PRODUCTION
AEROSOL - Feature Film
Direction. Production. Development. Creative Production.
Director: Mauricio De Aguinaco
Screenwriter: Mauricio De Aguinaco
Genre: Urban - Music - Drama
Production: Mauricio D'Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Tren ( Christian Vazquez ), a graffiti artist, and Drama (18), a B-girl dancer, live in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, in the greater Mexico City area. They frequent the FBI, a nightclub where neighborhood dance contests are held and where Loco
(Dante Spinetta ) and his gang of drug dealers operate. Nuk ( Marco Pérez ), Tren's older brother, returns 20 years after fleeing justice for murdering the leader of a rival gang. Upon his return, he finds a more violent environment and sees his younger brother vulnerable to gangs, drugs, violence and organized crime. The only way to help him is to get him out of this place. Tren and Nuk will face the consequences of their actions and understand that their lives can change through love and friendship, but never without sacrifice.
Featuring Vanessa Bauche, Paco Ayala, Quique Rangel, Flor Payán, Mario Zaragoza, Andul Zambrano
AMAR - Feature Film
Production. Development. Creative.
Director: Jorge Ramírez Suárez
Screenwriter: Jorge Ramirez-Suarez
Genre: Romance - Drama
Production: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS / Beanca Films)
Everyone is looking for love, but no one seems to find it the right way in this drama with romantic comedy elements. Whether Susana ( Diana García) rejects Carlos ( Luis Ernesto Franco) , Joel ( Tony Dalton) does everything he can for Patricia, Gabriel ( Martín Altomaro) waits for Martha ( María Aura) , or Amando ( Pedro Damián) is head over heels for a young American woman ( Katharine Towne) , it seems that love is unlucky as passions ignite in Mexico City. A story about the different ways couples interact. From the perspectives of teenagers, young adults, newlyweds, divorcees, and older adults, they all share something in common: trying to understand how to love.
With the participation of Javier López, Isela Vega, Adal Ramones, Itatí Cantoral, Bruno Bichir, Alejandra Barros.
SAVING PRIVATE PEREZ - Feature Film
Creative Development
Director: Beto Gómez
Screenwriter: Beto Gomez
Genre: Acción. Comedia.
Creative Production y Development: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS / VIA MEDIA)
Life has led Julián Pérez (Miguel Rodarte), leader of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, down the wrong path. However, destiny offers him a chance at redemption when he is sent on the most dangerous and noble mission of his life—a mission ordered by the only authority he still respects: Doña Elvira, his mother. Julián must bring his younger brother, Private Juan Pérez—who has been captured by the Mujahideen in Iraq—back alive. To do so, he returns to his native Sinaloa to recruit an elite commando squad for a suicide mission: Saving Private Pérez. Accompanied by a colorful gang comprised of the country's most professional criminals, Julián must risk his life to fulfill his mother's wish and rescue his younger brother from the depths of the war in Iraq.
Featuring Jesús Ochoa, Joaquín Cosio, Jaime Camil, Adal Ramones, Gerardo Taracena, Rodrigo Oviedo.
ZAPATA - Feature Film
Production Development
Director: Alfonso Arau
Screenwriter: Alfonso Arau
Genre: Drama histórico - Fantasía
Development Producer: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Zapata (Alejandro Fernández) is born with "the sign" on his chest, a mark that identifies him as "the chosen one" according to the Huehuetlatolli (heirs of the tradition). He is recognized as the leader of his people and the protagonist of magical and mysterious events. During the era of the Porfirian dictatorship, Zapata initiates his uprising, guided by the shaman Juana (Soledad Ruíz), who protects him with spells and remedies so he may emerge victorious on the battlefield. However, the revolutionary hero will fall prey to the charms and passion of Esperanza (Lucero), the wife of his worst enemy, Victoriano Huerta (Jesús Ochoa). Zapata must break with his view of "reality" and delve into the alternative magical wisdom of Mexican tradition and its inscrutable religious "syncretism."
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE - Feature Film
Production Design / Art Direction
Director: Alfonso Arau
Screenwriter: Alfonso Arau
Genre: Drama histórico - Fantasía
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
A story of love and gastronomy set in early 20th-century Mexico. Two young lovers, Tita (Lumi Cavazos) and Pedro (Marco Leonardi), must renounce their love because Mamá Elena (Regina Torné) decides that Tita, being the youngest daughter, must remain single to care for her in her old age. Amidst the scents and flavors of traditional Mexican cuisine, Tita suffers for many years over a love that will endure beyond time.
Featuring Mario Iván Martínez, Yareli Arizmendi, Claudette Maillé, Arcelia Ramírez.
A WALK IN THE CLOUDS - Feature Film
Art Direction
Director: Alfonso Arau
Screenwriter: Robert Mark Kamen
Genre: Historical Drama - Fantasy
Art Direction: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
After returning from the front lines of World War II, Paul (Keanu Reeves) an American soldier, has a chance encounter with Victoria (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón) the beautiful daughter of a vineyard owner. He agrees to pose as her husband to help her face her domineering father (Giancarlo Giannini). Ahi conoce a la familia de Victoria, su madre (Angélica Aragón), her brother (Freddy Rodríguez), and the Grandfather (Anthony Quinn).
When the passion between them ignites amidst the magical sensuality of the harvest ritual, they realize they are embarking on a romantic adventure, having to fight against everyone to be together.
AN OCCASIONAL HELL - Feature Film
Production Design
Director:Salomé Breziner
Screenwriter: Randall Silvis, Anton Sanko
Genre: Thriller
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Ernest Dewalt (Tom Berenger) is a homicide detective whose career was ruined after being struck by two bullets. He attempts to rebuild his life as a university professor. (Valeria Golino) of a fellow professor appears, asking for his help to find her husband's killer. The ex-cop discovers that the husband had been having an affair with an attractive waitress (Kari Wuhrer) who has gone missing. There are several suspects: the lover, the widow, the mistress's drug dealer (Richard Edson), and an antique weapons collector (Geoffrey Lewis). As he steps back into his old line of work, he must contend with the ghosts that haunt him.
Featuring Robert Davi, Stephen Lang, Danny Comden, Ellen Greene
ONE LAST SCORE - Feature Film
Production Design
Director: Matthew Modine
Screenwriter: Mathew Modine
Genre: Thriller
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Johnnie Cooper (Matthew Modine) has just been released from prison on parole after serving a sentence for a robbery he committed alongside his father (John Hurt) and his brother (Kevin J. O'Connor). Determined to stay away from his family, he gets a job at an isolated gas station. However, when he receives an invitation from his brother Jamie and his girlfriend, Judy (Lisa Marie), he decides to return to attend a family barbecue were he will be pulled to do one last score.
Featuring David Keith, Bruce Dern,
LOVE ALWAYS - Feature Film
Production Design
Director: Judith Pauline Artenstein
Screenwriters: Sharlene Baker, Eleonor England
Genre: Drama
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Julia (Marisa Ryan), an aspiring actress living in San Diego, sets off on a road trip across the United States in search of existential answers. Her goal is to reunite with an old boyfriend (Michael Reilly Burke) in Spokane, WA, whose marriage proposal she had previously turned down.
Featuring Moon Unit Zappa, Beverly D'Angelo, Doug Hutchison, Yareli Arizmendi
PERFECT TARGET - Feature Film
Production Design
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Screenwriters: Peter Brosnan, Michael Lanahan, George Saunders
Genre: Action / Thriller
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
A soldier (Daniel Bernhardt) turned mercenary is brought to a foreign country by a former associate (Robert Englund) to join the security team protecting the president (Mario Iván Martínez). However, he soon discovers it is a setup to frame him for the assassination of the country's leader.
After escaping, he joins a group of rebels to clear his name and expose the true identity of the person behind the president's terrible murder.
Featuring Jim Pirri, Dara Tomanovich, Brian Thompson, Julieta Rosen, Bob Koherr
RED DUSK - Feature Film
Production Development
Director: Carlos González Morantes
Screenwriters: Carlos Gonzales Morantes - César Jaime
Genre: Drama. Acción. Western | Histórico. Crimen
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
The seizure of a ranch, resulting from the inability to pay a mortgage loan, sparks a confrontation between two close friends: Valente (Alberto Estrella), a small landowner, and Dagoberto (Enoc Leaño), the municipal police chief. As his only chance to save his family estate, Valente robs a bank. Dagoberto is tasked with the mission of capturing him to uphold the law. During the pursuit and conflict, old grudges resurface. The old friends must face one another in a duel beneath the red sunset of Iturbide, Nuevo León.
Featuring Isela Vega, María Rebeca, Janneth Villarreal, Ernesto Yáñez.
DEAD FLY - Feature Film
Production Design
Director: Joaquín Bissner
Sceenwriter: Joaquín Bissner.
Genre: Comedia. Musical.
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Marcelo (Bruno Bichir) is a young film director about to premiere his latest movie. Meanwhile, his wife Sofía (Denisse Gutiérrez) teaches at the high school where Marcelo’s sister (Veronica Segura) is a student. When the sister turns to Sofía for advice on sex, the first thing Sofía does is give her a box of condoms. However, a few of them are left in Sofía's purse and Marcelo finds them, immediately suspecting that she is cheating on him. Marcelo takes the evidence and keeps the condom in his wallet. Later, Sofía—swayed by her mother's (Marta Aura), scheming—goes through her husband's clothes and finds the condom, which leads her to believe that Marcelo is the one being unfaithful. A comedy of errors with a fun resolution.
Featuring Kate del Castillo,Demián Bichir
BLOODY PROOF - Feature Film
Production Development
Director: Gabriel Beristain
Screenwriters: M. Francesconi / Tim Hoy
Genre: Thriller
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Estela Duarte (Yareli Arizmendi, a reporter and writer, divorces her unfaithful husband, moves into her mother's (Angélica Aragón) home with her two children, and accepts the only job she can find: a reporter for the tabloid El Grito. There, she is assigned to cover a series of macabre murders targeting elegant women; all of whom turn out to be the mistresses of powerful men, including her own father-in-law (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.). Noticing certain patterns, Estela decides to investigate with the help of Ibarra (Steven Bauer), the police officer in charge of the case.
While her editor provides professional support and her friend Laura (Olivia Hussey) offers emotional comfort, her mother helps her predict when the next crime will occur. But will all this be enough to protect Estela and Laura ?
FIVE ACES - Feature Film
Production Design
Director: David Michael O´Neill
Screenwriter: David Michael O´Neill / David Sherrill
Genre: Drama
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Charlie Sheen stars as Chris Martin, a bachelor who decides to take the plunge and marry his longtime girlfriend. Intending to enjoy his final days of bachelorhood, Chris spends several nights partying with old friends—drinking, swapping stories, and chasing women. However, what began as a send-off could turn into something more serious as Martin starts to have doubts about the marriage.
Starring: Christopher McDonald, David Sherrill, Tia Carrere, Geoffrey Lewis
THE MAGIC HOUR - Feature Film
Production Development
Director: Óscar Blancarte
Screenwriter: Oscar Blancarte
Genre: Drama
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Set against the warm backdrop of Mazatlán, the film chronicles the past and present of Minerva (Angélica Aragón), a writer facing a career crisis and searching for her great novel. To overcome this creative block, Minerva decides to reconnect with her past, leaving Los Angeles to return to her home state after a thirty-year absence. Between afternoon and night, Minerva explores the fantastical world of her childhood, discovering truths she never knew as a girl that would have changed her life...
Starring: Francisco Gattorno, Manuel Ojeda, Lumi Cavazos, Roberto Cobo, Dolores Beristáin.
VIOLETA - Feature Film
Production Design
Director: Alberto Cortés
Screenwriter:Nicolas Dorr
Genre: Drama
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
Violeta (Blanca Guerra) a Cuban prostitute, recounts her tumultuous life story to a young journalist. Her first lover was a revolutionary killed by government soldiers. After his death, she fled to New York, where she had a romance with a famous American actor. After he gets her pregnant and abandons her, Violeta sells her story to the tabloids in search of revenge. The conflict escalates brutally: he has his friends rape her, and in response, she disfigures his face with a razor, ending his acting career.
Back in Cuba, an older Violeta depends on foreign clients to survive.
PERFUME INMEDIATE EFFECT - Feature Film
Production Design
Director: Alejandro Gamboa
Screenwriter: Alejandro Gamboa
Genre: Comedy
Production Design: Mauricio De Aguinaco (M FILMS)
A cosmetologist (Darío T. Pie) invents an irresistible perfume to help his single sister(María Alicia Delgado) find a boyfriend. She uses it without knowing about its powers and becomes pregnant by her boss (Alfredo Adame), phowever, he refuses to marry her. Instead, seeing the perfume's effects, he teams up with a criminal (Alejandro Tommasi) who steals the formula. They mass-produce it and make a fortune, until it is discovered that the children of the women who used the perfume are born with a horrible smell. The cosmetologist then invents an antidote and makes a fortune as well.
Featuring: Alejandro Ciangherotti, Brígida Alexander, Juan Carlos Colombo, Margarita Isabel, Enoc Leaño