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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016

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The Amazing Cat Fish (Los Insólitos peces gato) (Country: Mexico; Year: 2013; Director: Claudia Sainte-Luce; Writer: Claudia Sainte-Luce; Stars: Lisa Owen, Ximena Ayala, Sonia Franco, Wendy Guillén, Andrea Baeza, Alejandro Ramírez-Muñoz)
Two women form a bond in hospital.
Borde (Country: Mexico; Year: 2014; Director: Victoria Franco)
A desperately lonely single mother who gets by through the use of drink and drugs discovers that her children have destroyed the only thing that gives her life meaning.
Fogo (Country: Mexico, Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Yulene Olaizola)
They have spent their entire lives here, but now the remaining inhabitants of Fogo Island have to leave their mystically beautiful yet almost uninhabitable home.
Kings Of Nowhere (Los reyes del pueblo que no existe) (Country: Mexico; Year: 2015; Director: Betzabé García; Writer: Betzabé García; Stars: Irineo Osuna Enciso, María Aura Zazueta Lamphar, Ramiro Osuna Moreno, Paula Sánchez Osuna, Cipriano Osuna Sánchez), Official Site
Story of the struggle of families living in a partially submerged village in Mexico.
The Pleasure Is Mine (Country: Mexico; Year: 2015; Director: Elisa Miller)
Lovers Mateo and Rita move to the country where their romantic relationship is unexpectedly put to the test – with less than stellar results.
Semana Santa (Country: Mexico; Year: 2015; Director: Alejandra Márquez Abella)
Tensions develop between a son, his widowed mother and her new boyfriend on a seaside holiday.
Tempestad (Country: Mexico; Year: 2016; Director: Tatiana Huezo)
A road trip reveals the stories of two women facing up to the methods used by powerful cartels to control individuals, while state authorities turn a blind eye.
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You'll Know What To Do With Me (Sabrás Qué Hacer Conmigo) (Country: Mexico; Year: 2016; Director: Katina Medina Mora)
A story told in three chapters tracing the development of a relationship that began out of the blue.
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