Pragda | Latinos Around the World

Calls from Moscow

Llamadas desde Moscú

Documentary Cuba, Germany, Norway

An apartment in Moscow becomes the stage for one day in the lives of four queer Cuban exiles, shortly before Putin’s invasion of Ukraine changes everything.

Correspondence

Correspondencia

Documentary Spain, Chile

From Spain to Chile, award-winning film directors correspond and share their reflections about film, family, heritage, and maternity.

César's Grill

Grill de César, El

Documentary, Comedy Germany, Switzerland

To save his estranged father's restaurant, vegetarian Darío Aguirre returns to Ecuador, reluctantly helping rescue the failing carnivorous business.

Foreign Soldier

Soldado estrangeiro

Documentary Brazil

A war documentary in which cameras and weapons merge to talk about young Brazilians so eager for war that they leave their now peaceful country to find it.

HOME - The Country of Illusion

Home - El país de la ilusión

Documentary Colombia, Portugal

Lilia hasn't visited her birthplace, Colombia, in 40 years. After living in eight countries, her daughter is curious about her mother's homeland.

Helena from Sarayaku

Helena Sarayaku Manta

Documentary Ecuador

Seventeen-year-old Helena yearns to protect her indigenous community from extractive development and the repercussions of climate change.

Home Is Somewhere Else

Mi casa está en otra parte

Documentary, Animation Mexico, United States

Recommended by Alejandro González Iñárritu, this multi-award-winning animated story offers an intimate window into the hearts and minds of immigrant Latin youth. A powerful reminder of how the color of your passport determines your life.

I am from Chile

I Am From Chile

Comedy, Drama, Fiction Chile

A coming of age story, I Am From Chile draws from the director’s personal experiences to tell a different kind of immigration story.

In a Foreign Land

En tierra extraña

Documentary Spain

The film portrays the experience of intra-European exile tackled by Spain’s highest-profile female director, Icíar Bollaín (Even the Rain, Take My Eyes).

In a Whisper

A media voz

Documentary Spain, France, Switzerland, Cuba

Filmmakers and best friends since childhood, both part of the Cuban diaspora, share how they found themselves and each other in a foreign land.

Ironland

Lavra

Documentary Brazil

A geographer returns to Minas Gerais after a mining disaster, exposing the region’s history of exploitation and the human cost of resource extraction.

Kevin

Documentary Brazil, Uganda

It’s the first time Brazilian Joana visits her friend Kevin in Uganda after a 20-year friendship as students. A film about friendship between two women — different, and the same.

Land of My Children

Im Land Meiner Kinder

Documentary Germany, Switzerland

A tender-ironic road movie that traces Darío Aguirre's intertwined journey from the country of his fathers to the country of his children.

Manuela

Drama, Fiction Argentina, Mexico

A Latin American nanny finds an unlikely connection with the defiant two year old she's hired to look after when faced with an impossible decision.

Miúcha, the Voice of Bossa Nova

Miúcha, a voz da Bossa Nova

Documentary United States, Brazil, France

The feminist perspective on Bossa Nova history through the 16mm home made movies, diaries, letters and personal musical recordings.

Prosecutor

Documentary Canada

Offering front-row seats to the historic events that will determine whether the International Criminal Court is a groundbreaking new weapon for justice or an idealistic dream.

Return to Cuba

Volver a Cuba

Documentary Cuba, Canada

After 18 years living in Italy, Barbara Ramos returns to live in the town of Santa Clara, in Cuba, her homeland. Through the projects of family and friends, she discovers what has changed, what hasn’t, and what will likely never change in her country.

Russian Red

Vermelho russo

Drama, Fiction, Comedy, Adventure Brazil

Marta and Manu are two Brazilian actresses that decide to move to Moscow to study the Stanislavski method. There, wrapped inside a love triangle, they overcome their differences.

Santiago, Italia

Documentary Italy

Filmmaker Nanni Moretti recounts the 1973 coup d'état in Chile, which put an end to Salvador Allende's democratic government.

Song for Cuba

Documentary, Experimental Canada

A young Cuban couple chart a new course for themselves on an island in the North Atlantic.

Swing and Sway

Vai e vem

Documentary, Experimental United States, Brazil

Against the backdrop of a tumultuous 2020 marked by pandemics, elections, and social upheavals, the two friends embark on a thought-provoking exploration of feminist cinematic expression and the female experience.

The Return

El regreso

Drama, Fiction, Comedy Costa Rica

A delightful and life-changing journey back to Costa Rica. After living 10 years in New York, 30 year-old Antonio returns to San José where he is forced to deal with the realities he ran away from

The Spirit of the Ancestors

Te Kuhane o te Tupuna: El espíritu de los ancestros

Documentary Chile

Three generations of the Pakarati family travel to Europe to reclaim the Stolen Friend - one of Rapa Nui's (Easter Island) sacred spirits - which was stolen by colonizers and is one of the countless sacred objects housed in museums worldwide.

The Territories

Los territorios

Documentary Argentina, Brazil

An engrossing exploration into what it means to be a journalist, the film is about how we approach the conflicts and the role the press plays in times of fake news.

Us, Them, and Me

NEY: Nosotros, ellos, yo

Documentary Argentina

Led by insatiable curiosity, Nicolás Avruj's family vacation to Tel Aviv transforms into a months-long journey into Gaza and the West Bank. With only his camera as company, he becomes a guest in the homes of both Palestinians and Israelis, immersing himself in their daily lives without prejudice.