Huesera: The Bone Woman 2023
Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
Cara de Ángel's sexuality is about to explode. His masculinity is constantly being tested, threatened by Colorete and the pack from his neighborhood. To prove his manhood, he joins a robbery; however, driven by his hormones and his attraction to Gabriela and Johnny, a punk singer, his plans will change.
When a skeptical young woman, who is not a fan of horror movies, gets lost in the forest, she seeks refuge in a shelter, worried that someone or something is stalking her. It doesn't take long for the elements within it to further concern her. Creaking sounds, thunder, a very strange caretaker, and incessant phone calls make her question the terrifying reality she now finds herself in.
Mixtec-Zapotec antiquity reverberates in an instant. Their ancient voices whisper the memory of time and invoke deities that reveal deep secrets etched in stone. Quartz Deities is a look at the ungraspable, a liminal window that leads to mineral memories where the apparent univocal directionality of time is interrupted, diluted with the forces of nature and the cosmos.
Told in first person, this documentary weaves together two stories of disappearance: that of Atzin Molina, my high school friend who vanished in 2019, and that of Atzin, the indigenous Totonac rain deity, believed lost or dead due to oil-driven environmental devastation in Veracruz, Mexico. Through these two figures who share a name—one human, the other divine—the film explores the violence, loss, and grief that pierce through contemporary life in Mexico.
Dolores wakes up in Luis's house with no memory of how she got there, and Luis is equally puzzled. As they investigate, they uncover the shocking truth that Dolores died 50 years ago. Something magical has brought her to the present, compelling them to discover the deeper bond they share beyond blood.