FICG Industry

Selected

22nd Co-Production Meeting

The sea, the sea

Fiction

Director: Julian Amaru Estrada Francke

Producers: Maria Paz Barragan Ugarteche and Ruben Rojo Aura

(Peru, Mexico)

Ray, a young fisherman exploring his sexuality, flees to Iquitos after being rejected by his father and facing homophobia in his hometown.

It's not like that here

Documentary

Director: Sebastian Molina Ruiz

Producer: Diandra Arriaga

(Mexico)

This is an ensemble documentary about Mexico City during the 2026 World Cup, following those who experience the city and their lives amid the noise but far from the stadium.

Kid

Documentary

Director: Anna Lu Machado

Producers: Gregorio Rodríguez and Clélia Bessa

(Brazil)

After her father’s death, a filmmaker reconstructs his memory through the story of a boxer and turns the cinema into a ring of reconciliation.

Menarche

Fiction

Director: Jairo Ramos

Producers: Tania Medina, Paulina Costa, and Jairo Ramos

(Panama, Peru)

After her father’s death, an androgynous preteen takes on the role of mourner and handles the farmwork, while the onset of menstruation forces her to confront her identity.

First and last name

Fiction

Director: Duván Duque Vargas 

Producer: Capucine Mahé

(Colombia, France)

Willy (17) is surprised by the change in his father's financial situation. But the money comes from a world he would rather not have known.

It's not a river

Fiction

Director: Diego Martinez Ulanosky

Producers: Livi Herrera and Alejandro Israel

(Mexico, Argentina)

A teenager joins two friends of his late father. What begins as an attempt at brotherhood soon turns into rivalry and violence.

Talia after Talia

Documentary

Director: Pedro Speroni

Producers: Tomás Raimondo and Pedro Speroni

(Argentina)

Talia regains her freedom after spending eight years in prison. During that time, she formed a deep bond with her fellow inmates.

My parents' friends

Fiction

Director: Romina Tamburello

Producers: Santiago King and Federico Actis

(Argentina, Uruguay)

A daughter tries to help her parents become swingers. A comedy about something no one wants to imagine: her parents' sex life.

The Infinite Night

Fiction

Director: Daniela Schneider

Producers: Fernanda de la Peza, Amat Escalante, and Daniela Maung

(Mexico)

A young mother hides her son’s origins as desire, motherhood, and incest shape her family’s legacy.

The Other Voice

Documentary

Director: Agustina Pérez Rial

Producers: Nicolás Gil Lavedra, Emiliano Torres, and Felicitas Raffo

(Argentina, Spain)

Through personal letters and photographs, Mercedes Sosa’s exile is brought to life. An intimate, personal first-person account.

The Valley of Bones

Documentary

Director: Adán Ruiz

Producers: Yuli Rodriguez and Adán Ruiz

(Mexico)

In a town besieged by cement and mining companies, a teacher teaches biology by assembling a skeleton using bones found in the surrounding area.

Why did you come back every summer?

Fiction

Director: Lorena Muñoz

Producers: Valeria Bistagnino, Tomás Eloy Muñoz Lázaro, Delfina Montecchia, and Ana Saura

(Argentina, Spain)

At 19, Lourdes reports her uncle for sexual abuse after summers of horror. Two years later, she is fighting for justice, with Gabriel as an unexpected ally.

I'm dying because I won't die

Fiction

Director: Felipe Carmona

Producers: Marianne Mayer-Beckh

(Chile)

In the 1970s, Anglés (55), a priest and literary critic, divides his time between teaching at the university, giving secret Marxism classes to the Chilean military, and attending . There he meets an enigmatic writer and her American husband, who is a secret CIA agent. Thus, Anglés will descend into a spiral of horror and surrealism, where he will try to save his soul at any cost.

The Whisperer

Fiction

Directors: Ale Garcia and Carla Sierra

Producers:

 Antonio Urdapilleta and Valentina Vio

(Mexico, Chile)

After brutally losing her husband and son in a lynching outside a stadium, Alba, a devastated mother, returns to Catemaco to invoke an ancient deity known as La Susurradora. In exchange for mutilating her own body, Alba gains the power to force her enemies to destroy themselves. Each act of vengeance brings her closer to justice… and to total dehumanization. When the blood dries and the body is spent, Alba discovers that vengeance does not set her free: it consumes her.

All Other Parts

Documentary

Director: Cristina Ibarra

Producers: Vanessa Perez and Heather Courtney

(United States, Mexico)

Two men try to rebuild their lives within a digital prison; their stories reveal how surveillance reshapes family and freedom.

Plaster Virgins

Fiction

Director: Katherina Harder

Producer: Cynthia García Calvo

(Chile)

On the eve of the traditional La Tirana Festival, Rosario meets Ayleen, a caporal dancer. Amid the dancing, colors, and music, Rosario experiences her sexual awakening.

Germaín, The Black Angel

Fiction

Director: Tomás Alzamora

Producer: Pablo Calisto

(Chile)

1968. Amid the mud and the Chilean countryside, Germaín, a young man with a unique voice, transforms his pain into music and creates “Los Ángeles Negros.”

On the other side

Fiction

Director: José Luis Rugeles

Producer: Ana María Tarazona

(Colombia)

Miguel, a successful doctor, is unable to save his youngest son’s life following a tragic event. Guilt and denial plunge him into an abysmal descent: he abandons his vocation, his family, everything that defined his life and the foundation of his own success. Alone, adrift, he takes to the streets and seeks refuge in unfamiliar and hostile territories, living through his loss on a pilgrimage that will also be the cathartic promise of his salvation.