Ximena Flores Fregoso
Directing
Biography
Ximena Flores Fregoso, born in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, is a Mexican Filmmaker. She is a graduate of the Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Media and Filmmaking at Centro de Arte Audiovisual CAAV in Guadalajara, Jalisco. She is the co-writer and co-director (alongside Juan Carlos Palazuelos Covarrubias) of the short film “Beyond the Waves: The Ballad of Alba”, starring Ariel Award-winning actress Mayra Batalla and Stana Carrillo, and featuring the voice of legendary actress Angélica Aragón. She has worked as First Assistant Director in several short films such as “Leave The World Behind” (Encarnación, Grimaldo, 2024) and “Who is Andrea Morales?” (Encarnación, 2025), as well as in the award-winning official music video for the song "Séptimo" by French singer Agathe, directed by Anne-Sophie Charon. She has also worked as Second Assistant Director in short films like “La recuperación” (Colina, 2026) and “Alone” (Esquivel, 2025) and she served as Production Manager on the short film “Eclipse” (Ruiz, 2026).
Known For
Tom, a scout boy with many fears, flees the problems of his parents to a camp in the woods with his best friend, Juan. Their guide, an irresponsible and distracted man, ruins their experience. However, the real threat they will face alone is the attack by an extraterrestrial group.
ALONE
Sinaloa, Mexico, Pacific Coast. 1897. Alba, a fisherwoman hardened by a lifetime of labor and wifely duties, and Aurora, a peculiar runaway bride, embark together on an adventure by the sea to change their fate and, along the way, find something more blooming between them.
Beyond the Waves: The Ballad of Alba
Alex, a tormented teenager, faces the hostility of an unfriendly society on the daily, where her only company is a manipulative monster that lives under her bed.
Leave The World Behind
After a profound loss, a woman wanders aimlessly, remembering and dreaming. On this journey, she tries to find herself in what remains.
What remains.
During an interrogation, Andrea relives the events of a traumatic night.