Hatches

In a setting from the old West, a childish fantasy can end in tragedy.

In the labyrinth of the Mexico City subway, between trains, passengers and platforms, love will find its way to that person destined for you.

Lolo works on a quiet farm in Xochimilco, but their non-binary identity is constantly challenged and questioned. One day while selling produce at the local market, they reconnect with an old friend, Kat. She presents them with some friends, a bit of affection, and the chance to be free-spiritedly themselves.

An acting teacher, who once dreamed of becoming a soccer player, revisits the story of "El quinto penalti" —a short film created with his brother that is rumored, according to legend, to bear a resemblance to a renowned Mexican movie. Moving between the pitch and the film set, the documentary reflects on how cinema and soccer share the same terrain.

For fifty years, every ten minutes, a small transport vessel has crossed the Valsequillo lagoon, Puebla's largest body of water. Today, in the midst of unprecedented drought, the ship Mónica II, 'La Panga,' floats in lilies and mud.

Horacio has urgent news for his husband but cannot contact him, and Hannah has not heard from her girlfriend for days. Causality brings this pair of strangers together on a subway platform, where they will enjoy a small moment of empathy and perhaps they will find enough energy and strength to move on.

The Mexico City Metropolitan Train has many stories to tell: from archaeological findings during its construction, its underground museums and hospitals, and even its patents and special maintenance services. These are some of their stories.