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- DirectorSantiago MitreStarsRicardo DarínGina MastronicolaFrancisco BertínA team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship during the 1980s in a battle against odds and a race against time.
- DirectorJoan Gomez EndaraStarsCarlos VergaraShaday VelasquezJhoyner SalgadoWhen his father dies, Eliécer is left in charge of his half-sister. The decision not to take responsibility, forces him to the mission to take the girl to the capital to find her mother who abandoned her when he was a baby.
- DirectorAndrés Ramírez PulidoStarsJhojan Estiven JimenezMaicol Andrés JimenezMiguel VieraEliú is incarcerated in a minors' center in the heart of Colombian forest, for a crime he committed with his friend El Mono. The teenagers perform manual labor and intense group therapy. One day, El Mono is transferred to the same center.
- DirectorJuan Sebastián MesaStarsJuan Daniel Ortiz HernandezPaula Andrea CanoLaura Gutierrez ArdilaJorge lives in the isolated Colombian mountains, working his father's land with proud. Everyone on his generation's gone to the cities. He stills, but also doubts. In his mind, memories of a huge love from the past.
- DirectorJosé Luis RugelesStarsAngie CepedaRoger DuguayJhon NarváezLa película retrata a un vulnerable y anónimo Joe Arroyo, quizás el cantante colombiano de salsa más importante de la historia, en su viaje claustrofóbico por diferentes momentos de su vida. Un genio musical, cantante y compositor, la música y la voz única de Joe no se pudieron contener en el escenario.
- DirectorElías León SiminianiStarsJorge Eliécer GaitánLuis OspinaGustavo PetroIn 2018, a group of filmmakers calling themselves THE MOTIONLESS embark on a film about a hypothetical stillness syndrome in Colombia. Both an homage to the cinematographical universe of the Columbian filmmaker Luis Ospina and an exploration of the country's history, the film summons memory to go back in time.
- DirectorLaura Mora OrtegaStarsCarlos Andrés CastañedaDavison FlorezBrahian AcevedoFollows five young men and about the marginalized, excluded humanity who seeks a place in the world.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroAmparo NogueraHéctor MoralesA man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from Saturday Night Fever (1977).
- DirectorMichel FrancoStarsTessa IaHernán MendozaGonzalo Vega Jr.Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.
- DirectorSandro BozzoloAn artist and her whole existence spent away from her homeland. The insight of a son, that forty years later interprets again the work of his mother.
- DirectorJuan Jacobo Del CastilloStarsMarta RodríguezFrom the darkness of the editing room, we discover old movies that reveal fragments of a trance-like country. Fifty years later, we reflect with three of its creators whether the legacy of this cinema survives today or only the negatives.
- DirectorRuth CaudeliStarsSilvia SantamaríaRuth CaudeliAna María OtáloraHave you ever met a throuple? We are opening our home's doors to show you how our life is, how we, as a women's throuple, live with the absence of one of us. This real-life fiction shows us how we deal with loneliness, jealousy, and how we have to adapt ourselves when three become two.
- DirectorCarlos MayoloLuis OspinaStarsLuis Alfonso LondoñoCarlos MayoloRamiro ArbeláezFictional film that simulates being a documentary about filmmakers who exploit the misery with mercantilist purposes. It is a scathing criticism "porno-misery" and the opportunism of the dishonest documentary making "socio-political documentaries" in the third world to sell them in Europe and win prizes.
- DirectorFernando TruebaStarsJavier CámaraNicolás Reyes CanoJuan Pablo UrregoAn author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in Colombia in the seventies.
- DirectorCarlos MayoloStarsAdriana HerránJosé LewgoyVicky HernándezA young model runs away from the set of a commercial spot she's filming and enters the mansion of Araucaima, where its dwellers indulge in strange rites.
- DirectorYulene OlaizolaStarsIndira Rubie AndrewinGilberto BarrazaMariano Tun XoolTo escape an arranged marriage, a woman flees into the depths of the Mayan jungle, where untamed nature merges the human and the supernatural.
- DirectorMercedes GaviriaStarsMercedes GaviriaVíctor GaviriaAfter studying abroad, Mercedes returns to Colombia to work on the next film by her father, the famous Víctor Gaviria. Fluctuating between admiration and reproach, Mercedes constructs a private diary that goes beyond familial conflicts to question the place of women in the film world, which is still strongly ingrained with a patriarchal mindset.
- DirectorSimon HernandezStarsCiro GuerraLuis OspinaJairo PinillaA documentary about Jairo José Pinilla Téllez, the pioneer of suspense and science fiction in Colombian film. Pinilla was the first to use special effects in Colombian film and now, at over age 70, he is working to finish his last film: his first non-animated 3D film.
- DirectorCarlos MayoloStarsAdriana HerránDavid GuerreroSantiago GarcíaWhen grandmother dies, a girl returns to Colombia from the US and is reunited with her half-brother. They are instantly attracted to each other and have delirious visions of ancestors who also starred in stories of incest and violence.
- DirectorMelina LeónStarsPamela MendozaTommy PárragaLucio RojasGeorgina's newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.
- DirectorIván GuarnizoStarsIván GuarnizoPepeto GuarnizoGüérimaAlthough after the peace agreements the war between the FARC and the colombian state seemed to be over, the situation is far from stable. In this complex political climate, my brother and I begin to research about the kidnapping of our mom. When we find the diary she was allow to write during her captivity, we discover an almost mother/child relationship she had with her captor. Now that most of them have surrendered their weapons and are trying to begin a new life, we set to find him and maybe speak about that dark time in our lives.
- DirectorPriscilla PadillaLuz is a member of the Embera Chami indigenous community. She left her home territory years ago after discovering she had had her clitoris mutilated. Cut off from her world; she tries to live the traditions she still remembers of her culture. Her only friend is Claudia, also Embera, who is the only link to her people. Motivated by the deep sadness of her friend Luz, Claudia undertakes a trip to the territory to dialogue with other women of her ethnic group about the dilemma they are facing.
- DirectorLuke LorentzenStarsJuan OchoaFer OchoaJosue OchoaIn Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.
- DirectorCarlos MorenoStarsJose Marino AnguloJuan Martin ArancedoAnderson BallesterosDon Oscar, if he wanted, could have been the next Escobar, but instead he sits on the ruins of his decrepit little drug empire. And let's face it, there is not much left to sit on. Only a handful of his most faithful guard still remain with him. An unpaid debt starts bringing consequences and a bag with the last hidden money passes from hand to hand, from dead to dead. Loyalty proves fickle as the death toll keeps mounting. Only one ending appears likely for Don Oscar - A black comedy about thugs who are neither first-, nor second-, nor even third-class criminals in the Colombian town of Tulua. As the director remarks, "it is neither Tarantino nor a drug lord story". It's a simple story about low-profile thugs, a story challenging every genre cliché and prejudice.
- DirectorLuis OspinaStarsFernando SolórzanoFlora MartínezRobinson DíazIt begins with the tragedy of Armero, during the course investigates the murder of a beautiful woman and on his way some people die in the end a killing and a cemetery. Emerson Roque Fierro, former policeman and private investigator shadowing, investigates the murder of "Golondrina", a beautiful young woman, occurred in a seedy hotel in downtown Bogota. Without knowing who it is, begins to understand their relationships with a motley gallery of men: a corrupt politician, connected to drug trafficking and paramilitary groups, a bullfighter cunning and good for nothing, a boxer fallen on hard times with a force so stupid as rare Lotero intellect and an insightful blind. And in the midst of this, the dark threads entangling power to everyone, and especially the poor Fierro.
- DirectorFred Ouro PretoStarsEmicidaZeca PagodinhoPabllo VittarBetween scenes from his concert in São Paulo's Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Brazilian culture.
- DirectorCecilia TraslaviñaStarsDiana MenestreyFabricia enters an abandoned building and her presence seems to give life to the place. But soon she discovers the place is dominated by strange machines that trap her inside. She will only gain freedom through the power of her unique imagination.
- DirectorSimón Mesa SotoStarsAlejandra Montoya VillaHector OrregoLeidi lives with her mom and her baby. Her boyfriend, Alexis, hasn't shown up in days. That sunny morning, after she bathed her baby, Leidi was sent by her mother to buy plantains. She meets a guy that tells her he has seen Alexis with another girl. She forgets about bringing home the plantains and embarks on a journey to find him. Leidi won't return home until she finds the father of her child.
- DirectorRubén MendozaStarsHernán MéndezDaniel Páez
- DirectorJorge NavasStarsEliza AgudeloLuis Fernando BuenoMaría CardonaIn this silent style short, filmed in black and white with intertitles instead of spoken dialog, a precocious little girl surrounded by Tv violence and bloody church images of Catholicism, yearns to stay alive forever, as a vampire.
- DirectorPablo TraperoStarsGuillermo FrancellaGastón CocchiaralePeter LanzaniThe true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.
- DirectorPablo TraperoStarsLuis MarganiDaniel ValenzuelaAdriana AizembergThe portrait of a man and his attempts to make things up with life after losing his job.
- DirectorNicolás Rincón GilleBlanca-a countrywoman displaced by violence to the outskirts of Bogota-is the mainstay of a now tiny family, looking after her three grandsons and doing her best to snatch them from an all too predictable fate.
- DirectorDiego Quemada-DiezStarsBrandon LópezRodolfo DomínguezKaren MartínezA road movie about teenage immigrants and their journey to the U.S.
- DirectorCarolina AdriazolaJosé Luis SepúlvedaStarsCristian DonosoVictoria DonosoCatalina FloresA woman strives to find her identity through a supervillain, dancer and mother in the Bajos de Mena town which is known as "Chile's biggest ghetto" in Puente Alto, Santiago.
- DirectorMariano LlinásStarsElisa CarricajoValeria CorreaPilar GamboaA film in six episodes, connected by the same four actresses, full of various subplots that play with narrative and different cinematic genres , everything structured in an unusual way.
- DirectorSebastián HofmannStarsLuis Gerardo MéndezMiguel RodarteRJ MitteTwo haunted family men join forces in a destructive crusade to rescue their families from a tropical paradise, after becoming convinced that an American timeshare conglomerate has a sinister plan to take their loved ones away.
- DirectorAntonio DoradoStarsNarvaez Erik AguilarJuana AriasFelipe Alejandro CortésTras cortar con su aburrido novio, la hermosa Sofía no se resiste a los poderes seductores de Tony, un hombre atractivo que practica negocios ilícitos, y quien le presenta un mundo desconocido de aventuras peligrosas y relaciones íntimas.
- DirectorRuth CaudeliStarsLorena CastellanosAndrés JiménezAlejandra LaraA 30-something bisexual actress who is trying to fit in her friends 'perfect' world.
- DirectorCarlos AlgaraAlejandro Martinez-BeltranStarsOlga SeguraArcelia RamírezSofía GarzaA female Psychologist who has stopped practicing medicine, decides to take the case of Veronica de la Serna, a young woman whose previous therapist has mysteriously disappeared.
- DirectorVladimir DuránStarsLucas BesassoRosario BléfariCamilo CastiglioneMargarita lives with her son Axel and his older sisters Antonia, Alejandra and Alicia. Their flat is like a cosy cave where they play music, eat, sleep and argue in the warm lamplight. An intimate family cocoon. The fact that Margarita lives locked up in a room beyond the bathroom is just how things are. The children communicate with their mother through a small window, giving her blankets, DVDs and reading material and celebrating her birthday in the corridor. When she's eventually had enough, it's Axel that must decide what to do.
- DirectorMariano CohnGastón DupratStarsOscar MartínezDady BrievaAndrea FrigerioA winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, who has been living in Europe for decades, accepts an invitation to receive another award. In Argentina he finds both similarities and irreconcilable differences with the people of his hometown.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando SolerAlicia CaroFernando SotoAfter discovering he's being cheated on by his wife María, Quintin kicks her out of the house. Upon leaving, his wife confesses that their daughter Martha is actually not Quintin'd daughter. Quintin abandons the child in front of a poor family's house. Ten years after, María is on her death bed, and tells Quintin that Martha is actually his daughter. Quintin must set out and look for his abandoned daughter.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsRosita QuintanaFernando SolerVíctor Manuel MendozaAn unstable young woman escapes from a reformatory for very, very wayward girls and deceptively finds shelter in the kind home of a frighteningly nice and decent family. Little by little, she causes unrest and discord among the members of the household, until they are virtually fighting with each other.
- DirectorLina RodriguezStarsMaría SerranoClara MonroyAngela Katherine LaverdeSeñoritas is a subtle, contemplative and deeply intimate examination of the way one young woman navigates the daunting terrain of sex, desire and identity.
- DirectorMario Ribero FerreiraStarsJohn Alex CastilloJosé Daniel CristanchoCatalina LondoñoPaseo 5 is a fun Colombian comedy, full of humor and Latin picardy. a group of employees of a popular bank called the workers' bank, are rewarded for avoiding a robbery to the bank by inept thieves disguised as nuns. the prize consists of a day in the Bank's holiday complex. during the pícnic , they unleash the hidden passions among the employees and to the rhythm of music and heat plus the drinks, they take out the grudges and envies as well as the hidden love desires among them.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFernando SolerRosario GranadosAndrés SolerA father decides to teach their bratty kids a lesson about the value of money.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsMariana Di GirólamoGael García BernalSantiago CabreraA couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
- DirectorJuan Pablo RebellaPablo StollStarsDaniel HendlerJorge TemponiAlfonso Tort24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsJulia StocklerCarol DuarteFlávia GusmãoIn 1950s Rio de Janeiro, two sisters live restricted lives with their conservative parents. After they are separated and forced to live apart, they take control of their destinies, while never giving up hope of finding one another.
- DirectorPriscilla Padilla12-year-old Pili is entering womanhood, and as tradition dictates, after her first menstruation, she must be isolated from all men for 12 moon cycles. During this time, she learns to weave.
- DirectorSimon BrandStarsDavid OyelowoGreg CallahanKate MoennigA news crew is taken hostage on an airplane set to take off from the Seychelles by a gang of Somali pirates whose leader is driven by one goal: to be interviewed by a prominent member of the crew, legendary journalist Frank Saltzman.
- DirectorJosé VarónCamilo EscobarStarsYilmar Leandro GonzálezEliana MedinaFor Yilmar Leandro Gónzalez, a afro-colombian fighter and gardener of his neighborhood's cemetery, life happens in between contrast: with the same hands he punches his contenders in the ring, he nourishes the life that grows amidst the graves. In his craft he has won the national champion and other prizes. He is considered a promise to his region and the country. Every day, after practice, he leaves his gloves and becomes the gardener for the cemetery of his neighborhood: Siloé, in Cali, where his alcoholic mother and siblings live. Yilmar does not fear death, he fears defeat and oblivion. This is not a movie about sports, neither is it about death by violent causes. It's the story of a man that decides to fight for his future and the future of his community, a portrait of the job of the sportsmen in our country, a job that is out of breath and still goes on, against all odds, planting flowers on the destruction of a society without government.
- DirectorAngélica CerveraLaura lives with her parents in L'Alfàz del Pi, in Valencia. Three years ago, she started her transition. Laura now faces adolescence, and with it, a series of changes that will mean a new chapter for her and her family. Each decision they make could be definitive.
- DirectorKim TorresStarsArturo Gael Chinchilla PérezMelissa C. PérezValentina Chinchilla PérezThrough landscapes fueled by silence, resentment and brief moments of joy, Ale, a seventeen-year-old woman, will try to protect her two younger siblings from the seething truth, their mother has left them and is not coming back.
- DirectorCarlos Eduardo Lesmes LopézStarsCarlos Eduardo Lesmes LopézEeva and Hille had completely run into bureaucracy in their search for a family member and realized that no authority in Estonia or Colombia would help them find Lauri.
- DirectorSebastian DuqueStarsLuis MerinoA simple plan: locking Potro's father in the bathroom and steal his car to record one of their punkiest songs in order to obtain a place at the coolest punk concert in town. What could go wrong?
- DirectorHenry RinconStarsÓscar AtehortúaBryan CordobaHéctor GarcíaTato is an orphan adrift, a young lover of rap, who must find his place outside the violence of his city. The presence of cleaning and social control groups spreads terror and uncertainty in his neighborhood. However, Tato along with his friends Pitu and La Crespa, seek to resist and find a different alternative to death and crime. Organized through the art of hip hop, participating in street jam battles. After clashing with gang members from his neighborhood, Tato has to run, leaving behind what defines him the most. Thus, his only option is to leave the city and live with Octavio, a grandfather, a flower grower, whom he does not know, and who wishes to inherit his countryside cultural tradition. Two generations, two ways of life, and a continuous feeling of loss, death, and loneliness rain over Tato's life in his struggle to survive and find his own identity as he transitions to the adult world.