Costa Rica Movies

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...

Compilation of 18 animated short films made by Spanish-speaking artists from around the world for the Filmoteca Maldita Short Film Festival. This...

María is in conflict with herself. While putting on some make-up she struggles with the beauty canons and the way she sees herself.

The story of a young man who finds himself involved in a crisis after an event plunges him into the depths of his subconscious

A mother and her son talk while while driving in her car

In mid-19th-century Costa Rica, President Juan Rafael Mora vows to defend his nation from American filibuster and slaver William Walker, who has...

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

Costa Rica, New Zealand, Hong Kong,Hawaii. Through the testimonies of 12 women, the issues of marriage, traditional conventions, being attracted to...

More than 70 years ago Giorgio Motta's grandfather and uncle arrived in Costa Rica from Italy. With their hands they built the building that houses...

A writer who recently lost his wife goes on a retreat where his story begins to intersect with Andrew, a shy young man who experiences the awakening...

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,...

Maynor, a 31-year-old man, wakes up in the middle of the night with excruciating pain in his groin. Looking for a solution he will find himself in a...

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

A woman becomes embroiled in a life-or-death struggle after kidnappers spirit her away to a remote area of Costa Rica.