Costa Rica Movies

Eric tries to keep alive a memory in which his life is questioned during a dream trip with a friend. Through a rustic mechanism built in his back...

By 1911, Amando Céspedes Marín and Manuel Gómez Miralles became pioneers of Costa Rican cinema. Céspedes was hired by the...

When Leonel first uses a diaper inside the nursing home, he is confronted with his body's decline. Anita is a nurse and witness to this process. He...

A stimulus can act as an uninvited lure. Consciousness travels the grooves printed on the body. The starting point for navigating memory-space seems...

What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture "machismo" and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin...

Songbirds are disappearing at an alarming rate. The Messenger is a visually thrilling ode to the beauty and importance of the imperiled songbird, and...

In film everything is absence. Ghosts are projected in a space and time that don't exist. Absent antagonisms make sense in front of ephemeral...

After being harassed as a child for her fear of water, Esther's dream of being a "mermaid is saved. Years later, her friends accompany her to perform...

Isa has more than enough on her plate with two children and the household, which she manages on her own. When her husband persists with his wish for...

My grandfather, married for 57 years in Costa Rica, died in a fire in 2019. My father revealed to me that, like myself, my grandfather was gay. After...

In this one-hour special, Gordon investigates the history, culture and controversy surrounding the shark fishing industry. Each year, nearly 100...

An experimental film that weaves the intimate thoughts of one woman (Ikwé) with the teachings of her grandmother, the Moon, creating a surreal...

Tokyo work culture's most compelling and complex protagonist; the Salaryman. A nameless, voiceless, over-worked and under-valued cog in the labour...

Clara, moves in with her family to an exclusive community. While Clara and her husband take part in a bizarre welcome dinner, their daughter...

The story tells about an older adult, who presents some health problem related to her mobility and for which she has to travel to the hospital to do...

Iraqi theater director Mohsen Sadoon Yasin has spent much of his life in involuntary exile. His daughter, Ishtar Yasin Gutiérrez, has...

Estela raises her son alone in a neighborhood of San José. His life takes a turn from the day he loses his job

The film follows two 12-year-old girls who are forced to run away from their homes after a traumatic incident. Trapped in a spiral of escape,...

Carlos, a married man with two daughters, dares to reveal his true sexual identity to his family; Ale, a trans woman manages to finally reconcile...