El Salvador Movies

The life of a simple piñata salesman named Don Cleo is turned upside down when he falls victim to an extortionist he can’t possibly...

A modern retelling of the infamous War of the Worlds broadcast that changed history. Televised from a closed set in the midst of a global pandemic....

In the capital of El Salvador, the drivers of a bus, a taxi, a minibus and a private car confront the ravages of 12 years of civil war that continue...

During the early 1970s, hundreds of peasants in a remote region of El Salvador began to emulate the early Christians, working the land together and...

Breaking down the colonial tradition of piñatas, this personal film probes into a loss of faith while retracing a family history.

Documentary about the massacre committed by the Atlacatl Battalion against a thousand civilians in December 1981, Morazan Department.

It documents the civil war in El Salvador, in its first 8 years, as well as the political movements, and the human rights violations that occurred.

An experimental short film centering on a circus performance in San Salvador.

La Zona Intertidal was made at a time when terrorist acts from both state and paramilitary were the order of the day in El Salvador and shaped the...

Documents the destruction caused by American bombings. Compares the cities of Torola and Morazán, and Berlín and Usulután.

A boy living in an abandoned cinema meets a young girl. As their friendship develops, the boy entertains the other cinema residents with stories and...

Alicia is a painter who gives art therapy workshops to women who have suffered different types of violence. Luz is a young plant lover who was...

The story between two women, María, an immigrant Salvadoran living in Spain, where she losses her job, and she has to take care of an elderly...

A portrayal of the harsh conditions faced by Salvadorans in the 1960s and 70s.

War correspondent Don North's film revisits the origins of the war to historically contextualize the country's contemporary challenges to achieving...

A young woman in El Salvador wishes to hear the village bell before she joins a caravan to the US, but the antique bell hasn't rung in 25 years and...

Filmed by Guillermo Escalón in July 1981, it shows daily life in territories under guerrilla control in the Francisco Sánchez...

Eliseo Alberto (aka Lichi) was a scion of one of the most renowned families in Cuban arts and letters. He fled to Mexico City in 1990 where he lived...

Forbidden Stories of Pulgarcito is a film produced in 1980 by the FAPU, a mass organization of the National Resistance, one of the five organizations...