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- DirectorLucrecia MartelStarsMercedes MoránGraciela BorgesMartín AdjemiánThe life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina.
- DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsJuan Luis GaliardoAmparo MuñozÁgata LysSantiago wakes up like any other morning. He goes down to the kitchen and his whole family is waiting for him: it's his birthday. They all sing "Happy Birthday to You" and give him presents. But when he opens the present of his youngest son, he gets angry and says he doesn't like it. The boy starts crying and saying that he loves him, but Santiago answers that he doesn't believe him and he tells the boy that he is fired and that he wants another son, who is thinner, who doesn't need glasses and who resembles him more.
- DirectorDamián SzifronStarsDarío GrandinettiMaría MarullMónica VillaSix short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínSoledad VillamilPablo RagoA retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsEmilio EchevarríaGael García BernalGoya ToledoAn amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsCornelio WallMiriam ToewsMaria PankratzIn a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman.
- DirectorFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaFelipe LacerdaStarsSandro do NascimentoRodrigo PimentelLuiz Eduardo SoaresOn June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
- DirectorJuan Pablo RebellaPablo StollStarsAndrés PazosMirella PascualJorge BolaniWhen his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.
- DirectorLucrecia MartelStarsMaría OnettoClaudia CanteroCésar BordónAfter hitting something with her car, a bourgeois Argentine woman's life slowly descends into paranoia and isolation, as she fears she may have killed someone.
- DirectorLucrecia MartelStarsMercedes MoránCarlos BellosoAlejandro Urdapilleta16-year-old Amalia looks to save the soul of a middle-aged doctor.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
- DirectorFabián BielinskyStarsRicardo DarínGastón PaulsGraciela TenenbaumTwo con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
- DirectorIsrael Adrián CaetanoStarsFreddy FloresRosa SánchezOscar BerteaA Bolivian immigrant working illegally as a cook in a small restaurant in Buenos Aires suffers abuse and discrimination from its customers.
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsCatalina SaavedraClaudia CeledónMariana LoyolaA drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsLázaro RamosMarcelia CartaxoFlavio BauraquiLoose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsAlejandro FerretisMagdalena FloresYolanda VillaA painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness, he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old, religious woman. Although but a few words are spoken, love grows.
- DirectorCarlos SorinStarsJavier LombardoAntonio BenedictiJaviera BravoThree people and a baby set off on separate journeys, along the same road; their disparate dreams and stories intertwine amidst the breathtaking deserted Patagonic route.
- DirectorLisandro AlonsoStarsMisael SaavedraHumberto EstradaRafael EstradaA man chop down trees, organizes the trunks, clean them, stops to defecate, lunch, nap and continues to sell its timber.
- DirectorClaudia LlosaStarsMagaly SolierSusi SánchezEfraín SolísFausta is suffering from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during or soon after pregnancy. While living in constant fear and confusion due to this disease, she must face the sudden death of her mother. She chooses to take drastic measures to not follow in her mother's footsteps.
- DirectorWalter SallesStarsGael García BernalRodrigo de la SernaMía MaestroErnesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.
- DirectorJoão Moreira SallesStarsSantiago Badariotti MerloDocumentary about Santiago, a peculiar man who used to work for the director and his parents as a butler. The material was filmed in 1992 but, for some strange reason, the director felt he couldn't edit it and put it aside. In 2005 he remembers the unfinished film and starts its edition.
- DirectorLucía PuenzoStarsRicardo DarínValeria BertuccelliGermán PalaciosThe story of an intersex fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsMarília PêraAndrea BeltrãoFernanda TorresFollowing a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.
- DirectorFrancisco VargasStarsÁngel TaviraGerardo TaracenaDagoberto GamaIn an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson. Can the old man ferry out the ammunition in his violin case under the soldiers' nose?
- DirectorFernando EimbckeStarsDiego CatañoHector HerreraDaniela ValentineA story of a teenager and the strange events that take place in his small town.
- DirectorAlbertina CarriStarsAnalía CouceyroAlbertina CarriSantiago GiraltLos rubios focuses on the directors search for her dissappeared parents. Is it possible to get to the truth or they are only fictions, imaginary characters from everyone who rememebers them?
- DirectorCésar CharloneEnrique FernándezStarsCésar TroncosoVirginia MéndezMario SilvaA small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's 1988 visit.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsFernando JoséThe daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate revelations, loneliness, dreams...
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsHermila GuedesMaria MenezesZezita MatosIn order to get funds, a young woman living in the Northeast of Brazil decides to raffle her own body.
- DirectorJosué MéndezStarsPietro SibilleMilagros VidalMarisela PuicónSantiago, a retired soldier who fought for his country, Peru, find it hard to adjust back to society while dealing with PTSD and family problems.
- DirectorFernando EimbckeStarsDiego CatañoDaniel MirandaEnrique ArreolaFlama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery. The electricity company, Rita, the neighbor, Ulises, a pizza deliveryman, eleven seconds, the Real Madrid-Manchester game, some chocolate brownies and a horrible painting of ducks, all combine to break the harmony of what promised to be a placid Sunday, and reveal issues such as the parents' divorce, loneliness, the confusion between adolescent love and friendship, as well as frustration in adult life. "Temporada de Patos" is a movie that shows that, when the lights go off, we can see the stars.
- DirectorMarcelo GomesStarsJoão MiguelPeter KetnathMadalena AcciolyA road movie about a German man who went to the Northeast of Brazil in 1942 to sell Aspirin.
- DirectorAndrés WoodStarsMatías QuerAriel MatelunaManuela MartelliTwo 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both discover each other's world as political tensions in their country increase.
- DirectorMartín RejtmanStarsVicenticoValeria BertuccelliFabián ArenillasAlejandro, a cab driver, and his girlfriend Cecilia are in the midst of breaking up when they become adopted by a social group led by a bossy husband and wife team, Sergio and Susana.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroAmparo NogueraHéctor MoralesA man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from Saturday Night Fever (1977).
- DirectorMarisa SistachStarsXimena AyalaNancy GutiérrezArcelia RamírezThe history of friendship of two females teenagers and how it's cracked up by misinformation about sexual education and violence against women.
- DirectorDaniel BurmanStarsDaniel HendlerAdriana AizembergJorge D'ElíaIn Buenos Aires, the twenty and something year old Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff has left the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where his mother has a lingerie shop and his brother runs an importation business, trying to get his Polish passport and move to Europe. Ariel has never understood why his father left him when he was a baby to fight in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. When his father returns to Buenos Aires, Ariel discovers the reason why his father left his family.
- DirectorPablo TraperoStarsJorge RománMimí ArdúDarío LevyA young locksmith is forced to leave his home and family to join the Buenos Aires police force.
- DirectorJuan Carlos RulfoStarsSalvador Enriquez CastilloSofia García LópezJosé Guadalupe CalzadaA portrait of the construction workers involved in building the second deck of Mexico City's Periferico freeway.
- DirectorJorge GaggeroStarsNorma AleandroNorma ArgentinaMarcos MundstockA wealthy woman and her live-in housekeeper must adjust their entrenched routine and relationship when Buenos Aires is plunged into economic crisis.,
- DirectorLisandro AlonsoStarsArgentino VargasFrancisco DornezYolanda GalarzaVargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the prvince of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. To get there, he must cross great distances in a small boat on the rivers, scoring deep into the jungle. Vargas is a quiet and self-contained man. He possesses the restraint of those living close to nature. A deep mystery surrounds him, the people he encounters and the places he goes through, all that taking in the unalterable world he finds almost unchanged after his long years of incarceration.
- DirectorSergio MorkinStarsOscar BrahimPablo BrahimRamiro Brahim
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsSergio HernándezCoca GuazziniNéstor CantillanaWhile vacationing with his family, a man develops some attraction for his son's girlfriend.
- DirectorFernando PérezStarsFrancisquito CardetFrancisco CardetNorma PérezDawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music.
- DirectorMarcelo PiñeyroStarsEduardo NoriegaLeonardo SbaragliaPablo EcharriNene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.
- DirectorSebastián CorderoStarsJohn LeguizamoAlfred MolinaLeonor WatlingA suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo."
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsMaria Socorro Morais AlvesJosé Alves BezerraZacarias Feitosa de MoraisThe Story of the workers who had participated of the striker movement in the Brazil with President Lula when he was a syndical leader
- DirectorJuan Pablo RebellaPablo StollStarsDaniel HendlerJorge TemponiAlfonso Tort24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo.
- DirectorAlejandro LandesStarsAlex ContrerasJavier EscalasÁlvaro García LineraA documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's effort (urged by the U.S.) to eradicate coca crops, and the man who would come to represent them, Evo Morales.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaStarsWagner MouraAndré RamiroCaio JunqueiraIn 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his position while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope visits.
- DirectorMarcos PradoStarsEstamiraDocumentary about Estamira, a 63-year-old woman who's been working for over 20 years at a landfill in Rio de Janeiro. Schizophrenic, but very charismatic, she's the leader of a small community of old people living off garbage and has a very lyrical and philosophical attitude towards life.
- DirectorMariano LlinásStarsMariano LlinásWalter JakobAgustín MendilaharzuIn this adventurous experiment in storytelling, secret identities, missing persons, lost treasures, exotic beasts and desperate criminals are only a few of the elements woven into a grand tapestry of mysteries.
- DirectorAlbertina CarriStarsAnalía CouceyroJavier LorenzoVíctor Hugo CarrizoA married woman with a mute daughter has a forbidden relationship with the single father of a teenage boy.
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínHéctor AlterioNorma AleandroA dissatisfied 40-year-old, separated and without time for his own daughter and girlfriend must rethink his life when his father decides to marry his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, by church.
- DirectorJulián HernándezStarsMiguel Ángel HoppeFernando ArroyoAlejandro RojoTwo students, Gerardo and Jonas, are in love. However, Jonas becomes obsessed with another boy, which leads to Gerardo moving into arms of Sergio.
- DirectorHeitor DhaliaStarsSelton MelloPaula BraunPaulo AlvesA pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals--as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control.
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsFernanda MontenegroFernanda TorresRuy GuerraA woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
- DirectorCarlitos Ruiz RuizMariem Pérez RieraStarsLuis GuzmánTeresa HernándezFernando TarrazoA three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation, and a divorced elderly couple caught in a love triangle.
- DirectorHernán GoldfridStarsNorma AleandroLázaro BargasCarlos BermejoA film score composer and a pregnant woman help each other solve their respective problems.
- DirectorRicardo de MontreuilStarsBárbara MoriChristian MeierManolo CardonaUnable to get intimate with her husband of 10 years, a woman embarks on a steamy affair with his brother.
- DirectorFernando Restrepo CastañedaMarta RodríguezA documentary about the struggles of Colombian peasants in the province of Chocó who are caught in the middle of an armed conflict between the military, guerrillas and other paramilitary groups.
- DirectorPaz EncinaStarsRamon Del RioGeorgina GenesJorge LópezSet in 1935, a couple of aged smallholders are waiting for their son, for rain, for better days.
- DirectorNicolás PeredaStarsGabino RodríguezTeresa SánchezFrancisco BarreiroGabino works as moving-truck driver and lives with his mother with whom he has a distant relationship... He drives through Mexico and crosses the stories of its inhabitants: strange, funny, sentimental or dramatic stories.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsSalvador AllendeTrue story of the saga that was hoped to be the long-awaited justice brought to bear upon Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator from 1973 to 1990. In September 1998, Pinochet flew to London on a pleasure trip but experienced back pain and underwent an operation in the London Clinic. Upon waking, he was arrested by Scotland Yard. Could it be that this was to become the first Latin American dictator to answer for crimes while serving as Head of State? After 500 days of house arrest, he nevertheless eventually returned unscathed to Chile, despite the compelling case built against him before and during this period by a young Spanish prosecutor, Carlos Castresana.
- DirectorEryk RochaStarsFernando BirriJulio García EspinosaAlfredo GuevaraDocumentary about one of the most obscure periods in director Glauber Rocha's life: his exile in Cuba, from 1971 until 1972.
- DirectorLaís BodanzkyStarsLeonardo VillarTônia CarreroCássia KisIn an old-time dance hall (the "gafieira") in São Paulo, one evening is all it takes to meet different characters as they remember the past, live the present, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, naturally, dance.
- DirectorCarlos SorinStarsJuan VillegasWalter DonadoRosa ValsecchiIn Patagonia, a mechanic who dreams of a different life starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.
- DirectorMatías BizeStarsBlanca LewinGonzalo ValenzuelaA young man and woman have a sensual, one-night stand in a motel room where they confide in each other about their troubled lives.
- DirectorPablo TraperoStarsMartina GusmánGuadalupe RéboraFrancisco MarquezAn incarcerated woman struggles to raise her son from prison.
- DirectorToshifumi MatsushitaStarsChristian HuayguaLuis MamaníFaniy MosquesKunturi is a 13-year old boy living a traditional life with his family near Uyuni, a salt lake. They cut bricks of salt by hand, which they use to exchange for other products of the the Andes. One spring, his father takes him on his first caravan. That travel will teach him who he is as a young boy and a Quechua. By the end, he discovers what his grandfather means by "the gift of Pachamama".
- DirectorMercedes Moncada RodríguezA tribal woman from Mexico's Tarahumara Mountains seeks justice for the death of her son who is tragically killed by a car driven by a white woman.
- DirectorJoão JardimWalter CarvalhoStarsEvgen BavcarRaimunda da Conceição FilhaFelipeA sensitive statement about the importance of vision and our dependency on it, and on how malleable and adaptive is our soul.
- DirectorRodrigo MorenoStarsJulio ChávezOsmar NúñezMarcelo D'AndreaA bodyguard of a top politician is so dedicated that he's in danger of losing his own identity.
- DirectorMercedes Moncada RodríguezA family is torn apart by the conflict in Nicaragua, leaving brother fighting brother and illustrating religious manipulation, male chauvinism and poverty as part of the destructive legacy of war.
- DirectorVíctor GaviriaStarsJuan Carlos UribeFabio RestrepoFredy York MonsalveDuring the 1980s in Medellín, Santiago, an engineer, gets involved in drug traffic to make a quick buck.
- DirectorHector BabencoStarsEnrique DiazWagner MouraCaio BlatStories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsMarília PêraFernanda TorresA film starting from naught. With no prior research, no characters, no sites, nor specific themes, a film team arrive to the hinterland of Paraíba state in northeastern Brazil in search of people with stories to tell. In the village of São João do Rio do Peixe they come to Sítio Araçás, a rural community of 86 families, mostly relatives. With a girl from Araçás as mediator, the residents, in their majority, elderly, tell their life story, marked by popular catholicism, by a hierarchy, by a sense of family and honor - in a world fast disappearing.
- DirectorLisandro AlonsoStarsJuan FernándezNieves CabreraGiselle IrrazabalA merchant sailor returns to his home in Tierra del Fuego after spending most of his life at sea.
- DirectorLourdes PortilloThis gripping documentary investigates the disappearance of young women from assembly plants that line the Mexican-American border
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsFabio TestiMaurice GarrelLou CastelA group of anarchist leftist called "Nada" and led by the terrorist Buenaventura Diaz abducts American ambassador Richard Poindexter in a brothel in Paris and takes him to a farm in the countryside. The French Minister gives a blank cheque to violent Chief of Police Goemond, who is assigned to destroy the kidnappers. Then the Minister makes him the scapegoat of the messy situation to protect the State.
- DirectorPaulo SacramentoDocumentary about Carandiru Penitentiary, with scenes filmed by the prisoners themselves.
- DirectorJulián HernándezStarsJorge BecerraJavier OlivánGuillermo VillegasA story of love, sex and destiny, by director Julian Hernandez. Youthful Kieri and Ryo share a deep and passionate love for each other. Kieri sets off in search of his soul mate after Ryo is kidnapped. A female spirit is with Kieri as he searches for Ryo. Ryo escapes and the pair will have to work hard to prove their love for each other as obstacles are placed in their path along the way.
- DirectorDiego LermanStarsTatiana SaphirCarla CrespoVerónica HassanYoung naive girl Marcia learns about her sexuality. Marcia is kidnapped by two punk women, Mao and Veronica Hassan. They take her to a coast which Marcia had never seen before. Eventually three women get familiar to each other and end up at Lenin's Grandma's friend, Aunt Blanca's house as paying guest. There everybody discovers and rediscovers the relationships and affect each other.
- DirectorCamila Guzmán UrzúaA portrayal of the singular experience shared by people of her generation -- those living Cuba's utopian dream during the golden era of the revolution. It is also a lament for the end of that dream, which began to fizzle after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- DirectorAnahí BerneriStarsJuan MinujínMimí ArdúCarlos EchevarríaA writer dying of AIDS searches for a cure and human interaction in the hospitals and sex clubs of Buenos Aires.
- DirectorCao GuimarãesPablo LobatoA documentary/travelogue where filmmakers Cao Guimarães and Pablo Lobato visit 20 cities in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- DirectorPedro González-RubioStarsJorge MachadoRoberta PalombiniNatan Machado PalombiniBefore their inevitable farewell, Jorge, a young man of Mayan roots, and Natan, his half-Italian son, spend time together living off the Banco Chinchorro coral reef.
- DirectorFabián BielinskyStarsRicardo DarínManuel RodalDolores FonziA deluded taxidermist plans the perfect crime.
- DirectorJúlio BressaneStarsAlessandra NegriniMiguel FalabellaBruno GarciaThe great battles are the backdrop for the unfolding of the Egyptian Queen's personal life. Cleopatra's strategy is to seduce the Roman general Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to protect their civilization.
- DirectorCarlos CarreraStarsGael García BernalAna Claudia TalancónSancho GraciaPolitics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.
- DirectorMatheus NachtergaeleStarsDaniel de OliveiraJuliano CazarréJackson AntunesSantinho is a young man considered to be a saint after performing a miracle following his mother's suicide, in a riverside community in the Alto Amazonas.
- DirectorLucía PuenzoStarsInés EfronMariela VitalePep MunnéA desperate love story between two young girls of extremely different social backgrounds who, unable to find a place for their love in the world they live in, are pushed to commit a crime.
- DirectorDavid BlausteinAccompanied by his mother, cousins, aunts and uncles, director David Blaustein retraces the steps of his Jewish ancestors, who fled Europe in the 1920s hoping to find in Argentina the land of their dreams.
- DirectorVicente FerrazStarsOthon BastosAlexander CalzattiFidel CastroThis film examines the creation and exhibition of the propaganda film I Am Cuba, a Soviet/Cuban collaboration unknown in the West until the 1990s.
- DirectorMaria RamosIn Rio de Janeiro, over many days, the director Maria Ramos witnesses and films the judgment of several teenagers accused of stealing, trafficking and murdering. Underage youths are protected by the Brazilian laws and their faces can not be exposed; therefore, they are replaced by teenagers from poor communities.
- DirectorMarcelo PiñeyroStarsEduardo NoriegaNajwa NimriEduard Fernández7 Spanish top corporate job candidates are left in a room and informed on computer screens about their tasks and that one of them is an observer. Let the psyching begin.
- DirectorGonzalo ArijonStarsJose AlgortaRoberto CanessaAlfredo DelgadoFor the first time ever, survivors of the famous 1972 Andes plane crash tell in their own words their harrowing story of survival.