Watch Today's Film Festival: Best of MEXICAN ANIMATION Shorts Festival
BATTLE OF THE BATTER, 9min.
Directed by Michael Aseret Diaz Sanchez
Kusogaki hosts the extravagant “Battle of the Batter”, the greatest baking competition in the universe (according to him), where his sisters Jamora and Mamonk compete to be crowned the ultimate baker, and, conveniently, give him all the attention he wants. But when the contest requires him to choose a single winner, he panics and does what any reasonable kid would do: he creates a mysterious man-watch to turn the kitchen into a chaotic battlefield. Between tricks, explosions, and way too much frosting, the real challenge becomes far more personal than culinary.
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FEAR, 11min.
Directed by Reyna Ivonne Mendoza Estrada
A teenage girl is hospitalized in a public psychiatric clinic after a suicide attempt. What begins as a search for care becomes an experience marked by institutional abuse and neglect. Through her testimony and a visual stop-motion reconstruction, the documentary explores the conditions of psychiatric hospitalization and the dynamics that normalize violence in mental health spaces, challenging the idea of protection and care.
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TASTE OF ME, 4min.
Directed by Alexa Sánchez
A man and a woman are cooking dinner for each other. As they prepare the meal, they begin to include parts of their own bodies in the dishes, so that when they eat, they´ll become a part of each other forever.
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FOR CLARITA, 8min.
Directed by Mar Ramirez Guerrero
An exceptional young mail carrier aspires to become the town's legendary ideal mail carrier; to achieve this, she must earn one final badge by helping the town's most stubborn man write a letter to his late wife and delivering it before the delivery truck departs. Although she fails to deliver the letter on time, she comes to understand that listening to and sharing the stories of those we love is what truly matters, and she earns a badge even more meaningful than any other.
Eternal Flavor (Sabor Eterno), 3min.
Directed by Alonso Garza Chávez
Maria achieved every chef's dream: cooking in one of Paris's most prestigious restaurants. However, this accomplishment doesn't fulfill her as she always thought it would. Everything changes when she receives a call from her uncle and must urgently return to the town where she grew up. Upon returning to its streets filled with memories, Maria embarks on a journey to her roots, facing the dilemma of continuing a family legacy or returning to the life she built in Paris. Perhaps, among the flavors of her childhood and the warmth of her home, she will find the answer she has been searching for.
PAPERLIGHT, 2min.
Directed by Teresita de Jesus Fuentes Calderón
A class accident by two little stundents turns out into a creative game where their differences transforms mistakes into a new share universe full of imagination.
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