Guatemala Movies

A young Spanish writer inherits a home in the Guatemalan rainforest, only to become wrapped up in a land war, touchy local politics... and murder.

A joyous Guatemalan film about the magic and charm of puppetry. This documentary follows the charismatic artists as they make their puppets and...

A newly orphaned boy attempts to raise money to buy a funeral wreath for his mother's grave, with the assistance of an alcoholic man. First...

Panic at El Mirador is a horror movie filmed at El Mirador Juan Diéguez Olaverri, Huehuetenango

Two volcanologists visit indigenous communities to warn and evacuate them from the fire mountain range where a new volcano is forming. It’s at...

During the 1980s the Guatemalan army launched ruthless counter-insurgency campaigns against indigenous communities, killing or displacing thousands....

About leaving a home to inhabit another one.

The spectral takes embodied form in Regina José Galindo’s ongoing performance series Aparición, which stages veiled figures in...

Reis, a driving instructor at the “Closhi Freno” academy, is scammed when buying his first vehicle, after saving tirelessly and without...

After the genocide in the eighties in Guatemala, a community survived as displaced. In a town between Mexico and Guatemala, they show the will to...

Daniel's life takes a turn and he must abandon his family. The sad reality of many people and children who make their way to the border of the United...

A fantastic discovery gets out of hand when artisanal fisherman Nacho and his young nephew Pato accidentally catch a childlike mermaid in their net....

An undocumented immigrant recounts memories of his childhood home while telling the story of the handmade wallet tied to his journey across the...

The screenwriter is living the pandemic with concern for his scripts and the crisis in Guatemala

The Perechú family is afraid that the ancestral costume of their ancestors will disappear, but they see soccer as an opportunity to keep their...

In a remote church in colonial Guatemala, a young boy approaches the confessional to whisper a message no one should ever hear: the Virgin feels...

New Yorker Javier Zamora recounts his migration story from El Salvador to the US and its impact on his life.

This year will be the one! I swear! I'm going to make my short film for real!