Discoveries from Mexico World Cinema

Super-detective muscle dude in tights vs a criminal mastermind who doses women with ugly serum to make them commit crimes.

The comical misadventures of two brothers who are part of the local soccer team and their family.

After a tragic incident, Diego decides to move in with his cousin Sara. There, he reconnects with Jonathan, an old friend with whom he shares a peculiar bond.

Young man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.

Seven bandits are threatening the inhabitants of a town, forcing them to sale their lands. When the identity of the leader of these thieves is discovered, there is no other choice than to kill the one who saw his face, provoking the rage of the powerful landowner Juan Arroyo, who has decided to fight the villains and protect the lands along his brother and a beautiful cowgirl.

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.

Panzeri was an honest man, a critical journalist, a freethinker. He faced power and died alone and forgotten. Kohan is an outsider obsessed with doing justice, getting Panzeri out of ostracism and bringing him back to this world. Without Panzeri, football has only a few days to live.

A love story, of boyfriends and songs¸ of three sisters who travel to Colombia with their jealous father Hipólito to receive the inheritance of their late aunt Encajosa¸ who made it a condition that the three girls must be married to receive it.

In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Ñoño lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family. But he holds a secret. Defying gender norms, Ñoño works up the courage to tell his family he wants to live his life as a woman, a fraught decision in a country shrouded in machismo and transphobia.

In Mexico, citizens outraged by the rampant corruption and the way of doing politics are questioning power every day. This documentary shows the personal and direct experience involved in the act of governing through four protagonists who reveal what is “the power of the chair”.

Experimental documentary short film with a prologue by José Revueltas about the 1968 Mexico City Olympics

A factory worker gets pregnant by the son of her boss, who forces his son to marry a rich girl he doesn't love.

Theatrical producers discover a new musical-theatre star in a small farming town.

Florian, a cheerful explorer of the multiverse, spends his life traveling through endless worlds in search of things to love. Guided by a magical door, he discovers impossible creatures, breathtaking landscapes, and wonders beyond imagination. But when he finds a world more beautiful than any he has ever seen, Florian realizes that the greatest adventure isn’t discovering new places, it’s choosing to stay, and becoming part of the love he found there.

Four countries, four men - and four encounters that will call into question everything about themselves they thought they were sure of. Just when you thought things couldn't get any more complicated, along comes a boy to add a fresh perspective. The 4 short films are: Billy Boy (2021); Summer [Verano] (2022); Fabiu (2023); Czechoslovakia [Checoslovaquia] (2022).

Twin rabbits Metstli and Toshtli are taking instant photos when Zacatuche, his youngest brother, tries to join them.

A 1940 film directed by William Rowland.

A man has his tongue cut out by bad guys, later tracks them all down, and kills them one by one.

Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century.

Juan Perez is a wizard who begins to remember how he lost his head, after an economic crisis in the Circus where he works, he promises to mount a spectacular act of beheading that it could again return it to its glory years. But without any fifth in the bag and with time running out to build a machine is forced to rob a real guillotine without this weighs a terrible curse.

Antonio is a handsome men who loves women but flees of marriage as the devil. The pastor of his people is determined to straighten but despite amendment purposes always succumbs to a pretty girl, the problem is that he never see if girls are engaged or married before seducing them.

Adventure story,. set in the Venezuelan jungles.

A former judicial police officer, a former undercover agent and a former drug lord seek revenge against a commander-turned-drug trafficker.

A young girl travels through the city to deliver a gift to her dying mother.

Unemployed commie activist from an under-developed neighborhood wins a lottery and starts mingling with rich people.

Director Hatuey Viveros' beautiful film unfolds as a fascinating exploration of contemporary life in Mexico, searching to understand today's world, while portraying a younger generation who lack an understanding of their past. And as we journey with Aina on her own discovery, it becomes clear that the process of her search is just as important as the results.

Ariadna, an elderly woman, is overwhelmed by the pressure of leaving her sister in a nursing home, without having enough money. After robbing a supermarket for the first time, Ariadna will find an escape from the weight of caring for a family member with dementia.

Felipe the charro returns and discovers that Rosa is going to marry Martín, a stranger from out of town, and feels betrayed. It is a deception, but love, jealousy, and revenge dominate.

There is a serial killer and the detectives try to capture him. Someone brings him women willing to migrate to the United States, he sexually abuses them and kills them.

Óscar is a regular visitor to table-dancing and having affairs with any woman who comes his way, cheating on his wife no matter who he hurts. Several women will appear murdered, with him being the main suspect.

Itinerant folk-singer returns to his home town, gets caught in two intersecting love triangles. It ends badly.

When you meet the love of your life at a party, but it's not your partner...

A beautiful, wealthy socialite is implicated in a violent murder by her aimless younger lover, and her life is forever changed as she tries to protect herself and him from the impending investigation.

Oscar works in a public bath, where he murders several people.

Viruta and Capulina, magicians working in a theater where the actors delegate dishonest ratchets, is assassinated by two stagehands to remove payroll and left her body in the clubhouse Cristas singer Virutas girlfriend. He and Capulina move the body in a trunk to utility room but the trunk is base off and the body is in the Viruta's room. A lush Chasing Coquis showgirl girlfriend Capulina, stains of red paint and falls asleep, believing him dead detectives accuse Capulina and Viruta of murder.

In a found-footage tape of some castings. We follow the auditions of a tortilla chips brand commercial named "Little Triangles", where each candidate's pursuit of the perfect turns upsettlingly bizarre. As tensions rise and performances take a sinister turn, the camera captures a descent into madness, revealing the dark and absurd side of the casting process. What are the actresses willing to do to become famous?

After moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of puzzling mistaken-identity misadventures.

Two con-men end up at a country estate, where they thwart some jewel-thieves.

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.

Mexican feature film

In Olympus the Gods decide to exterminate humanity, after deliberating one of the gods advocates not to exterminate those who live in Mexico, which in the year 2000 is a paradise where all calamities have been extinguished.

Mexican feature film

Ana and Claudia get trapped in a bathroom during the military occupation of the university. Claudia is caught by a soldier, leaving Ana alone for days in the bathroom, trying to survive and find hope. Based on the experiences of Alcira Soust during the military occupation of Ciudad Universitaria during the movements of 1968.

A dead man's brother tracks his murderer down, years later, and intercedes to prevent him from taking over a young woman's farm.

Heated rivalry over a bar-girl in a dive-y waterfront saloon.

A comedy about alcoholism that follows the relationship between Mateo and his best friend, who always gets drunk.

A weekend in the life of five rich kids who share an apathetic attitude and their love for excessive abuse of substances; this is interrupted by the sudden irruption of the violence lived in their nation and the accidental death of one of them

Antonio Guerra is an unemployed Spanish immigrant in the USA. His brother and mother in Spain haven't heard about him for many years or even receive a letter. But one day, his brother receives a letter from him, telling that things are going well. But the reality is other. Antonio is passing a hard time in New Yor City, suffering the Years of Depression as many out of workers. One day, Antonio meets a nice Cuban seller, who invites him to eat at his poor house. The seller advices Antonio to visit a man, who has contacts and could help him to find a job. Nevertheless, Antonio is send with the leader of a group of gangsters, dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcohol. Antonio is offered a work of dealer, but he won't do anything out of the law.

Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts.

Hortensia is almost ready to take her vows at the convent... but she gets distracted by her stepmother's boyfriend. Things do not go well.

María’s Limbo is a feature-length documentary in development directed by Juan Manuel Barreda.

Documentary about the aftermath of the earthquake that shook Juchitán, on the Mexican Pacific coast. It tells the story of Dxani -muxe seamstress- and Jacinto -mason- and how their lives were radically changed by the strongest earthquake that hit this community; and the poor response of the corrupt authorities.

Escaping after a heist, bank-robbers run afoul of an ex bounty hunter with whom they have back story.