Hombre mirando al sudeste | Man Facing Southeast

Eliseo Subiela | 1986 | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Argentina

A mysterious man signs himself into the psychiatric hospital. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behaviour. The new patient is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. His assigned psychiatrist, lonely and depressed, is working through his own unhappiness. He finds himself affected by the patient's insight, but he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure. In the end, the man's madness and his extra-terrestrial origins seem to be equally strong possibilities; the educated, well-meaning psychiatrist is unable to choose between the two.

Como é cruel viver assim | Life is a bitch

Julia Rezende | 2018 | 107 min | Drama

Brazil

Lonely, frustrated, and unable to do anything to make sense of their lives, Vladimir, Clivia, Regina, and Primo make an absurd plan: to kidnap a millionaire. But they don' t have experience with crime or notion of what it envolves. As they move forward ,  their fears and ambitions are revealed.  Drama and fine humour are intelligently combined in this unusual story shot in Rio, but which could happen anywhere. With Marcelo Valle, Fabiula Nascimento, Silvio Guindane, Debora Lamm, Paulo Miklos, Otavio Augusto and Milhem Cortaz. Gender: drama. Directed by Julia Rezende.

Calzones rotos | Broken panties

Arnaldo Valsecchi | 2017 | 101 min | Drama/Comedy

Chile

In the house live only women: Matilde, the matriarch, her three spinster daughters and the youngest, one adopted. Matilde is dying, which is why her two grandchildren arrive at the house, one of them with her gringa wife. In her posthumous confession to the village priest, Matilde claims to have murdered her husband, 40 years earlier, and to have "buried" him in a chest in the garage, a chest that was already occupied by the corpse of a man, unknown to her. They are just a couple of family secrets ... and they are events that will cohabit the house in the course of the reunion of the present, which will add new secrets to the atavistic baggage of the family.

El día de la cabra | Bad Lucky Goat

Samir Oliveros | 2017 | 76 min | Drama/Comedy

Colombia

After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation. Corn and Rita must find a way to repair the truck in time to pick up the tourists that will be staying at their family's hotel. As they struggle to find the necessary means to conceal the accident, the siblings will visit a butcher, rastafari drum makers, pawn shops, car mechanics and even a witch doctor, in a 24-hour adventure around Port Paradise.

El Baile de la gacela | The Gazelle’s Dance

Ivan Porras | 2018 | 91 min | Drama/Comedy

Costa Rica

Eugenio's dream is to win a big trophy, but he could never achieve it as a football player. Now he is 72 years old and he sees a chance to fulfil his dream through a tropical dance contest. But when he loses his partner half way through the contest his only chance of winning will be forcing him to deal with his own pre-conceived notions. He'll trade the ball for a hall. Together with Carmen, his dance partner and friend of a Day Center for the elderly, he strives to learn the steps of salsa, cumbia and bolero.

Los Dioses Rotos | Fallen Gods

Ernesto Daranas | 2008 | 93 min | Drama

Cuba

Laura is an university professor who researches about the life of the legendary Alberto Yarini, the king of Cuban pimps in the early twentieth century. In her research, she meets Rosendo, feared pimp and holder of a garment that supposedly belonged to Yarini. To prove the authenticity of this fetish becomes an obsession for Laura that will push her deep into  the complex reality of contemporary Havana. Fallen Gods was selected by Cuba as candidate for nomination to the 82nd Academy Awards. It received the Audience Award at the Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana.Gender: drama. Directed by Ernesto Daranas. Co- production between ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) and Altavista Films (Mexico).      

Quijones Negros | Quijones Negros

Sandino Burbano | 2016 | 80 min | Drama

Ecuador

A black Quixote and an Andean Sancho, marginalized and dreamy Latin Americans, kidnap the queen and the princess of Spain, whose identities they do not know, and fight to win their love. Without intending to, they would accede to a space.

El Camino de las Sombras | The Path of the Shadows

Baltazar Lopez | 2018 | 58 min | Drama

El Salvador

Based on a sequence of true events where an innocent man became a victim to one of many tragedies that took place during the Salvadoran Civil War, The Path of Shadows is an emotional and intimidating film that talks about the horrors of war and its consequences. The film is a sincere memoir from Professor Carlos Mauricio, who finds himself persecuted by El Salvador Government death squads.

Donde acaban los caminos | Where all roads end

Carlos Garcia Agraz | 2004 | 85 min | Drama

Guatemala

Donde acaban los caminos (Where the roads end) it's the encounter of two different worlds that live together but remain separated at the same time, since ancestral times. The doctor Raul Zamora goes on a trip from the city to a remote town in the lake Atitlán where these two parallel worlds converge between the "Naturals" and the "Ladinos". Zamora won't take long before falling in love with Maria Xahil, a "Natural", causing in the rest of the town and the villages a dilemma between the different communities. It's a panoramic vision of the abuse of power, repression and racism that collide in this diverse society surrounded by the calm of nature. The adventure of Zamora and Maria will have a turning point marked by the personal interest and conflicts of each separated worlds.

El Sueño del Mara'akame | Mara’akame’s Dream

Federico Cecchetti | 2016 | 90 min | Drama

Mexico

Nieri, a Wixárika youth, dreams of travelling to Mexico City in order to play a concert with his friends in their rock band. However his father, who is a Mara’akame (a shaman), has other desires for him. He is instructing him in the traditions of the Wixárika people, of the sacred nature of peyote and of how to find the Blue Deer, so that Nieri can learn to heal and become a Mara’akame like himself. Nieri must struggle between respect for his father’s wishes and his own desire to be on stage and hear the roar of the audience. He must find a way to decipher the troubling images within his dreams as they guide him down a path of self-awakening.

Donaire y Esplendor | Grace & Splendor

Arturo Montenegro | 2017 | 96 min | Comedy

Panama

There are two rival families living on the opposite side of the street in the traditional carnival of Las Tablas: Up Street and Down Street.

A young couple, after an unexpected meeting in the airport, falls hopelessly in love. She belongs to one of the most important dynasties in Down Street, and he is the only son of the most influential queen of the Up Street.

The war that started when both their mothers were queens is now revived by the new love born between them.

A romantic comedy that happens at the carnival – among floats, music, sea and fireworks – turns a whole town into the protagonist of crazy events and conflicts that, in the style of Romeo & Juliet, put at risk the love of the two main characters. But in a very funny way.

Las herederas | The Heiresses

Marcelo Martinessi | 2018 | 97 min | Drama

Paraguay

Chela and Chiquita, both descended from wealthy families in Asunción, Paraguay, have been together for over 30 years. But recently their financial situation has worsened and they begin selling off their inherited possessions. But when their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality.

Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies.

As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a fresh and invigorating new connection. Chela finally begins to break out of her shell and engage with the world, embarking on her own personal, intimate Revolution.

Viejos Amigos | Old friends

Fernando Villarán | 2014 | 93 min | Comedy

Peru

Three old friends reunite at their best friend’s funeral and remember that he wanted his ashes to be spread in the sea near their hometown El Callao. One of them steals the ash tray of their dead friend and then they begin a funny journey plenty of anecdotes related to their passion for football/soccer.

El baño del Papa | The Pope`s toilet

César Charlone y Enrique Fernández | 2007 | 98 min | Drama

Uruguay

It is 1988 and Pope John Paul II is set to visit the impoverished town of Melo, Uruguay, on the border with Brazil. The Pope will begin his tour through Latin America in this small town where over 50,000 visitors are expected. The more modest townsfolk are convinced his visit will prove a miracle for their souls as well as their hip-pockets – they will get rich selling food and drink to the pilgrims descending en masse. However, Beto has an even more lucrative plan: install latrines in front of his house and rent them.