I'm Not Afraid(2026)

Set in 1986 Veracruz, this slow-burn thriller builds its dread quietly: a ten-year-old discovers another child hidden in a hole near his home, and the danger that follows comes not from sudden violence but from adult silence and the economic desperation that makes certain choices feel inevitable. The 1986 World Cup runs in the background, Maradona's "Hand of God" goal included, grounding the story in a specific, charged moment without softening what the boy is living through.

Family loyalty here is not a comfort but a source of harm. The secrets the adults keep, and the poverty that shapes what they can or cannot do, close around the child gradually, so the cost accumulates across episodes rather than arriving in a single blow. The pacing is deliberate, the silences load-bearing.