Abril López Carrillo

State of Silence

A compelling look at the dangerous, continuing risks committed journalists face in Mexico, where reporting on their country’s corruption and “narco politics” has led to the silencing and killing of some of their peers.

Things We Dare Not Do

In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Ñoño lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family. But he holds a secret. Defying gender norms, Ñoño works up the courage to tell his family he wants to live his life as a woman, a fraught decision in a country shrouded in machismo and transphobia.

The Inventory

The Inventory intertwines the heart-wrenching stories of families in Mexico searching for their forcibly disappeared loved ones with the work of a committee of linguists. As the committee updates the dictionary, they uncover how language is manipulated to perpetuate institutional violence, revealing the profound impact of words on justice and memory.

Books Don't Bite

Juan arrives at a house and finds a mysterious book on the floor. After having a look, he decides to ignore it and start watching television.

Vivos

Since an attack on students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in 2014 resulted in six deaths and in the forced disappearance of 43, the students’ families have been living in limbo with their unanswered questions, their struggle embodying the psychological and emotional toll of endemic violence upon Mexican society.

Margarita

Margarita is a woman who lives in the streets of Mexico City, a character who moves between lucidity and madness.