Enrique A. Mendoza

Directing

Enrique A. Mendoza

Place of birth

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Enrique A. Mendoza is a Guatemalan filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His shorts have moved through a range of scales and worlds, from a sci-fi romance to a Guatemalan folk horror to a desert revenge piece, but they keep returning to the same instinct: putting characters under real pressure and letting genre be the door he uses to get to them. His most recent short, ROB ROY, premiered at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. Earlier work has screened at SCAD Savannah, Newport Beach, AFRIFF in Nigeria, and CURTAS in Spain.

Known for

Rob Roy poster
NR

In a grimy, after-hours bar, a nervous young thief's attempt to quietly return stolen mob money ignites a dangerous confrontation-guns are drawn, truths are laid bare, and the brutal price of every decision becomes impossible to escape.

Rob Roy

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Fervor poster
NR

In a desolate desert landscape, a determined young Latina woman confronts her antagonist, unveiling intricate layers of her personal history. Through the narrative of two brothers' lives in a remote village, she unveils themes of destiny, survival, and the impact of violence. As the story unfolds, tensions rise, and Fernanda's dark mission becomes clearer, leaving both characters and viewers grappling with the harsh realities of their circumstances.

Fervor

2023

Glimpse poster
NR

Would you want to see how it ends before it begins? In the near future, a startup offers couples a look at a single moment from their life together, and newly engaged John and Emma decide to take it. What they see is harder than they hoped, and now they have to choose whether to step into that future anyway.

Glimpse

2016

The Legend of Sombrerón poster
NR

Susana, an orphan, wakes from a nightmare gasping for air, and struggles to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Unsure who to trust, she maneuvers through a maze of eerie events set up by an evil being, Sombrerón. Frightened, she dismisses the warning signs as she seeks answers that only bring her closer to the darkness slowly surrounding her.

The Legend of Sombrerón

2021

Bisected poster
6.3

In the heart of the Californian desert, a relationship takes a cosmic turn when a meteor crash catapults a couple into parallel dimensions. Battling the challenges of their new realities and the weight of their emotions, they embark on a desperate quest to find their way back to one another.

Bisected

2023

Coast: A short love story poster
NR

Two exes, one car, and a long drive up the California coast to a wedding neither of them wants to be at. Elsie needed a ride and Matt was the only one who picked up the phone. Somewhere between the breakfast burritos and the old arguments, they start circling the question of whether the timing was ever going to work.

Coast: A short love story

2018

Behind the camera

Rob Roy poster
NR

In a grimy, after-hours bar, a nervous young thief's attempt to quietly return stolen mob money ignites a dangerous confrontation-guns are drawn, truths are laid bare, and the brutal price of every decision becomes impossible to escape.

Rob Roy

—

Fervor poster
NR

In a desolate desert landscape, a determined young Latina woman confronts her antagonist, unveiling intricate layers of her personal history. Through the narrative of two brothers' lives in a remote village, she unveils themes of destiny, survival, and the impact of violence. As the story unfolds, tensions rise, and Fernanda's dark mission becomes clearer, leaving both characters and viewers grappling with the harsh realities of their circumstances.

Fervor

2023

Fervor poster
NR

In a desolate desert landscape, a determined young Latina woman confronts her antagonist, unveiling intricate layers of her personal history. Through the narrative of two brothers' lives in a remote village, she unveils themes of destiny, survival, and the impact of violence. As the story unfolds, tensions rise, and Fernanda's dark mission becomes clearer, leaving both characters and viewers grappling with the harsh realities of their circumstances.

Fervor

2023

Glimpse poster
NR

Would you want to see how it ends before it begins? In the near future, a startup offers couples a look at a single moment from their life together, and newly engaged John and Emma decide to take it. What they see is harder than they hoped, and now they have to choose whether to step into that future anyway.

Glimpse

2016

The Legend of Sombrerón poster
NR

Susana, an orphan, wakes from a nightmare gasping for air, and struggles to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Unsure who to trust, she maneuvers through a maze of eerie events set up by an evil being, Sombrerón. Frightened, she dismisses the warning signs as she seeks answers that only bring her closer to the darkness slowly surrounding her.

The Legend of Sombrerón

2021

The Legend of Sombrerón poster
NR

Susana, an orphan, wakes from a nightmare gasping for air, and struggles to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Unsure who to trust, she maneuvers through a maze of eerie events set up by an evil being, Sombrerón. Frightened, she dismisses the warning signs as she seeks answers that only bring her closer to the darkness slowly surrounding her.

The Legend of Sombrerón

2021

Bisected poster
6.3

In the heart of the Californian desert, a relationship takes a cosmic turn when a meteor crash catapults a couple into parallel dimensions. Battling the challenges of their new realities and the weight of their emotions, they embark on a desperate quest to find their way back to one another.

Bisected

2023

Coast: A short love story poster
NR

Two exes, one car, and a long drive up the California coast to a wedding neither of them wants to be at. Elsie needed a ride and Matt was the only one who picked up the phone. Somewhere between the breakfast burritos and the old arguments, they start circling the question of whether the timing was ever going to work.

Coast: A short love story

2018

Coast: A short love story poster
NR

Two exes, one car, and a long drive up the California coast to a wedding neither of them wants to be at. Elsie needed a ride and Matt was the only one who picked up the phone. Somewhere between the breakfast burritos and the old arguments, they start circling the question of whether the timing was ever going to work.

Coast: A short love story

2018