Author name: Fernanda Espinoza

Natalia, Mariela and Josefina have just finished high school and they’re all in love with Diego. Natalia has always had the most chemistry with him, but just when it seems their friendship will turn into something more, Silvia appears on the scene. Older and more experienced, she soon captures Diego’s attention. Our protagonist suddenly finds herself having to deal with heartbreak, rejection and the fear of losing everything. With the help of her grandma, Rita, Natalia decides to call on dark incantations and curses to jinx Diego and Silvia’s blossoming relationship.

Abandoned by her mother, 13-year-old Maria is forced to live with her grandmother
in a bleak industrial town. During a violent clash on the street, Maria meets Kristina,
a girl of the same age who is striving to become a fashion model. Trying to get
closer to her, Maria enrolls in a mysterious modeling school, where the girls are
preparing for the biggest casting event in the region. Her ambiguous relationship
with Kristina and the intense, cult-like environment of the modeling school force
Maria on a quest to discover her own identity.

Six women return to the now abandoned Holloway Prison to take part in a women’s circle. Sharing some of the most intimate experiences of their lives, they each unravel what led them to prison, building an eye-opening portrait of failing systems and trauma, while discovering their extraordinary capacity to heal through sisterhood.

In a house in 1980s Mexico, seven women from different generations fight to save their shared home, which is threatened with sale. Everything is portrayed through the eyes of eight-year-old Roberta, whose gaze captures both the struggles of everyday life and the magic of childhood. »Vanilla«, inspired by director Mayra Hermosillo’s own upbringing, is a poetic and warm love letter to the women who shaped her. A touching story about family and belonging – where the playfulness of childhood collides with the seriousness of the adult world.