Jack Zagha Kababie

The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories intersect.

The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories intersect.

Magdalena, a mother in search of her missing son, meets Miguel, recently deported from the US and looking for his mother. Together, they make their way through the desolate and unforgiving militia-ridden landscapes south of the border.

Humberto works as a night watchman at a remote and desolate construction site. One night he becomes, unwittingly, the sole witness to a cover up. Afraid of being retaliated against lest he come forth, he decides to keep quiet. Gradually and without him being aware of it, Humberto ends up inflicting on his family the same violence from which he´s running away.

An employee about to retire and the young man who is to take over, share five journeys in the work place, an enormous empty warehouse where apparently nothing ever happens.

An employee about to retire and the young man who is to take over, share five journeys in the work place, an enormous empty warehouse where apparently nothing ever happens.

Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures and meet a cast of colorful characters. Their journey fundamentally alters each characters' sense of self and their place in the world. There is, indeed, life after 80.

Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures and meet a cast of colorful characters. Their journey fundamentally alters each characters' sense of self and their place in the world. There is, indeed, life after 80.

Angel is an honest accountant that endeavors to do his work. Still, he gets fired. With a family to maintain and no job in sight, Angel sets aside his values and gets entangled with a third rate gang of thieves where he finds friendship, loyalty, self-esteem but no money. If his foray into the criminal underworld doesn't help his family, Angel will have to find another way to survive.

Angel is an honest accountant that endeavors to do his work. Still, he gets fired. With a family to maintain and no job in sight, Angel sets aside his values and gets entangled with a third rate gang of thieves where he finds friendship, loyalty, self-esteem but no money. If his foray into the criminal underworld doesn't help his family, Angel will have to find another way to survive.

Angel is an honest accountant that endeavors to do his work. Still, he gets fired. With a family to maintain and no job in sight, Angel sets aside his values and gets entangled with a third rate gang of thieves where he finds friendship, loyalty, self-esteem but no money. If his foray into the criminal underworld doesn't help his family, Angel will have to find another way to survive.

A comedic Mexican short film about "the worst thing a woman can tell you: "I like you too, but only as a friend." -Edgar Cochran

Ligia and Mayte are best friends who are planning the “best quinceañera party ever” in order to achieve the respect and the popularity they so much desire. When a supernatural beast attacks Joel, Ligia’s boyfriend, he manages to escape but he is gradually transforming into something fierce and inexplicable. Ligia will soon discover she is pregnant and the creature that she’s carrying inside is not only a threat to her but to everyone around her.

A young girl is possessed by a dark and sinister being, and will fight with all her might to free herself from it. An apparent expert in exorcisms and her mother, a traditional medicine expert, are unable to get rid of the demon, until a nun gets involved, giving rise to suspicions more terrible than demonic possession: Is this a wicked demon at all, or is it a being that has come to help contain the evil already present within girl?

A young girl is possessed by a dark and sinister being, and will fight with all her might to free herself from it. An apparent expert in exorcisms and her mother, a traditional medicine expert, are unable to get rid of the demon, until a nun gets involved, giving rise to suspicions more terrible than demonic possession: Is this a wicked demon at all, or is it a being that has come to help contain the evil already present within girl?

9 visions, 9 lives, 9 stories, 9 shorts from 9 different mexican directors.