Denisse Quintero

Desire is mysterious. Desire is overwhelming. Desire is tragic. Desire is FURIOUS. The many permutations of that strange thing called desire are on full display in this stunning collection of 5 short films. Includes: Loris Is Fine [Loris sta bene] (2017); The Daytime Doorman [O Porteiro do Dia] (2016); The Other Side [Al otro lado] (2017); The Tiger's Fight [El tigre y la flor] (2016); Xavier (2016).

How are biographies charted? How is identity constructed? Can we relive our past, reinvent it, rearrange or recycle it? Can we really know who we are if we ignore where do we come from?

After a year of drought, Nicolas prepares for "The Tiger's Fight", a prehispanic ritual where the village men fight to imitate thunder and foster the rain, hope of a good harvest. Inspired by one of the last surviving blood rituals in Mexico, "The Tiger's Fight" tells the story of Nicolas, a young man who wants to preserve the ritual, even when his love defies the traditions of his people.

The community of Ayapa struggles to keep their language alive. Through the memories of their elders, this documentary tries to reconstruct the town's history.

A boy suspects that something lives in his closet, the moment for confirming it, has arrived.

In the coldest night, Death takes the life of a child, his mother will do everything to get him back, even losing everything she has.

Kidnapped by landowner Remigio Fuentes, Jazmín endured slavery and abuse. Years later, she returns to his ranch seeking revenge through his son Fernando, but meets Santiago, a farmhand posing as an undercover cop.