Roots of Blood

February

A Mexican immigrant struggles to fit into a small town in Wisconsin until he discovers ice fishing.

SIN ROSTRO

Anemoia

Marcos has been living most of his life on autopilot, as a spectator, daydreaming of something better than his current situation, until the father who abandoned him as a child knocks on his door.

Camión de Carga

An ill Central American single mother risks her life in order to give her son a stable future in the United States.

Bells of San Angelo

Gridley is mining silver from an old Mexican mine and bringing it into the USA thru a passage into his worthless mine. Border guard Rogers suspects Gridley and finally finds the secret entrance to the Mexican mine. He sends Lee Madison for help only to have her captured by Gridley. Trigger brings help that takes care of Gridley's men and now Roy has to rescue Madison.

Tree of Nails

A folktale in Los Angeles.

Ecos de Luz

Estela, a mute girl who lives in the countryside, develops a passion for photography. Through her camera she captures the landscapes that reflect her deepest feelings. Her life changes when a strange illness takes hold of her sister.

La Venganza de la Entalladita

In this complete narco movie, we present the story of Teodora, a beautiful woman who is famous for dressing in tight clothes, which bothered her boyfriend Roberto, who loves her but is very jealous. Roberto's father wants to take over Teodora's father's land and plans to get him out of the way at any cost. But none of them have the bravery of Teodora, who is braver than pretty and is not willing to let herself be controlled by anyone and will go to great lengths to defend her lands.

Lúi: Una Vida Improvisada

Cocaina: Vicio Mortal

A woman recounts her life in Los Angeles dealing in cocaine & prostitution.

Hombres sin alma

Final installment in Juan Orol's Percal trilogy. In this film, Malena is freed from prison by a gangster but a rival mobster will make things impossible for them.

Castran

Immersion (short)

Ten-year-old Moises has just immigrated to California from Mexico. He doesn't speak English, but he's good at math, so he hopes to do well on his first math test in the USA. Using untrained child actors from public schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, “Immersion” plunges its audience into the visceral experience of a child who cannot understand his teacher. The film puts a human face on the debate about the education of English Language Learners.

The Adventures of Chico

A Mexican boy without young neighbors to play with, befriends a diverse group of desert animals.

In Between Heartbeats

Guided by a queer deity, a closeted man is forced to confront his parents as he tries to regain his lost sense of identity.

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years without seeing each other. She plans to get to the United States and dreams about being a great singer; he commits all the required atrocities to be accepted by the gang: la Mara Salvatrucha. Sabina and Jovany crashed with the most adverse conditions at the border like white slavery, the Mexican and American migratory agents Burrona and Patrick, the brothel matron Doña Lita, Don Nico the Mexican Consul in Tecún Umán, the drug trafficking networks, the army and la Mara Salvatrucha.

The Goddess of Tahiti

A fugitive hides from justice among smugglers in the deep jungle of an exotic island, but things become complicated when he falls in love with a local cabaret dancer.

Runway

A young man who lives nearby an airport finds himself in trouble upon meeting a mysterious stranger.

Anonymously Yours

After an accidental text message turns into a digital friendship, Vale and Alex start crushing on each other without realizing they've met in real life.

Raw

Raw follows Arturo, as he sneaks out for his first hookup with another man. During the encounter, his shame around sex and intimacy begins to physically manifest as rotting blistering skin. When he returns home to find his mom, Manuela, back from work earlier than expected, he must conceal the spreading rot and confront his sexuality, all while facing his fears of potentially disappointing his hard working immigrant mother.