SPECIAL SHORT FILM PRESENTATION IN COLLABORATION WITH PROCINE CDMX

ESPERANDO UN 2 DE NOVIEMBRE | DIR. Jorge Alberto Alvarez Torres | Mexico | 2019 | 2:49 min

Doña Alicia prepares her altar for someone very special; when her grandson takes her to get pan de muerto, a peculiar character steps in at that very moment to finish the task in honor of her loved one.

EL DÍA QUE YO ME VAYA | Dir. Alejandra Ríos | Mexico | 2017 | 5 min

After losing her home in the 19S earthquake (2017), Doña Mago prepares the Day of the Dead ofrenda to welcome her husband, who passed away a year earlier. Meanwhile, the town of Santa Rosa Xochiac, in the Álvaro Obregón borough, celebrates the “Primera cera” tradition to honor its dead.

CAMINAR LOS DÍAS | Dir. Arturo González Villaseñor | Mexico | 2017 | 5 min.

Mariana has found work at the bakery, a temporary job during pan de muerto season. She lives with her brother Diego, whom she has cared for since their mother's disappearance. Immersed in a day devoted to venerating death, they live it through absence.

ACÁ EN LA TIERRA | Dir. Rebeca Trejo | Mexico | 2018 | 13 min.

Sam is an alien child, or so he thinks, and he has come on a mission that not even he understands, so he keeps a log on his tape recorder while he waits for instructions. Soon he'll have to adapt to earthlings, which turns out to be quite complicated, because he doesn't understand much about their behavior, nor their terrible need to classify everything, nor their habits of sorting everything — so he prefers solitude, and listening to music on his walkman.

ANTES DE ENTRAR PERMITA SALIR | Dir. Alfonso Coronel | Mexico | 2019 | 13:30 min

A documentary exploring a day in the working life of a Mexico City Metro driver, known on social media as the Mexican “Wolverine.” It gives an introspective account of his lifestyle and experiences.