Máquinas de palabras
The Exile
In Spain during civil war, a seminarian, Teo, is assigned to a small, remote fortress on the top of the mountain. Teo has to share a tiny place...
See moreLife on Mars
What do you think is the desire of every human being?
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Leave What Scares You
From the communal future, a woman recalls the words of her ancestors, women warriors who gathered to record their words about community service. At...
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2004 Mexican experimental short
See morePulsos Subterráneos
Pulsos Subterráneos is a subjective recording in 16 mm of the experiences of defense and resistance in the territory, culture and life of two...
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Nanacatepec
A 16mm film performance draws inspiration from the Nanacatepec, a rock traversed by a network that extends without a defined shape. Its fruits, in...
See moreLives for Sale
This harrowing film goes beyond the rhetoric to show why immigrants are willing to risk everything – even virtual slavery – for the American Dream....
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De la Naturaleza del Hueso
Mexico 1968.
See moreInventario Churubusco
The historical Estudios Churubusco lab, where golden era Mexican films were processed in the 1950s, is still open, pretty much untouched. This...
See moreOn the nature of the bone
The concept of memory and image are mixed in this piece to reveal the continuity in the justifications that the Mexican Government issues to...
See moreChildren’s Game #13: Piñata
A piñata is a papier-mâché figure stuffed with sweets. Common at birthdays in urban patios, here we find it in a field, where a garish Superman...
See moreChildren’s Game #11: Wolf and Lamb
A group of children hold hands in a circle. The child in the middle plays the lamb, the one outside is the wolf. The wolf tries to catch the lamb...
See moreDesaparecer
Desaparecer / Disappear: to stop being in sight or in a place, cease to exist. In Mexico one person disappears every 1 hour and 50 minutes, that...
See moreChildren’s Game #10: Papalote
A 10-year-old boy in a pink salwar kameez stands near a dune-coloured wall under a powder-blue sky. He frowns and gesticulates, conversing in stops...
See moreTierra
In the film Tierra the artist’s hands manipulate the organicity of the raw materials. The colors and textures are closely portrayed in 16mm by...
See moreChildren’s Game #12: Musical Chairs
The game is filmed from above in a single take, emphasizing the inexorable process of subtraction. Six children place five chairs in a row, facing...
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