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Upon the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish Conquest, a ghostly Conquistador arrives in modern Mexico. As he journeys toward the capital city, he remembers events from his past while encountering the testimonies of real people, the survivors of contemporary violence. History and the present begin to merge, giving nightmarish reflection on the enduring legacy of colonialism in our world today.

By the end of the community party, El Varal goes back to its empty streets, to its absent family members who've gone to the US, to its lands, cultivated by farmers with difficulties. Younger generations feed on the American Dream and the rest works in three maquiladoras. In this way, the peasant crisis, migration and work in the maquilas intertwine in El Varal's daily life.

A story of migration, identity and redemption through sport. The journey of a Mexican boy who migrated to the USA, and looking for a better life, he chooses a path that led him to the dangerous gangs in LA, prison and deportation. His talent for boxing turns his life around and he reflects on the identity and struggles of migrants in the USA.

This documentary unveils a hidden aspect of the city of Rio de Janeiro that departs from the glamorous picture postcard stereotype.

A man appears in an abandoned area of the desert in a mysterious accident on the highway where he's rescued by a young cowboy (Sky) and his grandfather (Bernardo) a cockfighter. When the new tenant wakes up, he does'nt remember who he is or where he comes from. After having a mystical vision in a cave he begins to perform miracles of healing in the village; he makes the invalids walk, he returns sight to the blind, he heals the plague. People call him Prophet. The Priest of the community will oppose the stay of the inconvenient dweller who will test the church itself and its concepts on faith.

The story of a clandestine bar that embodies the epitome of a generation of rebellious young people who created their own spaces for artistic expression after a long period of repression, newly awakened by the social consciousness sparked by the '85 earthquake and the Zapatista movement--an awakening that unleashed an entire cultural movement that persists to this day. It is a tribute to that legendary place and the people who inhabited it.

Two groups of tourists in a beach in the Caribbean have conversations, one group about intellectual topics, the other about everyday stuff.

In 2019 millions of Chileans rose up to challenge the economic theories imposed during the dictatorship. Mariana is one of the victims of the model, Ramiro one of the beneficiaries. In an unforgettable year, both will undergo an unexpected transformation.

Ixtlilco town in Mexico has a carnival tradition were all men and boys dress as women for entertainment, but this year the LGBTQ+ community wants to take part, will they be allowed to?

A provocative meditation that captures the brutal beauty of the U.S./ Mexico Border.

The 70's. A small Latin America in the heart of Mexico City. 30 buildings. 904 apartments. 3000 exiles. Pablo, 2 years old, Argentinean, tells his story and that of the community that had Villa Olímpica as its place in the world. One day, the end of the dictatorships in the south. The return of the parents is the exile of the children. Leaving everything behind and starting over.

On 6 December 1914, revolutionaries Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa took control of Mexico City. Over a century later, a group of rural actors will seek to relive that glory. As they make their way through Mexican towns from their home in Quebrantadero, Morelos, to the capital city, members of the troupe find themselves confronting the past-as well as the present. Recurring parallels force us to wonder just what has changed in a hundred years' time! Time Riders is a documentary that goes beyond the mere commemoration of a significant event from Mexican life. It is the portrait of a journey, rife with clashes-and at times, similarities-between the past and today's realities. It is a reminder of the Mexico that was-and that all Mexicans are. It points to what Mexico will be in the future.

Whenever a mother asks, there is an obligation to look for an answer, whatever it takes...

Documentary about a Hitgirl working for a Mexican cartel.

Three elders return to their homeland seventy years after being forced to leave it because of the Spanish Civil War.

A tragicomic picture of Polish society in the era of the first lockdown. The inhabitants of a certain tenement house - each locked in their apartment - adapt to the new situation. Most of them stay at home, and their contact with the outside world is provided by... a balcony and a common yard. Isolation and distance sharply limited the number of social contacts, but provided the opportunity to observe neighborhood life. The product of this backyard culture is the Balcony Concert - the story of a certain pair of shoes and one of the most peculiar performances of the song What a Wonderful World.

stories of women that survived the violence that females in Mexico suffer and that often ends in murders.

The celebration of a city is held every year and nostalgia is the main guest. Around the city there is nothing but ruins and in the distance, four men walk the streets of a city that was once great.