Dig deeper into the Chilean films that preceded, chronicled, endured, and emerged from the country's turbulent history.

Comparsa , the vibrant documentary feature marking the directorial debut of Emmy-winning screenwriter Vickie Curtis ( The Social Dilemma , Chasing Coral ) and filmmaker Doug Anderson (sound mixer, K...

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Ahead of the film’s U.S. premiere at Anthology Film Archives, I chatted with Soto about directing his family, discovering Shakespeare’s The Tempest mid-shoot, the dizzying visual rhythm of romance, an...

Argentina has selected Laura Casabé’s acclaimed The Virgin of the Quarry Lake / La virgen de la tosquera as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. ...

Cuba has selected Carlos Larrazabal’s debut feature Malecón as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. The Cuban-Spanish-U.S. co-production marks the ...

The 64th New York Film Festival (NYFF) begins tomorrow, Friday, September 25 at Film at Lincoln Center, showcasing an exceptional slate of productions from Latin America across its Main Slate, Current...

Costa Rica has selected Kim Torres’s acclaimed debut feature If We Don’t Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night / Si no ardemos, cómo iluminar la noche as its official submission for Best Internationa...

Venezuela has announced the selection of Death Has No Master / La muerte no tiene dueño , written and directed by Jorge Thielen Armand and starring Italian actress and filmmaker Asia Argento, as its ...

He won renown for his trilogy about the 1973 Pinochet coup, and later for another trilogy, about the legacy of the authoritarian regime that followed.

Prince , the darkly humorous solo feature debut by Uruguayan filmmaker Federico Borgia, will have its World Premiere at the  70th BFI London Film Festival  this October. Set against t...

Guatemalan filmmaker and animator Nicolás Acevedo Ferraté has won the Gold Student Academy Award in Animation for Cows , alongside Jonathan Lally and Elio Molinaro. The awards were presented at the 5...

El Salvador has selected Arturo López Rodas’s debut feature Vértices as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards, marking the first time the Central Ame...

No Money No Honey , the new feature documentary from New York-based Chilean

Brazil has announced the selection of Allan Deberton’s acclaimed sophomore feature Gugu’s World / Feito Pipa as its official

Desde sus primeras imágenes en blanco y negro hasta las producciones que hoy conquistan festivales internacionales, el cine mexicano ha dado vida a innumerables historias que enaltecen y dan forma a n...

Patricio Guzmán, Chilean filmmaker and master documentarian, passed away today in Paris at the age of 85. Known for a profound body of work tied to landscape, human rights, and political memory, he wa...

Brazilian filmmakers Victor Di Marco and Márcio Picoli have won the 20th Queer Lion Award at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival for their feature debut, London , which had its world premiere...

Argentine filmmaker María Aparicio has won the GdA Director’s Award, the top prize of the 23rd Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days), for her latest feature Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion / A...

Donkey Princess / Princesa burro , the inventive new live-action feature from acclaimed Chilean directors Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña ( The Wolf House ), will celebrate its...

Panama has selected Chichero , directed by Arturo Montenegro and Aarón Bromley, as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. The film will also represent...

The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival returns with a diverse and compelling selection of Latin American cinema, highlighting acclaimed authors, visionary premieres, and bold emer...

For years, a Peruvian voice actor has tried to get Disney to sign off on his Quechuan translation of “The Lion King.” The new documentary “Runa Simi” follows his path unwinding.

The Ecuadorian Academy of Cinema has selected Ana Cristina Barragán’s The Ivy / Hiedra as Ecuador’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards, marking the ...

Cinema Tropical remembers Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and author Patricia Martínez de Velasco, best known for the award-winning feature Aquí entre nos ( Between Us ), who passed away ...

Uruguay has selected Daniel Hendler’s A Loose End / Un cabo suelto as its official candidate for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. The fourth feature by the acclaimed Uru...

Peru has selected Paolo Tizón’s acclaimed debut feature Night Has Come / Vino la noche as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. The documentary wa...

El documental peruano ‘Runa Simi’ retrata la obstinación de un actor de doblaje empeñado en traducir ‘El rey león’ a su lengua materna con el respaldo de Disney.

Latin American cinema will have a solid presence at the upcoming 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, with films from

Following its acclaimed world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival—where Beatrice Loayza of The New York Times called it “one of the finest films at the festival”—Nicolás Pereda’s Eve...

Ahead of its theatrical release, here Is official trailer for the Peruvian documentary Runa Simi directed by Augusto Zegarra.

Brainstorm Media anuncia el estreno en cines de Estados Unidos de Sin sangre ( Without Blood ), protagonizada por los aclamados actores mexicanos y nominados al Óscar® Salma Hayek Pinault y Demián Bichir, y dirigida, escrita y producida por la ganadora del Óscar® Angelina Jolie. La película llegar

Chile has selected The Meltdown / El deshielo , the second feature by Chilean filmmaker Manuela Martelli, as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. ...

Mexico has selected David Pablos’s On the Road / En el camino as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the

Colombia has selected Rains Over Babel / Llueve sobre Babel , the debut feature by writer-director Gala del Sol, as its official

A landmark performance by the late Mexican music icon Juan Gabriel is coming to U.S. movie theaters for the first time. Juan Gabriel: Mi Primer Bellas Artes , a newly re-edited and restored presentat...

The Dominican Republic has selected Melodrama , the latest feature by Dominican filmmaker Andrés Farías, as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards, bec...

I Am Mario / Soy Mario, the feature directorial debut by Mexican filmmaker Sharon Kleinberg, will have its International Premiere in the Discovery section of the 2026 Toronto International Film Festiv...

Cinema Tropical is pleased to exclusively premiere the poster for London , the debut feature by Brazilian filmmakers Victor Di Marco and Márcio Picoli, ahead of its World Premiere in the Feature Film Competition of the Venice Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week, taking place September 2–12.

Nosotros , the debut feature by Guatemalan writer-director Joaquín Ruano, will celebrate its World Premiere in the Discovery section of the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), running Sep...

By Guili Barki Minkovcius Set in a bleak near-future Brazil where artificial intelligence has triggered a

Latin American cinema took home several major awards at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, which concluded today in Switzerland, with films from Brazil and Argentina earning top honors in the festival’s ...

Netflix is adding 35 Cantinflas classics like 'Romeo y Julieta' to mark Mexican Cinema Day, and also teased a 'Counterattack' franchise expansion.

Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas will return to the New York Film Festival with the world premiere of his highly anticipated new feature, Heil Jupiter! , screening in the Currents section of the fes...

The Puerto Rican film Zenón and the Rebel Boats / Zenón y la flotilla rebelde by Juan C. Dávila Santiago, which had its world premiere at the festival, won the award for Best Feature Documentary at ...

Venezuelan filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and theater director Rober Calzadilla, whose acclaimed debut feature El Amparo offered a powerful reckoning with state violence and historical memory in hi...

Desde que llegó el cinematógrafo a Colombia, a finales del siglo XIX, y cuando se empezaron a desarrollar las primeras películas colombianas hace poco más de 100 años

U.S.-based Pragda has acquired North American rights to Nicolas Pereda’s latest pic, 'Everything Else Is Noise,' ahead of its TIFF and NYFF debuts.

Academy Award-nominated Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho will have the world premiere of his latest short, South of Tehran , at the 64th New York Film Festival (NYFF), taking place September ...