Magical Realism Movies

As a young woman walks home alone one night, a chance encounter with a missing dog incites the reclamation of her body and self — as she learns...

After disappearing during a dive at sea, Cristián, a Chilean fisherman trapped in his own violence and guilt, returns months later to his...

A middle-aged man on the brink of divorce gets stalked by a blue chair that refuses to go away.

Troubled by the death of her brother a young girl and her best friend run away from their convent school for an afternoon. After burying a dead bird...

An apathetic museum archivist is tasked with returning a mythical artifact back to its resting place, deep in the forest.

INTRALUZ follows Ella, a woman caught between memories and symbols that come to life, reminding her of past moments and unresolved emotions. Through...

JULIA narrates the search for identity and meaning of a young generation, caught between the uncertainty of the present and the desire to find...

This piece represents a kind of autobiographical vision. I use myself to create all the figures, sometimes employing masks from the Noh theater to...

Mother and Daughter struggle to deal with their memories during the absence of Father who leaves home inexplicably during the beginning of monsoon.

Lex accompanies Rue into a dream of a liberating way of existing without having to be perceived.

Luca Venditto, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker drowning in student debt from film school, scrapes by working in a restaurant to make ends meet. One...

Elle's life is turned upside down when elements of magic take over the library aisles, allowing them to relive their past love and change the future.

A photographer disillusioned with her everyday life gets stranded in a remote Amazonian village. As she uncovers her host's hidden past with a river...

A narrative exploring memory and friendship, as best friends catch up over two cups of chai to play a round of Tabbeh.

Unable to process his grief, Carlos discovers how to remain close with the memory of his father through preparing coffee the traditional way.

Two young siblings are happily at play in their blanket fort, until an ominous shadow with a life of its own threatens their safe heaven. As they...