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Fernando Eimbcke

Fernando Eimbcke

Director and writer, also producer · Born January 1, 1970 (56) · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Fernando Eimbcke (born in 1970 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Fernando Eimbcke studied film direction at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos of the UNAM (1992–1996). He started his career directing music videoclips and short films. His feature debut in Mexican cinema was the 2004 Temporada de patos (Duck Season), which won several Film Festival awards including the Ariel Award for Best Film. His latest film, Lake Tahoe was received positively at the Berlin International Film Festival, winning two awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fernando Eimbcke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1970 (56)
From
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Works as
Director and writer, also producer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 25% in 30 days

What are Fernando Eimbcke's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
55%
Self
21%
Society
18%
Survival
7%
Coming of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
3
Warm
2
Melancholic
2
Romantic
1
Joyful
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Bittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fernando Eimbcke's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Fernando Eimbcke's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

14 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Olmo(2025)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Flies(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Berlin, I Love You(2019)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Ayotzinapa 26 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Short Plays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Club Sandwich(2013)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Cinematic Correspondences: Fernando Eimbcke - So Yong Kim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Revolución (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Lake Tahoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Duck Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Writer

  • The Look of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

  • Weightwatch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Writer

  • No todo es permanente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Writer

  • Instrucciones para hacer un nudo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 1995 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Berlin, I Love You (2019)

$164K worldwide

Highest rated

Flies (2026)

Midcredits 91st

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing14 of 14: 4 only directing, 10 with another roleWriting10 of 14: 0 only writing, 10 with another roleProducing1 of 14: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

14 titles, 10 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s4 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Fernando Eimbcke's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 4 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · director, writer

Olmo (2025)

67th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer

Flies (2026)

Midcredits 91st · 77% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 36/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Fernando Eimbcke work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fernando Eimbcke's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Vanesa Garnica shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers