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Kanopy
78
7.1
/3429/
70
/91/
67
/88/
3.7
/5010/
98
/40/
75
/22/
83
/16/

Ixcanul (2015)
María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a place she cannot even imagine. And so she seduces a coffee-harvester who wants to escape to the USA. When this man leaves her behind, María discovers her own world and culture anew.
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Hoopla
70
6.6
/8987/
62
/511/
63
/357/
3.2
/38611/
96
/97/
59
/61/
79
/14/

La Llorona (2019)
Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
6.6
/999/
62
/21/
57
/28/
3.2
/1168/
86
/21/
57
/13/
75
/9/

José (2020)
José lives with his mother in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling sandwiches. He spends his days on crowded buses and in the streets delivering food. Resigned and aloof, in free moments he plays with his phone and looks for random sex. When he meets Luis, José is thrust into a dimension of passion and pain and self-reflection that was previously unimaginable.
poster
77
69
7.6
/5339/
74
/137/
68
/148/
3.9
/6485/
89
/38/
86
/33/
74
/16/

The Golden Dream (2013)
A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.
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Kanopy
70
61
7.3
/4929/
75
/215/
64
/91/
3.4
/2133/
74
/27/
cc age 10+

Living on One Dollar (2013)
How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? Four young friends set out to research and live this reality. Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand, they spend just 56 dollars each for 56 days in rural Pena Blanca, Guatemala. They battle E.Coli, financial stress, and the realization that there are no easy answers. Yet, the generosity and strength of their neighbors, Rosa, Anthony and Chino gives them resilient hope. They return home transformed and embark on a mission to share their new found understanding with other students, inspiring and challenging their generation to make a difference.
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Kanopy
73
60
6.6
/1642/
63
/54/
63
/38/
3.5
/2293/
90
/20/
88
76
/7/

Tremors (2019)
A family man torn between the love for his family, the boundaries of religion and the freedom to choose whom to love.
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Fandor
83
58
7.8
/1264/
71
/37/
77
/22/
4.0
/2001/
100
/8/
92
/61/

Which Way Home (2009)
Follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
41
7.3
/351/
74
/20/
77
/12/
3.6
/227/
81
/16/
88
/150/
72
/7/

Finding Oscar (2016)
Thirty years after a forgotten massacre that occurred during the Guatemalan civil war, a forensic scientist and prosecutor search for Oscar, a young boy who survived the horror.
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AMC+
68
38
5.8
/333/
65
/27/
56
/8/
3.3
/1272/
88
/17/
cc age 15+

Rita (2024)
Rita, a 13 year old girl, runs away from her abusive father to the big city. She finds solace until she's placed in a safe house run by the State. Rita and her cellmates plots an escape that ends in a shocking act of violence.
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59
31
6.6
/804/
50
/12/
55
/11/
3.4
/1284/
77
/31/
40
/1/
59
/7/

Our Mothers (2019)
Guatemala, 2018. The country is riveted on the trial of the military officers who started the civil war. The victims’ testimonials keep pouring in. Ernesto, a young anthropologist at the Forensic Foundation, identifies people who have gone missing. One day, through an old lady’s story, Ernesto thinks he has found a lead that will allow him to find his father, a guerillero who disappeared during the war.
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Hoopla
68
31
6.5
/684/
66
/32/
77
/23/
3.2
/1288/
69
/19/
cc age 7+

The Boxcar Children (2014)
Four orphaned and homeless siblings happen upon an abandoned boxcar, which, they furnish with all the comforts of home. Fearful that they will be sent to live with their grandfather they have never met, the children keep their new home a secret.
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Kanopy
70
30
6.7
/242/
52
/11/
70
/6/
3.4
/766/
89
/18/
75
/2/
70
/5/

Cadejo Blanco (2023)
After her sister goes missing, Sarita, a working-class girl from Guatemala City, travels to the seaside town of Puerto Barrios to infiltrate a group of young gang members. As she risks her life to join the gang, Sarita becomes involved with her sister’s dangerous ex-boyfriend and gets closer to learning what happened to her sister.
poster
72
28
6.8
/251/
69
/10/
85
/41/
3.4
/637/

Puro Mula (2011)
Joel is a 28 year old slacker who gets up every morning to drink beer and play his guitar. His older sister interrupts his daily routine by asking him to take care of her 6 year old kid. Joel thinks he can handle it, but things get complicated when the kid disappears from the house.
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60
12
6.0
/114/
65
/8/
50
/1/
3.3
/1172/

Vever (For Barbara) (2023)
Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with evocative sound, texts, and teachings from artist Maya Deren. Vever poetically draws connects between three generations of women filmmakers who separately, and now together, have taken on unknown challenges, and opened themselves up to reinterpretation in their filmmaking practices.
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GuideDoc
59
9
6.4
/219/
59
/10/
55
/10/
3.4
/547/
53
/2/

Marimbas from Hell (2010)
Don Alfonso plays marimbas, the traditional Guatemalan instrument. Facing extortion and without work due to the population's lack of interest for his instrument, he seeks refuge with his godson Chiquilín. Blacko is a pioneer of the Heavy Metal Guatemalan underground stage. He is also a doctor in the public hospital but nobody wants to be treated by him because of his long hair and his tattoos. Chiquilín makes connections for Don Alfonso and Blacko to combine their talents and create a brand new band called Marimbas from Hell.
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?
100
/1/

Briella (2025)
Briella, a 12-year-old girl, is home alone, waiting for her parents to return. To pass the time, she starts playing with their belongings. An urgent call from her uncle tells her to lock herself inside. Eventually, Dylan delivers the heartbreaking news: her parents have been kidnapped
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?
8.1
/16/
100
/1/

Comparsa (2025)
From the shadows of a Guatemalan neighbourhood scared into silence, two sisters lead a luminous rebellion—unleashing joy, art, and radical truth in a fight for survival.
poster
?
100
/1/

FELIPE (2024)
The Argentine crisis of 2001 is about to explode. Felipe, 13, sees how his family environment is cracking due to the economic and political pressures. Misunderstood, he falls in love with Lucía, the neighbor next door and for a moment he stops feeling alone. But when external violence becomes a real danger, Felipe escapes with her, fed up with the lies of his parents, leaving behind his innocence.
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?
50
/4/

Cuatro vidas (1949)
Romantic melodrama with murderous rivalries, set on a newly-cultivated wilderness plantation in Guatemala.
poster
?
5.7
/8/
80
/1/

James (2024)
The city’s loneliness is immense for James, an Indigenous teenager fighting to preserve his happiness and innocence amidst the urban vastness. As he struggles not to feel abandoned, he begins to realize that forging his path requires him to trample on others.
poster
?
50
/1/

Plasticsphere (2023)
The documentary follows a group of Latin American environmentalists and scientists on their risky expedition through the second largest coral reef in the world.
poster
?
55
/8/

Making Of (2023)
The plot develops with real and funny moments that are experienced when making Guatemalan cinema, revealing the reality of art in the country.
poster
?
30
/1/

Cargam (2022)
A story about cultural management, misadventures of several individuals, within Cargam, the parcel delivery company.
poster
?
100
/1/

Danger Never Ends (2022)
Daniel's life takes a turn and he must abandon his family. The sad reality of many people and children who make their way to the border of the United States, Winning Awards In ¨Ojo de ibaroamerica¨ and Gold in the Luum Awards
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?
20
/1/

Mi amor (2025)
Self love in all of us
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?
20
/1/

Preludios de sol (2025)
ADAM IS A CLASSICAL MUSIC STUDENT WHO, AFTER LIVING HIS ENTIRE LIFE UNDER THE SHADOW OF HIS FATHER, IS ABOUT TO TAKE HIS FATHER'S TITLE OF THE YOUNGEST CONCERTIST IN HIS COUNTRY. BUT A SPONTANEOUS ILLNESS THREATENS TO LEAVE HIM WITHOUT HEARING AND TOGETHER WITH HIS BEST FRIEND, LUCHO, HE MUST DECIDE BETWEEN HIS HEALTH AND HIS GOAL OF BEATING HIS FATHER. ADAM SHOULD EVALUATE HIS PRIORITIES AND UNDERSTAND THAT HIS MUSIC AND PASSION REACHES BEYOND HIS RIVALRY WITH HIS FATHER.
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?
20
/1/
10
/1/

Sneezed-out Ideas (2025)
Come back to this day, next year, again. Ain't nothing to look, chief.
poster
?
70
/2/
80
/1/

Guatemala: Meet the Maras
Guatemala is one of the most violent countries in the world. 95% of murders remain unsolved and the ultra-violent maras manage drug-trafficking, prostitution and racketeering. After several weeks of negotiation, we gained access to some of these gangs.
poster
?
50
/1/

The donkey and the bottle (2023)
By Santiago Cano, a little donkey discovers a strange bottle.
poster
?
80
/1/

Inside the car (2023)
A terrifying conversation plays on the radio, while a listener is disturbed.
poster
?
8.6
/10/

Justicia para mi hermana (2013)
The award-winning documentary film Justice for My Sister takes an intimate look at violence against women in Guatemala by chronicling the three-year journey of Rebeca as she tries to hold her sister's killer accountable. The film serves as the centerpiece of a transnational campaign to promote healthy relationships and denounce gender-based violence and femicide/feminicide.
poster
?
100
/2/

Creedacio I (2023)
A poor and desolated boy is bullied by the rich kid from school. Amidst his despair, he finds solace: Boxing.
poster
?
7.7
/68/
80
/1/

The Engineer (2014)
Israel Ticas is El Salvador's only criminologist. In one of the world's most dangerous countries, his job is to unearth the hundreds of missing people murdered and buried by the rival gangs MS-13 and 18 Street as their street war rages. Without him, the murdered would go uncounted. The gangs may have declared a truce in 2012, but as we discover on the job with Israel, the murder rate has increased and El Salvador's missing remain without justice.
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?
20
/1/
10
/1/

Fuego Sagrado (2023)
From the music of South Korean composer Jung Jae-il, Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante crafts a story of a native woman invoking the spirits of fertility in a Guatemalan forest with ritual fire. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.
poster
?
6.1
/9/
53
/3/

Lagartija (2019)
On the first day of their summer vacation siblings Veronica and Ricky face an unexpected situation that will test their relationship.
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?
10
/1/

Una corona para mi madre (1957)
A newly orphaned boy attempts to raise money to buy a funeral wreath for his mother's grave, with the assistance of an alcoholic man. First medium-length film with direct sound produced in Central America.
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?
10
/2/
100
/1/

El cine es nuestro (2023)
Compilation of 18 animated short films made by Spanish-speaking artists from around the world for the Filmoteca Maldita Short Film Festival. This collection contains very diverse works, both in technical and thematic aspects, although they all share a genuine spirit of dedication and creativity.
poster
?
6.1
/41/

The Garden of Steven (2012)
Steven Crosby, a small town missionary in a strange land, stumbles upon the low road to salvation with the help of a little Mayan girl, a black magic woman and a saint with a cigar.
poster
?
4.2
/10/
40
/2/
73
/10/

Solo Somos Carne (2022)
A regular day for Bans and Uzu, little did they know a series of events would bring them face to face with an alternate reality and their chance to confront Dixon, a disturbed psychopath with blood on his hands and demons in his mind.
poster
?
20
/1/

KM 31 (2002)
N/A
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?
100
/1/

La Sonora De May Velásquez: Cumbias To Enjoy 2 (2014)
Difosatv presents in a live concert with LA SONORA DE MAY VELASQUEZ, performing the hits that made La Sonora Dinamita famous. A mix of pure Colombian Cumbia live! A Mover La Colita, Se Me Perdió La Cadenita, Mete y Saca, La Bamba...
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?
100
/1/

Any Velásquez Orchestra - Cumbias To Enjoy (2013)
Cumbias Pa' Gozar: La Cortina, Mi Cucu, Capullo y Sorullo and much more... Difosatv presents LA ORQUESTA DE ANY VELASQUEZ in a live concert, performing cumbias that made the Sonora Dinamita famous.
poster
?
30
/1/

I'm from Zacapa (2011)
A Guatemalan comedy that tells the story of Emilio, a Zacapa native that leaves his land in search for a better life for Patricia, his girlfriend despite her dad opposing their union.
poster
?
7.3
/18/
60
/1/
10
/2/

Let It Flow (2022)
Two estranged brothers are forced to meet at the family's beach house to settle legal matters after their father passes away. In the midst of their disagreements they discover that they have more in common than they thought.
poster
?
6.7
/18/
30
/1/

Distance (2012)
Tomas' 3-year-old daughter was kidnapped by soldiers during the war in Guatemala, and 20 years later, he learns that she is living only 150 miles away.
poster
?
50
/1/

Dejar Grabada Una Canción (2022)
N/A
poster
?
8.0
/51/
30
/1/
80
/1/

Burden of Peace (2015)
Claudia Paz y Paz is the head of the Guatemalan Public Prosecutor’s Office. We follow her during her four-year mandate as the Attorney General of one of the world’s most dangerous countries. This documentary closely observes her attempts to break the downward spiral of a society where drug cartels, corruption and violence have become part of daily life. She manages to improve the country’s safety and justice issues but is met with much resistance. Her commitment to the rule of law is her strength as well as her destiny. At what price do four years of service as the Attorney General of Guatemala’s murder paradise come?
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?
100
/1/
100
/1/

Las Aventuras de Gorgui A toda Velocidad (2007)
N/A


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