1. Matilde Landeta (Matilde Landeta)
A woman, an illusion. Matilde Landeta makes come true, at her seventy six years of age, what she has waited and longed for for 40 years. In this documentary we accompany her, from day one, on her adventure.
2. Mexican Men
Who’s up for a sensual, seductive trip with some of the hottest Latin men that have ever graced the Silver Screen? ‘Mexican Men’ collects five of the most accomplished gay shorts from one of the homes of groundbreaking queer cinema. From short encounters, emerging love stories and deeply touching connections, these short films are sure to stir the heart... and body.</p><p> Includes: Atmosphere ; To Live ; Tremulous ; Wandering Clouds ; Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve .
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
3. Nobody Plays the Trombone Anymore (Ya nadie toca el trombón)
Cutberto Ortíz Ramos, a young trombonist, was kidnapped, along with other 42 students, on September 26, 2014, and murdered in Ayotzinapa, México.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
4. Modern Mexico City
This Traveltalk series short brings us to the capital of Mexico, where we learn a little about the three million people living there. Their living quarters are viewed, as are various monuments found throughout the city, including a monument to George Washington. We also see the Museum of Fine Arts and the Washington Apartments. From here, we visit the bullfights.
5. On the Road to Monterrey
This Traveltalk series short visits three cities in Mexico. We start in the village of San Miguel de Allende, known for its churches. A monastery has been converted to a school of arts. The second stop is Queréaro, where a 5-mile-long aqueduct built hundreds of years ago is still functional. It was near this city that Emperor Maximilian was executed in 1867. Then it is on to Monterrey, the large industrial city whose nickname is the Pittsburgh of Mexico. Here are steel mills, other factories, and the largest brewery in Latin America.
6. Rural Mexico
A Traveltalks visit to some small towns in Mexico. In Mazatlán, away from the tourist spots, we see a small village where fishing, growing coconuts, and gathering large sea turtles are the main pursuits. We then visit Toluca on market day, where people sell produce and pottery. The last stop is Taxco, where the Castilian influence of the Spanish conquerors is still prevalent.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
7. Visiting Vera Cruz
This Traveltalk series short looks at the people, customs, and landmarks in Vera Cruz, the main port city of Mexico.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
8. Noon Sun (Sol de Mediodía)
A group of mexican high school students spent their time at parties and outside of school practicing skateboard, drinking an doing drugs.
9. Metamorphic (Metamórfico)
Octavio Ocampo is the creator of the metamorphic style painting technique, a technique of overlapping and juxtaposing realistic and figurative details within the images he creates. This is his story.
10. Aranzazú, a memory of ruins (Aranzazú, un recuerdo de ruinas)
The celebration of a city is held every year and nostalgia is the main guest. Around the city there is nothing but ruins and in the distance, four men walk the streets of a city that was once great.
11. Voyages au centre de la Terre : Dans les pas de Jules Verne (Voyages au centre de la Terre : Dans les pas de Jules Verne)
(Voyages au centre de la Terre : Dans les pas de Jules Verne)
It has an average vote of 8.7 on TMDB.
12. The Path of the Dead (El Camino de los Muertos)
The Day of the Dead is one of the most deeply rooted and celebrated traditions in our country and when this festivity takes place in a magical town, the event becomes something memorable. The Day of the Dead tradition in Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca begins on October 27 with the arrival of the chá to xo´o´ and the celebration lasts six days. Hand in hand with its inhabitants, we will take a tour to witness all the colors, smells, flavors, sounds, textures, and visions that surround this ancestral festival and that of the Mazatecs.
13. One path one collection | Agueda Lozano (Una trayectoria una colección | Agueda Lozano)
The sculptor and painter Agueda Lozano narrates the first contacts with plastic art that she had in her native Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua; her stay in France and how was her arrival in Europe; her return to Mexico, and her participation in important exhibitions and sculpture projects, among which the definitive insertion sculpture that she inaugurated in the Plaza de México in Paris stands out. Likewise, she talks about her works in the Payment in Kind Collection, about the characters that promoted and inspired her in her career, and about her aesthetic proposals and creation techniques.
14. Oaxaca - Zwischen Rebellion und Utopie
(Oaxaca - Zwischen Rebellion und Utopie)
15. Astral (Astral)
The story of Astral, champion show jumping and his path to national competitions.
16. AzTechSat-1 (AzTechSat-1)
NASA film documenting the launch and commissioning of AzTechSat-1, a pioneering one-to-one communications satellite in space.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
17. La Coronela (1940). Punto de partida (La Coronela (1940). Punto de partida)
(La Coronela (1940). Punto de partida)
18. Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate (Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate)
(Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
19. Dark Suns (Soleils noirs)
An epic investigation into countless murders in Mexico. Presented in chapters, the film unfolds methodically through unsettling testimonials, sketching a portrait of an entire country transformed into a gigantic mass grave thanks to a climate of impunity established by both criminal gangs and state authorities.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
20. Centinelas del Silencio
Sentinels of Silence is a 1971 short documentary film on ancient Mexican civilizations. The film was directed and written by Mexican filmmaker Robert Amram, and is notable for being the first and only short film to win two Academy Awards.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
