El Salvador Movies

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

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

Angela takes a walk in San Salvador, and discovers that there are places where you can't escape walking. On these places you need wings.

Solentime (2020), directed by Carlos Henríquez Consalvi and Camilo Henríquez, revisits the memory of poet-priest Ernesto Cardenal and...

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

Torn between love and faith, a monk goes on a pilgrimage looking for a sign.

Documents the destruction caused by American bombings. Compares the cities of Torola and Morazán, and Berlín and Usulután.

The life of a simple piñata salesman named Don Cleo is turned upside down when he falls victim to an extortionist he can’t possibly...

After a tragic death, a family of three is forced to move to a desolated part of the country only to be haunted by mythical creatures.

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

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

Alejandro Cotto, a pioneer of Salvadoran cinema, celebrates his 63rd birthday in Suchitoto while the youth celebrate the end of the civil war. He...

Produced by the Radio Venceremos System, chronicles the first decade of the guerrilla broadcaster that became a crucial communication tool for the...

Cinematic documentary made in 1982, which reveals the life and organization of some camps in the eastern zone of El Salvador. It shows images of...

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

A documentary about the rival gangs Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, originating in Los Angeles but terrorizing El Salvador. It explores their origins...

The story focuses on the resilience of a girl in the face of the loss of her grandfather.

The central objective of the documentary is to show the social situation of the peasant communities in the department of Morazán. The...

Eugenia is a Brazilian girl who lives in El Salvador trying to complete her activities in a crazy day.

A castaway and an eccentric sailor hunt down an ancient creature that may or may not be real.