Ximena Cuevas

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Ximena Cuevas (born 1963) is a Mexican videomaker and performance artist. Her work often explores the possibilities of the relationship between the social aspect and gender issues in contemporary society.

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Total trailers found: 23

Red Dawn Trailer (1990)

18 October 1990

On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.

Divine Trailer (1998)

16 September 1998

"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life.

Beauties of the Night Trailer (2016)

12 September 2016

What happened to those vedettes who represented the mexican cabaret’s exotic beauty in the ‘70s and ‘80s? Four decades after the end of their roles, they tell their stories with dignity.

Soulmates Trailer (1999)

31 December 1999

The innocence of creating a mirror, only to repeatedly crush it underfoot.

Diablo en la Piel Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

The palms of Lana Turner's hands were full of scars; the technique she used in order to achieve melodrama was to tighten her fists, digging her fingernails into them until she began to cry.

We’re Here to Serve You Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

The Door Trailer (2000)

03 April 2000

La Puerta makes us spin out of control in the long and cruel corridors of an institutional nightmare.

Cinepolis, the Film Capital Trailer (2003)

04 April 2003

"Perhaps Cuevas' most chilling work, Cinepolis forecasts an image-driven invasion of everyday life, picture-perfect and unnoticed.

Parrot's Saliva Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

A short by Ximena Cuevas

Contemporary Artist Trailer (1999)

14 September 1999

After working in solitude at the studio, the artist leaves, uncomfortable with the idea of having to put on a face for the art world, where they expect you to say something articulate in order to grab the curator's attention.

Víctimas del Pecado Neoliberal Trailer (1995)

03 January 1995

Kansas Avenue Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Dorothy doesn't reach her dream of the Emerald City. Rather, she will have already been over the rainbow by the time she arrives at the worst corner in Kansas.

Natural Instincts Trailer (1999)

05 June 1999

Short experimental horror documentary on media racism

Staying Alive Trailer (2001)

02 March 2001

Blind man: “It is bad to be alone.” The Creature: “Alone, bad.” —The Bride of Frankenstein It can be so bad to be alone that even an artificial heat is better than none.

Hawai Trailer (1999)

31 December 1999

An upper class wedding in Mexico City where the guests fantasize about the exotic faraway dreamscape that is their “Hawai”.

La Tombola Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Take back the airwaves: Mexico’s video art doyenne Ximena Cuevas books herself onto the tabloid talk show Tombola, toying at first with whimsical deconstruction until she turns the whole affair on its head by seizing the televisual flow itself.

This Is Not Berlin Trailer (2019)

21 June 2019

Seventeen-year-old Carlos doesn't fit in anywhere, not in his family nor with the friends he has chosen in school.

Mexican Erotica Trailer (2022)

10 July 2022

Mexican Erotica is a collective reappropriation film that explores sex and eroticism from various artistic and aesthetic points of view.

Of Present Body (or the perpetual spirals of pleasure and power) Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Through the montage of film fragments from the Mexican Golden Cinema, it explores the cinematographic representation of of pain, violence, repressed sexuality and Mexicanness.

Cuerpos de papel Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

Mixing samba, sex, and lovers' lies, this beautiful short is a visual meditation on sexuality, loss, jealousy, and intimacy.

Dormimundo Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

The discomfort stems from being oneself. The clips included here explore who we are and who we imagine ourselves to be.

Ensayo de un Crimen Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

An homage to Luis Bunuel's The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz with a twist to these days control systems of security.

Half-Lies Trailer (1996)

16 July 1996

A video poem about the nature of social relations and mass media, Half Lies exposes the seemingly innocuous ways we distort truth.