El Salvador Movies

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...

Eugenia is a Brazilian girl who lives in El Salvador trying to complete her activities in a crazy day.

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...

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...

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

Cinematic documentary made in 1982, which reveals the life and organization of some camps in the eastern zone of El Salvador. It shows images of...

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....

Israel Ticas is El Salvador's only criminologist. In one of the world's most dangerous countries, his job is to unearth the hundreds of missing...

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

Two young brothers from El Salvador cross the border with dreams of a better life. Despite their incredible bond, their paths diverge, with one...

A fresh, free-wheeling look at the mothers, daughters, teachers, and political prisoners in El Salvador and their struggle to come to terms with...

After going throughout a depressing job interview, Manuel must face his mother and his friends, who offer different perceptions about the current...

A monologue about the meaning of being art, delivered by the last character you’d expect: a pair of pants. A short film by Ponchi Simán.

El Salvador at the height of the civil war in the La Praviana neighborhood, transgender woman Viento seeks revenge for the murder of her partner and...

In this powerful hybrid documentary, filmmaker Julio López Fernández carefully combines the testimony of victims of sexual violence...

The title refers to the legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero who was assassinated in his cathedral in March 1980.

For Lourdes, a writer of the Salvadoran diaspora, returning to her native country means having to face complex emotions around a misogynistic...

An insomniac man and his wife try to find the meaning of a strange nightmare that has interrupted the peace of their rest.