Discoveries from Mexico World Cinema

After being evicted from his house because he was behind on the rent, a man looks for his brother, who is a priest. Before meeting with him, he spies on the man to see if he has any money.

In the municipality of Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, there is a secondary school that is the target of stray bullets due to frequent clashes between organized crime groups in the vicinity of the campus. A meeting of teachers reveals a decline in student enrollment due to this situation, which could lead to the school's closure. Based on observations of daily life at the school and various interviews, a complex reality emerges involving art, education, and insecurity in Mexico.

Three Junior high school girls plan to put an innocent spell on their old history teacher, but surprisingly the spell begins to work.

Jorge is a musician, he gets fired trying to find a melody from the noise of the street, the same day his wife and youngest son died. He must appear sane to take care of his oldest son Lucas, otherwise, he will also lose him.

Tour of Piedras Negras and Ciudad Juárez, the most important gateways that Mexico has towards the United States, this tape is a record of a border line that marks the differences between one country and another.

Since an attack on students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in 2014 resulted in six deaths and in the forced disappearance of 43, the students’ families have been living in limbo with their unanswered questions, their struggle embodying the psychological and emotional toll of endemic violence upon Mexican society.

Family movies, shot with a 9.5 mm Pathé Baby camera, let us know traditions, customs, joys and sorrows of a Mexican family from the 1920s to the 1950s.

The way in which every moment lives a security guard who works at night, discovers his steps.

A seven year old boy travels in Mexico with his mother, an addict to pain-killers who is unable to care for him and is hoping to persuade his dead father's family to take him off her hands. Emotionally alienated, the boy wanders around a hotel, taking refuge in his haunted imagination.

Efrain, known as the Reaper, has worked at a slaughterhouse for 25 years. We will discover his deep relationship with death and his struggle to live.

Kamikaze bird that has embarked on a journey to a savage place of no return. A representation of the state of overflowing violence brought from drug trafficking through the oneiric vision of a marginal teenager recruited by a cartel.

A film essay that explores the relationship between film and memory, based on the personal memoir of the director. An autobiographical attempt to analyze this relationship going from the individual to the collective. From Chris Marker to Hitchcock and on to Kennedy´s assassination, passing through Fritz Lang and Bruce Willis, the memory of the images is fused with our own story, until they cannot be separated.

“Did I Fall In Love With You?” tells the story of Alex and Odett's relationship, from its beginnings, its best moments and until the last day of their relationship.

Anum is a sad young man who, trying to get away from the city to erase bad memories, will meet a strange being.

When an accident befalls Hipolita, her unusual ward finally has a chance at freedom.

Juan is a modest young man who is new to the city. Falling in love with his neighbor Maria, he begins to uncover the mysteries that surround the Motel where he lives. In the process, he immerses himself into his own darkness.

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.

When Gabriel finds out he might be HIV positive, he starts looking for the guy he hooked up with at a party the night before.

Assassins put the intrepid and seasoned agent Morgan Garibay in a horrifying case that he will never forget, when he was involved in an intense love story with the beautiful and millionaire Estefanía Ballesteros.

"The Times of Héctor" - Hector is a lonely man who attends suicides in Mexico City. Monica is a young woman who longs for death. Their meeting will unleash unsuspected consequences for both.

Redemption is a call to the Venezuelan military to rediscover their sacred oath: to protect their people. This short film captures the moral conflict faced by mid- and low-ranking military personnel when caught between loyalty to institutions corrupted by the regime and the duty to defend their people. Based on the testimonies of dozens of victims, Redemption shows the internal struggle of those who, disillusioned, seek redemption by taking the right side of history. It is a reflection of the desire for justice and freedom of an oppressed people, who cry out for the support of those sworn to protect them.

A man creates a melody with his body and voice with the help of the colours, space, light and architecture.

Taking advantage of his wife's absence, a man immerses himself in the temptations offered by cyberspace and meets a married woman. They will live an idyllic romance without dimensioning the consequences.

Are robots really different from us if they learn our ways? The Promise is a short film that looks at the future reality of a world in which those things created by man are a step to be confused with us.

After being punished for cheating, Pat and Arun disguise themselves as monks and run away, drifting across the country without money in search of freedom. What begins as a playful escape turns perilous when they are kidnapped, and in the aftermath, Pat is left alone—haunted by the loss of his friend and the fleeting innocence of their journey.

Following the death of one of their mothers, Pablo and Regina, two unassuming friends, quietly flee the city in search of something that might finally bring meaning to their lives.

One morning Aymé suffers the abandonment of her partner. That same day, she decides to meet again with Laura, her best friend, whom she has not seen during the years of their relationship. After letting off steam with Laura over coffee, they both go out that night to try to have fun. Aymé does not imagine that despite her pain that night she will discover something indescribable and that she had never felt before. The next day Aymé feels in her solitude, a glow of incomprehensible love.

It's the final game in the biggest paintball tournament in town. The German School must defend the flag while the English School must capture it, but where is the flag? Luis and Sebastian have been tasked to find the location of the flag and report it to the captain before the attack begins. Will they find the flag and report it on time?

As a young runner prepares for the big race, the strain from his parents' push for excellence puts his love of the sport to test.

When a boy dies during a cruel prank during gym class, the bullies who victimized him begin to disappear.

A mysterious killer abducts girls off the street and covers them in wax.

Emilia experiences her childhood through her senses. Until now, her body has been a vehicle for pleasure and curiosity. With the onset of puberty, she grows her first facial hair, and with it come concerns about her appearance. Suddenly, her body is filled with nothing but pain and shame.

An unsuspecting detective and his smartest assistant try to find the culprit of a homicide at a university.

Mario, a resident of Cholula, Puebla, discovers himself through art. He develops a unique technique rooted in pre-Hispanic traditions and a respect for nature. Living in alignment with his values, Mario seeks perfection in his work, infusing each creation with his essence and leaving a mark on those who encounter it.

In an attempt to capture her subject, a photographer struggles against what remains beyond the frame.

Miguel is a young man who has been friends for years with Ruth, until, out of nowhere, he feels new things for her, causing a lot of questions and moments that will make Miguel discover what love is: a hard and raw blow of reality with human emotions.

Docudrama on the culture of the lamb tacos in the northern sector of the México, Mexicali, Baja California.

The limit of tension in a family reaches its peak when the father discovers a spiders nest.

Federico s plans to marry his fiancèe get complicated when his ex-boss, the region s most feared drug dealer, harasses her.

Mexican movie

To protect his operation, the drug lord known as El Rayo takes on a ruthless police commander and the Avendaño brothers.

Mexican feature film

He is a disillusioned man, divided between the social struggle and the carnal desire, tired of living in a country torn by corruption, apathy and authoritarianism. Moon is the daughter of a deputy who embraces drugs and awaits the day she will be loved. She is in love, he does not. A hotel. A discourse on class struggle. A full afternoon. The oldest ritual ... and the loneliness.