First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room (2008)

A Boat

Playful portrait of a group of men trying to build an impossible object.

I Am Cuba

Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.

Another Woman

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.

Auto Focus

A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.

A Night at the Opera

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Broadway Danny Rose

A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)

Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys the filthy beaches of Ostia. Will the hostile environment pave a way to jealousy?

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.

C(r)ook

A killer for the Russian Mafia in Vienna wants to retire and write a book about his passion - cooking. The mafia godfather suspects treason.

Sanjuro

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Love and Death

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

All About Eve

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

Dreams

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

The Million Dollar Hotel

A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.

Le Corbeau

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets.

We Have a Pope

The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an atheist. But the Pope's fear of his newfound responsibility is one he must face alone. Winner Best Film at the Italian Golden Globes.

Throne of Blood

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Mia madre

Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.

Rosetta

Young, impulsive Rosetta lives a hard and stressful life as she struggles to support herself and her alcoholic mother. Refusing all charity, she is desperate to maintain a dignified job.

Everyone Says I Love You

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.

Nights of Cabiria

Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.

The Boat

A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, 'The Damfino'.

La Dolce Vita

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

Dial M for Murder

When American writer Mark Halliday visits the very married Margot Wendice in London, he unknowingly sets off a chain of blackmail and murder.

Squeak-squeak

Léonard Monestier owns a large fortune, alas his wife Cynthia made a bad investment in a worthless oil concession. Far from letting this get him down, Léonard decides to find a sucker to buy this concession from him. Right on cue appears Antoine Brévin, a befuddled billionaire who is very interested in Léonard's beautiful daughter Patricia and would do anything to win her hand...

Arlington Road

Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes a backseat when a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door.

Office Space

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

About Elly

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.

Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

The Ides of March

Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

The Pride of the Yankees

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Ivan's Childhood

In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.

Decalogue IX

Roman and Hanka have a loving marriage, but his impotence has led to her having an affair. The unbearable situation drives Roman to extreme measures both physically and mentally, testing their love and his own will to live.

Interiors

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…

Three Colors: Red

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.

Los cuerpos que se apagan

In a dreamlike wandering, the city becomes a constant rendezvous. In the hustle and bustle of strange streets, the protagonists face disillusionment and life’s obstacles that make them believe that their desire for freedom is only possible in dreams.

A New Goodbye

Helen lives with her son Bruno, but Bruno doesn't behave like a normal kid. She will have to overcome the mourning crisis to withstand reality.

Floating World

After returning to her childhood home, Sofia faces the challenge of living day after day, immersed in a vicious circle where the world seems to stop and where the most important thing is to live hedonistically. However, Sofia will sooner or later have to face the real reason that keeps her trapped in her own life, escaping the conflict that she does not want to face.

The Dark Night of the Soul

Ulises hasn't seen his friends since they graduated from high school. But now, walking to the reunion party, he is full of hope and joy to relive his past glories and rekindle the passion he had with Paulina, the girl he was always in love with but never dared to do anything with. But that will change tonight, which will surely be unforgettable.

Existere

Horacio, a lonely young man, cornered between his routine and disturbing dreams, stops and isolates, revealing a vital message.

Word Puzzle for an Empty House

Effort to construct an audio-visual dance between the body of an 90-year old man and the body of his house, that has become an extension of himself.

Wanted

Marcos, an adult who as a child lost his beloved pet, a black German shepherd dog, with whom he had a special bond. This bond leads him to search for it over time until he believes he has found it in a park with another owner.

Return

Gerardo returns home with a pack of dogs barking in the background on a dark night. Inside his house he will find an altar with flowers and orange lights. Now it will be the silence that will guide his steps to find out what is on that altar.

The Good Being

In the middle of a trip, Rubí, an eight-year-old girl, discovers within herself a powerful desire to eat roses. The rigidity and severity of her mother forces her to act in secret, until her desire manages to transform into something else.

Empty Shelves

Diana, a young woman who suffers from social anxiety, works in the supermarket which forces her to face her biggest fears; unable to communicate with others, she takes refuge in an ideal dream: a still and silent world where she can be free but gradually and without noticing this place threatens to swallow her into oblivion.

Silence After Storm

To understand the way they are feeling and why, Eva and Den converse about their ended relationship by going through the most important memories that were shared in the past. Through this remembrance, the memories’ capacity to be complete begins to be questioned as well as the love that was shared in the past.

Not Forever on Earth

A day in the daily life of Man, an evicted adult who travels through the city before making a decision that will change his life.

Self-Complacency

Cristian comes back to his house because he forgot his work badge. At home, he finds Fernanda, his wife, having sex with somebody else. Cristian does not dare to deal with the situation, so he wanders around the city to avoid the event and decide what to do about it.

Letters to Claudia

Claudia is a young woman who spends her days working in an old bookstore. One day, after finding a forgotten letter in a book, she starts an adventure to deliver it.

Echo of the Past

José Alberto seems condemned to wander through the countryside like a lost soul since the moment of his beloved's untimely death. Until one day, nature conspires to remind him of his torturous past. It takes strength to uncover the mystery that resides within him, and perhaps, to finally break free from living chained to melancholy.

Lost Time

Anto travels to the depth of his most beloved memories with Julián. He must cross the threshold of the loss of a loved one.

Ángel

Ángel, a small 5-year-old, watches as her mother takes care of her grandmother who is sick with terminal cancer. As the relationships around him start to deteriorate, Ángel tries to help her grandmother…

Elsewhere

Two women meet, wander and experience together a city that unveils different places and a connection beyond them.

Blossoms in Agony

Jacinta lives with her mother Alma, who has now brought grandmother Soledad home, to look after her, as she's had a cerebral stroke. Jacinta lives Soledad's presence as an invasion of her intimacy, and feels jealous of the attention Alma pays to her grandma, leaving Alma more and more worn-out.

Angst and Treason

During an awkward family gathering, María, a young lady going through a love crisis, discovers a secret that will transform her reality.

Strings

The hands of a puppeteer control the bodies of two dancers who compete with each other.

The Night

Luisa and her sister Estela will play hide and seek during a particular night. They both have suffered an important loss in their family, the mourning and grief will be present inside their house all night long.

Monotonous Sound

Hector is a man of the third age with serious problems of memory, the small homemade tasks of the daily life will be complicated as the day passes.

Men do not sham convulsion

Cecilia tries to follow her normal routine. She goes to classes; however, she decides to go somewhere else. She tries to work on a project but fails. Javier, a friend of Cecilia, invites her to a party. Cecilia agrees to go to distract herself and feel better. Something bad happens, and Cecilia needs to stop it.

Taint

Olivia notices a blood stain on her panties during her 8th birthday. After trying to remove the stain, she tells her mother, who assumes that she has started her menstrual cycle. After a couple of interactions with her older cousin, Ernesto, her mother is no longer sure what is going on, however, they will only be able to talk about it 10 years later.

It smells of shit, it smells of being

Ximena has been a victim of sexual abuse. The investigation of his case seeks to find the responsible. Carlos, Ximena's husband, is the one who encourages the case to be resolve. The investigation finds the crime scene and the presumed responsible. However, Carlos does not have the money that the prosecutor asks for sentence those allegedly responsible.

Every Moment of You

Gilberto leaves his home on the last day of his father's life, travelling around the city in search of the places that were meaningful to him: his old house, the museum where he worked, and the streets of a very lively city. This escape becomes a reconstruction of the father, a journey through memory and a farewell.

Crawlies

Crawlies is a soliloquy based on voice recordings of my schizophrenic uncle. An audiovisual exercise of mise en abyme that weaves a patchwork of memories from my childhood, of madness and desire.

Blooming

Filomena is a 16-year-old girl, who after an accident discovers that she will experience an extraordinary transformation.

Requiem for Eternity

In August 2007, after some medical studies, I was diagnosed with bone cancer. This movie is based on my memories of those days.

The Mexican Football Coaching Guide

In this comedic docufiction, Javier (Javier Raphael) is a young man who has always wanted to be a football coach like his idol “El Chelís” (José Luis Sánchez Solá), but has never done anything to fulfill his dream. Now, guided by a nosy narrator (Jorge Pietrasanta), he will look for some of the most unorthodox amateur football coaches in Mexico, and for his beloved "Chelís", so that each one can give him lessons until he is fully trained to manage a match and thus become a true "Mexican football coach".

Matinee

After finding a ticket, a young vagabond decides to go to the movie theatre. Right there, he will know the reality of watching a movie, and this will trigger a series of events that will change his life forever.

Oh, no! Hitler Again

Miguel Castañeda, a mexican scientist, tells the story of his stolen glory in his past as a migrant in the US, as well as all the obstacles he faces in his quest for justice upon his return to Mexico.

VII Domitilas

Chanting saved Domitila from a deadly fever. From that moment on, she started using her voice as a spiritual bridge to pray for the souls of the dead in her native town: San Miguel Pocitos, Puebla.

Bedtime Story for Ghosts

Three generations of women return to the old family home in Sinaloa to confront the ghosts of their past. Our story, wherever we begin to tell it, begins with a broken heart.

The Noise of Time

In the town of Xoco, the spirit of an old villager awakens in search of its lost home. Along its journey, the ghost discovers that the town still celebrates its most important festivities, but also learns that the construction of a new commercial complex called Mítikah will threaten the existence of both the traditions and the town itself.

Orpheus

Despite it being her father's death anniversary, Patricia, a young streamer, tries to continue with her daily rutine until one sponsor offers her a large sum to make a live stream that night playing "ORFEO", a paranormal summoning challenge. She accepts without imagining how dangerous it is to face your own demons.

Bolillo Mojado

In a mix-up, Tamara, an axolotl puppet, is forced to recover her mother's necklace from the least expected place.

Designing Fun

Documentary that explores the value of play and the ways we learn by playing through testimonies of mexican game developers.

October Notebook

Ricardo receives a visit from Daniel, his teenage cousin. Together they will explore the city and themselves.

B2

Biosphere 2 is a unique space, the home of a rainforest, a river, and even an ocean; here mother nature is born from human hands, machines and transparent walls. People have accompanied and cared for her; Isabel and Steve are two of them.

Abyss

A young man prepares to start reading a book in the middle of the night. As he reads, he realizes that the events of the novel seem to have a strange link with reality. Unexpectedly, he will have to face the dangers of fiction invading his environment.

Metro

An experimental and sensory portrait of the Mexico City Metro System through the job of a subway driver and the spaces she journeys.

Snakes & Stairs

Upon the death of his grandfather and playmate, Bruno, an 8-year-old boy, embarks on a journey in a magical world, trying to finish the unfinished story he was building with his grandfather to become a king.

Copal Dreams

The communities of San Martin Tilcajete and San Antonio Arrazola in Oaxaca, Mexico are best known for being the main source of the "Alebrijes" (wood carving) in the state; a relatively new but powerful tradition in mexican folklore. In both communities, there is a family that claims they're father started this tradition in all the state of Oaxaca.

One Way Trip

Two young women try to adapt to a new city: nostalgia, loneliness, friendship and family are mixed throughout the emotional process of both characters. A reflection on the sense of belonging and the experience of being a foreigner.

A Secret Place

In this documentary, we learn about five stories that converge at the same point, the bathroom. Each bathroom tells the story of its inhabitant.

Don't Go Yet

Poncho, an 8-year-old boy, becomes obsessed with finishing a time machine, since he wants to meet Papá Nacho, his grandfather, again; who passed away months ago.

The Black Dog

Since Rosa was little, people used to say around town that her grandfather was a black dog. The legend, belonging to the Valley of Oaxaca, spoke of a man who had the ability to turn into a black dog and roam the streets at night. Through images of the town, interviews with the brothers and animated interventions, the documentary tells the story of the myth and its importance in the collective memory.

Yo sentí su amor

Through an unsent letter, the author travels through time and recalls moments when love affected him intensely. Evocative images explore how pain and beauty intertwine with maturity on a journey guided by childhood friends, political disappointments, fleeting romances, and the loss of loved ones.

Time and Memory

A film essay that explores the relationship between film and memory, based on the personal memoir of the director. An autobiographical attempt to analyze this relationship going from the individual to the collective. From Chris Marker to Hitchcock and on to Kennedy´s assassination, passing through Fritz Lang and Bruce Willis, the memory of the images is fused with our own story, until they cannot be separated.

The Caves of the Air

Three friends talk about the legend of ´the caves of the air´, an ancestral site near a village where many people have disappeared mysteriously.

Leda in the Elevator

Leda meets a swan when taking a ride in an elevator.

Moo

Luna has a fobia of cows for a peculiar reason: she herself moos instead of moaning when she has sex. Her condition complicates the relationship with her boyfriend, Rigo. In order to find her way to self-acceptance she will have to follow the clues left to her by a mysterious swan.

Wild Chrysanthemums Between the Pages of My Journal I Put a Flower

Miranda is a university student working on a thesis on haiku, with an experimental twist that her advisor doesn't understand. She also bought a painting of the sea that is losing water.

África

Africa, a trans woman dedicated to musical representation and comic entertainment on Facebook exhibits her daily life through live broadcasts, having success and a large influx of viewers. This while she is getting ready for her special program in honor of her best friend Vicenta de Loris, since a year has passed since her life was taken from her.

Being Seen

A group of African American students at the University of Arizona reveals the importance of political spaces within Universities in times of intolerance.

Lethe

A journey through the streets of Mexico City in search of capturing images of violent events that may be of public interest. Jaime Verde, a photojournalist specializing in crime news, drives through the labyrinthine metropolis, enveloped in its lights and sounds. His work consists of navigating daily life, waiting for the right moment; it is during this wait that the city reveals itself.

Naucalpan

The vertiginous progress of modernity has caused the spaces that humanity previously inhabited, now remain forgotten.

Bad Days Won't Last

Members of the voluntary Human Extinction Movement in Mexico try to convince people not to procreate to achieve gradual human extinction. Soon, an involuntary event will put their ideas into perspective: a pandemic.

Drowning

Aura, a remote accountant with a monotonous routine, has her usual life interrupted one night due to an unexpected and unfamiliar leak. While trying to survive in her surroundings, Aura discovers that in the water exists a comforting escape from her mundane life, but at the same time, it condemns her.

Clouds

An open invitation to look at the sky.