Thirteen films from Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia will compete for the Horizontes Award at the Horizontes Latinos programme at the 59 edition of San Sebastian International Film Festival.

'Miss Bala' will open the section. Directed by Gerardo Naranjo, this Mexican production narrates the story of an aspiring queen at a beauty contest set upon by warring criminal gangs.

Abrir Puertas Y Ventanas (Back To Stay) is the opera prima from the Argentinean director Milagros Mumenthaler, a subtle portrayal of the everyday lives of three sisters living in their grandmother’s house since her death.

Las Acacias by Pablo Giorgelli, a Spanish-Argentinean co-production, landed the Caméra d’Or (best opera prima) at the last Cannes Festival. The movie depicts the relationship between a truck driver and a woman and her baby, established on the long trip from Asunción to Buenos Aires. The woman and her baby have to travel in the truck’s cab, as part of the load.

Anónimo (Anonymous), is a Chilean production directed by Renato Pérez, revolving around a man with a dark past who strikes up a peculiar relationship with his landlady’s teenage daughter.

Asalto Al Cine (The Cinema Hold Up) is a Mexican production directed by Iria Gómez Concheiro about four teenagers who decide to rob a cinema.

Bonsai is the second film from Chilean director Christian Jiménez, a tragic-comical love story between two youngsters amid books, literary quotes, coming-togethers and fall-outs.

Entre La Noche Y El Día (Between Night And Day), a Mexican production directed by Bernardo Arellano, tells the story of a solitary man with autism fleeing from domestic abuse and finding a haven in the midst of nature.

Historias Que Só Existem Quando Lembradas is a Brazilian film directed by Julia Murat about a young woman as she attempts to unravel the mysteries of a ghost town inhabited by people who live a life tied to never-ending routines.

The Spanish-Brazilian co-production Girimunho, directed by Helvecio Marins Jr. and Clarissa Campolina tells the tale of an old widowed lady who has to deal with life in a small village with the sole company of her granddaughter.

Pescador is the fourth movie from the Ecuadorian filmmaker Sebastián Cordero, about a fisherman turned impromptu drug dealer when he stumbles by chance on a load of cocaine.

The co-production Porfirio, directed by the Colombian-Ecuadorian Alejandro Landes, tells the tale of a man handicapped during the Colombian conflict who decides to take the law into his own hands using rather unconventional methods.

Todos Tus Muertos (All Your Dead Ones) is a Columbian production from Carlos Moreno that narrates the ups and downs of a farmer who finds a pile of dead bodies on his land.

Ulises (Ulysses) is a Chilean-Argentinean co-production focusing on the misadventures of a Peruvian immigrant in Chile. It is the first movie by the director Óscar Godoy and had its world premiere in the San Francisco International Film Festival.