Two Tarahumara brothers with a deep competition spirit and great running abilities become distant. Omero, the youngest brother is set on becoming a running champion, whilst his brother gets involved in a local gang in search for a better life. They will have to join forces to overcome life’s difficulties, sorting out each one’s...

Mariana and Javier try to recover from the loss of their son Tomás. After a suicide attempt by Mariana, they move to the family's old hacienda with the intention of remodeling it and thus, also, rebuild their lives and their marriage. Upon arriving at the hacienda and for no apparent reason, hope is reborn: Mariana recovers her spirits, their relationship improves, and they become pregnant again. However, a strong and imposing presence from the past is manipulating the couple to get what it...

In a small zoo, the arrival of the hippopotamus Zafari is celebrated by neighbors of opposing social classes. Ana, Edgar and their son Bruno watch all the action from the windows of their decadent high-class building. Amidst a chaos of food, water and electricity shortages, the family has to solve everyday problems and the lack of basic needs while trying to find a solution to escape. Ana scavenges for food in the abandoned apartments, but strange noises in the dark corridors frighten her...

Sweet Death follows Dr. Philip Nitschke, one of the main advocates of euthanasia, when his medical license is withdrawn and in a moment of crisis he decides to try Stand Up Comedy telling in his show how you can die. In parallel, we meet Kathy who after attending a conference of the doctor decides to travel alone to Mexico in search of a drug to die in peace in case she inherits her mother's...

Malena, a survivor of domestic violence, fled to Mexico City to rebuild her life after losing custody of her children despite her fierce fight. Now with a new partner, she aspires to create the family she always dreamt of, despite challenges such as IVF treatment, societal judgment, and the resentment from her teenage children who feel abandoned. While patriarchal norms may seem daunting, her determination for a brighter future is stronger than...

Seas of the Atlantic Ocean crossed by a mountain from Chiapas. Through unknown horizons seven indigenous Mayan sail carrying a story of resistance. With this journey in the midst of the pandemic, the 4-2-1 Squad of the EZLN seeks to plant a seed in new...

A documentary film that addresses gender, identity and the construction of beauty through five diverse characters and their participation in the Miss Gay Venezuela beauty...

A group of children and adolescents, from Mexico and Latin America, waits in shelters of Tijuana for a resolution to the asylum request to enter the US. The wait is long and...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the dynamics of communication,transportation, work and interaction of societies in Mexico and the world, but for the patients hospitalized by the virus, all possibilities of contact with their own were...

Sergio arrived to the Oaxaca highlands and created a project for indigenous kids to discover their own capacity to dreams through basketball. Through studying, effort, and will power they struggle to break the cycle of poverty around them and defeat their most powerful rival:...

Rich is a 30 year-old filmmaker whose career seems to go nowhere. While wasting his days in Tequesquitengo, he falls in love with Daniela, a young woman who shares his place in the world, but not the same feelings. A weekend with her and her young, polyamorous friends will make him question his life so far and his concept of...

In the late 70's, Yan María Castro founded the first lesbian-feminist group in Mexico. Within a climate of discrimination and repression, Yan María and her group organized a political movement to win their place in...

Told through deeply personal stories in the trenches of the healthcare sector, “Birth Wars” chronicles a power struggle between doctors and midwives in Mexico about whose vision of childbirth should prevail. The film takes viewers on a journey into two worlds riven by prejudices and antagonism and explores how building bridges between these worlds could help save...

Societies violence and judgements against women are a heavy burden that Melissa must lift everyday. But when she gets on the ring, she’s the one answering...

Every morning at school, when girls and boys stand in their lines, Sam, a child who thinks of himself as an extraterrestrial being, is confronted with his situation: he doesn’t fit into this society where everything has to be classified. However, thanks to a teacher he will find his place in the...

Independent documentary that addresses the different environmental problems in the north of Quintana Roo region, located in the Mexican Caribbean, caused by the rapid tourism development and uncontrolled population...

HERMANOS tells in parallel the story of two Mexican brothers that want to go back to the US after being deported for life, with the story of an American woman who lost her house and today believes she can get it back through Trump’s promises. Their journeys take them on road trips to meet with their past and with relatives who they believe can help them achieve their...

A journey through memory accompanied by Buñuel’s photographs taken during the scouting of locations for “Nazarín”, as well as the ones made by Manuel Álvarez Bravo during the shooting of the film, along with the testimonies and reflections of artists, filmmakers and intellectuals like Luis Eduardo Aute, Jean Claude Carrière, Carlos Reygadas, Silvia Pinal, Arturo Ripsetein or Carlos Saura among many others, to re-discover the poetic, vivid and inspiring force of Buñuel’s...

Fairy tale in which the princess is not so good and the prince not so...

A couple's anniversary dinner takes an unexpected turn when a series revelations derail their happy...

A family finds the meaning of their existence through the constant contact with death. Santa Muerte is their mother, the light that shines in the dark dream of...

It was autumn when I arrived in Germany. I thought that in this exotic country I could distance myself a little bit from Mexico, but I was wrong. Drug traffickers managed to take me back in a ruthless way. A short animated documentary about the drug-related violence in...

Cabo Polonio, a small, rough and charming beach lost in time and space located on the coast of Uruguay. The place attracts travelers, hippies and artists from all over the world. Since the place has no pumped water nor electricity, once you are there you can totally disconnect yourself from the madness of the modern life. To tell this story, we talked with a few locals, who explained what does being or going to Polonio means to them. They are: Martin Buscaglia (musician); Gonzalo Brown...