Fermín Martínez

A chronicle of the Mexican oil expropriation in 1938 through the eyes of President Lazaro Cardenas and journalist Alberto Miranda.

After visiting a crime scene, an ambitious and insensitive tabloid crime photographer falls victim to a mysterious illness.

It is a film that pretends to be a metaphor for an entire country and that questions our values, desires, and, above all, our idiosyncrasies; all this with a lot of black humor and framed in that little personal hell to which we all belong and that, for better or for worse, we all have: Family

A man who loses his wife and goes to seclude himself in a cabin in the woods, where strange things happen.

Ernesto has found a peculiar way to meet people and earn a living: provoking car accidents.

It's been six years since Mariano graduated from film school. He's about to turn 30 and he still lives with his mom, spends most of his time watching movies and has never written a single screenplay. His comfortable routine changes when his 15-year-old cousin, Ramiro, moves in with them.

A woman is in a job interview at a renowned law firm. Everything is going smoothly until one of the employees recognizes her from a previous job.

A young boy from Oaxaca travels to the coast in search of new opportunities. But leaving home won’t bring about anything different: he finds degradation with every step he takes, making it clear that his reality leaves no room for ambition

A hitman decides to put aside his life of crime to pursue his lifelong dream: to become a profesional comedian.

When Juan, a 35-year-old truck driver learns he has a daughter, he decides to become responsible. He quits alcohol and takes one last chance at his job, to deliver various goods to Mexico City. At a gas station, Vanesa, a Mexican Lolita with pink-dyed hair convinces Juan to let her go with him. A rebellious teenager and a broken man start a journey where they confront each other and their own demons only to realize that this strange encounter can awake something unexpected and beautiful in them.

A mother and her son look for the possibly dead body of a relative while everyone else seems more interested in a soccer tournament.

With the death of her husband and the absence of her son, Esmeralda has lost interest in life. Living in a small town, within the walls of her house, she regains hope when a baby pig comes into her life.

"The Times of Héctor" - Hector is a lonely man who attends suicides in Mexico City. Monica is a young woman who longs for death. Their meeting will unleash unsuspected consequences for both.

A tale about the fragile lives of four characters during a month of their lives. One of them, Ana, is waiting for a kidney donor.

9 Mexican directors come together to narrate traditions and more brutal, ruthless and bizarre legends of our country. Mexico Barbaro shows the world stories that are part of our popular culture, from sweet stories told by our grandmothers, the tooth fairy, witchcraft, the story behind the weeping woman, sexy Devil' servers, a pagan hero, the burnt woman, up to ancestral culinary bloody rites. Traditions and legends that today continue to cause terror among Mexican people. Included shorts: **Paidós Phobos** (Paidos Phobos) **Potzonalli** (Potzonalli) **Bolas De Fuego** (Fireballs) **Exodoncia** (Exodontia) **Vitriol** (Vitriol) **Dirección** **La Leyenda de Juan Soldado** (Juan the Soldier) "No Te Duermas" (Do not sleep) **Ya Es Hora** (It's About time).

Ophelia goes to El Oasis, a tavern where men pick up men, looking for her husband. Her suspicions confirmed, she faints and a transgender prostitute unexpectedly helps her.

Spain, 1937. Ramón Mercader, a young communist combatant, is recruited and trained by the Soviet intelligence service to participate in a top secret mission ordered by the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin: the assassination of his former political rival, Leon Trotsky, who is living in exile in Mexico.

Helena, a woman in her early 40's, is obsessed with getting pregnant. After failing her last try, her neighbors get back from the hospital with their new born baby. Helena breaks in to their house when they´re gone, steals the baby monitor and starts listening to what happens next door.

Three bandits decide to hide in a remote cabin, but soon fear and suspicions will grow between them.

An extraordinary black comedy that explores the limits of survival and absurdist political power games. The story takes place in times of elections in Mexico. A candidate for Governor runs over a pregnant migrant. After the accident, and to avoid a possible scandal, he hides her in a building he owns. Pressured by his political boss and so as not to ruin his political career, the candidate evicts the migrant. In a non-realistic style, the film focuses on the stories that surround the migrant during her search for a room. A radical film, with a critical gaze, that reflects the spirit of contemporary Mexican society.

On the desolate coast of Veracruz, young Sebastián, 17, has to run his uncle's motel single-handed, renting rooms by the hour. That's how he meets Miranda, a regular customer who goes there to wait for a lover who often arrives late, sparking a fleeting game of seduction between the two.

Vladimir doesn’t know what he is. He has all the money he wants, he is afraid of becoming schizophrenic; he is a vampire, an extraterrestrial, an eccentric millionaire, or all three at the same time. There is no doubt that he is a lady’s man who plays soccer perfectly, who can study the movements of a cabdriver and seduce the most beautiful and intelligent woman he meets.

A thief decides to rob a church, but before achieving his robbery, he must Confront a parishioner for emotional support.

Daniel is a young man suffering from low selfesteem, who is incapable of defending himself from the abuses of employers and of society in general. He is medicated with antidepressants to make his monotonous life more bearable; however, far from helping him, the medication worsens hiscondition with hallucinations and psychotic thoughts of vengeance that lead him to a state of total confusion.

Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he will discover that criminal life does not always keep its promises.

Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes: fame, fortune, fast cars and beautiful women.

Mexican director Enrique Begne's drama Two Embraces (AKA Dos Abrazos, 2007) follows four lonely and disenfranchised urbanites in contemporary Mexico City: a preteen boy under tremendous emotional strain, the pretty cashier with whom he is infatuated, an enraged and embittered cabbie, and the estranged daughter of one of his fares. Per the film's title, these characters pair off, finding unexpected hope and salvation in one another.

In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson.

On Mexico's northern border, adolescent Sandra tries to cross to the United States in the search of the American Dream.

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.

A crooked CEO is kidnapped and nobody cares enough to pay his ransom.