When 11-year-old Ruben’s father mysteriously disappears, the boy has to move in with his grandmother, a woman he barely knows. In a rural setting where time seems to have stood still, the child will learn that family wounds are passed down from one generation to another, and will try to find a way to heal them as he grows.  ​

Mateo is a small-town vet. Since his son died, he has lived a life of silent routines and nameless guilt. The violence of the place isn’t immediately visible: it sits there, lurking, like a never-ending echo. This fragile balance is broken when Mateo has to heal Morro, the local capo’s injured dog. The animal’s everyday care leads to an unexpected bond: a relationship with neither judgement nor words, that enables Mateo to recover the meaning of life. 

Searching for a better life, Lucila leaves Mexico for Madrid with her brother Diego to join their mother who has been working there illegally for 8 years to support them. When they finally arrive, the reality that awaits them proves far harsher than they had imagined.

La Maestra and Paula are the best swimmers in their team and best friends, until an incident at a party changes everything. La Maestra, intense and unstoppable, realises that something in her best friend has changed, making her sad. When the truth comes to light, the two are faced with an impossible decision: Paula wants to keep quiet about it, while La Maestra wants revenge. Their friendship, previously unbreakable, will be put to the test as never before. ​

Martha, a mother who lost trace of her son in the Colombian armed conflict, receives the news that no bone match was found in the last exhumation in which she had taken part. Having exhausted the institutional options, she turns to a group of women, where she meets Sandra, who tells her a rumour: "in a remote village in the plains, you can ask a dead person for a favour". The two set out on a journey in search of answers.

Paraguay, 1959. Under a suffocating military regime, Narciso returns from Buenos Aires with rock & roll in his veins. Charismatic, mysterious and the object of desire for both men and women, he soon becomes a radio sensation and a symbol of freedom. But after his final show he is found dead. In a country where silence reigns and fear smothers the truth… who killed Narciso?​

Mexico City, early 90s. On the day of his 11th birthday, Bruno falls in love with his best friend Vladimir. That night his father receives an HIV-positive diagnosis that will change family life. Like in salsa songs, his family tries to sing and dance to keep the pain at bay. Thirty years later, Bruno films and revisits the memories he couldn’t quite fathom as a child. 

Adela, a Mexican sound artist, travels from the jungle to the Peruvian Andes with Lucho, her guide and translator. Following in the footsteps of her grandfather, a Catalan republican exiled in Mexico, she weaves a sound map of endangered languages. When the fear of death appears, the reality breaks into pieces. Adela’s journey becomes an intimate voyage to her childhood home. Lejos de los árboles / Far from the Trees is packed with tales of the fragility of existence and the need to remember, listen and love.