Costa Rica Movies

In 1974, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) began work on the Arenal hydroelectric project. As a result, two towns, Arenal and...

A lonely older woman receives a visit from a seller at home. She uses him to materialize her dreams.

'Buscando a Marcos Ramírez' is about a Costarican from the countryside that loses his mother and starts living with his grandfather. He starts...

Soledad is a young woman who returns to her grandmother's house after years of having cut off communication with her family. She wants to connect...

Carlos, a married man with two daughters, dares to reveal his true sexual identity to his family; Ale, a trans woman manages to finally reconcile...

Francisco Coto was born in Alajuela in July 1924. A century later, he recalls some of his photographs in the studio he founded decades ago....

On any given morning, a girl will see how her life changes due to a disappointment in love

The film is a call of conscience about the disappearance of forests in the country. Great industrial needs have created a greater demand for wood,...

Crispy is lost in the woods while searching for Marco, his lifelong friend. When they finally meet, Marco realizes that he will not survive and gives...

Dos Patrias is a lucid investigation into the Cuban reality from the personal stories of activists who confront the ruling system, and at the same...

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

13-year-old Laura feels adrift in her newly stitched-together family. Just as the forests and endless palm plantations begin to feel like home, she...

Costa Rican feature film

Make your own happiness

The Costa Rican situation of women incorporated into the production in a double shift, jobs and housework.

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...

Through the quiet rhythms of everyday life and her imagination, Chunyan drifts between two worlds—her hometown of Enping, China, and her new...