El Salvador Movies

Filmed by Guillermo Escalón in July 1981, it shows daily life in territories under guerrilla control in the Francisco Sánchez...

In the capital of El Salvador, the drivers of a bus, a taxi, a minibus and a private car confront the ravages of 12 years of civil war that continue...

Join affable presenter Nigel Marven as he explores El Salvador, the volatile land of volcanoes with a colorful culture and natural history. Follow...

At the end of the 1970s, German Dominican priest Gerhard Pöter began working with Salvadoran civil war refugees. In the parish of 22 April in...

Social hotspots can be found everywhere. Recognizing this, rapper Carlos Zamora started his project Rapflektion in Braunschweig and the surrounding...

Salvadoran documentary about the revolutionary movement, produced by the Centro de Producciones Audiovisuales de Guazapa.

Between 1980 and 1992, El Salvador was at war. Two Venezuelans joined the guerrilla movement in that Central American country and participated in...

Forbidden Stories of Pulgarcito is a film produced in 1980 by the FAPU, a mass organization of the National Resistance, one of the five organizations...

It shows the participation of Salvadoran women in the revolutionary struggle, through different functions they perform, from armed combatants to...

Iván travels to a deserted island to reunite with his boyfriend, but tragedy strikes. In search of answers, he takes part in a ritual with a...

José Antonio Sistiaga is one of the greats in Basque contemporary art. Through lively exchanges begun in 1993 with his Salvadoran friend...

After going throughout a depressing job interview, Manuel must face his mother and his friends, who offer different perceptions about the current...

Filmed during the Salvadoran civil war, La luz que te decía documents the struggles of the country’s labor and trade union movement amid...

In the 1970s, the 1500 organized workers of Puerto el Triunfo - mostly women - thanks to their struggles were amongst the more privileged laborers in...

A poet and a spirit have an ongoing deal: Haiku for life.

A free adaptation of the short story “Why Saint Anthony Lost His Virtue” by the Salvadoran writer Salvador Salazar Arrué...

A modern retelling of the infamous War of the Worlds broadcast that changed history. Televised from a closed set in the midst of a global pandemic....

Through fleeting moments of song, discovery, and dance, Pueblo Chúcaro portrays the living spirit of Ataco, the melody of a street singer, the...

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

A Salvadoran comedy about a group of friends who travel to the United States in search of a better life, but are scammed and forced to undertake a...