Forbidden Songs of the Earth

Forbidden Songs of the Earth 2023

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One song traces a pathway from oral poet and Mazatec shaman Maria Sabina's tradition to Mazatec rapper Xéti NdáJnio and Medicine woman Zara Monrroy, also a poet, rapper and dancer from the Comcaac Nation. Two stories of indigenous rappers struggling to sing in their mother tongue.

2023

Los cuerpos que se apagan

Los cuerpos que se apagan 2023

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In a dreamlike wandering, the city becomes a constant rendezvous. In the hustle and bustle of strange streets, the protagonists face disillusionment and life’s obstacles that make them believe that their desire for freedom is only possible in dreams.

2023

First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room

First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room 2008

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Don Plascencio has a collection of men he uses like radio stations: in a routine aural examination each man plays a different musical piece instead of the usual heartbeat.

2008

Yo sentí su amor

Yo sentí su amor 2023

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Through an unsent letter, the author travels through time and recalls moments when love affected him intensely. Evocative images explore how pain and beauty intertwine with maturity on a journey guided by childhood friends, political disappointments, fleeting romances, and the loss of loved ones.

2023

África

África 2023

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Africa, a trans woman dedicated to musical representation and comic entertainment on Facebook exhibits her daily life through live broadcasts, having success and a large influx of viewers. This while she is getting ready for her special program in honor of her best friend Vicenta de Loris, since a year has passed since her life was taken from her.

2023

Intangible Blue

Intangible Blue 2012

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A journey above and below the sea, portraying the charm and diversity of the waters of northwest Mexico. A team of urban documentary filmmakers and divers set sail for several weeks on a boat, The Sandman, and discover the unexplored: surprisingly large and friendly creatures, waters teeming with life, beauty, and movement concentrated in natural reserves of the Gulf of California and the Pacific, unique in the world.

2012

Strings

Strings 2023

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The hands of a puppeteer control the bodies of two dancers who compete with each other.

2023

Type III Sadness

Type III Sadness 2023

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Itzanamí, a young woman, is facing stormy relationships. In his attempt to discover himself, he creates a documentary, wondering why he associates love with violence. Revisiting her family's past, and the relationships her grandmother and mother have gone through, she discovers the true face of love: the love between the women in her family.

2023

Word Puzzle for an Empty House

Word Puzzle for an Empty House 2008

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Effort to construct an audio-visual dance between the body of an 90-year old man and the body of his house, that has become an extension of himself.

2008

Silence After Storm

Silence After Storm 2023

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To understand the way they are feeling and why, Eva and Den converse about their ended relationship by going through the most important memories that were shared in the past. Through this remembrance, the memories’ capacity to be complete begins to be questioned as well as the love that was shared in the past.

2023

The Taxidermist

The Taxidermist 2023

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Samuel is a taxidermist in charge of dissecting a fish, however, he begins to be stalked by his neighbor who seems to be plotting something terrible against him. Samuel becomes obsessed with this idea, and little by little he will unravel the truth of the harassment of him, without knowing that this will lead him to a destiny surrounded by horrors, blood and cosmic delusions.

2023

The Dark Night of the Soul

The Dark Night of the Soul 2022

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Ulises hasn't seen his friends since they graduated from high school. But now, walking to the reunion party, he is full of hope and joy to relive his past glories and rekindle the passion he had with Paulina, the girl he was always in love with but never dared to do anything with. But that will change tonight, which will surely be unforgettable.

2022

Bolillo Mojado

Bolillo Mojado 2024

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In a mix-up, Tamara, an axolotl puppet, is forced to recover her mother's necklace from the least expected place.

2024

The Black Dog

The Black Dog 2023

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Since Rosa was little, people used to say around town that her grandfather was a black dog. The legend, belonging to the Valley of Oaxaca, spoke of a man who had the ability to turn into a black dog and roam the streets at night. Through images of the town, interviews with the brothers and animated interventions, the documentary tells the story of the myth and its importance in the collective memory.

2023

Until Memory Fades

Until Memory Fades 2023

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Entering in the darkness of his memories, with the aid of some old photographs, one man travels to his past, building along his way a story which spans multiple generations to recover the image of his father, whose early passing marked him as a child.

2023

The Mexican Football Coaching Guide

The Mexican Football Coaching Guide 2024

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In this comedic docufiction, Javier (Javier Raphael) is a young man who has always wanted to be a football coach like his idol “El Chelís” (José Luis Sánchez Solá), but has never done anything to fulfill his dream. Now, guided by a nosy narrator (Jorge Pietrasanta), he will look for some of the most unorthodox amateur football coaches in Mexico, and for his beloved "Chelís", so that each one can give him lessons until he is fully trained to manage a match and thus become a true "Mexican football coach".

2024

Bad Days Won't Last

Bad Days Won't Last 2023

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Members of the voluntary Human Extinction Movement in Mexico try to convince people not to procreate to achieve gradual human extinction. Soon, an involuntary event will put their ideas into perspective: a pandemic.

2023

Naucalpan

Naucalpan 2023

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The vertiginous progress of modernity has caused the spaces that humanity previously inhabited, now remain forgotten.

2023

Don't Go Yet

Don't Go Yet 2023

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Poncho, an 8-year-old boy, becomes obsessed with finishing a time machine, since he wants to meet Papá Nacho, his grandfather, again; who passed away months ago.

2023