El Salvador Movies

In the 1970s, the 1500 organized workers of Puerto el Triunfo - mostly women - thanks to their struggles were amongst the more privileged laborers in...

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

In the capital of El Salvador, the drivers of a bus, a taxi, a minibus and a private car confront the ravages of 12 years of civil war that continue...

A documentary about the rival gangs Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, originating in Los Angeles but terrorizing El Salvador. It explores their origins...

It shows the participation of Salvadoran women in the revolutionary struggle, through different functions they perform, from armed combatants to...

Angela takes a walk in San Salvador, and discovers that there are places where you can't escape walking. On these places you need wings.

The story focuses on the resilience of a girl in the face of the loss of her grandfather.

Torn between love and faith, a monk goes on a pilgrimage looking for a sign.

Alejandro Cotto, a pioneer of Salvadoran cinema, celebrates his 63rd birthday in Suchitoto while the youth celebrate the end of the civil war. He...

A poet and a spirit have an ongoing deal: Haiku for life.

A young woman struggles with getting a good night sleep after being haunted by a ghost of her past.

A narcissistic comedian wakes up in the opposite sex body following an automobile accident.

In the Name of the People is a 1985 documentary film directed by Frank Christopher about the Salvadoran Civil War. The film follows four filmmakers...

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

A castaway and an eccentric sailor hunt down an ancient creature that may or may not be real.

An experimental short film about a day in the life of a barefoot boy who sells newspapers in San Salvador.

Solentime (2020), directed by Carlos Henríquez Consalvi and Camilo Henríquez, revisits the memory of poet-priest Ernesto Cardenal and...

It narrates the development of this guerrilla group, a member of the historic FMLN. At the beginning, Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa Barrios...

Forbidden Stories of Pulgarcito is a film produced in 1980 by the FAPU, a mass organization of the National Resistance, one of the five organizations...