This drama chronicles a century, from 1913 to 2013, when the famous canal and Panama itself were built. The film weaves together the tales of five remarkable characters.. "Uncover the history of the Panama Canal which expands beyond what little we may know of the country's history." - Sydney Levine, INDIEWIRE

A daring work, with references to Luis Buñuel and Federico Fellini and based on the Italian cult comic book by Lorenzo Mattotti and Claudio Piersanti. STIGMATA follows Bruno as he struggles to understand why blood pours from his hands.. "A richly suggestive, chilly fable about a lonely, gentle giant struggling to deal with the consequences of blood literally pouring from his hands, Adan Aliaga's audacious, haunting debut Stigmata reps a distinctive calling card." - Jonathan Holland, Variety

Nicaragua's first full-length feature in 20 years, LA YUMA tells the story of a young woman who dreams of transcending her bleak life in the slums of Managua by becoming a boxer. The film provides a glimpse of life in a country where gender and class inequality are an everyday challenge.. Winner of Best First Film at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.

Through her diary entries, eight-year-old Nieve reveals intimate details of a turbulent family life, which create an authentic portrait of the social and political unrest in Cuba under the rule of Castro. A celebration of freedom and a confrontation with the authoritarian Cuban regime of the 1980s, which led to one of the country's worst economic crises.. Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival.. "The film offers a window into desperate circumstances that defined the Cuban revolution, and delivers with it impeccable prose by an internationally celebrated author." - Nicole Martinez, Miami New Times

In this touching drama, fisherman Atilio travels with his granddaughter Lara to Buenos Aires. His great desire is to have a grandson to transmit the Guaraní culture. When he discovers that Lara's mother, Helena, is pregnant, he decides to go on a long journey with the aim to convince Helena to give birth in the Guarani land.... Winner of the European Vision Award at the Ventana Sur Film Festival. Nominated for the Nueva Vision Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.. "The film fascinates with a lifelike plot and beautiful cinematography...Guaraní is a heartfelt story you should certainly look at. " - Marleen Roosna, Postimees. "A journey of self discovery and reconciliation through the scenic Paraguayan countryside." - Leo Barraclough, Variety

A delightful life-changing journey back to Costa Rica. After living 10 years in New York, 30-year-old Antonio returns to San José, where he is forced to deal with the realities he ran away from. A perspective of a middle-class family dealing with loss, insecurities, and identity in multiple forms.. Winner of Best International Feature at the New York Latino Film Festival.

Blending documentary and fiction, the film follows a poor transgender woman in Chile who hears about a plastic surgery TV competition. She decides to try out, to pursue her gender reassignment surgery. There, she meets an enigmatic woman who hopes to emulate fashion icon Naomi Campbell. The film gains gravitas through its unforced look at class, race and gender.. Official Selection at Outfest and the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.

Pablo, a 70-year-old retired professor, has shut himself away in his apartment since the day his wife was killed in a terrorist attack 20 years earlier. His son confronts the world with fear and hopelessness, as he struggles to get by without a job. Meanwhile, the world itself waits for its own end.

Don Alfonso plays the marimba for a living. When he meets an old underground heavy-metal legend, they decide to do something radical and fuse both sounds. A fresh and hilarious documentary-fiction hybrid about the fusion between tradition and modernity that conveys a moving and authentic sense of Guatemalan life.. Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.. "This largely comic look at one determined marimba player's struggles is a clear allegory on the dangers Guatemalan artists face when thinking outside the box." - Robert Koehler , Variety

This documentary investigates the fate of the young actors who participated in the award-winning film City of God, showing how their lives unfolded after the film's worldwide success. CITY OF GOD; TEN YEARS LATER includes the participation of the actors who portrayed Dadinho, Bené, and Li'lZé, as well as actress Alice Braga, and musician and actor Seu Jorge.. Winner of Best Film at Cine Favela Rio Janeiro, Mostra Tiradentes Brazil, and the Sergipe Film Festival.

An unspoken tradition requires that the family farm must be inherited by the eldest son. However, the eldest son has no intention of tending the farm for the rest of his life. Instead, he disappears to the city, and effectively breaks the family tradition, passing the burden to his sister, Amaia.. However, Amaia is also at odds with her traditionalist father, who disapproves of her artistic spirit and progressive ways. This intense drama of generational conflict narrates a family's efforts to keep alive the place they have called home.. Nominated for Best New Actress (Iraia Elias) at the Goya Awards. Winner of Best Basque Film and nominated for Best Film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.. "Asier Altuna's visually sumptuous second feature about a family's struggle to break loose from its past is ... ponderous [and] often poetic." - Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter

La Paz's Zona Sur neighborhood is Bolivia's most exclusive enclave and has housed the country's affluent elite for generations. In an adobe-tile-roofed castle, a statuesque matriarch reigns over her spoiled offspring and indigenous servants. But social change, however unwelcome, is on its way. The scent of impending decline permeates the air, and the threat of shifting aristocratic privilege heralds a new era in a seemingly interminable class war.. Bolivia's official entry for the Academy Awards, this searing portrait of a patrician family in flux exposes the bubble of decadence in which they exist.. Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival. Winner of a Directing Award, Screenwriting Award, and the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema - Dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival.. "This magnificent production, a true work of art, could be interpreted as the epistle of a class in retirement, from which only nostalgia remains, between the pitiful melodies of an aristocratic piano and the whispers of a boy who one day wanted to fly." - Sergio Zapata, Fotogenia