Latin america

In the vast emptiness of the Patagonian steppe, 13-year-old Mora embarks on a journey with an old, indigenous Mapuche gaucho.

In Ciudad Juárez, a city notorious for its violence against women, courageous women are rising up against oppression and violence.

A taut supremely crafted social thriller about a woman seeking retribution from members of a corrupt pharmaceutical industry.

The murder of the transsexual artist Madorilyn Crawford reveals the dark schemes of Colombian politics.

In a traditional Azorean island, Ana's journey of self-discovery and queer friendship challenges the confines of her world.

In her surreal and fantastic debut, Flávia Neves masterfully combines the search for her own origins with Brazil's colonial past.

An ode to the multifaceted beauty of self-determined female pleasure - beyond the male gaze.

Brazil, 2027: Joana is deeply religious. At work, she encourages divorcing couples to reconsider their breakup.

13-year-old Rodrigo's entire world revolves around his mother, but it all begins to fall apart when she brings home a new boyfriend.

Down on his luck, an aging Serge Gainsbourg wannabe struggles with his acting career, an affair he doesn't want, and a crime he didn't mean to commit.

A lonely stay-at-home mom, gets sucked into a world of stolen cars, unstable sisters, and paranoia when she makes friends with a woman at the park.

Schools out for ever! 4 teenagers from Guadalajara are about to enter adult life, as they live through a summer that will change their lives forever.

João Carlos Castanha. 52 years old. Actor. Gay. Son. Crossdresser. Capable of doing anything for those he loves. Or hates.

When Luis travels to the Berlinale for the premiere of his film, he is dismayed that Latin American films are considered nothing but misery porn.

Day laborers, paleontologists and indigenous people give us a glimpse into their lives; social structures intertwine like the epochs of history.

A mother wants justice for her dead daughter and takes part in a True Crime TV show – an action which will change her life and those of her family.

The future and the present intermingle in this visually stunning docu-fiction, to create a mystical universe in the middle of the French Amazon forest

The estate of a wealthy family in Brazils costal region becomes a microcosm that represents the ethnic, social and cultural divide in the country.

A brazilian bull wrangler discovering his wish to become a tailor and making fashionable clothing for women in this poetic drama.

The body of a trans woman discovered in a soybean field is the start of a storytelling triptych that explores the darker side of Brazilian society.

Comedian and director Gessica Généus (FREDA) explores the connection between voodoo beliefs, Christianity and the treatment of mental illness in Haiti

Haitian anthropology student FREDA must navigate the tensions between family expectations, postcolonial structures, Christianity, and voodoo.

In this atmospheric, retro-styled horror film, Cecilia must find her son, who has disappeared after a car accident with a mysterious priest.

Queer meets Gothic meets Fantasy. On her journey to sexual awakening, Emilia must confront her past in order to slay a beast.

When their cousin comes to live at their remote beekeeping farm, sisters Juana and Mara become trapped in a vortex of seduction and jealousy.

In one of the most dangerous countries in the world, a life is not worth much. Victims and perpetrators of the Mexican drug war tell their stories.

In a dystopian Mexico, a drug-addicted father tries to survive, as a groundskeeper at a baseball field, with his young daughter Huck.

Argentine 1977: Francisco, a former communist, is given the chance to save two dissidents from the hounds of the military junta.

After humananity has been nearly wiped out by aliens, it seems that only two people are left on the planet. Until a third person enters their lives.

The son of a bourgeois family in Rio, a teenager, Jean, must learn to escape the grip of his economically bankrupt parents.

As reports of shark sightings create panic in a small beach town, 14-year-old Rosina begins to circle her own prey.

After more than 50 years of bloody civil war, the peace process in Colombia began in 2016, with an uncertain outcome.

The real kings of LOS REYES ("The Kings"), the oldest skate park in the Chilean capital Santiago, are the two stray dogs Futbol and Chola.

Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked the civil war.

Based on a true story: The film examines the German justice system and its structural bias.

An intimate portrayal of Brazil's upper-class and their relationships in midlife crisis.

Until a few years ago, the descendants of the indigenous Tupinambá and escaped slaves lived in isolation in Caiçara, not far from Rio de Janeiro.

A penniless family living on a rubbish dump is offered a house. The condition is that they send their children to school. Is this a fairy tale?

With camera angles reminiscent of paintings, up-and-coming star from Brazil Afonso Uchôa explores the beauty of everyday gestures and moments.

They skate, smoke, rap and compare their bullet scars. A surreal portrait of Brazil's fallen youth.

With his at once contemporary and timeless drama, Affonso Uchôa confirms his reputation as one of the most promising talents in Brazilian cinema.

A young man tells his story and gives testimony of the collective fate of a nation oppressed by poverty, police repression, and corruption.

A look at the history of Mexico City through the architecture of a housing complex.

The spectacle of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are in full swing. But the grim contrast of poverty is only a few blocks away.

Sebastian is immersed in a life of petty crime. He has a talent for picking locks, and that’s the only reason his supposed friends put up with him.

How does it feel to be a suspected radical left-wing terrorist? Especially if you've fled to to South America to avoid authorities.

British and Argentinian veterans of the Falklands/Malvinas War meet in a swimming pool.

A bankrupt Brazilian filmmaker, with a colonial family history, is haunted by the ghost of a mysterious Mozambican.

Be amazed at the crazy beauty of the night sky in the Atacama Desert, Chile, the best place in the world to contemplate the splendor of our planet.

An indescribable catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes. How can it be stopped?

This Ecuadorian thriller takes on modern-day slavery, human trafficking, and the opioid crisis in a unique visual style.

In this harrowing drama, the father of a gay Chilean man tries to deal with the violent death of his son.

Gripping drama with film noir undertones about a man's delusional search for his allegedly missing wife.

Severino, a member of the indigenous population of South America, returns to his home village after ten years in the city. The situation has deteriorated ...

Gwendolin and Patrick go on a journey around the world, with the goal of going as far east as they can until they return home from the west.

Gabriel García Márquez, known as "Gabo", achieved world fame with his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (1967).

A team of scientists sets out for northern Brazil on an expedition of superlatives.

Rodrigo Gonzalez, bassist of the German punk rock band DIE ÄRZTE, travels to Chile, on the trail of the music of his childhood.

A portrait of POC transgender musician and artist Linn da Quebrada, who uses her body and performances to fight sexism, homophobia and racism.

The Arhuacos are the guardians of the forest and the glacial ice of Colombia's highest mountain range - the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Three women set out on a polyamorous journey, in search for new kinds of relationships at the end of the world, far from possession and pain.

A bittersweet love story by Oscar-winner Fernando Trueba about jazz and jealousy between Havana and New York.

A housemaid working at an exclusive gated community near Buenos Aires embarks on a journey of sexual and mental liberation in a nudist swinger-club.

After an argument with her boyfriend, Maud travels alone through Chile and meets a boy named Messi.

Winner of the C.I.C.A.E. Award and Panorama Audience Award at the 65th Berlinale for its subtle humour and outstanding performances.

El Jeremías is a heartwarming comedy film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity.

For years, Venezuela has been fighting the collapse of its public health system. How do you survive in a country that is in chaos?

On the 3000 kilometers between Buenos Aires and La Paz, the two unlikely companions find each other despite their differences.

17-year-old Mateo dreams of Los Angeles. He wants to work there and support his family in their small Zapotec village in southern Mexico. The only way ...

The last two members of the indigenous Piripkura people from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil are fighting for the survival of their people.

A psychotic criminal couple kidnaps a random teenage couple. The woman rapes the male captive, and lets him watch his lover being raped by the man. They ...

On a trip Felipe shares his most intimate mantra with Pilar, which kept him afloat in existential crisis: a '70s cassette with hypnosis inducing talk.

At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother.

Meeting his old school "friends" reveals old wounds. But Heriberto has changed...

Darío traces his tortuous path from the land of his fathers to the land of his children - a film about being - and becoming - German.

The documentary examines the way in which self-managed communities are organized in Venezuela, of which there are thousands - in both urban and rural environments. COMUNA ...

Father and daughter grapple with a secret that goes back to the Argentinian dictatorship of the 1970s. In fact she was adopted - and they begin a search ...

Angelika Levi explores her German Christian-Jewish family heritage through the archives of photographs, audio tapes and films collected by her mother.

The documentary VIACRUCIS MIGRANTE – MIGRANT CROSSING by Hauke Lorenz gives people a voice who are on the arduous path to "the promised Land".

How a Holocaust survivor and Dürckheim student became a pioneer of Zen Buddhism in Ecuador.

Monika Krause, a German student who fell in love with a Cuban captain became the official sex educator of Castro's revolution.

Director Marczak follows the NGO Fuck for Forest (FFF) who recruits Danny as he moves from Bergen, Norway, to progressive and permissive Berlin and joins ...

This documentary focuses on a lesser known part of Cuban history: the Korean Cuban community.

Leonel (9) and Antuán (13) are best friends. But Antuán is moving from their village to Havana. Just like Cuban society, the two are at a crossroads.

How could the nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann lead such an inconspicuous life in Argentina? A search for traces among his former Jewish neighbors.

Few things on earth are as wondrous and vital as seeds. Revered and valued since the dawn of mankind.

After a plane crash Martin goes on a search for traces from the Dolomites over Brazil to the ocean floor.

In a poor area of Medellín, Columbia, 12 year-old Kevin sells poems and reads them aloud to people, who can't read.

Guillo left his comfortable city life and went to live in the jungle, near the border to Panama. Lonely, without electricity and far from society.

Instead of being exploited for its oil, the President of Ecuador suggests to leave the Yasuní national park untouched.

In his internationally acclaimed documentary director Fridolin Schönwieser charts the journey of Mexican migrants to the U.S.

This impressive short-doc explores the secret of Bolivia's silver mountain, the Cerro Rico.

To atone for the injustice of colonialism, a revolutionary group attacks a Swiss bank.

The excellent Uruguayan drama won the Silver Bear at the 2009 Berlinale. A shy security guard at a supermarket falls in love with a beautiful cleaning ...