About the Living

Michel, a young aristocrat, mourns over the recent suicide of a close friend through a journey into the empty and violent environment which surrounds him.

An emotional journey that takes us into one father – daughter relationship, through their struggles and dificultéis, ending in the house by the sea where they were happy together.

There are promises that are impossible to keep. My uncle José made such a promise as a child in 1963 to my mother Ana Luisa, to whom he declared a special kind of devotion. There are always bonds like this between siblings establishing mysterious complicites. This is what José declared to little Ana Luisa: "The day that you die, I´m going to die with you".

On his last night before going abroad, José goes out to a party with Milena, his best friend. The night will develop into a serie of events that will change their relationship forever.

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.

Chano is deported back to Mexico after living most of his life as an ilegal immigrant in the USA. Now, away from his wife and kids, he lives alone and depressed in the country where he is supposed to belong. While rebuilding an old motorcycle with Don Memo, a retired motorcycle racer, with whom he is forced to work, he will discover where his real home is.

Lina wants to become an animal and is willing to try it. Eduardo wants to tame her but can't. Primal Force explores the limits of a couple unable to engage.

Jeronimo is a production assistant on a movie set. He notices a problem on the set and he decides to propose a solution. His plan fails. Jeronimo is punished so he decides to take revenge.

Andrés, a young man, devastated because of the death of his beloved Eva, makes a gamble with a ghost. If he wins, Eva will arise, if he doesn't he has to give the ghost one of his eyes.

After getting bitten by a rabid dog, Clara must stay locked in the small cabin where she lives with her mother and husband for 40 days. While the town is assaulted by a pack of savage dogs, Clara's seclusion causes a growing desire for freedom. To escape, she will have to overcome her family's fear and determination to protect her.

Bernardo Arellano Short FIlm

Meanwhile Nicholas works on the street and Cecilia works on a tortillería, Davicho found a film reel that will change the common life of these three guy with infantile spirit, this is the beginning of an adventure that will end with an unexpected event.

Dishevelled private eye Nico Beamonte's latest case comes from God himself ... possibly. He wants Nico to find the mysterious Black Panther. But who, or what, is the Black Panther? And what has this got to do with a cryogenically frozen Mariachi singer and a 1950s flying saucer? Surrealism, Mexican-style - as if film noir had collided with props left over from a Ray Harryhausen film.

A strong friendship bonds Isa and Ana helping them overcome their teenage life of neglect, loneliness and confusion. When Isa goes through a very painful situation they decide to skip town taking along Ana s baby boy. A story about adolescent heartache, for the painfully lonely.

Takeda is a film about the universality of the human being seen thru the eyes of a Japanese painter that has adopted the Mexican culture.

Citliali, a lonely woman, faces a difficult, marginalized life, which seems to be full of obstacles. During the day we will discover the real cause of her affliction.

Edgar is in love and obsessed with Maria, his neighbor, but the greatest obstacle in his quest for love is the oppressive environment in which he lives with his mother.

Ivan lives with his mother in the daily routine. Without prior notice, Jacobo, the oldest son who was absent, comes back home; desperate for his own situation he decides to start a short trip with his younger brother, Ivan. All along the journey they will learn to understand each other, they will try to make up for lost time and rebuild their affective bonds.

In the future cloning machines known as “Multipliers” were forbidden and abandoned still operating. They still create clones inside them, in an infinite loop that is perpetuated by their security protocol.

Ivan, a Uruguayan political exile living in Mexico, returns to his country after his father's death. The reencounter with his empty home will push Ivan to look back in time in order to come to terms with the past.