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Cheltenham International Film Festival · 2025

Cheltenham International Film Festival 2025

Mexico

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5 films · 2 reviews

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Corina

A young woman with a sheltered existence steps out of her comfort zone.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Urzula Barba Hopfner; Writer: Urzula Barba Hopfner, Samuel Sosa; Stars: Naian González Norvind, Ariana Candela, Carolina Politi, Mariana Giménez, Mónica Bejarano, Elena Gore, Alejandro Mendicuti, Ruth Ramos, Gerardo Trejoluna)

Dreams

Believing his lover will support him, a young Mexican ballet dancer crosses the border to pursue his dreams in San Francisco. But as ambition and love clash with harsh realities, he must face the true nature of their relationship.

(Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2025; Director: Michel Franco; Writer: Michel Franco; Stars: Jessica Chastain, Rupert Friend, Marshall Bell, Isaac Hernández, Lee Braithwaite, Jim Anderson, Tracy Todd, Tatiana Ronderos, Sedrick Cabrera, Scott Jordan, Jayden Leavitt, Nicholas Gould, Nessa Dougherty, Bobby August Jr., Phillip Caires)

Frida

Review preview for Frida

Taymor has succeeded in recreating an extraordinary time for an exceptional woman. She does so with love and imagination.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
The passionate love and life story of Mexican artists, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

(Country: US; Year: 2002; Director: Julie Taymor; Writer: Clancy Sigel, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas and Edward Norton, based on the book by Hayden Herrera; Stars: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Valeria Golina, Roger Rees, Mia Maestro, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton)

Los Olvidados (The Young And The Damned)

Violence in the slums of Mexico City.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 1950; Director: Luis Buñuel; Writer: Luis Alcoriza, Max Aub, Luis Buñuel, Juan Larrea, Pedro de Urdimalas; Stars: Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán, Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Alma Delia Fuentes, Francisco Jambrina, Jesús Navarro, Efraín Arauz, Sergio Villarreal, Jorge Pérez, Javier Amézcua, Mário Ramírez, Ernesto Alonso, Victorio Blanco, Rubén Campos)

Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto Del Fauno)

Review preview for Pan's Labyrinth

A masterpiece of accomplishment.

Chris · 5 out of 5
In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, a lonely girl encounters a mysterious faun.

(Country: Mexico, Spain, US; Year: 2006; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro; Stars: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo, César Vea, Roger Casamajor, Ivan Massagué, Gonzalo Uriarte)