Costa Rica Movies

History, work, sex, cinema, death and my older brother. An essay on what swimming pools mean in culture and the collective memories we have about...

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...

Surrounded by old toys and distant memories, Alicia loses the notion of time in the house she grew up in. As the ghosts of her past confront her,...

At an early age, kids don't understand death

A studio photographer in the midst of a complicated divorce tells stories of heartbreak, drinking and loss to his teenage son, slowly revealing his...

Lucía tells us about the day she discovered the reason for the things in her life, in a peculiar way

Nerves, lost condoms, and a maze of identical houses—Javier’s first time with Michel turns into a gauntlet of masculinity, where every...

Two friends who are partners in home video production see an opportunity to make money in an eco-friendly video contest. In the process their...

On their way to a beach party, Iván and Ramiro come across an alien along the way.

While facing his mother’s illness, Oliver (7) clings to his aunt Paloma (26), projecting on her the fantasy of a new mother. As their bond...

Aurora fights against the absurd and terrifying obstacles of a day in a life with mental illnesses. Guilt, shame, vulnerability, fear and especially...

Deep in the mountains of Costa Rica, a young couple sets out to camp and connect, unaware that the forest hides ancient secrets. Strange markings,...

J’AI RENCONTRÉ L’ARBRE À PAIN, the fourth episode of the French television series Botaniques, was filmed in Puerto...

Gerardo is a 79-year-old man who, through costumes, film photography and satire explores his spirit of an inner child, and opens up a world of play,...

Two housewives receive an unpleasant visit, while they prepare him something to eat, we learn about the history of violence they face internally.

The complexity of the Anglo Bank case still confronts those who experienced it firsthand: Was the bank's closure due to technical or political...

Scientists and philosophers work to understand animal vision in this multi textured rumination exploring our relationship to the nonhuman world.

From the high mountains of Carrara marble in Italy to the coast of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, the documentary Polvo de Estrellas traces the...

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