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At Chee Films, we are an independent film production company dedicated to telling meaningful stories. Our passionate team is committed to diversity and inclusion, bringing authentic narratives to life that reflect the richness of the human experience.
We specialize in developing content that highlights diverse characters, including a wide range of gender identities, and addresses significant themes. Our stories often challenge conventions as we confront impactful and timely issues surrounding sexual and gender diversity, with the intention of stimulating dialogue and fostering connections among people. At Chee Films, we create a space where all stories can flourish and be celebrated.
Films & Series - Authentic stories & diverse characters
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World Premiere
Coming Soon in 2026
Bgliconjte's Viscera
VÍSCERAS DE BGLICONJTE - MEXICO
17 min
In a slaughterhouse for bgliconjtes, a couple has imprisoned a young maid, who is exploited just like the flesh of those creatures. After the arrival of a young butcher, she will look for the opportunity to free herself and the bgliconjtes.
Awarded the “Eká Estímulo Fiscal para la Cultura y las Artes del Estado de Chihuahua” fund.
Cast:
ARNTDEHYIANJDÜU (Ardeyandu): Karla Giselle
PFRINJBELLAHA SPRUUNBCOJVT (Frinbela Sprunkov): Virginia Ordóñez JRANKERGJEVTH (Jankerjev): Gabriel Reyes
KRÚNBDEYJANTD (Krundeyant): Dan Ibarra
Ariel: Doj4 Le Rance
Crew:
Guion original: Antonella Samaniego Tovar
Director, Productor, Post Productor, Editor: Leonel Chee
Productor Asociado: Adán Iván Martínez Chávez
Productores Asociados: Ricardo Herrera Montoya y Victoria Naranjos Montoya
Directora de Fotografía: Marta Moreno
Director General Arte: Aarón "Zombie" Ximello
Música Original: Alejandro Karo
Canción: MI NOVIA ES NAZI, Música y Letra: Doj4 Le Rance
Canción: RAZONES, Música y Letra: David Morales
Ilustraciones de Carteles Narrativos, Título y Créditos por: Leo Moreno
Supervisor de VFX: Raúl Soto Fernández
Artista 3D: Cabe Tejeda
Servicios Legales México & Clearance: Leyva, Montenegro, Trigueros, Abogados, S.C. - Víctor Hugo Juárez Osorio, Luis Ernesto Sánchez Hernández, César Iván Rau Piña
Estudio de Post Producción de Audio: Disruptiva Sound
Producción de Audio: Paulina Villavicencio
Coordinación de Audio: Elizabeth Luna
Diseño Sonoro: Ricardo Sinco Hernández
Mezcla 5.1: César González Cortés
Edición de Diálogos y Foley: Ricardo Sinco Hernández
Edición de Ambientes y Efectos: Gerardo Berumen
Corrección de Color y Elaboración de DCP y BluRay: Miguel Escudero
Productor en Línea: Hiram Chaparro De la Fuente
Coordinador de Producción: Gonzalo Charles
Scouter/Coordinación Locaciones: Gonzalo Charles
Locación: Rancho El Tesorito - Martín Toledo Alcantar
Coordinadora de Intimidad: Romina Alexandra
Asistente de Producción: Pedro Gutiérrez
Asistente de Producción: Axel Gabriel
Artista Conceptual: Brisa Carbajal
Diseño del póster por: Leo Moreno
Asistente de Dirección: Jocelyn Maldonado
Script: Daniel Amparán
Asistente de Cámara: Celina Galicia
Asistente de Cámara 2: Rafael Hernández
Gaffer: Miguel A. Alcántar
Asistente de Arte: Josué Jiménez
Asistente de Arte FX: Andrea Sánchez Villalobos
Maquillaje y Peinados: Marichuy Ortega
Vestuarista: WAREROOM BY ELE
Sonido Directo: Braulio Beltrán
Data Manager y Video Assist: Angel Benítez
Staff 1: Gustavo E. Valles
Staff 2: Brayan M Simental
IMELDA AND LUIS
IMELDA Y LUIS - MEXICO
18 min
Young twins Imelda and Luis live a neglected life with their drug-dealing mother and drug-addicted older brother in Mexico. Imelda wants to be a nun and Luis wants to be a girl, neither of which seems possible in a world where dreams don’t come true.
World Premiere - Vancouver International Film Festival, 2020
Cast:
Imelda: Ishkra Zavala
Luis: Luis Solis
Esperanza: Eileen Yañez
Constantino: Pablo Vaga
Sor Rosario: Simona Chirinos
El Cabrón: Enrique Arreola
Crew:
Director: Leonel Chee
Producers: Ale García, Antonio Urdapilleta, Leonel Chee
Scriptwriter: Leonel Chee
Director of Photography: Marta Moreno
Production Designer: Marcela Lizárraga
Costume Designer: Ele Pérez
Make-Up: Viridiana Peragallo
Hair and Make-Up Assistant: Cristina Robledo
First Assistant Director: Raúl Prados
Production Assistants: Ricardo Mar, Luis Gerardo LoGar
Camera Assistant: Ángel Jara, Erik Aguilera
Gaffer: Pedro Damián Maldonado (Perika)
Continuity: Jorge Abril
Scouter: Micaela Islas
Casting: Viridiana Olvera
Direct Sound: Diego Hevia
Sound Design: Disruptiva Sound
Music: Dalí Lantzeta
Editing: Leonel Chee
Color Correction: Natalia Mercado
Credits Design: Polar Studio
AMPARO’S OFFERINGS
LA OFRENDA DE AMPARO - MEXICO
4 min
Elderly Amparo prepares a ritual meal and an altar to honor her late champion-wrestler husband at a special dinner in her house filled with memories. Told through sublime visuals this is a touching, melancholic story about love taken away, though never forgotten. We feel how devastating her loss has been. Hers is a life of remembrances and devotion, where the shrine and food could be interpreted as expressions of desire to join her husband in the afterlife.
International Premiere - Vancouver International Film Festival, 2019
Crew: Director, Screenwriter, Editor and Producer: Leonel Chee Director of Photography: F Lara Reséndiz Art Director: Teresa Cedillo Song: Llegando a Ti (Poco a Poco); Author: José Alfredo Jiménez (EMMI); Singer: Amalia Mendoza; Produced by: Discos Orfeon Videovox, S.A. Location Manager: Ioana Kirculescu von Kimakowicz Graphic Designer: Alberto Hernán González Make-up Artist: Cecilia Aguilar Costume Designer: Ele Pérez Cast Director: Viridiana Olvera Direct Sound and Sound Mixer: Jorge Luis Zavala Boom Operator: Sofía Lara Assistant Cameraman: David Hernández Jaimes Production Assistant: Renée Paillés Assistant Director: Juan Carlos Terreros Art Assistant: Ivonne Lemoine
Cast: Amparo: Mary Paz Mata Masked wrestler: Rami Martínez
In development
Script selected at LabGuion 2025
muñecas
Feature Film - Mexico
Director: Leonel Chee
Writers: Antonella Samaniego & Leonel Chee
las geishas
Feature Film - Mexico
Script selected at Linterna Lab 2024
Official Selection Unproduced Scripts 2022: International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba
Director: Leonel Chee
Writers: Antonella Samaniego & Leonel Chee

