Open House

In a country where being transgender still carries risk, Mexican mothers and their children embark on an intimate journey toward understanding. Amid silences, memories, and words that once caused pain, they recount their process of mutual transformation—from fear to chosen love. This documentary reveals that love can be learned, that it can defy fear, and that even in hostile environments, accompaniment becomes an act of resistance.

Sofía and Laura have always been inseparable—just best friends. But everything shifts the night they rehearse Laura’s first kiss. From that moment on, they begin to question whether what they’ve felt all along was something more than friendship.

Castiel, a 25 year old transgender man, reflects about his identity through gender, the ways he transgresses this concept and how it influences his own perception and the world around him.

Sofía and Laura have always been inseparable—just best friends. But everything shifts the night they rehearse Laura’s first kiss. From that moment on, they begin to question whether what they’ve felt all along was something more than friendship.