Miguel Gastelum
Directing
Biography
Miguel Gastelum, a self-taught Mexican writer-director born in 1993 in Monterrey and raised in San Miguel de Allende, dropped out of psychology to pursue screenwriting after developing an understanding of cinematic storytelling through acting. This creative journey ignited an interest in directing his own screenplays, eventually leading to his debut feature film, Men·Frag·Tos (2025).
Known For
Three friends with broken lives, Poncho, Memo and Daniela, find a bag filled with cash in a secluded cabin. This creates conflict between them, putting their friendship at risk, as the money could solve the problems of only one of them.
Men·Frag·Tos
A young man receives a series of letters engraved with the symbol of a snake eating its own tail. Inside them are an impossible photograph, a key and the name of a street. To reach the end of the mystery, he will first have to discover its origin.