Traversing time, space and genre, Argentinian filmmaker Lisandro Alonso (Jauja) presents an elliptical meditation on the experiences of indigenous communities across the Americas. Opening in a dusty town of the Old West, reality soon transitions to contemporary South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservati...

After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father’s truck, two incompatible teenagers embark on a journey of reconciliation and comedic misadventure along Colombia’s breathtaking Caribbean coast. With no money, brother and sister Corn and Rita must find a way to get the damaged truck fi...

After being approached by an investigative journalist, filmmaker Miguel Garay (Manolo Solo) is called upon to recount his memories of working on his final and still unfinished film, “The Farewell Gaze.” During its production, his lead actor and friend, Julio Arenas (José Coronado), vanished witho...

Jesús Lopez (Lucas Schell), a young racing driver, dies in an accident, leaving his village in mourning. His cousin Abel (Joaquin Spahn), a drifting teenager, gradually feels tempted to take his place. He moves in with Jesus’ parents, wears his clothes, and becomes close with his friends and ex-g...

Summer vacation. Two teenage sisters, Marina and Luna, travel from Costa Rica to Panama to look for their absent father. While dealing with frictions that arise between them, they find space to explore their desires, new friendships, lovers, and skateboarding, on a journey toward emancipation whe...

When the colorful Caravana Rolidei rolls into town, young accordionist Cico (Fábio Junior) leaves behind his mundane existence and joins the troupe along with his pregnant wife. Led by the mysterious Gypsy Lord (José Wilker) and featuring the seductive Salomé (Betty Faria), the Queen of the Rhumb...

It’s winter break in Buenos Aires, and fourteen-year-old Ana makes an odd discovery. The metal plate that she has had in her arm since suffering an accident as a child is all of a sudden acting as an antenna and receiving strange Morse code messages. She teams up with a young soldier to decipher ...

Nine-year-old Manuel lives in a remote, mountainous region of Colombia, a country in the midst of conflict between the military and armed guerilla rebels. Manuel and his friends play soccer every day, and he dreams of one day becoming a professional goalie. Shortly after his birthday, the brand n...

Betania, a 65-year-old matriarch, is on a turbulent ride on the ever-shifting sands of time. In the wake of her husband’s death, she leaves behind a lifetime of memories and a simple, agrarian existence to move back to the village where she was born. Pushed by the ancestral sound of Maranhao, Bet...

Released four years after the Brazilian national team’s 1970 World Cup victory, this documentary follows the goals, glory and life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to the world as Pelé, the greatest soccer player of the 20th century.

Produced and directed by Luiz Carlos Barreto, the film w...

In an early twentieth century rural Southern Brazilian community settled by Italian immigrants, two close friends agree to live under the same roof together with their spouses. While struggling to survive in the New World, the wife of one gradually develops feelings and an undeniable attraction t...

There has been an invasion. Eami lost her own kind, and so she started flying. The Asoja, the bird-god-woman of the native Ayoreo Totobiegosode culture, brings the memories of the past, present and future. She was a tiger, a plant, a jaguar. Today, she is Eami, a five-year-old girl whose name mea...

It's equal parts splatter and laughter in this doomsday romp with a decidedly Cuban touch. When Havana begins filling up with the living dead and the government claims that the bloodthirsty zombies are US-funded dissidents, forty-year-old slacker Juan is left with no other choice than to protect ...

Three stories of migration, exile and memory develop in the Cuban town of San Antonio de los Baños, a place that time forgot. Alex and Edith, a young couple in their thirties, build their lives upon small gestures, reminisces and a deep connection amidst the nation's ruins. Milagros survives sell...

For most of his life, Ignacio traveled the villages of Colombia, playing songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. He eventually married and settled in a small town, leaving his nomadic life behind. But after the death of his wife, he vows to never pl...

In present-day Venezuela, four best friends Lolo, Cacá, Eli and Alain live a carefree lifestyle as wealthy young adults in Caracas. Their hedonistic relationship, full of drugs, group sex and dangerous games, comes to an abrupt end when one day Eli is brutally murdered. Still haunted by her death...

Irene lives in a crumbling house on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro with her husband and four sons. Fernando, her eldest boy, is a local handball star, and when he’s scouted to play professionally in Germany, the family has only a few weeks to say goodbye. While his leaving comes as a shock, it a...

Jorge leaves his moto-taxi business in the suburbs of Lima and his family to seek fortune as a miner, reaching the highest and most dangerous Andean gold mine in Peru. Lost under a glacier in the mountains, La Rinconada is “the closest city to the sky”. It attracts thousands of seasonal workers l...

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Selection! Read an excerpt from Diane Carson's AWFJ review: "In SONG WITHOUT A NAME, Peruvian director Melina León with tender compassion tells a tragic tale of abducted newborns. Never hurried, the story, inspired by actual events, unfolds at a measured pace wi...

For over 30 years Lila (Liliana Juárez) has been a dedicated cleaning staff employee in a provincial municipality building. She’s an important figure in the office’s close-knit society because of her shared role running the unofficial staff cafeteria, which she operates with her friend Marcela (R...