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Contesta
2026 | Color | 12:14
Mateo has a ritual: every afternoon, he stops at a phone booth to make a call. His mother, Emilia, carrying a grief she cannot name, sees these calls as dangerous fantasies she fears encouraging. But in resisting, Emilia faces a harder question: whether her denial is what’s pushing her son away.

Country: México
Direction: Prieto; María Fernanda
Script: Prieto; Ximena, Prieto; María Fernanda
Production: Toca; Andrea, Narich; Benjamín, Martínez; Álvaro, Ayami Erdmann; Carlos
Photography: Prieto; Rodrigo
Sound: Favriau; Séverin
Music: Zlotnik; Dan
Cast:Ortega; Mateo, Batalla; Mayra, Torres; Elyfer
Art direction: Orci; Oscar
Participation year at FICM: 2026

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