The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel 2008
A loosely chronological visual “scrapbook” marking the 25th anniversary of the death of Luis Buñuel.
A loosely chronological visual “scrapbook” marking the 25th anniversary of the death of Luis Buñuel.
An international award winning saga of old Mexico. In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past.
A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? A committed Marxist or a constitutionalist politician? An ethical and moral man or, as Richard Nixon called him, a "son of a bitch"? In SALVADOR ALLENDE, acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile and Chile, Obstinate Memory) returns to his native country thirty years after the 1973 military coup that overthrew Chile's Popular Unity government to examine the life of its leader, Salvador Allende, both as a politician and a man.
Based on a true story, 11th Hour recounts how, on the evening of 9/11, Maria Jose's bar is heaving with locals united in grief and a building rage.
The way three different generations of women view virginity and the mystery that a love story hides.
A young woman in the southern Mexican region of Chiapas falls for a revolutionary fighting in the Zapatista conflict.
Emiliano, a loyal and determined young man shares the dream of becoming a professional soccer player with his best friend, Oliver. However, their lives take an unexpected turn.
Etienne-Jules Marey, a French inventor who turned a gun into a camera. A hand-drawn hunter whose weapon, instead of firing ammunition, shoots photographs. Carlos, a Mexican wildlife photographer who used to be a real life hunter until he chose to get rid of all his guns. All come together in this poetic yet approachable animated documentary short film.
After spending some time in a rehabilitation clinic, Ferruco immerses himself in the bowels of the scientific station “Las Joyas” with the purpose of safeguarding this important protected area from fires that threaten the perimeter in times of drought, At the same time, he continues his fight to not fall back on drugs and seeks for the opportunity to redeem himself through his work.
Maru is experiencing a strong grieving process. The image of her, which she had built over the years, of laughter and good times, now turns to tears. Luci, her cousin and her best friend, serves as her listener and advisor, she has always been like that.
Women who live in Ciudad Juarez organize safe havens for children in some of the most violent neighborhoods in Mexico. There, Diana, Joseph and Gael seek out the freedom that they once had on the streets, and try to heal the wounds that the violence of organized crime has caused them.
Dolores is a seven-years-old girl who just wants to play. Running away from a fire demon, she accidentally falls into a grave.
A photographer is murdered after taking photos of a group of kidnapped students. A politician involved in the events is forced to lie in a false official speech.
The pandemic transformed the way we carried out our day by day, in the spaces we used to be and in the ways we related. My girlfriend and I started trying different ways to spend time together like we used to under these new rules.
Miguel, a young B-boy from Guadalajara, pursues his passion as a breakdancer while he manages to balance this practice with his job, his friends, and his new role as a father.
Juan has worked in the field ever since he remembers. Within 40 years, he's developed a strong connection with the land and a gratitude towards what agriculture has taught him. Everyday, he looks for a way to care for his plants with the same values with which he cares for his family and his children's growth.
Bernardo is an old Art History teacher recently retired and widowed from his wife Cecilia. Without a clear path to go on with his life, one day he runs into Víctor, a piano player and long lost love from Bernardo’s past that he hasn’t seen in almost 40 years.