Costa Rica Movies

This documentary tells the story of eight characters who narrate how they escaped and fled their country

María is in conflict with herself. While putting on some make-up she struggles with the beauty canons and the way she sees herself.

Through landscapes fueled by silence, resentment and brief moments of joy, Ale, a seventeen-year-old woman, will try to protect her two younger...

To the east of San José, in the midst of marginality, poverty and social and institutional indifference, a community of over 35,000 struggles,...

The Costa Rican situation of women incorporated into the production in a double shift, jobs and housework.

San José of Costa Rica, beginning of the XXI century. A man with the appearance of an office worker travels alone in a train car. He...

“Man will reach the moon first, before the highway reaches here, to Limón,” said the governor of the province of Limón, in...

Documentary that narrates the life of trans women who live on the Pacific Coast, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, one of the provinces most abandoned by the...

Bernie, Manuel, and Nestor just graduated from high school, and have no plans for the future. Unsatisfied with the opportunities Costa Rica presents,...

Young woman just-arrived in the big city makes friends with two middle-aged couples.

A man tries to understand why the stars went out

In the eve of the 30th anniversary of the triumph of Nicaragua's revolution a long forgotten Sandinista commander appears: Paco Jarquin. Contrary to...

Set during the last days of the Vietnam War, Miles, an American soldier, tries to escape. With the company of Josiah (another soldier) and Isaac (a...

After his alcoholic father's death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him — his taxi.

What motivates a cock-fighter to fight a rooster he loves? In Costa Rica, cockfighting is considered a crime and has been banned for 99 years. A...

At night, in front of a small Caribbean house, a sign advertises a repair service for the husband. Inside, a witch and her apprentice try without...