Abisal
Synopsis
A short film that addresses climate change, heat, and the social contrasts that exist in a port city like Acapulco in order to survive the high temperatures.
- Director
- José Salof
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Homo Argentum

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Code 3

Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, but when the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike finds new work as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Tensions increase when Mike runs into the rival lifeguard—who is also the champion diver of Mexico.
Fun in Acapulco

In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, 2007.)
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Son las emocionantes aventuras de tres lancheros holgazanes en Acapulco. Cada uno de ellos se ve involucrado en diferentes problemas y tienen que salir huyendo a la ciudad de México. Ahí se esconden en la casa de unas amigas para evadir a los gangsters que los buscan solo que las muchachas resultan ser prostitutas y todo se complica. The exciting adventures of three men who drive boats in Acapulco. Each gets involved in different problems and all have to run away to Mexico City to elude the gangsters who are after them. They hide in the house of some lady friends who turn out to be "working girls" and things get really wild.
Tres lancheros muy picudos

Stranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.
Dead Sea

An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.
Volcano

Two stories unfold over the same long, hot day in Acapulco. The first involves Fernanda, who is forced to deal with the emergence of her ex-lover. Her boyfriend must compete with the sexual tension they share. The second concerns Jamie, a worker attempting suicide, until a girl disrupts his plan.
Drama/Mex

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.
Sundown

A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, 'The Damfino'.
The Boat

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Not Without Hope

Two sisters go diving at a beautiful, remote location. One of the sisters is struck by a rock, leaving her trapped 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures, it is up to her sister to fight for her life.