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Chucho E. Quintero

Chucho E. Quintero

Writing

Biography

Born in Río Blanco, Veracruz in Mexico in 1989, Chucho E. Quintero has studied with professors such as Paula Markovitch and Jorge Ayala Blanco. In 2011, he won the IMJUVE Award for Best Young Director at the 15th Mix México Film Festival for his short film, “Félix y el pez” (“Félix and the Fish”). His film “Velociraptor” won the Jury Prize for Best Feature at the 17th Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (now OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival) in 2015, and later participated in more than fifteen international festivals. His latest narrative feature, “Los días particulares” (“These Peculiar Days”) was selected as the opening night film for the 21st Thessaloniki International LBGTIQ Film Festival in Greece, and went on to be screened at more than a dozen film festivals around the world. [Updated: January 2025]

Known For

Velociraptor
5.1

During the end of the world, two best friends walk around their city, talking about their sex lives, and one of them reveals they are still a virgin.

Velociraptor

2014
Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve
5.0

Dance and prostitution play the same role for Cristhian’s body. Virtuosity, desire, technique, and sex intertwine, granting coherence to a way of life that offers many answers to few questions. A leitmotiv that reconciles opposites and contradictions. Answers that are sometimes painful, like all truths.

Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve

2015
These Peculiar Days
5.0

Eight friends travel to a cabin in the woods to celebrate their high school graduation.

These Peculiar Days

2019
Lazaretto
N/A

In the surroundings of Military Camp 1, a young soldier is forced to interrogate a detained student, provoking him a crisis of conscience accompanied by the memory of the corpses he piled up hours before, following the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre.

Lazaretto

2019
100m Freestyle
5.0

Polo and Domingo spend their last days together between Ciudad Mendoza and Cordoba, in Veracruz, Mexico, before Domingo moves to another city for college. Domingo has to say goodbye to his girlfriend, Mina; while Polo deals with his feelings towards his best friend in the little time they have left.

100m Freestyle

2013
Six Pack
6.4

High school is almost over and four friends are going their separate ways as they go to college. But they have one more chance to spend some time together: Inspection 12, their favorite band, is playing one last concert in Jacksonville, FL.

Six Pack

2011
Serial Comic No.1: Obsession
N/A

Alfredo is a man captivated by the fetishism that human eyes cause him, his obsession will be taken to the limit, when he meets Jessica, the new neighbor.

Serial Comic No.1: Obsession

2010
Latter-Day Glory: The Aftermath of Growing Up Queer in the LDS Church
N/A

In this re-worked and expanded version of the original 2018 film, two queer ex-Mormon missionaries embark on a transformative journey across America, uncovering the devastating effects of religious dogma on LGBTQ+ members and former members of the LDS Church, as a single, intimate conversation –spanning from childhood to adulthood– unfolds over the course of seven chapters.

Latter-Day Glory: The Aftermath of Growing Up Queer in the LDS Church

2025
Muffin
1.0

An insecure geek tries to have a one-night stand with a guy he met through a dating app. When his roommate interrupts them, he will have to try and rescue what's left of the evening.

Muffin

2017
Kitty
N/A

After being kicked out of his strict Mormon home, 17-year-old AJ finds himself lost on the streets of Atlanta. Desperate and naive, he’s taken in by Baby Girl, an 18-year-old Black trans sex worker whose sharp instincts have kept her alive. She offers him shelter in a squat house and teaches him the hustles of survival—stealing, dealing, and navigating the unforgiving city. Under the watchful eye of Daddy, Baby Girl’s volatile pimp, AJ is drawn deeper into a world both thrilling and dangerous. The two form an intense bond—part friendship, part mentorship, part something unspoken. But when their friend Pedro contracts HIV and gets government aid, AJ and Baby Girl are forced to confront a brutal reality. As their nights blur into neon-lit highs and whispered fears, one reckless choice threatens to change everything—forcing them to decide how far they’ll go to escape a life that never wanted them.

Kitty

2025
Félix and the Fish
5.3

Félix finds a young man lying unconscious on the beach and realizes he has scales on his back. Félix takes him home and takes care of him.

Félix and the Fish

2011
Simple
N/A

Alfonso is an amateur filmmaker, in love with David (best friend of his best friend's girlfriend), and he writes him a screenplay so he could star in it. One day before shooting begins, his two best friends and even his own mind have strong opinions about his unrequited love, and they let him know, but what does Alfonso think? And, most importantly, what does David think? Love is full of clichés: it's painful, tense, confusing, but never simple.

Simple

2010
April Showers
N/A

A thirty-something slacker goes on a quest with his introvert teenage nephew to find a Bullet Man action figure.

April Showers

Ebb and Flow
N/A

Gaspar and Tadeo are in a relationship. However, each of them sees it in a different way.

Ebb and Flow