Directing
Jose Eduardo Castilla
Place of birth
Puebla, Mexico
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Known for
NRIn a coastal town on the Gulf of Mexico lives the insubordinate Daniel, the owner of a small motel. We get to know him through his grandson’s eyes, who decides to use the very same VHS camera that Daniel once used to record him as a child. Through this role reversal, the camera documents Daniel’s daily life as a motel owner in a candid, effortless, yet humorous manner, gradually unveiling his larger-than-life personality and his somewhat tumultuous relationship with his wife, Lourdes.
Motel Paraiso
2026
NRTo fullfill his responsibilities or defying his brother and embarking on a small three-wheeled adventure-that's the dilemma for a 10-year-old boy on a lonely coast in Mexico.
Aguacuario
2024
NRWith his unique gift of communicating with the dead, a cumbia-loving embalmer sets out on a road trip with a corpse, in search of the the deceased hidden money.
Cumbia for the Dead
2025
Behind the camera
NRIn a coastal town on the Gulf of Mexico lives the insubordinate Daniel, the owner of a small motel. We get to know him through his grandson’s eyes, who decides to use the very same VHS camera that Daniel once used to record him as a child. Through this role reversal, the camera documents Daniel’s daily life as a motel owner in a candid, effortless, yet humorous manner, gradually unveiling his larger-than-life personality and his somewhat tumultuous relationship with his wife, Lourdes.
Motel Paraiso
2026
NRIn a coastal town on the Gulf of Mexico lives the insubordinate Daniel, the owner of a small motel. We get to know him through his grandson’s eyes, who decides to use the very same VHS camera that Daniel once used to record him as a child. Through this role reversal, the camera documents Daniel’s daily life as a motel owner in a candid, effortless, yet humorous manner, gradually unveiling his larger-than-life personality and his somewhat tumultuous relationship with his wife, Lourdes.
Motel Paraiso
2026
NRTo fullfill his responsibilities or defying his brother and embarking on a small three-wheeled adventure-that's the dilemma for a 10-year-old boy on a lonely coast in Mexico.
Aguacuario
2024
NRTo fullfill his responsibilities or defying his brother and embarking on a small three-wheeled adventure-that's the dilemma for a 10-year-old boy on a lonely coast in Mexico.
Aguacuario
2024
NRWith his unique gift of communicating with the dead, a cumbia-loving embalmer sets out on a road trip with a corpse, in search of the the deceased hidden money.
Cumbia for the Dead
2025
NRWith his unique gift of communicating with the dead, a cumbia-loving embalmer sets out on a road trip with a corpse, in search of the the deceased hidden money.
Cumbia for the Dead
2025
