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Film Country: Mexico

Two women stand before a city backdrop at dusk, they look solemnly in opposite directions, one in a red graphic shirt and necklace, the other in a tank top.

September 17, 2026

Forever Your Maternal Animal

Elsa returns home to Costa Rica from studying in Europe to find her family unmoored and teetering on the edge. Her younger sister lives like a recluse in the crumbling family home, surrounded by a shady older crowd and slipping into esoteric paranoia. Her father dates increasingly younger women, ...

An older woman and a young girl stand inside a drained pool, they use many colors of chalk to draw on the walls of the pool, the girl focuses on her drawing as the older woman looks up, a set in her jaw.

September 17, 2026

Love is the monster

In the near future, a tropical dystopia is ruled by fear and rampant inequality. An ambiguous armed conflict is being fought elsewhere by the society’s men, and the wealthy live hyper-vigilant in gated enclaves protected by armed guards, fearing mysterious threats—and anyone less privileged—from ...

In a warm home with colorful framed pictures a young boy in faint blue eyeshadow and blush smiles wide, he wears a bright muticolored collared shirt and beaded necklace. Around him are other children with facepaint and an older woman with red hair, they all share happy smiles.

September 17, 2026

Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building

It’s the early 1990s in Mexico City, and Bruno is turning 11. Amid the exuberant celebrations, the sudden revelation that Bruno’s father has HIV throws the family into limbo. The boy's blossoming feelings for his best friend Vladimir and the confusion around his father’s diagnosis collide with th...

September 17, 2026

Family Friendly Animation: Tender Bonds

In ¿Necesitas Ayuda?, Señora Concha faces the chaos of the Tijuana airport and debates if she wants the support of eager wheelchair attendant Jorge. A capybara lives his days with his close companion, a tangerine, as he’s continually questioned about his loneliness in Land of No Man. A world wher...

A claymation of a girl with white and blue hair standing at the edge of a rope bridge in a lightning storm, in the back, a mossy wooden cottage.

September 17, 2026

Yugen

As endless storms ravage her land, a young girl ventures out to determine if the fire keeping her ailing sister alive is worth protecting. Produced using Mexican ceramics and tree bark for the puppets, Yugen is a testament to love and the balance between us and the natural world. This film scree...

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