The Guadalajara International Film Festival is celebrating its 41st edition, bringing with it an incredible selection of films you won’t want to miss, whether you’re a die-hard film buff or simply looking to discover something new and different on the big screen.
With categories ranging from fiction to animation and documentaries, the options are as diverse as they are exciting. Whether you’re looking for moving stories, daring projects, or emerging talent, you’re sure to find something that surprises you.
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Moscas (Opening Gala)
Olga leads a solitary and strictly ordered life; out of financial necessity, she rents a room to a man whose wife is hospitalized, unaware that he has secretly brought his nine-year-old son to stay. Amid an uncertain wait, their lives intertwine, forming an unexpected bond that will transform them both.
Our Body Is an Expanding Star (Maguey and Mezcal Award)
Semillites and Tania, two queer siblings united by a powerful friendship, explore the dark terrain of their own bodies—lands they once rejected. Through collage, animation, manifesto, dance, and intimacy, the film moves across the scales of the body and territory, reimagining identity beyond Mexico’s colonial narratives.
City of the Dead (Mezcal Award)
Since childhood, Enrique has photographed thousands of dead bodies, inspired by cop and detective movies. When a corpse turns up inside a trunk, Enrique finds himself caught up in the investigation of a secret service agent who is pursuing a serial killer, setting in motion an unorthodox investigation.
Mickey (Maguey and Mezcal Award)
Mickey has spent the last ten years exploring his transition process within the conservative context of Sinaloa, Mexico. Through digital archives, artistic reenactments, and deeply personal encounters, the film moves between tenderness and rage, transforming memory into an act of freedom.
Querida Fátima (Cinema libre)
This feature film is about nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. Hoping to give him a better life, Rosario works illegally in the U.S., while his mother takes care of Carlitos in Mexico.
La Hija Cóndor (Latin American Fiction Feature Film)
Clara is a teenager living in an indigenous community in the Andes. Her adoptive mother, a midwife who took her in as a baby, has taught her the ancient songs used to guide women through childbirth.
Although her voice carries on the tradition, her dreams lie elsewhere: she longs to leave the mountains and become a folk music star in the big city.
The Fabulous Time Machine (Ibero-American Documentary Feature Film)
In the remote and arid Brazilian hinterland, girls play amid their mothers’ miserable past and their own fantastical dreams of the future. There, where men still loom large over women, they embark on the journey from childhood to adolescence.
Mailin (Ibero-American Documentary Feature Film)
As she tells her daughter a bedtime story, Mailin pieces together her memories. What could have been a fairy tale turns out to be the story of a young woman who was abused by a priest for fifteen years.
Lost for Words (Socio-Environmental Film Award)
A documentary celebrating our relationship with nature, inspired by the bestselling illustrated book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. A scientific film with an artistic heart that invites us to explore and transform our anthropocentric perspective through an odyssey across the United Kingdom.
Shame and Money (International Panorama)
A proud family man struggles to provide for his loved ones as financial pressures mount. Although his mother and brother-in-law offer to help, accepting their aid would hurt his pride. As stability fades, he must face difficult choices between pride and survival.
Militantropos
A feature film that captures the human condition through the fractured realities of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The film intertwines the everyday lives transformed by war—of those who flee, those who lose everything, and those who stay to resist and fight—tracing both the instinct for survival and the need for connection.
I Heard That They Are Not Going To See Each Other Anymore
In Taipei, Tao develops inexplicable feelings for Shin, an indifferent young man. Meanwhile, Melih, who left Istanbul to live in Taipei, owns a noodle shop. One night, he receives an unexpected flower from Yu-ping, who is perpetually drunk. Later, he dreams of the flower and of Yu-ping. Melih decides to keep the flower and begins confiding his thoughts to it, telling it the story of Tao and Shin.
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