Rafael Martínez Sánchez

Directing

23-04-1990

He/Him

Rafael Martínez Sánchez is a director, actor, producer, and screenwriter born in Mexico City. His short films have been selected for festivals like Guadalajara International Film Festival, GLAFF, Shorts Mexico, San Diego Latino Film Festival, Macabro, and others. He has played the lead in three feature films, such as “Padre Pablo”, selected for the Vancouver International Film Festival and starred in more than 20 short films, such as “El Cortometraje”, winner of the jury prize in the Morelia International Film Festival, and part of Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. His first feature film, "Un Lago", premiered in mexican cinemas in 2025.

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Una mano bajo la nieve y otras historias

An anthology of 7 Mexican short films, all created by 5 up-and-coming independent filmmakers, with a common thread: to explore themes of human relationships. In order, A Hand Beneath the Snow (Una mano bajo la nieve), Friendship (Amistad), The View from Up Above (La vista desde arriba), The Short Film (El cortometraje), Silvestre (Silvestre), Cocktails For Two (Cóctel para dos) and When I Hear You...

Una canción sobre lo que sea

Elena wants to record her song in a good studio. Desperate, she reconnects with an old privileged friend to ask for the money.

Camila

After experiencing tragic events, a young woman stigmatized by society embarks in a harsh journey to fulfill a promise she made to the love of her life.

Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus

After an all-nighter, Ricardo gets to his apartment only to find his family ready to have an intervention for him. His struggle with addiction is the least of his problems in this peculiar event where he faces his drug dealer, a prostitute and the worst company of all: his family.

Silvestre

What starts off as a family reunion to honor their father becomes a strife ridden meeting between siblings where a dark interest they share emerges.

A Lake

Rich is a thirty year-old filmmaker whose career seems to go nowhere. While wasting his days in Tequesquitengo, he falls in love with Daniela, a young woman who shares his place in the world, but not the same feelings. A weekend with her and her young friends will make him question his life so far and his concept of love.

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Una mano bajo la nieve y otras historias

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Director of Photography

Little Boy / Little Man

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Una mano bajo la nieve y otras historias