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Rafael Martínez Sánchez

Rafael Martínez Sánchez

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Biography

Rafael Martínez Sánchez is a director, actor, producer, and screenwriter born in Mexico City. His short films have been selected for festivals like Guadalajara International Film Festival, GLAFF, Shorts Mexico, San Diego Latino Film Festival, Macabro, and others. He has played the lead in three feature films, such as “Padre Pablo”, selected for the Vancouver International Film Festival and starred in more than 20 short films, such as “El Cortometraje”, winner of the jury prize in the Morelia International Film Festival, and part of Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. His first feature film, "Un Lago", premiered in mexican cinemas in 2025.

Known For

I Saw Juan Gabriel
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Santiago, reluctant owner of a rifle, is approached by Don Ceballo for help in getting rid of a problematic dog. Meanwhile, their tragedy-stricken village witnesses the Spirit of late beloved singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel.

I Saw Juan Gabriel

2024
Una mano bajo la nieve y otras historias
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An anthology of 7 Mexican short films, all created by 5 up-and-coming independent filmmakers, with a common thread: to explore themes of human relationships. In order, A Hand Beneath the Snow (Una mano bajo la nieve), Friendship (Amistad), The View from Up Above (La vista desde arriba), The Short Film (El cortometraje), Silvestre (Silvestre), Cocktails For Two (Cóctel para dos) and When I Hear You Sing, I Forget (Cuando te escucho cantar, olvido).

Una mano bajo la nieve y otras historias

2023
Una canción sobre lo que sea
N/A

Elena wants to record her song in a good studio. Desperate, she reconnects with an old privileged friend to ask for the money.

Una canción sobre lo que sea

2023
Father Pablo
5.0

Manolo has decided to end his life and needs assistance. He has convinced Esmeralda, the caretaker of his hacienda, under the promise of leaving her the resources she needs to go live with her daughter and granddaughter in Baltimore. She only has one condition. She will not do anything unless Father Pablo vows to hear her confession after the act. Pablo decides to stay in the hacienda indefinitely, to impede them from doing anything. But he hardly does anything himself - and his time with Esmeralda will make him confront with his sense of goodness, and to check his pride and dogma, and the love he never found for his father.

Father Pablo

2021
Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus
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After an all-nighter, Ricardo gets to his apartment only to find his family ready to have an intervention for him. His struggle with addiction is the least of his problems in this peculiar event where he faces his drug dealer, a prostitute and the worst company of all: his family.

Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus

2021
The Short Film
2.0

A day in the life of a trans actress, as she juggles her home life, her depressed brother and an amateur and somewhat trans-phobic short film shoot.

The Short Film

2022
Victorias
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Victorias

2020
Cousins
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A shy young man stays the night with acquaintances he hasn't seen in years in order to attend his father's funeral. His bizarre hosts have prepared an even more bizarre night for him.

Cousins

2022
Camila
N/A

After experiencing tragic events, a young woman stigmatized by society embarks in a harsh journey to fulfill a promise she made to the love of her life.

Camila

2016
Cocktails for two
N/A

Gustavo, a defeated musician, returns home late, after a night of excess and partying. When he enters his apartment, he finds that Catalina, his girlfriend, had prepared dinner for them. But instead of going to sleep with his girlfriend, he prefers to continue partying. The following events will reveal their relationship is not what it seems, and will confront the couple with an ongoing co-dependency spiral...

Cocktails for two

A Lake
N/A

Rich is a thirty year-old filmmaker whose career seems to go nowhere. While wasting his days in Tequesquitengo, he falls in love with Daniela, a young woman who shares his place in the world, but not the same feelings. A weekend with her and her young friends will make him question his life so far and his concept of love.

A Lake

2025
Little Boy / Little Man
N/A

A boy's life is forever changed after a brief encounter with a man.

Little Boy / Little Man

2017
Leave The Light On
N/A

Sara waits at home for her abusive partner Andrés. A night that will test her sanity and the foundations of her relationship awaits her.

Leave The Light On

2018
A Girl's Name
N/A

Jamie wakes tied up in a gloomy room where he must face his actions from the previous night.

A Girl's Name

2017
Silvestre
N/A

What starts off as a family reunion to honor their father becomes a strife ridden meeting between siblings where a dark interest they share emerges.

Silvestre

2024
The View From Up Above
2.0

A tarpaulin crew, hundreds of feet up in the air, risks their lives daily as part of their work, facing the weather, equipment shortages and systemic discrimination.

The View From Up Above

2023