Costa Rica Movies

A mother and her son talk while while driving in her car

Domingo’s house in the Costa Rican mountains is about to be expropriated for the construction of a highway. But his land hides a secret: the...

Alvaro is the best psychiatrist in the country, and he has been called to see a very particular patient behind door 11.

Lorna is a young woman from a low-income background who loses her job and her home when millionaire Frederick Velasquez makes a corrupt deal with...

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...

On the day of his wife's funeral, an absent father will come to realize how hard will it be to raise his kids alone.

In 1812, in the city of Cartago, Costa Rica, momentous news is announced: King Ferdinand VII, who has escaped the Napoleonic invasion of Spain, plans...

A young girl is contacted by a photographer through social networks, who offers her the possibility of some free photographs that she needs to boost...

This film presents three possible techniques or methods that make it possible to meet the growing demand for wood without the country becoming a...

Born into the Chinese community in Costa Rica, filmmaker Nicole Chi Amén was never able to communicate with her grandmother Guián, who...

A 19th century drummer nicknamed “Hedgehog” is part of an anachronistic military expedition composed of a quixotic general and three...

After a family prayer, Sara and Elie return home with an object they stole from their aunt. This decision leads them to experience a night in which a...

Max, Álex, and Jaime decide to camp near the summit of the Irazú Volcano with the purpose of testing the telescope they inherited from...

short Costa Rica drama

These houses are built in the very center of these neighborhoods and have been surrounded with walls and bars, where before they were spaces for...

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

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

A stimulus can act as an uninvited lure. Consciousness travels the grooves printed on the body. The starting point for navigating memory-space seems...

For Alejandro, judo is more than just a sport: it’s a chance to represent Costa Rica at the Olympic Games. As he trains to face his rivals on...