Compaz de Arena is a multi-award-winning feature-length documentary that portrays the lives of the Sahrawi people in the refugee camps of the Sahara Desert. Through an intimate and human lens, the film explores their identity, resilience, and collective memory in the face of a prolonged and silenced conflict.

Seven Years of Marriage is a Mexican dramedy written by Natalia Armienta Oikawa. The story follows the crossroads, expectations, and transformations of a couple over seven years of marriage, humorously and sensitively exploring the ups and downs of living together, the challenges of the relationship, and the emotional dynamics that define married life. Released in 2013 and shown in theaters across Latin America and the United States, the film combined an accessible narrative with relatable characters, becoming one of the most-watched Mexican films of its year.

Before the Salt Is Wasted is a feature-length documentary that explores the immense ecological, cultural, and geopolitical importance of the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, the world's largest salt flat and one of the world's largest lithium deposits. Through images and testimonies, the film addresses how the exploitation of these resources impacts the planet's climate balance and the lives of local communities, while also raising questions about sustainability and the world's energy future. Selected for more than 90 international film festivals and winner of multiple awards, the documentary has been screened globally and used in educational and cultural programs to raise awareness about climate change and environmental conservation.

In a vertical city, a woman who lives high above and a man who lives underground traverse the same space unaware of each other's existence. She moves among rooftops, skies, and open lights; he builds and travels through tunnels, shadows, and enclosed spaces. Their lives unfold in parallel, separated by invisible layers of the city and a shared solitude.

Through a melancholic and contemplative visual narrative, Entre Niveles is a FICTION, which explores the impossibility of meeting in big cities, until a contrary movement —one descends, the other ascends— places them, for the first time, on the same level.

• Memoria is a seven-episode original miniseries directed by Natalia Armienta and filmed by Bernardo De Niz for the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO). The series celebrates the history and evolution of the institution, exploring its founding, values, and development over time. Each episode features guests from diverse generations and disciplines, focusing on key stages in ITESO's history through personal stories. From its founding to its social commitment and campus growth, Memoria blends laughter and memories, offering a cinematic narrative filmed in 4K that highlights how memory and community shape ITESO's present.

Cielito Lindo is a feature-length documentary that explores the arduous journey of building Mexican identity through mariachi music, its stories, its protagonists, and the challenges it has faced in becoming an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. More than 150 years after its inception, the documentary seeks to revalue traditions and roots that are fading in the face of globalization, strengthening the cultural anthems that give meaning and strength to Mexican communities. It is directed by the multi-award-winning filmmaker Natalia Armienta Oikawa, with cinematography by Bernardo de Niz, marking their third cinematic collaboration.

• This documentary reveals the complexity of the human heart through the stories of twelve courageous women. Through their own eyes, they share their lives and the mistakes that led to their exile from society. They take us into an intimate world of incarceration, where they explore the challenges they face, their motivations to persevere, and their struggle for survival in a hostile environment. This narrative invites us to reflect on the fragility of freedom and the difficulties they face when reintegrating into life outside prison.