Ximena Ayala

No, Thanks, I Quit Smoking (2025)

After being fired NURIA (22), a philosophy major dropout has 24 hours to get the rest of her rent money or move back with her mom. All of this while she tries to make it through a whole day without smoking. ...

All the Fires (2023)

Bruno, a misunderstood teenager, has developed an obsession with burning objects, recording them, and uploading videos to the internet to deal with his father's death. When his lonely mother starts dating another man, Bruno escapes from home. He goes to an ...

El Día de la Unión (2018)

El tamaño sí importa (2015)

A typical Mexican girl next door tries to win over her former boss, a very handsome and charismatic socialite, who is now broke and lonely. ...

Una Vez Más (2015)

Three women gather for the funeral of a mutual friend. ...

Amorous Pancho Villa (2013)

The assassination of Pancho Villa, on the outskirts of Parral, Chihuahua, plunged the city into mourning, and a wake for the revolutionary hero was held by his closest collaborators. Conspicuous among the mourners were the four women with whom Villa was ha ...

Diente por diente (2013)

Pablo Kramsky, a crime reporter for a tabloid newspaper is the victim of a home invasion. A colleague offers him a gun for self-defense, and this leads Kramsky to kill a person when he feels endangered. Kramsky is not brilliant at his job, but when he writ ...

The Amazing Catfish (2013)

Young Claudia works in a supermarket where she promotes various types of products. One night, she ends up in the emergency room with severe appendicitis and meets Martha, a patient, laying in the bed next to hers. ...

Yo también soy Marilyn (2012)

Asalto al cine (2011)

The story of four teenagers: Negus, Chale, Sapo and Chata. Childhood friends living in public housing in a rundown area of Mexico City, search to trump idleness. They toy with the idea of robbing a movie theatre. Afflicted by their past and present stance, ...

The Prodigious Teacher (2010)

Three stories make up this film, each with a teacher as the protagonist of the struggle against the many deficiencies of our country´s educational system. ...

The Desert Within (2008)

To redeem himself from a great sin, a man dedicates himself to building a church. ...

El Viaje de la Nonna (2008)

A Mexican family, wanting to grant their Grandmother her last wish, embarks on a make believe trip to a small town in Italy ... in Mexico! ...

Nadie te ve: La niña en la piedra (2007)

Gabino, a very dedicated and hardworking young high school student, he is infatuated with Maty and tries to make her fall in love with him. After an incident in the school, where Gabino and his two friends are suspended for harassing Maty, she rejects him ...

El brassier de Emma (2007)

It was the year of 1962 when I turned 12 and my breasts began to grow. Cecilia, my sister, went to study in Paris, I was left alone with my parents and their problems. I discovered that the breasts made men and women crazy, while mine began to draw the att ...

Malos hábitos (2007)

Matilde is a nun convinced that faith moves mountains. She secretly begins a mystic fasting to end what she considers to be the second great flood. Elena is a thin and fashion-conscious woman ashamed of her daughter's chubbiness. She's willing to do the im ...

La cadenita (2007)

Estela and Pilar become friends when they enter an acting school. They live together and dedicate themselves to their learning process under the premise: "Acting in life is called play." Estela does not pay much attention to Pilar's envy towards her classm ...

Celia's Lives (2006)

The night Celia unsuccessfully attempts suicide, a teenage girl (Melany) is raped and murdered nearby. Miguel Ángel, the police officer in charge of finding the perpetrator of the crime, digs around Celia and her closest circle, including her two sisters ...

Stories of Disenchantment (2005)

In a world devoured by an invisible force known as disenchantment, the stories of three characters intertwine: Diego, who tries to make a movie about the dreams of Ximena, an adolescent experiencing her sexual awakening, who is secretly in love with him an ...

Dark Cities (2002)

Adapted by writer/director Fernando Sariñana from the stories by Juan Madrid, Ciudades Oscuras (Dark Cities) tells a story of interwoven lives in the seedy underbelly of Mexico City. The several different story lines concern hooker Lola (Dolores Heredia); ...

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001)

Yessica is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam. Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge, while Miriam shares a calm, loving household with her mother. The girls' fr ...

Yo también soy Marilyn (2012)