El Salvador Movies

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

Roque Dalton was the Bertolt Brecht of Central America. His political struggle against the Salvadorian dictatorships brought him into jail various...

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...

A documentary about Sistema Radio Venceremos, an underground radio network of the anti-government Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front...

A portrayal of the harsh conditions faced by Salvadorans in the 1960s and 70s.

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...

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

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

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

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

A young woman in El Salvador wishes to hear the village bell before she joins a caravan to the US, but the antique bell hasn't rung in 25 years and...

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

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

In this powerful hybrid documentary, filmmaker Julio López Fernández carefully combines the testimony of victims of sexual violence...

Breaking down the colonial tradition of piñatas, this personal film probes into a loss of faith while retracing a family history.

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

An experimental short film about a day in the life of a barefoot boy who sells newspapers in San Salvador.

In the Name of the People is a 1985 documentary film directed by Frank Christopher about the Salvadoran Civil War. The film follows four filmmakers...

Loosely inspired by Shakespeare's Othello, La Palabra de Pablo (Pablo's Word) tells the story of a broken contemporary Salvadorian upper middle class...

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