With Pimienta Films (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Roma (2018)
M/14 | 135 min | Drama
A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta
Votes: 137,710
2. Pássaros de Verão (2018)
M/14 | 125 min | Crime, Drama
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Directors: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra | Stars: Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narváez
Votes: 9,901 | Gross: $0.51M
3. La región salvaje (2016)
98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction.
Director: Amat Escalante | Stars: Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza, Eden Villavicencio
Votes: 4,571 | Gross: $0.03M
4. Heli (2013)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
Director: Amat Escalante | Stars: Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, Juan Eduardo Palacios
Votes: 4,720
5. Tempestad (2016)
105 min | Documentary
The emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.
Director: Tatiana Huezo
Votes: 459
6. Hilda (I) (2014)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
When Hilda, the new housemaid arrives, Mrs. Lemarchand's obsessions are irreversibly triggered.
Director: Andres Clariond | Stars: Marco Antonio Aguirre, Fernando Becerril, Anna Cetti, María Luisa Coronel
Votes: 307
7. Soy Nero (2016)
R | 117 min | Drama
Nero, a deported Mexican, returns illegally to the U.S in search of his identity. He joins the U.S army as a Green card soldier, a shortcut to citizenship. Lost in a maze, Nero fights to obtain his nationality.
Director: Rafi Pitts | Stars: Rory Cochrane, Khleo Thomas, Joel McKinnon Miller, Aml Ameen
Votes: 498
8. Semana Santa (2015)
85 min | Drama
Dali and her 8 year old son Pepe take a vacation with Dali's boyfriend, Chavez. Instead of bringing them closer, their beach holiday brings out things in each of them that threaten to pull ... See full summary »
Director: Alejandra Márquez Abella | Stars: David Thornton, Tenoch Huerta, Gabriel Nuncio, Lakshmi Picazo
Votes: 159
9. Holy Beasts (2019)
90 min | Drama
Fading actress Vera V. gathers with the remnants of her 70's social circle to shoot her last film: an unfinished script left behind by cherished friend J. L. Jorge.
Directors: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Udo Kier, Jackie Ludueña Koslovitch, Jaime Pina
Votes: 69
10. Les oiseaux ivres (2020)
Drama
Willy and Marlena. She is the girlfriend of a cartel leader in Mexico, he is in love with the boss's wife. Fearing the worst, the lovers will flee on their own to survive better. Willy ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Grbovic | Stars: Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Marine Johnson, Oscar Ocelotl Aguirre, Fréderike Ambroise-Laplante
11. Epitafio (2015)
82 min | Adventure
In 1519, Conquistador Diego de Ordaz and two soldiers march to the summit of the great Mexican volcano Popocatépetl.
Directors: Rubén Imaz, Yulene Olaizola | Stars: Don Roque Galicia Cervantes, Xabier Coronado, Martín Román, Carlos Triviño
Votes: 101
12. Noche de Fuego (2021)
Drama | Post-production
Life in a town at war seen through the eyes of three young girls on the path to adolescence.
Director: Tatiana Huezo | Stars: Norma Pablo, Mayra Batalla, Olivia Lagunas
13. Llévate mis amores (2014)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary that tells the stories of the women who live in La Patrona, a Mexican village that is situated by the tracks of a train from Central America that brings many migrants North to the U.S..
Director: Arturo González Villaseñor
Votes: 192
14. Mi Hermano (2018)
71 min | Documentary
Alexey was born in Russia and adopted by Gabriela, an unmarried woman. Later, Gabriela and Alexey adopted Mateo, another child from Siberia. Over the course of nine years, Alexey and Mateo ... See full summary »
Director: Alana Simoes
Votes: 26
15. Aquí entre nos 2 (2022)
Comedy | Announced
Director: Patricia Martínez de Velasco | Stars: Jesús Ochoa, Diana García, Carmen Beato, Giovana Fuentes
16. Agua fria de mar (2010)
83 min | Drama
On New Year's holidays, Mariana (21) and Rodrigo (30) drive to the coast where he has to sell a property. There, they find Karina (7), late at night and in the middle of nowhere. She tells then she ran away from home.
Director: Paz Fábrega | Stars: Monserrat Fernández, Lil Quesada Morúa, Luis Carlos Bogantes, Adriana Alvarez
Votes: 168
17. A morir a los desiertos (2017)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
A journey to the northern Mexican semi-desert in search of the last singers of cardenche, a melancholy song genre that speaks of love and contempt, regret and tragedy. A tradition rooted in... See full summary »
Director: Marta Ferrer
Votes: 10
18. Galeana No. 8 (2011)
12 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A pair of kidnappers in a warehouse deal with the fate of a hostage as two office workers struggle to translate a muffled phone call from their boss. An unexpected twist provides a new ... See full synopsis »
Director: Andres Perez-Duarte | Stars: Cesar Beas, Eduardo España, Edelmira Madrid, Mara Matosic
Votes: 6
20. The Atlas Dossier
Thriller | Announced
The battle to death between Lola, indigenous mother of two children, and Sinclair, ex military.
Director: Diego Quemada-Díez
21. Hoy en Día (2011)
12 min | Short, Drama
On December 21st of 2012, three seemingly ordinary life stories abruptly become aware of the significance of their existence and less concerned with trivial problems.
Director: David Gutierrez-Rosado | Stars: Lucio Arizmendi, María Aura, Alfonso Borbolla, Alejandro Bracho
22.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Biografía a través del arte
(2013)
Documentary
Leonardo and Igor Nieto Joly tell their life stories through music and photography.
Director: David Pablos
23.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Hacia la cima del Izta
(2013)
Documentary
Tania Ximena Ruiz Santos climbs the Iztaccihuatl to register ice formations and then reproduce them in ceramic.
Director: David Pablos
24.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Neza York
(2013)
Documentary
"Ciudad Neza" is one of Mexico City's most peculiar neighborhoods. That is where Fershow Escárcega is from and where most of his photo shoots take place.
Director: David Pablos
25.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Miradas genealógicas
(2013)
Documentary
Tania Bohórquez's father is also her mother's uncle. Incest has always been a part of her life and her art. Her most recent project "Genealogical glances" is a series of portraits of families that have incestuous blood ties.
Director: David Pablos
26.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Un oficio de hombres
(2013)
Documentary
Luis Enrique García Reyes' father was a truck driver until his death. Now Luis Enrique travels along photographing not only the profession, but the interaction amongst men as well.
Director: David Pablos
27.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
El último viaje de la SEFT-1
(2013)
Documentary
Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene built the SEFT-1 to travel along the abandoned railroads of the country.
Director: David Pablos
28.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
La mirada de los niños
(2013)
Documentary
Through her photographs, Claudia Hans shows children's conceptions of death, God and family.
Director: David Pablos
29.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
El gesto revolucionario
(2013)
Documentary
Nuria Montiel constructed a mobile printing press to record people's words during demonstrations. Now she is directing a play that evokes with shadows, the gestures of a revolution.
Director: David Pablos
30.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Retrato de una identificación oficial
(2013)
Documentary
Samara Guzmán Fernández collects the official identifications of strangers. She then draws their portrait based on the photo that appears on the ID and sends it to the address there specified.
Director: David Pablos
31.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
La tautología del miedo
(2013)
Documentary
In northern Mexico violence has become all too common. José Jiménez Ortiz analyzes the effect of fear and the questions that arise after the death of a loved one due to organized crime.
Director: David Pablos
32.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Kaleidokleta
(2013)
Documentary
Leika Mochán music interacts with its surroundings. She composes songs that use atmospheric sounds and she takes her music to the streets on her pimped bike.
Director: David Pablos
33.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
La ilusión de lo real
(2013)
Documentary
Fabiola Torres-Alzaga's art challenges reality using optical illusions and the tricks of traditional magic.
Director: David Pablos
34.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
El arte de ser un ama de casa
(2013)
Documentary
Ruvalcaba & Partners is a company that buys ideas for art pieces. Its founder, Daniel Ruvalcaba, is currently working with housewives in order to form an art collection inspired on domestic work.
Director: David Pablos
35.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
La matraca
(2013)
Documentary
Esthel Vera Vogrig designed an interface that detects movement and assigns a note to each one. This way, by dancing one creates music - and with a choreography one composes a song-.
Director: David Pablos
36.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Lo efímero
(2013)
Documentary
Marcos Castro does interventions in buildings about to be demolished. His work then becomes archaeological ruins.
Director: David Pablos
37.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Ópera de salsa
(2013)
Documentary
Gabriel Briones designed a special kind of guitar with eleven strings in order to introduce this instrument in his salsa compositions. Now, he's composing the first ever opera in the salsa genre.
Director: David Pablos
38.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Deconstruyendo el teatro
(2013)
Documentary
Richard Viqueira introduces elements of performance, action movies or video games in his plays.
Director: David Pablos
39.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
El arte es político
(2013)
Documentary
Renato Garza Cervera's pieces touch sensitive subjects such as religion and politics. They do so with a sense of humor that doesn't undermine the seriousness of the message.
Director: David Pablos
40.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Poemas en Tzotzil
(2013)
Documentary
Angelina Suyul writes poetry, María Arias makes documentary films. The work of both artists serves as a glimpse of the tzotzil language and culture.
Director: David Pablos
41.
20 y más por el arte (2013– )
Episode:
Encuentros
(2013)
Documentary
Diego Vázquez, choreographer, and Erick Meyenberg, multi-disciplinary artist, revise their projects in the meetings of the FONCA grant for young Mexican artists.
Director: David Pablos