Discoveries from Mexico World Cinema

The true story of the first Spanish-language radio announcer and political activist, Pedro J Gonzalez

A man and his dog cross the desert in search of La Frontera, a mighty river that represents the geographical limit with the neighboring territory. Exhausted, they manage to see their goal, but they must cross other obstacles before conquering its waters.

A man named Tony is captured riding the horse of Lee Corey, a missing delivery man for a local mining company. Tony claims to have bought the horse from two men, but the sheriff believes he has murdered Corey and stolen the horse. Tony is sent to the gallows, but escapes hanging with the help of Corey's mistress and sets out to find the real killer.

A mystical sci-fi based on Saint Teresa de Avila's writings. Inside a ghostly mausoleum, these nuns are being affected by a black hole.

“Archeology” and “Archive” share the same roots. Both words come from “Arkhé”, the Greek word for “origin”. In the ruins of buildings, lost forever by earthquakes, as in the depth of the archives, we dig. What happened the morning of the big earthquake? The morning of September 19th 1985 is fading away in our memories. These recordings have never been seen. Unedited images of the catastrophe dug out by the archaeological adventure of an archivist that suffered with them. He dug and suffered until he could no longer see.

A marriage in decline decides to try new things through sex in order to save their relationship.

A 1940 film directed by Rafael E. Portas.

After meeting one day, the famous reggaeton singer Gabo Gabeau asks Daniela, one of his fans, to sleep with her friend Gerardo, but the situation gets out of control.

Three interwoven stories: that of a young man who longs to be a champion of the Santos Laguna soccer team; that of a leader of the fan club who is overcome by despair when he loses his life-long job; and that of one of the team managers who finds out he has a terminal illness. Through these specifics, the story of the successful career of the Santos Laguna as a symbol of a region of Guerrero with lots of heart unfolds.

Charly is a homophobic man who discovers that Mario, his own father, is gay. Against his will, Charly have to deal with the tender relationship that Mario develops with his grandson Pedro.

A surf movie that reflects the lives of a new generation of surfers. Each athlete has their own story to tell inside the broader story of THE PURSUIT.

One December night, Alice works as a babysitter while the baby's parents go out for the night. As time passes and the night deepens, she begins to receive chilling threats from a man who seems to be watching her from every blind spot in the darkness.

An aging Brazilian actor teams up with a film student on a trip to Mexico, in order to find out an unknown movie his mother allegedly watched before she committed suicide.

Nieri is an indigenous teenage boy from the Wixarika culture, who is being indoctrinated by his father on the path of dreaming to reach the Blue Deer and become a Marakame. However, Nieri doubts about having the gift that is necessary to become a Marakame. His real dream is to play Mexican country music and to go to Mexico City to play there with his friends.

El Garrincha is a thief who wants to conquer Magaly, a woman capable of awakening the darkest desires of a man, but her father has other plans for her.

"Mexico begins where the roads end ”. Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes tells us about the history of Mexico: its invasions, its revolutions, its sacred lands, its forgotten legends, its religious rituals and this frightening misery. François Reichenbach and his camera sink into the dust, on this sacred land, where "the land never ends."

It tells the story of Juan Pablo Aguilar, a young and party boy, in love with adventure and good living at full speed, but due to a fatal accident, he faces a dangerous drug lord.

A family owns and operates a creepy hotel in the late 19th century where some of the guests who check in disappear mysteriously.

In a city with constant movement like the subway rides, the paths of Andrés and Miguel are crossing. It seems like the beginning of a new Romance but Andrés doesn't know which direction to take.

Melodrama about marital infidelity.

A series of inexplicable murders occur at a space research center. The only survivor is a doctor who claims to remember nothing. A group of men discover that "The Beast" has returned, and that it is an emissary from another planet, with strength superior to that of humans. Will they be able to destroy it in time?

A tough cop with a hard childhood deals with a city full of criminals.

Two brothers lose their tent to a bandit and become criminals to defeat the one who has ruined them.

Director George Sherman's 1958 western about gold thieves in Mexico stars Sterling Hayden, Grace Raynor and Rodolfo Hoyos.

Days before her wedding, young Sara starts experiencing disturbing visions that may be related to her recently acquired wedding gown.

Ambitious non-starter gets a job as a bill-collector at a beauty-products company and tries to bluff his way into a management position, then tries a couple of other business schemes with minimal success.

Mom and Pop want him to settle down , but the youngun's convinced he could be a big star singing rancheras; he convinces his folks to give him six months in the big city to launch a career and prove himself.

An anthropologist goes to the mountains to study the problems of the indigenous people and finds out that they are being dispossessed of their lands.

Drifting from her reality on the streets of Mexico City, a woman's chaotic thoughts spill into verse in short film Weird - directed by Flavio Morales and Nicolas Corvino. Overwhelmed by the routines and structures that direct her day-to-day, she questions the nature of love, life, death and existence itself, undergoing a metamorphosis as an uncanny feeling takes hold. Playing with visual effects makeup to evoke the image of a fish, Morales and Corvino enlisted makeup artist Feña Acuña to center their protagonist's dissociation, exploring the depths of her mind as she becomes immersed in thought.

An experimental and sensory portrait of the Mexico City Metro System through the job of a subway driver and the spaces she journeys.

This is the story of a convict fellow whose brother is a bright scientist that discovers a vaccine against a deadly infection. The clash between good and evil moves the convict to search into his soul and find the goodness that will lead him to the ultimate sacrifice.

The woman behind the legend. Biographical film about Nahuí Olín, painter, model and poet born in the late nineteenth century and died in 1978, who lived in Paris and San Sebastian, and throughout his life rubbed shoulders with artists like Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera , Frida Kahlo or David Alfaro Siqueiros, among many others.

A gang of professional thieves plans how to rob the jewelry store in Bogotá and escape, not imagining that death surrounds them and all because of a red light.

A couple is attacked bu thugs and the woman is killed, the boyfriend plans his revenge.

Original film from the mind of Anahí Anchondo and directed by upcoming director Miguel Campos, plot TBA.

Aspiring opera singer Luis Landa returns to his hometown to avenge the murder of his brother.

Rodrigo is a solitary teenager, a king in the private world he shares with his mother. Things change when she takes her new boyfriend home to live. He must decide if he fights for his throne and crushes the happiness of the person he loves the most.

In this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in desperate need of a new model to replace his current business partner's wife, whose appearance is driving customers away. Lazaro's son, Raul, realizes what a diffucult dilemma his father faces and sets out to restore the integrity of the family-owned business by teaming up with his lovely fiancée to put on a fashion show. Domingo Soler and Sara Montiel star.

Rubén Jaramillo was the first cavalry captain of the South Liberation Army that Zapata commanded. For more than 40 years, he had an unequal struggle with the governments that followed after the armed struggle. In this film, the last stage of his life and the conflictive period of the Cold War are marked. The film is enhanced by the presence of an old Jaramillista integrated into the social movements that have elapsed from the seventies to the present: Mr. Félix Serdán Nájera.

A doctor becomes entangled in the world of opium, leading to a series of tragic events that affect his personal and professional life.

A couple discusses their life changing goals after dinner

A visually vibrant and emotionally charged journey of identity and self-discovery, set in the heart of Mexico City. A troubled young man, lost in a sexual identity crisis, seeks guidance from a tarot reader who sparks a path toward self-acceptance. Drawn into the raw energy of a local cantina, he becomes enamored with a charismatic bartender. Fueled by doubt and tequila, reality blurs into magical realism as he takes the stage to bare his heart through song. In a tender, hopeful finale, the two leave together—hinting at newfound confidence, connection, and the possibility of love.

The Spanish national soccer team will change forever thanks to Madrid's Iker Casillas and Barcelona's Xavi Hernandez. Both, along with the best players of their generation, will turn a historically losing side into the best team in history.

A 1966 film.

Two friends bet on who will pick up the most American women.

Comedy/melodrama: player runs out on his pregnant girlfriend, and her mother's boyfriend steps in to set matters straight.

Radio broadcaster, actress and comedian Jani Dueñas brings her acid sense of humor to this stand-up special as she pours out her feelings on issues that are all too universal, from aging to dieting to sex.