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- DirectorMónica Alvarez FrancoThe people of a small community in Veracruz are the guardians of one of the ecosystems facing the most risk in the country: the cloud forest.
- DirectorAlberto Arnaut EstradaOn March 19th 2010, the Mexican government announced the death of two hitmen, armed to the teeth, in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León. Days later, it was discovered that they were in fact honor students who had been tortured and murdered by the military, who later tried to disappear them in a common grave.
- DirectorEverardo GonzálezA documentary about the violence in Mexico told from the word of those who have suffered the pain and those who make the pain.
- DirectorTatiana HuezoThe emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.
- DirectorMaya GodedThis Documentary shows the life of four third age prostitutes working at one of the most poor neighborhoods of Mexico City.
- DirectorLuciana KaplanStarsNicole MonoskyA documentary of three people in three different cities, Istanbul, Los Angeles, and Mexico City, sharing their experiences on commuting - a sacrifice of half their lives for the sake of supporting themselves and their families.
- DirectorMarta FerrerA journey to the northern Mexican semi-desert in search of the last singers of cardenche, a melancholy song genre that speaks of love and contempt, regret and tragedy. A tradition rooted in cotton farmers and miners, now on the verge of extinction. A song of survival.
- DirectorLudovic BonleuxIn the depths of the Sierra of Guerrero in Mexico, after the disappearance of the 43 students, we find the reaction of wounded civil society to seek an answer to the situation of abuse of authority mixed with poverty.
- DirectorLucía GajáIt is the story of five women from different countries who have survived or are trying to survive domestic violence.
- DirectorRoberto FiescoStarsFernando García OrtegaLilia OrtegaJorge FonsThe memory and testimony of two characters: One, who was a child actor in the seventies, and Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite some years ago, and now calls himself with a different name. They live together in Garibaldi yearning for their past in the movies, while Coral bravely comes to terms with her gender identity. They both still perform.
- DirectorRicardo SilvaStarsRichard LewisThe imagined apocalypse presented to us through portraits of characters struggling to survive in a hostile environment, where all they have is each other, and the only thing they posses in common is the will to keep on living, no matter the cost.
- DirectorMaría José Glender de MuchaA man recluded into the mountain is forced to question the role he had as a social being and his decision to become isolated when he faces complete solitude.
- DirectorDaniela Rea Gómez
- DirectorSergi Pedro RosThe documentary is about the difficulties that the Yaquis of Sonora (Mexico) face and their ancestral defense of the land and life in Mexico. Today they face a decisive battle. Since 2010, the government of Sonora, through the Independencia Aqueduct, has illegally diverted millions of cubic meters of water from the Yaqui River, causing a serious drought for the tribe and endangering their lives. At the same time, its territory has been flooded with drugs and violence. Yaquis seek an answer in the depths of their cultural identity.
- DirectorLuciana KaplanStarsMaría de Jesús Patricio MartínezYamili Chan DzulCarmen García de AldamaA healer chosen to heal an ailing country. The Spokeswoman (La Vocera), the one who carries our voices is Maria de Jesús Patricio, the first indigenous woman to aspire to the presidency in Mexico. Her journey also tells the story behind the Indigenous Government Council's fight to preserve nature and for a new way of understanding progress in the world today.
- DirectorArturo Díaz SantanaRockstar, activist, mother, friend, sister. A polyphonic portrait of Mexico's 90s, through the life and work of artist Rita Guerrero.
- DirectorRaul Paz PastranaMexico and the United States crack down on the trails north, forcing immigrants into more dangerous territory. Told against the backdrop of the North American migrant trail, 'Border South' weaves together migrant stories of resilience and survival from different vantage points. The film exposes a global migration system that renders human beings invisible in life as well as death.
- DirectorCarlos HagermanDocumentary about Doris and Oscar, a couple living and working together for 40 years, when they have to face retirement.
- DirectorJavier ÁvilaAfter the murder of Cintia, 19, her mother and older sister begin to explore their own lives marked by abusive relationships with their partners, trying to find an explanation for the crime and a new meaning to their lives.
- DirectorJuan Francisco UrrustiThe veneration for Tonantzin-Guadalupe has been an essential Mexican theme underlying Mexican cultural and political values since the 16th century.
- DirectorJuan Francisco Urrusti
- DirectorJuan Francisco Urrusti
- DirectorCarlos HagermanJorge VillalobosAn animated feature documentary providing a window into the hearts and minds of immigrant youth and their undocumented families
- DirectorAndrés KaiserStarsFarid Escalante CorreaKatja DomaschkArnoldo KaiserThe director Andrés Kaiser combines hundreds of amateur films and photographs from the treasure trove of images belonging to his migrant grandparents creating a cinematic firework of analogies.
- DirectorMarcela ArteagaStarsCarlos SpectorWhile the Mexican State covers crimes, Carlos Spector, an immigration lawyer in Texas, struggles to obtain political asylum for Mexicans fleeing violence.