Discoveries from Mexico World Cinema

A woman has a premonition of her mother's brutal murder.

Three people live in the same building: An anxious teenager, a girl who wants to be kidnapped by a prince, and a maid who wants to explore eroticism.

Pedro Montaño receives a proposal from his friend El Negro to rob the mafia and make easy money. Pedro accepts because he needs the money to cure his wife. This unleashes a war with mobsters like Don Lucio and other criminal organizations that will defend their territories and interests, thus creating the 'New Mafia'.

A once-wealthy dreamer arrives in Mexico City, hoping for a fresh start. However, the relentless chaos of the city overwhelms him, pulling him into a spiral of misfortune that leads to poverty and the grip of alcoholism.

Aniela and Oscar, a murderous couple united by a distorted love full of horrors, lives in paranoia after discovering that Cynthya, one of their victims, survived.

A beautiful young woman, adopted as a child by a man, falls in love with her stepfather and wants to conceive a child with him.

Biographical documentary short film about the life and work of the Mexican printmaker Leopoldo Méndez.

Iván and his friends attend a spiritual retreat to bring some peace to their lives, but strange and violent events start taking place.

Mexican feature film

Rich entomologist René is accepted by a group of young rebels on the condition that they organize parties with his money. One day he proposes a game in which each one must get rid of the most valuable thing they have.

After a tragic incident, Diego decides to move in with his cousin Sara. There, he reconnects with Jonathan, an old friend with whom he shares a peculiar bond.

Josefina, a young yoga instructor, joins the daily life of San Rosendo, a small town in the south of Chile that seems frozen in time, to ask about the fate of her father, Manuel, whom she never met.

At the bottom of the sea, a statue tries to rise to the surface to breathe.

After a tragic loss, Ivan becomes obsessed with the personality of the elephants, which they say, never forget.

Show y ya! is a presentation of Franco Escamilla in the National Auditorium, a show with jokes not heard, a unique show and produced especially for cinema. Have fun and laugh with Franco Escamilla.

His limitless imagination and effortless transformations add up to a night of unpredictable character-driven comedy.

The breathtaking sights and sounds of Mexico's lush Pacific coast come alive in this captivating comedy-drama shot in the isolated seaside village of Yelapa. Join four offbeat travelers hunting for romantic adventure, hidden cash, a mysterious father, and the mythic sorceror, "Don Juan," made famous in books by Carlos Castaneda. Featuring a cast of North American actors and Yelapa locals and an original soundtrack recorded by members of the David Grisman Band, Tito Puente, Van Morrison, The Robert Gray Band -- and the grammy-winning CARLOS SANTANA Band.

A bullfighter is about to strike the last and deadly blow to a bull that is tired but does not plan to give up. At the decisive moment, the bull will dodge the lethal blow, which will allow him to decide what to do with his seemingly defeated opponent.

Rom-com anthology movie with three anecdotes.

Juan Gabriel's historic live concert at the El Palacio de Bellas Artes, recorded on May 9-12th, 1990.

A few crooks escape prison during a transfer of criminals and decide to hide in a church where they pretend to be priests. Ironically, they never suspected that the true priests dedicated themselves to trafficking with sculptures from the church and thus becoming the most wanted delinquents of the region.

My father, an agronomist with a lifelong passion for photography, embarks together with me on the creation of his first photobook, drawn from a visual legacy built over decades of captured moments.

Commander Lara must be HARD AND FURIOUS to be able to capture a gang of criminal gangsters. His life will be at risk again, but this commander is determined to clean the world of crime and injustice, and he won't stop until he captures the malefactors and wipe them out. An explosive and furious movie, full of amazing action that will put you on the edge. Best Mexican action movie of recent times.

A journey above and below the sea, portraying the charm and diversity of the waters of northwest Mexico. A team of urban documentary filmmakers and divers set sail for several weeks on a boat, The Sandman, and discover the unexplored: surprisingly large and friendly creatures, waters teeming with life, beauty, and movement concentrated in natural reserves of the Gulf of California and the Pacific, unique in the world.

A young peasant girl must protect a newborn from the tlahuelpuchis, nocturnal witches who feed on innocent blood.

A dysfunctional young couple argues after their sex session.

An old peasant faces the dispossession of his land, inheriting the final lesson of life to his only granddaughter.

"La noche de los muertos" was a 2002 non-hosted Mexican direct to video horror anthology movie, with several stories of the macabre and horror; with ghosts, haunted houses and zombies.

When LA police detective Valerio (Salvador Pineda) finds his wife Cecilia (Patricia Rivera) doing cocaine with her lover Tim (Roberto Palazuelos)—he calls her a “Perra” (bitch) and makes it clear he’s done with her.

A journalist filming his 1st documentary when he meets CESAR MAYO, witness of the absolution of the murderer of his son. Cesar proposes that Iker film the preparation and execution of a revenge killing. Iker accepts with the goal of filming the preparation, but of stopping the crime before it actually takes place. Iker investigates the case of the murdered youth and the strange circumstances surrounding it. Meanwhile Cesar fine tunes his plan to manipulate the penal code to eliminate or at least minimize any punishment for the crime he is planning, so as to show how justice is an illusion. As he designs the plan to avenge himself on Fabian Arias, the alleged killer of his son, he uses the penal code and his plans for a legal defense to decide the form, timing and manner in which he will carry out his version of Justice.

Subsistance-farmer emigrates to the city in search of opportunity, loses contact with his wife and children.

The return of Luisa to the house where she worked as Marta's maid is the trigger for a long confession, in which truth and lies are inseparable. The film confronts, with moderation and subtlety, the closed and welcoming status of a society lady, with the barbarous and primitive thinking of her ex-maid who has visited her for one night, and shows what seemed like an inconsequential encounter. little by little it becomes a ritual of death.

A doctor performs euthanasia inside his car. His new patient seems unsure of her decision, so the two spend the night together. Adrián tries to convince Marina to move on with her life, but the conversation convinces her to end the last night of her life.

Based on Elena Garro's short story, it's a story where love and loneliness are linked through a hotel room, where a woman awaits for an old and impossible love.

When his town is devastated by a flood, a young boy takes it upon himself to seek the help of the president. He meets a variety of characters along the way, not all of whom are eager to help. The road to salvation for his little community becomes one of discovery as he learns to distinguish truth from deceit in director Mauricio de la Serna's charming fable. Antonio Aguilar, Antonio Carlos Pereira and Angela Maria star.

A group of mexican high school students spent their time at parties and outside of school practicing skateboard, drinking an doing drugs.

Morgana is a Mexican transgender opera singer with a dream: a sex reassignment surgery. We follow her odyssey all the way to Bangkok as she fights for the identity she has been struggling all her life to construct.

In a violent neighborhood, a young boy struggles to cope with the loss of his mother while enduring the abuse of his father. His only solace is a diary his mother gave him, where he finds comfort and strength amidst the chaos.

A film inspired by Rosita Alvarez corrido ballad.

History of a Movement is a documentary where a group of friends recount their experiences in the #YoSoy132 student movement, reflecting on how it sparked other significant social movements like Ayotzinapa.