Project Detail

Para Los Contrincantes (For the Opponents)

Name: Para Los Contrincantes (For the Opponents)
Director: Federico Luis
Genre: Drama, Sport
Released: 2026
Duration: 15 min

Synopsis

In the tough neighbourhood of Tepito, a young boy chases the great Mexican dream: to become a boxing champion.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2026 - Short Film Competition

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 15 min
Director: Federico Luis
Producer: Fernando Bascuñán, Fernanda de la Peza, Elena Fortes, Augusto Matte
Co-Producer: Sylvie Pialat, Alejandro Alejandro Azorín, Xavier Cunilleras
Executive Producer: Héctor Sulaimán
Editor: Andrés Medina
Screenwriter: Federico Luis
Director of Photography: Marcos Hastrup
Sound: Martín García Blaya
Composer: Satoshi & Makoto
Principal cast: Damian López, Jesús Esquivel, Ian Haziel Castillo, Jair Monroy, Isaac Rivas Cruz, Wil Pérez, Gilles Aniorte Tomassian, Rubén Machorro Álvarez, Anne Geraldine Hinostroza Méndez, Martha María López Ramos

Genre

Drama Sport

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mexico, Chile, France, UK co-production

Planta (CL), Cárcava (MX), Fiasco (MX), Deptford Film (UK) in co-production with Les films du Worso (FR), Estudios Churubusco Azteca (MX), Cineteca Nacional de Chile (CL), Aura Lens Rental (MX)

Deptford Film

Augusto Matte
International House
64 Nile Street
London
N1 7SR

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Sales Company

Luxbox Films

6 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud
75011 Paris
France