ESCINE | Escuela Superior de Cine

Pablo and Lucía, bound by a shared past, enter their first months of theater studies with high hopes—only for a single night to unravel everything. At a party, Lucía disappears from Pablo's life, leaving him grappling with her absence amidst friends, family, and the echoes of their dreams. As he drifts through memories and familiar places, Pablo begins to understand that Lucía saw the world with a unique insight, challenging him to rebuild his own path in the face of loss and rediscovery.

Was I always as beautiful as she is? But she doesn't go crazy for me. Blinded by love, I admire the one who... hates me? I listen to nothing but my heart. And the heart, the rudest of characters, can be transformed by love, polished and... dignified.

During the weekend Julian takes care of his father Ramiro who is sick and close to his death. Ramiro looks to reconcile with his son after hurting him in the past for his sexual orientation. Although Julian keeps looking for his father’s acceptance, their personal desires will prevent them from mending the relationship, as neither can accept the other as he is.

SDL Estela is a woman who lives between reality and imagination inside a psychiatric hospital. The recurring apparitions of Diana, his daughter, will cause Estela to prepare to face her fate and finally accept the loss of Diana.

Santiago has struggled with anxiety and issues related to how he perceives himself and how others perceive him, leading him to turn to yopo as a way to cope.

Carlos is a teenager who lives with his mother, Lily, waiting for Fernando, his father, who works as a truck driver. One weekend, Fernando comes home from work to try to take his place as the father of the family, while Carlos and Lily do everything they can to make him stay.

Juana, Mar, and Eduardo tell their stories of abuse.

When oil tankers went aground in the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico in Campeche, thousands of oil workers lost their payments and their rights.

Bonifacio is a man caught between revolutionary and contemporary Mexico, struggling to find fulfillment in either era. Haunted by the death of his son and burdened by social upheavals, he navigates a life marked by unfulfilled dreams and persistent challenges.

The film introduces us to Faby and her family, who keep alive the memory of Yosi, a young dreamer from Xalapa who disappeared. His cousin Diego rescues the notes he left written on his wall and turns them into a song. Faby, his mother, hears the music that preserves his memory for the first time.

XX and XY were born in captivity. Each existed in their own room, taught to survive by animations played on a screen. What distinguishes humans from animals? What will happen when they meet?

A shy and quiet girl whose life lacks color is taking a bath. Suddenly, although everything seems to be going normally, a chaotic and colorful world begins to sprout from her belly button. A varied mixture of creatures and shapes that, with their noise and disorder, embody her worst nightmare. Frightened, she tries to fight against this strange event, but there is nothing she can do to prevent it.

Embark on a dizzying search for handcrafted treasures mixed with love in the public spaces of Mexico City's Historic Center. It stretches from the Isabel la Católica metro station in the south to the Lagunilla metro station in the north, the San Carlos National Museum in the west, and the Merced market in the east.

Searching through many worlds, a traveler tries to find something of great importance: to fulfill his purpose.

In a rusty world, a robot attempts to assemble its final creation.

A frog sets out to overcome the death of his wife through a farewell letter.

Pollo, a drawn bird, escapes from the pages of a notebook to embark on a surreal journey to the SMMX Festival. A two-minute short film, used as a trailer for the Stop Motion Mexico Festival.