José Rommel Tuñón

A heartfelt film about sisterhood, desires, jealousy, and youth in the never-ending tropical summer of Panama

Rosmeri is the last inhabitant of a ghost town evicted by the constant eruptions of a volcano in Costa Rica. He has found a new way of life taking care of the animals that were left in the area and working in his cafeteria. The pressure from her family and the authorities is not enough to make her leave her home. Rosmeri says that the volcano is her friend and will keep her safe; and that relationship is the force that will help her resist.

According to data collected in colonial chronicles from the 15th and 17th centuries, several American Indian peoples consider gender to be non-binary, male or female; on the contrary, diversity was the rule in Panama: the Guna people identified the Omeggids as belonging to a third gender, which leads to something beyond sexual orientation or eroticism. Nandin, Yineth, Rosario and Débora are some of the members of the Wigudun Galu group, whose name refers to an Omeggid entity from Guna mythology. They define themselves as a separate group, and their demands are specific to that group. They seek visibility, and their fight is arduous, as they are indigenous, they are trans and they are Omeggids. Broken down inside and outside your community.

태양풍이 강타한 중앙아메리카에는 사상 초유의 정전 사태가 5일이나 지속된다. 불시착으로 큰 상처를 입은 파일럿, 병원에서 위기를 겪는 딸을 찾아 먼 길을 떠난 할머니와 손자, 고층 고급 아파트에 갇힌 주인과 가정부, 15세 생일을 망치게 된 소녀 등 모두 이 위기의 상황을 헤쳐 나가기 위해 고군분투한다. 코스타리카, 엘살바도르, 과테말라, 온두라스, 니카라과, 파나마의 감독들이 의기투합한 6개국 공동제작 옴니버스 영화로, 정전을 모티브로 어둠 끝에는 항상 빛이 찾아온다는 삶의 진실을 따뜻한 시선으로 바라본다.

가까운 미래의 멕시코. 여성에 대한 위협이 커져가면서 소녀 헉은 성별을 숨기기 위해 마스크를 써야 한다. 뮤지션인 아버지를 따라 마약 갱단의 파티에 따라가던 중, 헉은 예상치 못한 위협을 맞닥뜨리게 되는데…. 묵시록적 분위기와 장르적 감수성에 담긴 한 소녀의 생존 성장기.

Hernandez had already made films in Guatemala and Mexico and this time found inspiring locations, unusual atmosphere and enthusiastic young people in Costa Rica. In this consciously unpolished film, the rebellious girls Sole and Ana open the trunk of a car in grandma’s garden and find something they’d rather immediately forget.

After meeting at a party, Luciana and Pedro... embark on a spur of the moment journey together that takes them to the forest. Asthey explore the beauty in the nature that surrounds them, they camp out under the stars, go on hikes, indulge in the passions of their encounter, and discuss their personal beliefs surrounding love, obligations, and attraction. Lensed in lush black-and-white cinematography amidst the gorgeous backdrop of the Costa Rican forest, an honest and genuine relationship story unfolds, lending a feeling of realism to their storybook romance in a refreshing and youthful way.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, 1948. Four days before Christmas, Setico a 12-year-old boy must take a train in search of his father. A trip that will reveal the forgotten memories of this banana enclave and the murder of six political prisoners in a place known as Devil's Elbow.

In Guatemala, violence is contagious. The neighbors of Villas de La Esperanza, in fear of an eventual invasion of those infected by violence, arm themselves and patrol nights, risking their lives for the safety of their families. But battling violence with violence only spreads the contagion, and the neighbors will realise that the greatest danger is not what lurks outside their secure gated community. The real danger lies within. In Guatemala violence is contagious, and we are all infected.