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On the rainy night of October 2, 1968, eight characters waiting on a remote bus station for a bus heading to Mexico City start experiencing a strange phenomenon.

Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz, Mexico.

A road trip brings together three childhood friends to attend an anniversary at the elementary school they attended together, and along the way, all wounds, hatred and laughter are recovered.

A group of seven friends from Uni get together in a rural paradise where they once swore they would retire at. Age has made the worst out of them, yet find the value of their friendship as the weekend moves along.

An employee about to retire and the young man who is to take over share five days on a work site, an enormous empty warehouse where apparently nothing ever happens.

In post-revolutionary Mexico, a carpenter must cross the land haunted by the Devil, to bury his young son.

A fascinating journey through Mexican culture and spirituality in search of the origins of the Virgin of Guadalupe, an icon that emerged after the shocking clash between Europe and the Mesoamerican peoples. With all its lights and shadows, this 'brown skinned' virgin is the first and most important sign of Mexican identity.

Bego, a housewife in a mid-life crisis, lives bored and afraid of being inconsequential, however, her life evolves into a mysterious game once she enters into a cult that preaches three days of darkness

Jail of Flesh, is a documentary that delves into a rare neurological disease. It is fatal, incurable and what provokes it is unknown. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis attacks the motor neurons, those who have this disease gradually lose total ability to move.

Siblings, it is said, are the only people we truly spend our entire lives with. Perhaps that longevity explains the unique and edgy dynamic that brothers and sisters carry through their relationships. In Asteroid, siblings Mauricio and Cristina were part of a tragic as teenagers, and they have been struggling ever since. Now adults, Mauricio is still living in the childhood home where they grew up, proudly holding on to the hard-fought, twin successes of having both a girlfriend and stability as a sober recovering alcoholic. Then Cristina shows up, absent after seven years, fleeing her latest flame-out in Madrid. Her emotional instability brings disastrous consequences for both of them, leading to think that some people should simply never get back together.

After a whole life of work at Tijuana, Rafael and Lidia are victims of injustice against their rights and dignity: Rafael learns that due to a paperwork mistake, he will not be entitled to his retirement pension. As for Lidia, she finds out that her employer's will leave the entire heirloom to the dog. In their own way, alone and silently, they'll begin a battle: Rafael against a company, Lidia against a dog. Curiously, these struggles are not visible.

Circus Aztlán, which performs in the villages around Mexico City, is made up of the members of just one family. They each have their own act: there is a clown-cum-ringmaster, a trapeze act, a juggler, an act with a pony and a pink poodle, plus a goat that does tricks. The daughter is thinking about leaving the business, but she would miss the circus and the applause, she says. She is also very proud of her roots and her profession. Seen from the outside, it may look like a life full of adventure, but behind the glitter suits and heavy makeup lies a difficult, uncertain existence.

A band of Canadian Native Americans transform their daily hardships into a celebration of their heritage and historical struggles over the course of a fleeting Vancouver summer.