Life in Short, Vol. 1

A woman returns to México to say goodbye to an old boyfriend.

The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his film through the largely uncomprehending, wondering eyes of 13-year-old Julián, who travels from the arms of his loving pastoral family into the austere, hallowed halls of the seminary. Singling out the boy as his intimate disciple, installing him in his palatial private quarters and redubbing him “Sacramento Santos,” Father Ángel begins Julian’s instruction into the mysteries of “perfect obedience,” whose cardinal rule is: Never question a superior’s actions.

Five men are hired to paint the yellow line the road between two villages in Mexico forgotten. Aboard an old pickup truck, initiated the work of more than two hundred kilometers of asphalt and yellow paint to be completed in less than a fortnight

A woman is determined to stop the wedding of her best friend, since she has been secretly in love with him.

A woman tries to get back her only companion in life, a cow.

Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures and meet a cast of colorful characters. Their journey fundamentally alters each characters' sense of self and their place in the world. There is, indeed, life after 80.

A comedic Mexican short film about "the worst thing a woman can tell you: "I like you too, but only as a friend." -Edgar Cochran

Angel is an honest accountant that endeavors to do his work. Still, he gets fired. With a family to maintain and no job in sight, Angel sets aside his values and gets entangled with a third rate gang of thieves where he finds friendship, loyalty, self-esteem but no money. If his foray into the criminal underworld doesn't help his family, Angel will have to find another way to survive.

An employee about to retire and the young man who is to take over, share five journeys in the work place, an enormous empty warehouse where apparently nothing ever happens.

A young girl is possessed by a dark and sinister being, and will fight with all her might to free herself from it. An apparent expert in exorcisms and her mother, a traditional medicine expert, are unable to get rid of the demon, until a nun gets involved, giving rise to suspicions more terrible than demonic possession: Is this a wicked demon at all, or is it a being that has come to help contain the evil already present within girl?

Ligia and Mayte are best friends who are planning the “best quinceañera party ever” in order to achieve the respect and the popularity they so much desire. When a supernatural beast attacks Joel, Ligia’s boyfriend, he manages to escape but he is gradually transforming into something fierce and inexplicable. Ligia will soon discover she is pregnant and the creature that she’s carrying inside is not only a threat to her but to everyone around her.

When Daniel is possessed by a strange being it tries to bring back from the other world the rest of its companions in the bodies of Ana, Daniel’s wife, and Sebastian, their six year old son. Ana watches in horror as her family is transformed and sees her own possession, and tries to stop the process that seems to be irreversible.

Leo meet Javier at a bus stop while he tries unsuccessfully to flirt with a colleague from work. Leo's comments make Javier suspect that he is getting into his head to read his mind.