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- DirectorHispano DuronStarsOrlando ValenzuelaTito EstradaMelissa Merlo1842. Morazán, Head of the State of Costa Rica, faces his last battle for the restoration of the Central American Republic.
- DirectorJuan Carlos FanconiStarsJuan Fernando LoboReynaldo MelaraLourdes PinedaSix college students investigate the death of a journalist in a village in Honduras.
- DirectorCarlos MembreñoStarsCarlos Alberto MoncadaEthel FloresEnrique BarrientosA story inspired by real events, which revolves around a coffee producing family (from Marcala, Honduras) in which their harvest is impacted by the plague of rust and low coffee prices. Trying to survive, migration will be one of the options to save their farm. But it will not be the biggest obstacle they will have to overcome, but also death will put them to the test and measure them to see if a strong family bond is unbreakable; showing the sacrifice, passion and faith that exists behind the cup of coffee consumed in the world.
- DirectorMark C. BaldwinThe story of Minor Keith and the construction of the Costa Rican Atlantic Railway in the 19th Century. A seemingly small infrastructure project, laying one hundred miles of track cost the lives of over 4000 men, took nearly 20 years to complete, and bankrupted a nation. It resulted in the formation of the United Fruit Company, the largest agricultural enterprise in the world, and the most controversial US company ever to operate in Latin America. UFCO and Minor Keith are still considered the embodiment of US Imperialism by those in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
- DirectorPeter RinggaardStarsSamuel FrölerTrine PallesenJohn SavageStockholm 1956. The Swedish botanist, candidate and lieutenant Nils von Ekelöw, presents his research to a panel of professors.
- DirectorIshtar Yasin GutierrezStarsMaria de MedeirosIshtar Yasin GutierrezGrettel Méndez"Dos Fridas" is inspired by the relationship between Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her Costa Rican nurse Judith Ferreto - Judith cared for Frida during the final years of her life. In her memories, Frida was cared for by Judith in her Blue house in México. As a mirror, Judith was cared for by a woman in Costa Rica. In Judith's inner world, reveries, myths, imagination and reality intertwine.
- DirectorFrayser NavarretteStarsAlex BarqueroLuis JaraÁlvaro Marenco'En algún sitio' tells the story of Christian and Antonio. Best friends since their childhood, at age 18, a lie split their paths apart.
- DirectorMiguel Alejandro GomezStarsBoris AlonsoLuis Carlos BogantesFernando BolañosA drama that center's around 5 soccer players from Costa Rica, that qualifies for the first time to a World Cup. With no support, they must face the most important challenge ever, prepare themselves to play the first official World Cup match.
- DirectorAntonio Jara VargasErnesto Jara VargasStarsFederico PicadoDarío SalasGustavo VargasPuerto Limon, Costa Rica, 1948. Four days before Christmas, Setico a 12-year-old boy must take a train in search of his father. A trip that will reveal the forgotten memories of this banana enclave and the murder of six political prisoners in a place known as Devil's Elbow.
- DirectorIshtar Yasin Gutierrezwho uses family keepsakes to construct a loving portrait of her exiled theater director father and an elegy to their lost homeland of Iraq.
- DirectorVicente FerrazIsabel MartínezStarsDamián AlcázarRoxana CamposAna Clara CarranzaIn the eve of the 30th anniversary of the triumph of Nicaragua's revolution a long forgotten Sandinista commander appears: Paco Jarquin. Contrary to the most of his former FSLN colleagues, he prefer to deny his glorious past to live anonymously in the neighbor Costa Rica as a dance teacher.
- DirectorDee ReesStarsAnne HathawayBen AffleckRosie PerezA veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake novel.
- DirectorAinara ApariciOn the outskirts of San José de Costa Rica, Melba (65) and Victor (70), a devout and traditional couple, have formed an exceptional family. From what they considered a miracle, Melba decided to dedicate her life to do what she knew best: to be a mom. Thus, for almost 40 years, they have adopted and raised dozens of boys and girls from vulnerable environments, with a total of more than 130 children. Today, the upbringing continues in this great home, with the adventures and difficulties of the almost 50 kids and youngsters who, thanks to Victor and Melba, are transforming their lives.
- DirectorDawn Gifford EngleStarsÓscar AriasTom BrokawThe Dalai LamaThe story of former president of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Oscar Sanchez Arias.
- DirectorGregory RatoffStarsDick HaymesVera-EllenCesar RomeroTwo pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time.
- DirectorLéa PoolStarsMarc DonatoWilliam HurtPascale BussièresA dramatic adventure about courage, redemption and love being filmed in the rain forests of Costa Rica, and in Montreal.
- DirectorBrad BatchelorStarsBaharum AbduDavid AbramsMohd Hamdan AliAgainst the odds of survival WW1 flyer's in the Lafayette Esquadrille risk everything for honor and conquest. The adventurers momentum does not end when the ravages of war and lost friends is over. As sought after undercover agents X WW1 pilots are taken by the first narcotics division of the U.S. Treasury Department to fight the international Opium trade, their way. From a life of war and assassinations retirement is the ultimate goal. No rest for the weary when the local Civil authorities intermixed with the Klan and its bigotry lead that retirement into revenge. From biplanes to Model A's and guns "Alexander Jamieson" moves from 1915 to 1932 during turbulent times of Asia, Costa Rica and the mountains for North Carolina.