Humberto Flores Jáuregui is a Mexican director, editor and post-producer from Guadalajara, Jalisco. He studied Communication and Audiovisual Arts at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) in Guadalajara. He made the short film Entambado (2020), which premiered at Macabro—Mexico City International Horror Film Festival. His second short film, Cinco de junio (2021), received a special mention at the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) and was part of the Tribeca Film Festival, the Valencia International Film Festival—Cinema Jove and Bogoshorts, among others. In 2024 he directed David (por ahora), under the mentorship of Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which premiered at FICM. His next work, Una torreta en llamas (2025), is in post-production. As an editor, his documentary and fiction work has participated in festivals such as the Guadalajara International Film Festival, the Valladolid International Film Week (SEMINCI), FICM and DocsMX. Humberto specializes in post-production processes, but his passion lies in the search for new narratives within the current audiovisual landscape.

Manuel (o El vacío) — Manuel travels to the city to meet his father, but when he finally finds him, he has just passed away. In an attempt to get to know him beyond death, he decides to stay with the family that survives him: Sofía and Ana, widow and daughter, both going through a painful and self-destructive mourning. Little by little, Manuel discovers the truth about the two women, about his father’s death and, finally, about himself.