Discoveries from Mexico World Cinema

In a mysterious place, Tessa must confront that which has been lingering in the most dark places of her mind. Only by escaping will she know the truth.

Caro and Sofía get ready for a weekend with their families and the surprise of a marriage proposal that could go very wrong.

After the untimely death of his 35-year old brother, an artist explores the questions that surfaced from grief by painting 365 paintings and to spur conversation in culture.

Dante spends his days between factories, skateboards and corpses, but the only thing he cares about is the Death Metal band he plays in with his best friends. Lucy, the girlfriend of his comatose brother, comes to visit, and here presence will cause chaos, confusion, but also hope.

Based on careful research, this documentary touches on the most striking aspects of Foxilandia, the management of President Vicente Fox, and dissects this national tragicomedy from the political, economic and social points of view.

Exotic dancer with a masochistic streak can't decide which of two boyfriends treats her more thrillingly badly.

In the drug trafficking business, most of the unimaginable crimes have been committed to ensuring deliveries, they were done regardless of the consequences.

During World War II, Nazi spies tried to infiltrate everywhere, and the Mexican Military Academy was no exception.

A gang leader known as "El perro" causes violence in the streets as he and his thugs fight against Federals and a rival gang.

A lonely and bitter French bookseller living in Mexico mourns and is haunted by the death of his lover until he finds a maths journal with a metaphysical formula that may allow him to bring her back while getting involved with the woman who sells him the book.

After losing his entire family at the hands of a grimy street gang; a man gathers up the gang in an abandoned home to kill them off one by one. With the assistance of a psychologically-disturbed woman.

A worldwide exodus through the desert begins, in search of the last oasis that offers life on the planet.

A doctor arrives in a town and dedicates himself to caring for the people even though he is harassed by a villain, the chief's brother.

This film was shot in summer 1979. The repeated ritual of Tutuguri that Tranquilino the saweame sang and danced six times in a short, strictly accurate duration. Secret words from which only emerge vowels, dance that builds a sacred space between the four cardinal points of a cross, a black and pagan sign. A native solar rite, prior to the Spanish conquest. The assembly here builds in a single plane the two poles of real time and an expanded space-time, from dual material: Tutuguri and Carreras.

The story of a hitman who came from a marginalized neighborhood and managed to stand out in a criminal organization. He wants to reach the highest levels and on his way he has to prove to his bosses and competitors that he is the best.

A married man happens to be a crackhead and does whatever it takes to keep it a secret. Even if it means to kill people. Little does he know that the men he owes money to are out to get him.

Edgar is a man in his mid-fifties, trying to make a living as a private driver at night, but when his car is hijacked by an awkward young couple, he seeks to finish the trip as soon as possible, however, when he discovers that there are more at stake, he must face the perverse reality in which he finds himself at the expense of his inner demons.

La Hiena is a man that passes off as calm but is in reality full of hate along with his son, another thug. One day his son gets killed by the police which sets La Hiena on a mission of death.

After many setbacks, Mr. Prudenciano, in Mexico, came to the conclusion that he had no great future as a bullfighter. He sold what little he had and, along with his wife, settled in Seville. Things didn’t go much better for him in Spain either, although at least he can spend all day doing what he likes best: doing nothing.

Controlling father stifles adult son's career plans, interferes with his love life...

Collection of comedy sketches and blackout gags edited into feature-length movie. Laugh-In style.

Echo of the Mountain takes a look at the life and work of Santos de la Torre, a great Huichol artist who, like his people, lives in oblivion. Despite having made a great mural for the metro station Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre, Santos lives isolated and ignored in his country. This documentary follows his pilgrimage to Wirikuta, where he asks gods for permission to make a new mural; his journey across 385 miles of the Peyote Route, and Santos's creative process during the making of a new mural which aims to illustrate the history, mythology and religious traditions of the Huichol people.

Summer of Goliath is a documentary/fiction hybrid that narrates various stories of the people of the town of Huilotepec in rural Mexico. Teresa's husband has disappeared and she believes he has left her for another woman. Gabino, her son, is a soldier who searches cars at the side of a country road, where very few cars pass by. He hopes one day him and Alberto, his soldier partner, will get machine guns to further intimidate the people driving by. Amalio, Nico, and Oscar are three brothers whose stories we learn through a series of interviews and reenactments. Their father left them many years ago, and their mother can barely support them. Oscar has gained the nickname Goliath after the mysterious death of his girlfriend.

Fourth chapter of Spells and Magicians.

Venezuelan podcast 'El Cuartico' comes back with five new stories for Halloween 2023: 'La Pajúa', 'Papá sabe la dirección', 'Yo te aviso', 'Villa Silencio' and 'Las Brujas'

Bohemian husband and strait-laced wife get divorced; each takes custody of one son. Twenty years later...

A young woman named Alejandra has recently lost her father, so in order to face her pain, she is prescribed an experimental medication that makes her return to the origin of her pain and she will have to face it or continue evading reality.

No one has time to talk to the crazy lady in the park, except for a sensible man who happened to be passing by.

Mexican feature film

Stories with no relation to each other apart from all of them happen in the city of Monterrey and the only bond between them is love. Each story was directed by students of Tecnológico De Monterrey, Universidad De Monterrey and Universidad Autónoma De Nuevo León.

A story of teenage love set against the backdrop of the 60's, filmed on the picturesque tropical beaches of Puerto Rico. A classic Latino love story, asking the timeless question -- whether it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.

After a breakup marked by violence, Flor tries to rebuild her life as her abuser returns in her dreams in the loving form she needs in order to survive.

Laura, a young woman weary of her mundane routine, persuades her husband, Roberto, to embark on a spontaneous getaway to a picturesque flower town. There, she meets Nacho, a charming flower grower, and forms a bond with him as she begins to uncover the truth behind Roberto’s hidden secrets.

Dolores is a woman in her thirties who lives with Tristán, her husband who behaves like a dog. One day, Dolores prepares to go on a date with another man, leaving Tristan alone. Both question the affection they feel and reflect on their loneliness and the dependence they have on each other.

A group of professional commandos have to rescue a young female hostage from the drug cartel. Once in the jungle, they're being killed one by one by a fearful enemy.

Hundreds of meters away, above the clouds. Farther, far beyond everything. You are hiding, Susana. Hiding in the immensity of God. Where I cannot reach you or see you and where my words do not reach. –Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo.

Experimental filmmaker Rubén Gámez explores the iconography of the maguey plant in Mexican cinematic history.

After almost 9 years in which KARMA, the imaginary pet of Mijo, avoided at all costs that Papa got near, something is about to change.

Mexican feature film

Carolina and Elsa, two friends of 10 and 13 years old who live in the same housing unit, enjoy a childhood full of mischief, video recordings and pop music in the nineties.

The government has declared war on all the cartels in the country. The objective is to eradicate organized crime. Criminal organizations fight over key territories and defend their own with blood and fire.

A surrealist musical short, featuring folkloric dance and stark Mexican landscapes, in honor of the 1972 World Cup.

Bruno, an aging taxi driver who yearns for his secret past and likes "lucha libre", has trouble relating with his young son Ricardo. But his past comes back to haunt them, forcing Bruno into a final confrontation with an old enemy

A city is terrorized by vicious drug dealers.