that attempts to kill him. As a result of an experience that changes the way he appreciates his life, he will do anything to avoid dying.
Jan 2019
One day inside the ice rink, Marina sees a strange flash that takes her back to the memory of her mother. From that day on, Marina clings to training day and night to feel her mother closer, even if it means that her social and family life gradually falls apart. Marina must let go of the past to regain control of her life.
Jack is an Ex-Detective turned Hitman, who has recently been hired for a job from Clara, who seeks revenge for the murdered of her Husband Mario. The story all unfolds during a match of poker, as each players gets eliminated, Only two remain.
Feb 2024
A space castaway man loses his wife in an accident and dedicates a large part of his life to looking for her, until he receives a signal that seems to come from her, which makes the search resume.
Jan 2018
The beginning of a teenager's sexual life triggered an eating disorder. Through memories and emotions, he explores how these changes affected his body perception, his mental well-being, and his relationship with his partner.
Oct 2025
The blue butterfly, the only one known in the world, is the sacred symbol of the community to which Alonso, the army colonel who defends it, belongs. Alonso goes on the hunt because his convictions and those of his community are threatened by a subdivision of the army that fled led by Gabriel, his best friend, who claims to have found a new meaning in another butterfly of another color.