After its official screening at the Fantasia International Film Festival, her film Tigers Are Not Afraid will definitely make moviegoers remember her as one of the most talented directors in the industry. Taking place during a devastating Mexican drug war, it’s about a group of kids escaping the cartels and the ghosts they face every single day. A girl named Estrella (played marvellously by Paola Lara) has been looking for her missing mother, and then gets tangled up in conflict between the abandoned kids and the cartel members. It’s not an easy watch for sure – it’s an intense and emotional time at the movie theatre.