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Two women meet, wander and experience together a city that unveils different places and a connection beyond them.
Oct 2022
After ten years as an undocumented immigrant, Chuy is deported and must return to the small fishing village in Sinaloa where he was born. Drugs and the cartel have taken over the place, and everyone endures life accustomed to violence. Chano, his first love, is now a feared hitman. In the midst of this hostile environment, their romance rekindles, and Chuy must choose between Chano and the life he truly wishes to live.
Oct 2025
Africa, a trans woman dedicated to musical representation and comic entertainment on Facebook exhibits her daily life through live broadcasts, having success and a large influx of viewers. This while she is getting ready for her special program in honor of her best friend Vicenta de Loris, since a year has passed since her life was taken from her.
Jul 2023
A young man prepares to start reading a book in the middle of the night. As he reads, he realizes that the events of the novel seem to have a strange link with reality. Unexpectedly, he will have to face the dangers of fiction invading his environment.
Paula, a lonely girl, lives with her older sister, who cares for her seriously ill mother. In the turmoil of her family's critical situation, Paula imagines a girl identical to herself who will help her face her reality and get closer to her mother before it's too late.
Aug 2025
The vertiginous progress of modernity has caused the spaces that humanity previously inhabited, now remain forgotten.
Sep 2018
Ana, a debutante actress, flees minutes before the premiere of her play due to an anxiety attack. Inside a café, she meets David, who, in an attempt to cheer her up, captivates her with the story of the 1950 World Cup final, Brazil versus Uruguay.
Apr 2026
Eddie is an old rock'n'roller who lives tormented by his memories, which make him unable to live in the present.
Nov 2012
Samuel is a taxidermist commissioned to dissect a fish, however, he begins to be stalked by his Neighbor, who seems to be plotting something terrible against him. Samuel becomes obsessed with this idea, and little by little he will unravel the truth of his harassment, without knowing that this will lead him to a destiny wrapped in horrors, blood and cosmic delusions.
Nov 2023
Vera and David kiss and undress clumsily and passionately to "watch a movie". Once the "movie" is over, David interrupts her with a terryfing image that threatens their future. Bad latex or human error?
Aug 2020
Sound progression of two opposite landscapes.
Mar 2020
In this deeply moving dialogue between mother and son, Mexican Tzotzil director Xun Sero confronts his past with honesty, understanding and forgiveness. Growing up without a father, he blamed his mother for the paternal absence in his life; this, for him, became his first act of violence against the feminine and his own mother. Societal pressure and shame prevented his mother from speaking about the realities of violence in her childhood and within her partnership with the director's father. Guided by the desire to understand who his mother is, Sero has created an extraordinarily sensitive first film where both mother and son open a dialogue in an attempt at self-discovery. Bravely, together, they open the door to a room of darkness and unknowns and begin to walk down a path of healing.
Sep 2023
Chanting saved Domitila from a deadly fever. From that moment on, she started using her voice as a spiritual bridge to pray for the souls of the dead in her native town: San Miguel Pocitos, Puebla.
Oct 2020
A search sparked by the eternal struggle between faith and the fear of death. Toro traces the spiritual journey of Julián, a young man bound to the inherited fate of the bullfighting ritual.
Esteban is practicing for a recital that will define his future as a pianist, while he faces the pressure imposed by his mother.
Nov 2020
Mina falls in love with Ama, the girl of her dreams. Mina seeks contact with her at the risk of being caught by her boyfriend and thus losing the opportunity to be with the one she really loves.
Jul 2017
The art of votive offerings is fading, and with it, its creators, the retableros. We will witness the work of some of these last artisans, masters of a craft deeply rooted in tradition, religious and social identity in Mexico; they will tell us about their lives, their work, and their future.
Nov 2025
Through a choral diversity of testimonies, the documentary explores the myth of the axolotl, transporting us from the story of a chinampero whose lifestyle reflects the environmental decay of Mexico City, to the efforts of a group of scientists racing against the consequences of the extinction of our symbols and ecological heritage.
Aug 2024
A trip that the author makes to a distant beach trying to find the place where his grandfather made a painting years ago.