‘Sacrificios’ Lands Latin American Premiere at Fantaspoa [Trailer]

Sacrificios, the Mexican psychological horror thriller from writer/director Mauricio Chernovetzky and writer Alexander Ioshpe, will make its Latin American premiere in Brazil at the 22nd edition of Fantaspoa International Film Festival, Dread Central learned.

Produced by Balthus Films, Sacrificios is a haunting and emotionally charged exploration of grief, guilt, and the lengths a parent may go to reverse an unimaginable loss.

The film follows Juan, a father shattered by the tragic death of his young son. Consumed by grief and guilt, he escapes into the vastness of the open sea, seeking refuge from a loss that feels impossible to endure. What begins as an act of despair transforms into something far more mysterious when Juan experiences a supernatural encounter that appears to return his son to him from the waves. But the miracle carries a devastating cost: to keep his child alive, Juan must sacrifice his own blood.

It stars Jorge A. Jimenez (Narcos, The Black Demon), Frida Astrid, Noé Hernández (Bardo, Bel Canto), Siddhartha Tonalli, and Costanza Andrade.

Over the course of its 92-minute journey, Sacrificios draws viewers into a dark psychological landscape where grief, faith, redemption, and obsession collide, blurring the line between miracle and madness.

“We always wanted to make a film like the ones that inspired us, films that linger, that burrow deep, like Jacob’s Ladder and The Witch — films that become personal to others because they are personal to us, and I feel we have succeeded in doing that,” said Alexander Ioshpe.

“Sacrificios is a deeply personal film,” added . “It is inspired by and dedicated to our fathers. As we became increasingly aware of all the sacrifices they’ve made for us, along with the emotional toll it took on them — the grief, the silence, the weight they carried alone — we asked ourselves: Is there a limit to how much a father would be willing to sacrifice? This film is a response to that question. It is a deeply personal vision inspired by this theme.”