Discoveries from Mexico World Cinema

Deep in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains of Nayarit, Tei Mɨayema ​​is a secondary school founded by Ubaldo, who strives to provide education to the young people of his Wixárika community without them having to leave their land. His story reveals the challenges of preserving their language and culture in the face of institutional rejection of their intercultural model, building Tei Mɨayema ​​as a symbol of the strengthening of his people's identity and autonomy.

The Invisible War is a feature-length documentary examining the consequences of nuclear energy through the experiences of children affected by disasters. Focusing on events in Ciudad Juárez, Chernobyl, Goiânia, and Fukushima, the film reflects on the lasting impacts of radiation, exploring themes of time, legacy, and the often unseen consequences of our actions. It delves into the lives and emotions of those who confront the ongoing struggle against these invisible threats.

The first time Emilio, a 9 year old kid, falls in love. But the children’s world is not that easy.

A Mixe village is vulnerated when their musical instruments are stolen.

A modest story about two young people, Manuel and Octavio, who build up an intimate bond thanks to their shared past; deserted by their motherss, they regard the ‘adult’ world as hostile, unsafe and inaccessible.

Leona is experiencing a deep financial trouble, which pushes her to take an sudden and unexpected decision, that'll risk her life and family's future.This will put into question her social and existencial values in a surprising way.

Maria is a young writer who is trying to finish writing her first novel, however her obsession with the wrong man has led her to a stagnation in her life, which makes this work more difficult. Julia, her best friend tries to get her out of her deep depression, however both friends will cross paths with love on the way and it will make them change their mindset that love doesn't suck and only coincidences are enough to find what they have always been looking for.

A mischievous girl must deal with her idiotic parents and her libertine relatives during the holidays.

The story is developed in Mars, a small town at the north of México, each time with fewer settlers. There arise testimonies of the residents and of different science disciplines specialist. A disclosure about the man emptiness and the universe.

Manuela (40) is the cook in a restaurant when the Balkan conflict breaks out on the other side of the world. The madness of war permeates her surroundings, invades her intimacy and unleashes its own warlike escalade.

A man travels back in time to try to end things peacefully with his ex-girlfriend.

Ayman, a teenager of Moroccan descent, is invited by Sara to a party at the same house where his mother works as a domestic worker. Along with Eric and Robert, his lifelong friends, they set off on a journey filled with confrontations and disappointments -with society and with themselves- putting their gang's friendship to the test. Once at the party, they discover that life isn't what they thought, and that wanting something doesn't always make it possible.

Anything can happen to a foreigner who travels to meet his fiancée.

Matriarchal apparitions guide a woman imprisoned for witchcraft, in this enlightened retelling of a famous, centuries-old legend.

Enoc, a boy from an indigenous community fighting against the dispossession of his lands, is afraid to return home to explain everything to his mother without Nathil, his little sister. He suspects that the army killed her when they fired on the protest that the people of his town were holding. Frightened by the bells that call people to mass for the dead, he desperately searches for her among the rocks and waves of the sea.

Juan Carlos Rulfo's father used to send him postcards from the places he visited. 27 years after his father passed away, Juan Carlos, son of the author of Pedro Páramo, decides to film those places his father talked and wrote him about.

A group of voices read suicide notes and ideations as people go on with their everyday lives.

Take a four-minute journey to some of the planet’s most spectacular glaciers, waterfalls, beaches, rivers and waterways. Destinations include, Iceland, Igauzu Falls Brazil, Atchafalaya Basin Louisiana, Lake Tahoe California, Black Canyon of the Gunnison Colorado, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes.

A short documentary that exposes sexual harassment against men through two intimate testimonies, accompanied by images in public spaces where skin becomes a canvas for insults and aggression. A raw and sensitive portrait that questions the social silence surrounding this issue.

Jules, Elia, and Lucía, three sixteen-year-old friends, receive a mysterious box on the anniversary of their fourth friend Ale's death. Inside, they find a list of dreams and wishes Ale had wanted them to fulfill before her own life ended. Determined to honor their friend’s memory, they skip school and set out to accomplish each item on the list.

Detective Joel navigates the aftermath of his breakup with Nadia while juggling cases and the unsolicited advice of his overly confident partner, Neto. When they investigate a mysterious death caused by an arrow, Joel is compelled to confront his past and redefine his understanding of love.

Documentary feature film developed in the context of the First Continental Meeting of Plurality. This event was held in Mexico City with the presence of eighty indigenous peoples, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, within the framework of the debate on the fifth centenary of the discovery of America.

When finishing a drawing, a man will face a real nightmare.

One has no memory, the other cannot forget.

A wealthy man has a son whom he considers the future leader of the family. However, he is unaware that his son is involved in illegal activities.

Amidst her pain and mourning, a peasant woman tries to find answers to her sons's death.

After the death of his father, Jorge returns to the wrestling gym where he grew up; he must face the violence and memories he long tried to forget.

A man tries to get a group of young people trapped in drugs out through philosophy.

On a rooftop, surrounded by clouds and concrete, two friends find a space to spend their last day together. They look back on their childhood and share new laughs before embarking on their life journey.

A man awakens in a dystopian reality.

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Volarte is a free flight through a computer generated Palace of Fine Arts, offering the murals of Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, Tamayo, Montenegro, Rodríguez Lozano and González Camarena. A novel view that allows to enjoy these works of art in their architectural context, in a way that's impossible in reality

On the tenth anniversary of her dad's death, Mariana finds out a posthumous letter in which her father openly declares his intention to kill himself in the sea. she sets out together with Elena (her best friend) on an adventure in which they meet Satan, David's neighbor and leader of drugdealers.

During the Covid-19 quarantine, an isolated young woman embarks on a journey to explore her sexuality by embracing a series of daily challenges.

Two friends wait for a delivery.

While a comet approaches Earth, and thousands of people disappear from the face of the planet, a young woman returns to her hometown in search of her childhood's friend.

During a rainy night, in the streets of what used to be the Federal District, Bartolo, a sad young man, boards an old and peculiar taxi, inside which he claims to have been left by his wife for another man, to which the driver, Damián, responds by inviting him for some drinks in a very charming and familiar little place where he was already headed anyway. After a couple of hours and another of caguamas, amid confessions and smoke, Bartolo will end up sealing his fate by being taken to the hellish destiny he deserves.

sofía returns to the site of her kidnapping. Amid the darkness and silence, her hands search underground for traces of a buried memory. Others replicate this chimerical gesture. The earth is an immutable witness that refuses to forget.

A young film student returns to his hometown for a brief instance, in this return everything is monotonous, until in a matter of one night he meets and experiences feelings of peace with someone else.

The pigeon is probably fake, says the five-year-old daughter of Mexican filmmaker Eugenio Polgovsky. Perhaps it’s a robot. Why else would a pigeon sit so still on that nest she built atop the power lines, diagonally under their window? For seven days and nights, Polgovsky filmed the bird from his second floor apartment. Together with daughter Mile, he watches life go by: the bin men, the neighbours and their dogs, the gas delivery man, the squirrels dashing through the treetops in search of food. All from the same perspective – basically identical to that of the brooding pigeon, who gets most attention. "Papa, why are you filming her, really?"

A young revolutionary on the verge of death finds himself trapped in his desires for love. His feelings in the midst of war are clarified when he discovers that he wants to love and be loved by another man. This short film questions the notions of hatred that arise in homophobic coexistence.

To be born without freedom. Waiting your turn to be crushed into nuggets. It is a matter of choosing: To pray, or kill them first.

The Scarlet Fox confronts dark secrets and deadly enemies in a suspenseful adventure where danger lurks behind every shadow.