Costa Rica Movies

Documentary about malnutrition in Costa Rica

An altar boy and a gardener decide to break a long and painful silence by denouncing the Catholic priest who abused them as minors. This...

A short Costa Rican film

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

After his alcoholic father's death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him — his taxi.

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Ernesto and Ignacio are two brothers who find themselves facing each other in the national table tennis finals. They play overwhelmed by memories of...

Maikol Yordan (Mario Chacón) realizes his family farm is about to be sold by the bank to the evil G.F. Malavassi (Adal Ramones). So, in order...

In a modern and superficial New York City, a grieving woman encounters an unusual person on the street, blurring the lines between dreams and reality.

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

Songbirds are disappearing at an alarming rate. The Messenger is a visually thrilling ode to the beauty and importance of the imperiled songbird, and...

It is the year 2025, and Alejandro tells his grandson Josue a story from a book that he is reading about a singer and a dancer who fell in love in...

Faced with the end of her life, a 70-year-old woman is determined to make the most of the time she has left, by growing closer to her six-year-old...

Follows soccer player Shirley Cruz, who returns to Costa Rica to play with Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, her childhood team. After living abroad for...

Experimental short film that aims to create alternative readings of reality through technological revolution that, in an almost omnipresent way,...

A mournful woman seeks redemption in a cemetery.

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

History, work, sex, cinema, death and my older brother. An essay on what swimming pools mean in culture and the collective memories we have about...

What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture "machismo" and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin...

A man tries to understand why the stars went out