An emblematic site of Mexico City, this is a journey through the history of Chapultepec, inextricably linked to the history of Mexico from its origins, emphasizing its historical, political and cultural significance.

Michoacan's indigenous culture, chronicling their prehispanic celebrations, their gods, and the return of their glorious emperor.

It is undeniable that there is a rupture between society and the authorities, especially regarding the police. In this documentary, the art attempts to heal this rupture.

A small bird loses his mother and tries to learn to fly by himself in order to find her. He has no feathers, but he will get them at all costs.

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Mexico became one of the deadliest conflict zones in the world in 2017, second only to Syria. In 2008, the Mexican government sent the army to Chihuahua on the Mexico-Texas border to fight drug traffickers. What seemed like an attempt to control the cartels turned into state-sponsored disappearances and the murder of journalists, human rights activists and civilians. The survivors and those threatened by the conflict pushed at the unwelcoming border of the United States, hoping for asylum. With stunning visual poetry, director Marcela Arteaga weaves together a record of their memories told over the backdrop of the once-vibrant landscape of the Juarez Valley. She also highlights the extraordinary work of Carlos Spector, an immigration lawyer born in El Paso, Texas, who fights to obtain political asylum for those Mexicans fleeing violence.

On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.

A filmmaker's poetic memories of her father.

An exploration on Paz's poetry by Paz himself, his childhood, his ideas about love and the nature of art

Sara does not belong to this world, but in a last effort she sets out on a journey in search of her only important person.

Three men spend their days in a dying gas station, on the side of a wrecked road, on the outskirts of a small town. The three men resist and wait. They spend their time in fortuitous, random or miraculous things, hoping that something will free them for this situation. One day, the opportunity they were waiting for appears, in a different way than they imagined. Now, they will have to find out if they're ready to take advantage of it.

A man on a supermarket encounters a woman who tells him he reminds her of her late son.

A young woman in the southern Mexican region of Chiapas falls for a revolutionary fighting in the Zapatista conflict.

A short documentary film about the director's relationship with his deceased grandfather.

An elderly couple spends together the afternoon in their living room. Suddenly she breaks the silence.

Beto is the keeper of a house in Mexico City - empty for several years already - in which he used to work as a domestic help. The solitude of the last ten years, as well the monotony and routine of his job have made him lead a secluded life, which could seem suffocating for most people, whereas for him it provides a safe and stable environment, in contrast to the threatening outside world. He has develop a pathological fear for this world, to the point of limiting his contacts to only two persons: the lady of the house, for whom he has a feeling of deep gratitude and respect that is translated into obedience; and Lupe, a friend, a confident and a lover. Once he learns that the house has been sold, Beto is confronted to the dilemma of gathering the courage to get out and get a life or find a way of remaining in his confinement.

A romance between the painters and writers: Dr. Atl and Nahui Olin arises in this era, the 20's, while Jose Vasconcelos founded the Ministry of Education and call all the intellectuals of the country for this project. Mr. President Alvaro Obregon, who feels devotion for the intellectuals allows one of the most important cultaral crusades of our history. In this liberal atmosphere where gays, the divorce, the vote for women, began to be accepted, several of our protagonists are given in love within a whirl of ideas, passions, political and ideological propositions.

Fantasy-life of an upper-class girl overwhelmed with spiritual questions.

A FICUNAM commission for four directors, Liminal seeks to play with poetic affinities between film and music. Moving across aesthetic and generational differences, the film-makers explore this relationship through four distinct stories as to context and imaginary.