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Even the Rain

  Mexican filmmakers Sebastian and Costa, shooting a film in Bolivia about the conquest by Christopher Columbus, become embroiled in controversy when their film schedule runs up against the Cochabamba Read More

La llorona

  Alma is murdered with her children during a military attack in Guatemala, but 30 years later when the general who ordered the genocide is found not guilty, Alma comes Read More

The Pope’s Toilet

  It’s 1988, and Melo, an Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II.  50,000 people are expected to attend, and the most humble Read More

The Swamp

  Amid the sweltering summer heat in northern Argentina, two middle-class families retreat to a crumbling country estate and a modest townhouse, where strained relationships, simmering tensions, and the presence Read More

Embrace of the Serpent

  The film begins with a mesmerizing scene of the Amazon where the black-and-white work of Director of Photography David Gallego captures the dreamlike qualities of the forests and the Read More

Los Frikis

  Inspired by the audacity and resilience of kindred souls facing the challenges of Special Period Cuba, this film tells the story of youthful members of a punk rock band, Read More

One Night

  Trapped in desperate poverty in Havana, Raúl dreams of escaping to Miami. When accused of assaulting a tourist, he sees fleeing Cuba as his only option. He begs his Read More

I’m Still Here

  In December 1970, Rubens Paiva lives in an idyllic house near Leblon beach with his wife Eunice and their five children. Returning to his civil career, after the revocation Read More

Lumumba: Death of a Prophet

  The film is a creative documentary where biography and history, stories and archives create a frame around the figure of Lumumba, his political assassination, media and memory. It is Read More

Chicken for Linda

  Guilt-ridden mom Paulette promises to cook a meal of chicken and peppers to make up for wrongly punishing her daughter, Linda; with a general strike closing down all of Read More