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- An 11-year-old and her mother are separated as the try to eke out a life on Nicaragua's largest landfill.
- An emerging crisis in one of the last remaining rainforests in Central America ignites a heroic mission in PATROL. When illegal cattle ranchers decimate large swaths of rainforest, indigenous rangers join forces with an American conservationist and undercover journalists to expose the dark world of conflict beef.
- When Alan's wife flakes on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, he's joined by his all too eager brother-in-law Mike on a trip to Nicaragua's 'Mercado Village,' a hipster resort for American tourists. As the two settle in, they meet Barbara, an American ex-pat who co-founded Mercado Village years earlier as a utopian haven for artists and free spirits. As Alan's relationship with Barbara evolves, his friendship with Mike takes an unexpected turn.
- Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.
- Amanda convinces her friend to go on a blind date instead of her. The pair hit it off unexpectedly but things get complicated when Amanda decides that she wants him back.
- LAS SANDINISTAS. uncovers a watershed moment in history when a group of Nicaraguan women shattered barriers to lead rebel troops in battle and reshape their country with landmark social reforms during 1979's Sandinista Revolution and the ensuing US-backed Contra War - only to face renewed marginalization by their male peers once the wars ended. Now, 35 years later, amid the worst levels of violence against women in Nicaraguan history, these same women take to the streets to lead the popular movements for equality and democracy once again.
- All over the world, love stories are written on the screens of mobile phones, but what happens when your privacy becomes public?
- Anything can happen to Nicaragua's youth. Here's a tiny preview of their realities, their dreams and experiences. Everything was built from real Nicaraguan young men and women.
- Ecotourist couples visiting the 500 year old Colonial City in Nicaragua check into the wrong hotel.
- This is the story of Yuma a strong-willed and rebellious girl from the poor neighborhoods of Managua who dreams of being a boxer.
- Exploring the steps necessary to save and understand cultural heritage that has been long forgotten in rural Nicaragua.
- Gloria's parents are revolutionary Sandinistas, fighting to liberate Nicaragua from dictatorship. In 1979, they finally succeed, plunging the nation into civil war. Living life on the front line, the greater good forever takes centre stage. But what about young Gloria? Now an adult, her reflections pave the way for searing debates regarding torture, tragedy and the importance of parental love.
- Sebastian, a young catholic priest, is convinced he can help Johanna, who has a serious health problem.
- Vietnam veteran S. Brian Willson pays the price for peace by calling attention to the US government's defiance of international law through endless illegal wars.
- The lives of Nicaraguan exiled students in Costa Rica.
- When Rosa came to this place the earthquake had just happened and the building was one enormous ruin. People say it was a cinema, but Rosa, who has lived here for many years, has never seen a film in her life. So many things happen in "Cinema Alcazar" that it's all Rosa can do to keep up.
- An sensory exploration of Nicaragua's pirate cinema industry.
- Sixteen female sex workers have been named judicial aides by Nicaragua's Supreme Court to facilitate the resolution of conflicts that come up in their work. It is the first time in the world that sex workers have had access to this function. The film accompanies some of these women in their mediation work and in the actions they promote through their association, Girasoles (Sunflowers) of Nicaragua, to gain recognition and regulations for autonomous sex work.
- Having lived only twenty years, they are sentenced to another thirty in prison. The Island of Lost Children is the story of ten young inmates who participate in a video course inside the largest prison in Nicaragua.
- A California family returns to a vibrant pueblo in the highlands of Central America, in order to create an 'International Film Festival' from scratch. In one week, Barrio Linda Vista Sur unveils hidden talents capturing poetry, humor and dance that transcend the tough conditions of post-war Nicaragua. Includes a moving cameo by an internationally renowned novelist-poet.
- A documentary on the role of the Catholic Church during the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, it shows clergy members serving as government officials, and parishioners who testify to the inspirational and unifying force of Christianity in the national reforms.
- Xibalba, the Mayan netherworld, appears to a Mesoamerican woman in her dreams. Xibalba scrutinizes Hispanic religiosity and the exaggerated ultra-modernity present life. Woman's ancestral mothers send their messengers, the Zompopos, to help the souls to re-connect with their inner pre-Hispanic strengths. The mothers invite the woman to learn about ancestral wisdom erased or hidden by religious colonialism and an irrationally super technological society. The mothers invite the woman to learn about ancestral wisdom erased or hidden by religious colonialism and an irrationally super technological society. As the women transform to the goddesses of corn, cacao and water, the revelation of the Mayan past invites the present to start the dance of the Zompopos.
- In this political thriller, Reynaldo, a young dancer from a resort area on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, deserts his career to join his nation's fight against the American-backed Contras. Wartime footage is interspersed with dance scenes, including one notable break-dancing demonstration at a discotheque. Despite its heavy political theme, this Spanish-language war drama also features a romantic subplot.
- A cherished doll given to Alejandra on her 7th birthday is suddenly taken from her. While she embarks on a quest to find it, her country grapples with a social uprising and she is forced to leave her homeland, always hoping to get it back.
- El Pueblo Unido (The People United) is a visceral & emotionally resonating documentary that chronicles the Nicaraguan people's historic fight to overthrow President Daniel Ortega's regime in an on-going conflict that has claimed nearly 500 lives and counting.
- A journey through the poetry and life of the revolutionary priest Ernesto Cardenal.
- The hectic life of a stage actor turns into a nightmare after receiving terrible news.
- Does madness exist? A group of people suffering psychosocial disability express their views on what it's like to live with mental problems during a music workshop.
- A brief and (non literal introduction) to father and poet Ernesto Cardenal and his latest poems dealing with the cosmic mysteries.
- Made in 1984-85 at the height of the Contra war, brings us inside Sandinista Nicaragua five years after the revolution that overthrew the dictator Anastasio Somoza. It centers on five siblings of the privileged, well-connected Barrios family, all deeply committed to the revolution and working for it in various capacities, often at considerable risk to themselves. The Barrios Family 25 Years Later, a group of 20 short films made in 2009-10, long after the historical opportunity for large-scale social transformation in Nicaragua had passed, carries forward the story of the Barrios family and their country, tracing their multi-generational struggle to find ways to live and work according to the ideals that inspired their youth.
- Celia is angry at the world, but her son Beto is different, he wants to change the world they live in. Celia's attitude drags her son down.
- A story of a young journalist that travels to an unnamed village to investigate strange occurrences.
- Despite its coastal beauty and colonial architecture, Nicaragua's oldest city, Granada, is mired in unemployment, poverty and violence. It is the poorest city in Central America where 80% of the population survives on less than $1 per day. The picturesque streets are littered with kids ("chavalos") who have succumbed to crime and drug addiction. The drug of choice due to its affordability and accessibility: glue-sniffing. With no means of receiving an education, learning basic job skills or finding employment, these kids are left with no options and no hope.
- ShortYear 2057. The survivors of the climate catastrophe, unable to face guilt, take refuge in virtual simulations that recreate the lost paradise that once was Earth. Sooner or later, the users of the simulation end up losing touch with a collapsing reality.
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- Nicaragua's exceptionally high number of women filmmakers is a legacy of the revolution. This documentary explores their stories.
- Interviews with key military woman guerrilla leaders, and young girls and old women who took part baring arms or making artisanal bombs, against the regime of General Somoza.
- Los conflictos personales de un señor y un joven los llevan a una encrucijada.
- Saul wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the courage. He enlists to participate in the popular reality show "El Panel del Suicidio" so they can help him end his pathetic life.
- A documentary about the life of Blessed Sister Maria Romero.