The Blood Window Showcase is once again ready to spotlight Ibero-American genre cinema at the world’s most important film market, the Marché du Film in Cannes. Organized by Blood Window and the Fantastic Pavilion, the 2025 Showcase features seven pictures that are in post-production, from countries like Mexico, Uruguay, Brazil, and Spain. It’ll take place on May 15 (18:15 hrs. at Lérins 1, Palais des Festivals).
Here’s the lineup:
Talking to a Stranger (Hablando con extraños, Adrián García Bogliano, Mexico)
Synopsis: “A woman with psychiatric issues is tormented by a supernatural presence masquerading as her deceased son, intending to destroy her and her family.”
Genre: Horror.
Black Water (Agua negra, Santiago Ventura, Uruguay)
Synopsis: “Mara is a promising young swimmer who arrives in the capital to train under Laura, a former champion who will guide her toward qualifying for the World Championship. During their training, a dangerous romantic bond develops between them, one that will lead to a dark and tragic end.”
Genre: Psychological thriller.
The Muglur (El Muglur, Lucila Las Heras, Mexico, Argentina)
Synopsis: “Aurora is a young girl who dreams of becoming a writer but faces the objection of her father, a paramedic with a drinking problem. Isolated, her only connection is an old writer in the town library, until one night she finds a book that reveals The Muglur to her: a creature that inspires her writing like never before. However, summoning it every night with offerings leads the girl to a dangerous addiction that threatens to destroy her life. Now Aurora must find a way out before she loses everything, including her soul.”
Genre: Fantasy.
Game Over (Carlos Marín, Mexico)
Synopsis: “When her sister dies in a violent and unexplainable way after playing a mysterious video game, Rebeca is forced to look into a sinister urban legend that’s been making its rounds in the gaming world for years: they say an evil being lives inside an old cartridge and, when released, it goes after whoever woke it until it takes their life. Now Rebeca must stop the evil stalking her and her friends.”
Genre: Horror.
The Mantises (Las mantis, Dídac Gimeno, Spain)
Synopsis: “Aitana is a 13-year-old girl who is going to spend the summer at her uncle’s house in the village after the death of her mother. There she meets her cousin Lope, an introverted boy obsessed with insects and ghosts, and with Cecilia, a mysterious mute girl with a special sensitivity to the world of the dead. Aitana, through the mysterious apparition of a guiding spirit, known as the God of the Forest, will finally understand the death of her mother.”
Genre: Fantasy.
Tekenchu: The Guardian of the Forest (Tekenchu: Guardián del bosque, Carlos Matienzo Serment, Mexico)
Synopsis: “Set in the dense forests of San Luis Potosí, it tells the story of Gabriel, an injured outlaw rescued by two healers in a village haunted by fear. While a federal agent investigates a series of child murders, an ancient force awakens. Tekenchu, a mythical creature, half-man, half-beast, doesn’t merely watch, but judges and punishes. In this world where the sacred and the wild are blurred, justice does not come from man… it comes from the forest.”
Genre: Folk horror.
Love Kills (Luiza Shelling Tubaldini, Brazil)
Synopsis: “In Sao Paulo’s crack-ravaged downtown, a young black vampire, Helena, haunts a café, captivating a naive waiter. As he uncovers her secrets and the city’s underbelly, he’s drawn into a perilous world of immortal intrigue, challenging his mortality.”
Genre: Thriller, Romantasy.