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On Suspicion: Zokunentu

Bajo sospecha: Zokunentu

Documentary Chile

A journey through the works of Mapuche artist Bernardo Oyarzún, exploring identity, spirituality, territory and racial justice in contemporary Chile.

Yo

Drama, Fiction Mexico, Canada, Switzerland, Dominican Republic

Based on the story by Nobel Prize winner Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Yo follows a young man with limited mental skills as he befriends an eleven-year-old girl who will change his life forever.

Unicorn

Unicórnio

Drama, Fiction, Romance Brazil

Based on short stories by Hilda Hilst, Unicorn mixes fantasy and fairytale to tell the story of a 13-year-old girl living with her mother in an isolated cottage in the countryside.

Tungsten

Tungstênio

Fiction, Drama, Thriller Brazil

Based on the award-winning graphic novel Tungsten, the film follows an investigator as he unravels a web of mystery while pursuing a serial killer through a bleak cityscape.

The Padilla Affair

El Caso Padilla

Documentary Spain, Cuba

A startling documentary about the poet Heberto Padilla that opens a window into the past and offers insights into Cuba’s current crisis.

A World for Julius

Un mundo para Julius

Drama, Fiction Peru

Little by little, Julius loses his innocence as he discovers, but never understands, a home and a world full of inequalities and injustices.

The Invisible Hand

La mano invisible

Drama, Fiction Spain

With impeccable performances and a surprising ending, The Invisible Hand is an astonishing parable of work in contemporary society.

Man of the Crowd

O homem das multidões

Drama, Fiction Brazil

A Brazilian take on contemporary alienation, loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe story published in 1840.

Barajas

Documentary Ecuador

Latin America's turbulent history told through archives of the deaths of authors Angel Rama, Marta Traba, Manuel Scorza, and Jorge Ibargüengoitia.

About Everything There Is to Know

De todas las cosas que se han de saber

Documentary Peru

An exploration of the work of César Vallejo—one of the most important Latin American authors of the 20th century — and his inspirational town.

7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)

7 Raons per Fugir (de la Societat)

Comedy, Fiction Spain

Seven darkly humorous stories whose protagonists are downright detestable. Seven characteristics that make us unbearable. Seven reasons it’s best to avoid people altogether. Seven surrealist visions of a dysfunctional society.

Art Poetry, Part 1

Animation, Romance Spain

Have you ever wondered what would it be like to mash-up Shakespeare’s poems with sound, music, pictures, and illustration? Art Poetry bringing people closer to poetry by representing a selection of the most significant poems in the history of literature in two-minute animation pieces.

Art Poetry, Part 2

Animation, Romance Spain

Have you ever wondered what would it be like to mash-up Shakespeare’s poems with sound, music, pictures, and illustration? Art Poetry bringing people closer to poetry by representing a selection of the most significant poems in the history of literature in two-minute animation pieces.

Bertsolari

Documentary, Musical Spain

Bertsolaritza is an ancestral, completely improvised, form of Basque poetry. Anachronistic? Not at all: the bertsolari, with their spontaneous creation and wordplay, could be an inspiration for rappers and other improv artists.

Carretera Cartonera: Discover the World of Cartonera Publishers

Carretera cartonera

Documentary Italy

Carretera Cartonera travel across Latin America to understand Cartonera book production. What they find is a diverse and vast array of citizens and cooperatives committed to using literary production as a means of fighting for social justice, economic equality, and a more sustainable world.

El Eternauta´s Wife

La mujer de El Eternauta

Documentary Argentina, Spain

Elsa Sánchez's life is evidence of the cruelty of Argentina’s repressive dictatorship, which took the lives of her husband and family.

Gabo & Cinema

Gabo y el cine

Documentary Mexico

A commendable and well documented contribution to the general study of Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez’s cultural production. In the voice of his friends and accomplices, the documentary takes us beyond his literary figure and immerses us in his cinematic one.

Inner Borderlines

Visions of America Through the Eyes of Alejandro Morales

Documentary Spain

In a trip around Southern California, Alejandro Morales, a pioneer of Chicano culture, presents a unique vision of America, as he explores a variety of topics that concern the Chicano/Latino community.

Karen

Drama, Fiction Spain

An intimate late-African portrait of Danish colonist Karen Blixen, author of "Out of Africa".

Stigmata

Estigmas

Drama, Fiction, Experimental Spain

Told by a hulking, gentle giant of a man, Stigmata follows Bruno as he wakes up one morning bleeding from mysterious wounds on his hands. A hauntingly beautiful and lyrical tale based on the Italian cult graphic novel by Lorenzo Mattotti and Claudio Piersanti.

The Chess Player

El jugador de ajedrez

Drama, Fiction Spain

A story of love and survival set during the Nazi invasion of France during World War II.

The Journey of Monalisa

Documentary Chile, United States

Chilean-born performer and writer Iván Monalisa fully embraces his / her dual selves: scrappy, masculine Iván as well as diva, transvestite sex-worker Monalisa.

Zurita, You Will See Not to See

Zurita, verás no ver

Documentary Chile

National Literature Award Laureate Raúl Zurita is not only one of Latin America’s most celebrated and controversial living poets; he is also a rocker, a human rights activist, a public figure, and a tireless struggler. This documentary is an account of his travels and daily life, as he reflects on topics such as state terrorism and death.