Proxima Competition / Contra la Naturaleza / Mexico 2026
After many years away, Jonás returns to the countryside to start work as a stonemason. In a place marked by the harshness of life, he opens himself up to something intangible – a force that permeates the landscape, bodies, and time itself. An evocatively told story of a silent man whose enigmatic nature stems from the dark side of humanity and from his contact with the sacred, the film moves along the boundary between the physical and the spiritual. Thanks to compelling sound design, a hypnotic visual style, and a rejection of traditional storytelling, Axel Bertha delivers an absorbing cinematic experience that explores human cruelty as part of a cycle of destruction from which humanity has yet to find a way out.
Sandra Hezinová
86 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Axel Bertha
/ Screenplay Axel Bertha
/ Dir. of Photography Flavia Martínez, Edson Reyes
/ Music Ela Minus, Ariel Guzik
/ Sound Andrés Silva
/ Editor Óscar Enríquez
/ Producer Fernanda de la Peza, Axel Bertha
/ Production Domme Cinema, Cárcava Cine
/ Coproduction Lovesong, The Lift
/ Contact Cárcava Cine
Axel Bertha. Filmography: Against Nature (Contra la Naturaleza, 2026).
Cárcava Cine
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