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Tonotiuh lives an erotic, neurotic, episodic and downright confusing life.

It all revolves around sexy women named Maria. Since his first Maria relationship ended tragically, Tonotiuh finds himself inexplicably drawn to women with that moniker?even before he knows their names! The problem is that he can?t figure out which parts of his life are real and which are fantasies. And while his therapist (yep, Maria) does her best to guide our protagonist to the solution, we?re not even sure when, and if, she?s real.

Season:
2008
Director:
Jesus Magaña Vázquez
Cinematography:
Carlos Aguilera
Cast:
Julio Bracho, Ana Serradilla, Mahalat Sanchez, Diana Bracho, Mónica Dionne, Verónica Jaspeado
Editor:
Edna H. Lee
Producer:
Yadira Mata, Mauricio Zaragoza
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Héctor Ruiz

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A man faints and awakens in another town as an eight-year-old boy.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Iván Ávila Dueñas
Cinematography:
Ciro Cabello, Alejandro Cantú
Cast:
Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Jostein Roustand, Enoc Leaño, Flor Payán, Jorge Zárate, Joaquín Cosío
Editor:
Elena Pardo, Pedro Jiménez
Producer:
Iván Ávila Dueñas
Executive Producer:
Elsa Reyes
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama/Fantasy

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One man, two missing limbs? a fascinating story of adaptation in a world fueled by the status quo. 

Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2007 Mexico City Film Festival, veteran director Eva Norvind (whose daughter completed the film after her death in 2006) pays loving tribute to the strength of the human spirit and our ability to overcome any odds. 

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Eva Norvind
Cinematography:
Pedro González-Rubio
Editor:
Carlos Armella
Producer:
Eva Norvind, Nailea Norvind, Donald K Ranvaud
Executive Producer:
Robert Jacobssen
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary

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It?s one thing to get addicted to Mexican soaps?viva la telenovela?but when those colorful little fantasies have you completely in their grip, there?s no way to tell what?s imaginary and what?s real.

Season:
2008
Director:
Sergio Umansky
Cinematography:
Celiana Cardenas
Cast:
Mauricio Isaac, Dagoberto Gama, Gabriela Roel
Editor:
Max Chamberlain
Producer:
Sergio Umansky
Executive Producer:
Maite Arguelles
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy

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Welcome to America.?

Behind today?s cold statistics and political rhetoric on illegal immigration lie basic human needs and desires for economic opportunities that don?t exist south of the border. But for many who manage to make it to the U.S., the American dream is all too often a cruel and empty illusion.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Andrew James
Cinematography:
Andrew James
Cast:
Eli Gabriel, Lupe Barrera, Will Cohen, Lindzey Haase, Juan Villegas, Brenda Acosta, Nibaldo Diaz, Gabby Klawitter, Merced Arcei, Guy Adams
Editor:
Andrew James
Producer:
Jolyn Schleiffarth, Andrew James, Mike Reynolds
Co-Producer:
Holly Tuckett, Bill Gillane
Executive Producer:
Jolyn Schleiffarth
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Mike Reynolds

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A mesmerizing testimonial that reconstructs the memory of the struggle of the legendary figure of Lucio Cabañas, a rural teacher from Guerrero State who was murdered by the Mexican army.

Season:
2007
Director:
Gerardo Tort
Cinematography:
Héctor Ortega, José Antonio Lendo, Gerardo Tort
Editor:
Juan Carlos Solórzano, Gerardo Tort
Producer:
Marina Stavenhagen, Gerardo Tort
Composer:
Diego Herrera
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned

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Super-activism is alive and well on the streets of Mexico City, where masked men with a cause hit the sidewalks to raise awareness, using their offbeat disguises to solicit public interest.
 

Season:
2007
Director:
Arturo Perez Torres
Cinematography:
Mario Gallegos, Jose Luis Aranda
Editor:
Cameron Esler
Producer:
Heather Haynes
Composer:
Roko Citroen
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned

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Winner of the FIPRESCI Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Amat Escalante's Sangre is the story of a working class couple?s mundane existence?until something quite exceptional intervenes.

By day, Blanca works in the kitchen of a sushi restaurant, and Diego spends his days pressing his thumb to a counter and greeting patrons to a museum.

Season:
2007
Director:
Amat Escalante
Cinematography:
Alejandro Fenton
Cast:
Cirilo Recio, Laura Saldaña, Claudia Orozco
Producer:
Amat Escalante, Jaime Romandía, Carlos Reygadas
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned

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Winner of two Best First Film awards from the Guadalajara and Montreal Film Festivals, More Than Anything Else in the Word is a striking debut with an extraordinary sense of humor and visual flare.

Season:
2007
Director:
Andres Leon Becker, Javier Solar
Cinematography:
Damian Garcia
Cast:
Elizabeth Cervantes, Julia Urbini, Juan Carlos Colombo, Andres Montiel, Amira Aguilar
Editor:
Luciana Jauffred Gorostiza
Producer:
Ángeles Castro, Issa Guerra, Hugo Rodríguez
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned

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Evocative and darkly poetic, Ramon Cervantes' Resisting Life examines the darkness that hides under the surface of any family.

Season:
2007
Director:
Ramon Cervantes
Cinematography:
Tonatiúh Martínez
Cast:
Rocío Verdejo, Esthephani Aguilar, Juan Navarrete, Carmen Beato
Editor:
Ramón Cervantes, Monica Romero
Producer:
Armando Casas
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre:
Unassigned
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