Tuza, a harsh and authoritarian fisherwoman, causes Justino's death, forcing her to embark on a journey of redemption with his widow, Luvina. Through Juan Rulfo's narrative environment, both women embark on a mysterious journey where their desires face loneliness.
Mabel has gone viral. And in the least desirable way possible. During her flight to Polynesia, she unlocks her sleeping husband's cell phone with innocent intent, but what she finds is proof of infidelity.
Jorge Luís Altuve is a young Guatemalan, passionate about mountaineering and a lover of his country. After the COVID-19 crisis and the lack of transparency in the execution of funds by the government of Alejandro Giammattei, he raised a wave of indignation that led thousands of Guatemalans to demonstrate. Jorge Luis attended the central square, when PNC agents began to intimidate the peaceful demonstrators. He and other citizens were arrested without having carried out an act of vandalism.
Maria is the new teacher who arrives at an old religious school. On her first day, she will have to teach a group of rebellious teens who are part of a punishment class. An unexpected event will turn the classroom into a real hell.
Ronnie Monroy has had an unmeaningful life as a public employee. About to turn 65 and face retirement he discovers the Women’s Prison, where he finds a new purpose.
Set in an upper-class neighbourhood of the Dominican Republic, La Hembrita is an unsettling portrait of a middle-aged woman, Dominique, and her relations with family, servants and entourage.
Writer and filmmaker Llorente’s homeland becomes the focus of a simmering drama played out amongst the beaches, squares and lush green mountains of this north-western province of Spain. The action follows Marta as she swaps her busy life in Madrid with boyfriend Leo for a trip back to her hometown for the summer. With naturalistic settings, minimal dialogue and lingering shots, the director highlights the contrast between real life and the carefree pace of the holidays. As the summer progresses, a relationship from her past causes confusion and she’s forced to choose between the innocence and freedom of her youth and the grown-up world with all its routines and responsibilities.
Mama Irene, Healer of the Andes, is the story of a remarkable 86 year old Shaman (Healer) from Peru who draws upon indigenous knowledge and traditions in danger of being lost forever. This film is not only a vital document of endangered wisdom; it is also a story about Women empowerment and a testament to living harmoniously with Mother Earth.
The Serranía Baja de Cuenca (Spain) is a land where two species of almonds are grown: larguetas and marconas. When the artist went to shake the almond trees with they family, Cienfuegos understood "mariconas" (faggot, in Spanish) instead of "marconas".
A group of passengers cross a river on a small ferry. Fog, laughter, whispers and faces inhabit a floating, suspended space. Time passes, the shore is now closer and people prepare for another part of their journey. Aqueronte summons the essence of cinema to transport us to unreal spaces where life is crystallised in a changing landscape of light and shadow. In this cinematic trip, Manuel Muñoz Rivas reaffirms the fabulating power of moving images.
Jorge Villafañez is a rotund, veteran private detective living alone in a high-rise apartment in Buenos Aires. Discreet and meticulous, he has a knack of making people open up in conversations. But when a new assignment puts him on the trail of Elvira, an experimental choreographer, the distance between the observer and the observed begins to collapse as Jorge descends into the rising waters of the Delta del Río de la Plata.
Cruz is a grandma who's spent years, decades actually, without having an orgasm. Religiously devout, it wasn't something that she considered particularly important, or that she'd even given much thought to... until, one day, while surfing the internet, she again starts to feel those desires and sensations she had believed were long gone. Now she is faced with a dilemma: how can she balance her religious beliefs with this new sexual and sensual awakening that has suddenly come back into her life?
Camila is going through a crisis in her 30s. Everything in her life seems to be falling apart: growing up proves more difficult than she expected. Julian, her best friend, suggests she resume her major and work in a play. Together, they will live a memorable summer.