Carlos Ortega

Crocodiles (2024)

A young photojournalist in the city of Veracruz, Mexico, will risk his life to dig up a shocking truth after picking up the investigation that his journalist friend and mentor left unfinished when getting killed by the organized crime. ...

Written with Blood (2015)

Kitty is attacked and raped before the eyes of 38 witnesses but no one does anything to defend her. The event is on the news the following day and Gabriel, a journalist, becomes obsessed with the case and decides to confront all witnesses, opening his own ...

La libertad de Hugo (2014)

Hugo needs to pee, but his family is fighting against each other. He tries to hold it, but chaos and stridency around won't let him. There, Hugo embarks on a journey in order to find his freedom, in which he'll realize that it isn't what he expected. ...

Chiles xalapeños (2008)

Stories of all kinds - the absurd, the unreal and quotidian - are part of an interrelated collage about social strata, culture and reencounters depicting the life of the capital city of Veracruz: Xalapa, in Mexico. ...

What's Up Bro! (2008)

Román, Marco and Luis, three 25-year-old young people from the lower class prove that destiny can change their lives in 24 hours. During a weekend of partying, they find themselves involved in a dizzying journey of drugs, alcohol, sex and rock that leads ...

Mexican Standoff (2008)

Behind the Shadows (2007)

A vigilante gang of female rape victims is trying to crack down on crime in the city. This doesn't suit the police and their dirty business, so Lieutenant Ortega and Officer Paola Rodríguez are tasked with putting an end to the wave of crime that has been ...

Real Time (2004)

A band of robbers steal money from a winery. The passion for a woman, makes them begin to covet another part of the booty that they deserve. First film shot in a single take in the history of cinema. ...