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SHORTS MÉXICO - Mexico International Short Film Festival 2026

Mexico

Programme

Search Films

#1 MEXICAN LIVE ACTION COMPETITION

13
Films

272
Minutes

31 August
17:00 GMT-05:00

30 September
16:59 GMT-05:00

la mar
Andrés González

As the tides keep rising in coastal Mexico, a wild at
heart young man makes one last run with a fisherman to set his life straight, until the water brings back what he's been running from.

la mar

22 min / Spanish / 2026

Mexico

cuando miras en los ojos de la bestia
Paco Ramirez

In 1864, three Mexican soldiers—Justino, a carefree mestizo; Remigio, naive, young and indigenous; and Manuel, an arrogant, handsome white man—are dispatched to a forest rumored to be haunted by..

cuando miras en los ojos de la bestia

28 min / Spanish / 2026

Mexico

techiq
Missael Sánchez Arce

Margarita and Evaristo, a peasant couple, live alone in their shack at the foot of the Malintzin volcano. Every day they wait for the bird known as Techiq to herald their son’s return—the son who..

techiq

31 min / Other / 2025

Mexico

los días de alfredo
Sandra Ovilla León
Daniel Aarón Hernández Villarreal

Alfredo is a dentist in the early stages of Parkinson's disease, who tries to hide it and continue treating his patients as he has done for over thirty years. However, the new dental offices..

los días de alfredo

19 min / Spanish / 2026

Mexico

flores
Job Samaniego Rivera

After a magical encounter with a flower, Moisés and his child Samy embark on a journey of discovery and transformation. Through an old tale and Samy’s perspective, a world full of colors begins to..

flores

22 min / Spanish / 2026

Mexico

somos agua
Jorge Malpica

Water has no shape of its own. Neither does grief. When we lose someone, something in us knows exactly where to go. We Are Water is a story about the loss of a cherished dog. But in a rather..

somos agua

8 min / Spanish / 2026

Mexico

burza
Frida Zazueta

A devout Polish woman living in a small Mexican town endures a suffocating
religious routine under her husband’s control, along with the unsettling presence of a
mysterious inhabiting one of the..

burza

24 min / Spanish / 2026

Mexico

blu
Orlando Rosillo

In early-2000s Mexico City, two teenage friends see their bond begin to fracture. Moving between memory and the present, their friendship and desire become
increasingly difficult to name.

blu

20 min / Spanish / 2025

Mexico

#2 MEXICAN ANIMATION COMPETITION

46
Films

304
Minutes

31 August
17:00 GMT-05:00

30 September
16:59 GMT-05:00

el obsequio ideal
Rubí Armáss

When an ancient magical star loses its power, the Migos will join forces to embark on a journey across their village that will help them recover the star's magic before it disappears and threatens..

el obsequio ideal

5 min / Other / 2026

Mexico

blockhead
Fernando Cárdenas

During a storm, an incomplete wooden statue fights to free a rock off its eye in an old cabin. Sparks shoot off its fingers after observing its surroundings. After removing the rock, it discovers a..

blockhead

4 min / Other / 2026

Mexico

alesia’s lucid dream
Alesia De La Parra

A butterfly embarks on a journey through various surreal landscapes that delve into the psyche and the dream world, seeking the impossible: to become real.

alesia’s lucid dream

5 min / Other / 2026

Mexico

no prendas la luz
Carina Vanessa Rodriguez

For some children turning the lights on means a monster may appear.
On a stormy night, a frightened boy is visited by a strange female entity whose intentions are not what they seem.

no prendas la luz

3 min / Spanish / 2026

Mexico

lyra
Daniela Ramos Vallés
Andrea Mayorga Franco

On a space station, a lonely astronaut discovers a lost star from the Lyra constellation. After forming an unexpected friendship, they must risk everything to return the star home before it is too..

lyra

10 min / Spanish / 2025

Mexico

sandro: una historia en tres capítulos
Juan Pablo Olvera

An experimental animation short about Sandro, a young animation student dissatisfied with his studies and stuck in online classes. He experiences a journey into another reality where he confronts..

sandro: una historia en tres capítulos

5 min / Spanish / 2026

Mexico

play along
Sonny Farenas

Years after leaving behind the racing games she loved as a child, Samantha "Sammy" Bates rediscovers an old console her father gave her and finds an unbeatable time-trial record waiting for her. As..

play along

16 min / Other / 2025

Mexico

dawn of the can
Oscar Muñoz

In a resource-depleted wasteland, the Cenit Order battles a relentless penguin invasion. Amidst the chaos, MP-2305, a newly assembled robot, is thrust into a factory conflict. To survive, the unit..

dawn of the can

10 min / Other / 2025

Mexico