Coming Soon: Frontera
An original, anti-western short film, made across old and New Mexico, coming in Spring 2026.
Northern Mexico, 1921: A runaway boy seeks refuge with a healer woman in the Mexican desert. As she prepares herself for the spiritual fright of an oncoming solar eclipse, he struggles for a reason to live beyond his trauma
Frontera is an original 25-minute Western short about grief, spirituality and the teachings of the wilderness. Set in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution, it follows Billy, an 18-year-old boy who flees a disaster in the United States to be rescued by a community of refugees in Northern Mexico. Recovering from his wounds in their care, Billy struggles to process his own trauma as it compares to the harsh lessons learned by his refugee saviors. The young woman Adela, an exiled curandera, or healer, carries the most brutal perspective of life and death but needs recognition for her hard-earned wisdom as much as Billy needs healing.
Frontera’s script is an original stylistic take on the Western inspired by contemporary Mexican cinema, the legacy of our mentor Cormac McCarthy, and the Greek tragedies.
In 2024, we filmed the end of Frontera under the total solar eclipse that briefly enshrouded the wildernesses of Coahuila, Mexico. In 2025, we filmed the beginning of the movie in Dar al-Islam’s Plaza Blanca Canyon in Abiquiu, New Mexico.
Trailers, director’s notes, and making-of tales are coming soon to subscribers of this newsletter.