Discoveries from Mexico World Cinema

Carlos, desperate for not receiving a response from his boyfriend, takes a taxi that will take him to various parts of the city to look for him and to find himself through Aurelio, the driver of the vehicle that will transport him in the middle of the night.

In the late 1970s, a group of young cops lead by ex-musician turned detective Vicente Rangel will face the darkest minutes of their lives while attempting to catch a serial killer of young girls in a corrupt oil town in the Gulf of Mexico.

Vindictive rich girl spreads rumors about her rival being a witch. Townsfolk get all agitated.

Jungle adventure about the search for a lost treasure.

Ensemble-comedy set in a lower-middle-class apartment complex.

A heart-warming story of Fede who discovers his passion to photography and his two new friends help him to find a way from his loneliness and four walls of his apartment. The three friends - an obese Fede, his brother-in-law Ramón and Paulo, a lonely teenager who loves comic books - form a friendship that completely changes their lives.

Handsome young swindler throws himself into the clutches of three rich spinsters who live in their own little fantasy world on their crumbling estate.

Filmed from 1995 to 1997 in Havana, New York, Los Angeles, Morelia and Mexico City, it tells the story of Yuliet, a Cuban teenager, and Fabiola Quiroz, a Mexican model, who, with humor and frankness, surrounded by quirky supporting characters, show us that the absence of their parents, deprivation and adversity made them stronger.

Mexican feature film

A man who has three wives has to lie about it to his in-laws.

Humble, illiterate mechanic Mauricio juggles a secret affair with his aristocratic boss Ingrid while mistreating his wife; a gifted luxury watch goes missing and triggers a chaotic chain of mishaps as he tries to cover his tracks.

A little girl with a great affinity for bees pushes the limits in order to protect her community.

Mexican movie

An evening get-together of a group of vampire friends takes an interesting turn when an unsuspecting human visitor arrives.

A woman is said to have embalmed her daughter, who died from a scorpion sting, and displayed her in a store like a mannequin. This short film revolves around a bridal shop mannequin that comes to life, and its story is inspired by a Chihuahua legend from the 1930s.

Chema, is an introvert with an analytical mind whereas Nacho is an extrovert with tons of charisma. They want to form a band, but have no idea how to do it. They have made demos but nobody likes them, not even themselves. Nacho's parents are constantly comparing him to his brother, and they pressure him to be more like him. Chema is forced to sing in the church choir. But one day they discover that that Penny, their music teacher, has a past which might help them become a better band. They decide they must convince her to help them. They ask Ana, Mica and Gonzalez to join them and are now ready for Penny's lessons. Chema will seek to find his own voice and face his fears while Nacho will make an effort to take the important things in life more seriously.

A young musician and single parent battles every day to communicate with his autistic son through music, until one day the kid s mother, shows off after eight years of absence, only to reveal a truth that will change his life as he knew it.

A club of elderly dudes plan a contest among themselves to see who can pull the most babes over a holiday weekend.

A young pregnant woman is invaded by images of postpartum psychosis, which could lead her to attack the baby or her own life.

Documentary about the underground bar 'Tutti Frutti' that operated without licenses and was the cradle of Mexican rock in the 80's.

After his girlfriend rejects his marriage proposal, an extraordinarily sensitive young man encounters a woman who sells wishes and asks to stop feeling.

Employees and clients at Merle's Beauty Stuff have illicit romances and cheating husbands and that kind of thing. Meanwhile, the cop that directs traffic outside gets an opportunity to become a movie star.

The life of great playwright Alejandro del Rey, his searches, his principles, his women and a hostile environment are the backdrop for a wonderful tale of carnal passions, aesthetic obsessions and love for living.

A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.

Forced to work a double shift on his daughter's birthday, a night watchman throws a secret party at his job. But what begins as a heartfelt gesture soon spirals out of control, putting his job and his relationship with her at risk.

In one of Latin America’s most unequal countries, Francia Márquez, a Black Colombian rural activist, challenges the status quo with a presidential campaign that reappropriates the derogatory term “Igualada” — someone who acts as if they deserve rights that supposedly don’t correspond to them — and inspires a nation to dream.

Tribute to the workers responsible for maintaining and repairing the tracks, stations, terminals, and tunnels of the metro.

A backwoods biker cult plotting world domination stay busy kidnapping, robbing and murdering people.

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

Mexican feature film

Young silversmith runs for office, butts heads with political machine that's sucking the town dry.

The love affairs of two couples, modern parents a couple of troubled teens.

Tito is a swindler who plans to appropriate a large sum of money supposedly sent abroad by airplane, with the complicity of Carlos, the cashier of a big company, who must put a time bomb aboard the airplane while keeping the money. Waiting for the plan to develop, Tito enjoys the company of the North American starlet stripper Rita, but he seduces a Mexican chorus girl, and the two women eventually fight over him. What seemed to be a faultless plan starts going wrong. A scavenger takes the money without knowing, and Carlos feels remorse for having placed the bomb aboard the jet flight, and is going to confess his crime. Tito is abandoned by his lover, locates the money and takes it back, locates Carlos and kills him. Even then, he will find crime does not pay.

A 1940 film directed by Rafael E. Portas.

Otilia is both blessed with a body that is the epitome of feminine perfection and cursed by an ugly mole that mars her beautiful face.

A rich man hires two detectives to find a long lost relative who will inherit a fortune. He'll try to turn her into a dilettante, but is it too late to change her?

Adaptation of a Spanish operetta about a love triangle between two fisherman and a human female.

Keta is a professional makeup artist with a big butt and large thighs, but she also has big dreams. The truth is that Keta with her overweight, her addiction to marijuana and her pink hair can not get a job anywhere, so she ends up as a drug dealer handing out goods to her neighbor - who is addicted to all kinds of painkillers-, to an actress of soap operas as schizophrenic as a cocaine addict; also going through a swinger couple, a prude housewife, a not so prude nun and a host of characters that will surely make more than one viewer is reflected.

A 41-year-old dairy farm worker in upstate New York, relies on toughness, solitude, and mistrust to survive long shifts of work. Then, a 21-year-old single mother forces her to reexamine what is important to her.

Tomás and Paco craft low-budget short films. They are good friends and they both share the same dream of becoming filmmakers. Tomás, being a 24 year-old loser, starts worrying about his uncertain future since he doesn’t have a job, he never went to college and he smokes a lot of weed, therefore becoming unreliable for everyone. Tomás sets up to make the first film from his hometown: Campeche, México. With this mission, he hopes to attain success, money and love, but in the process, he might endanger his friendship with Paco, his only true friend.

The extraterrestrial Odis makes a huge hole in the ozone layer and loses the magic crystal prism he needs to return to his planet when he makes a rough landing. The members of a junior soccer team find the prism and, with the help of an extraterrestrial boy who is chasing Odis, they try to reach the Chichén Itzá pyramid before the equinox to close the hole in the ozone layer. Odis will try to keep them from doing so.

Returning veteran with PTSD/amnesia returns home and gets tangled up in a criminal investigation.

A highly imaginative 10-year-old boy befriends his superhero-themed piñata prior to his birthday party. But upon realizing the tragic fate that awaits for his cardboard companion, he must rebel against the celebratory ritual in order to save his only friend.