Costa Rica Movies

Clara, moves in with her family to an exclusive community. While Clara and her husband take part in a bizarre welcome dinner, their daughter...

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

Anahí, a girl about to turn eighteen, tries to spend her day as usual; going to school, seeing his classmates… But his friends soon...

Raúl and Eugenio receive a financial proposition in exchange for recovering an object for Camila. The friends embark on a mission that quickly...

Isa has more than enough on her plate with two children and the household, which she manages on her own. When her husband persists with his wish for...

At night, in front of a small Caribbean house, a sign advertises a repair service for the husband. Inside, a witch and her apprentice try without...

Tony Martinez, a young man, returns to Costa Rica from a stint in a reformatory with the dream of break dancing and rejoining his working class...

A young couple lost their baby by apparent sudden death

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...

Domingo’s house in the Costa Rican mountains is about to be expropriated for the construction of a highway. But his land hides a secret: the...

The story of an indigenous woman and the challenges she faces when she leaves the love of her life to move to the capital.

A 2017 animated film directed by Julian Gallese. The film screened at Ann Arbor Film Festival in 2018.

short costa rican film

This film was originally made for the International Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT) which was held in Vancouver, Canada. Taking as an...

A young New Yorker finds herself caught between her longing to honor her late mother's love for Christmas and her grandfather's deep-seated aversion...

It's been 7 years after their farewell. Each of the characters: Manuel, Bernie, Néstor and El Gordo have continued on with their lives. Older...

One hundred years of the cinematic memory of a small country told through motion graphics. A brief tour of previously unseen images and forgotten...

Costa Rica, 1987. Amidst state violence and the HIV crisis rattling diverse communities, a 33-year-old prepares to debut as a drag queen at one of...

In rural Costa Rica, a 95-year-old midwife passes on the wisdom of her craft to a new generation of women fighting for their right to choose how they...

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