Mexico
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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.
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A man faints and awakens in another town as an eight-year-old boy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Evocative and darkly poetic, Ramon Cervantes' Resisting Life examines the darkness that hides under the surface of any family.