Costa Rica Movies

Short Film for graduation project "Gringo Pinto", created by Guillermo Ramos. Tutor: John Timms and Mabel Morvillo. Veritas University in December...

A teenager faces overwhelming absurdity.

The murder of Indigenous leader Jerhy Rivera exposes the threats facing Costa Rica’s Land Back movement.

In 1982 when she arrived in Paris, my Costa Rican mother sent a series of letters to her parents. Forty years later, I revisit these letters to have...

Where are we in terms of corruption? To understand corruption, we must begin by examining how the state works, its institutional and oversight...

Banalities and trivialities become fodder for the distraction from the true value of life, as seen by our main character who struggles to reach the...

Childhood memories resurface through the heat, the sounds, and the overwhelming nostalgia of coming home to the City of Mangoes.

A short actualité depicting the aftermath of an infamous accident in Costa Rica when an overcrowded train carrying mostly farmers and...

A group of older Cabécares from Talamanca rediscover their past when they visit for the first time since they left the indigenous territory of...

A young couple is walking along the trails of the humid tropical forest, when a minor accident causes them to touch on existential issues.

Shadow Dwellers is a poetic wildlife documentary that explores the elusive world of Costa Rican salamanders. Through stylized cinematography and...

At an early age, kids don't understand death

Sacramento Villegas, one of the Costa Rican composers from Guanacaste who has had the most influence on the music of his region but who has gone...

Fabiana and Marina live in a rural town and are best friends. The last day they spend together is full of magical moments that allow them to let go...

Documentary Short

Síncope explores the internal fantasy of a traffic officer in his everyday work

Everything changes when the oil company launches a violent attack on its community, so Carmen and Luis try to escape.