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...

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.

The latest documentary from Salvadoran director Marlén Viñayo (CACHADA: THE OPPORTUNITY) profiles Geovanny, a ruthless hitman for the...

Social hotspots can be found everywhere. Recognizing this, rapper Carlos Zamora started his project Rapflektion in Braunschweig and the surrounding...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

After a tragic death, a family of three is forced to move to a desolated part of the country only to be haunted by mythical creatures.

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...

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

The story between two women, María, an immigrant Salvadoran living in Spain, where she losses her job, and she has to take care of an elderly...

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

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