Guatemala Movies

An experimental film, black and white 16 mm film, made specifically to be submitted to the Ann Arbor Film Festival depicting a life drawing class...

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...

Luis has lived peacefully in Santa Esperanza, one of the most dangerous cities in the Federal Republic of Central America, until the day he witnesses...

A documentary about Guatemala's Fuego volcano eruption in June 2018, following the firefighters and rescue workers who helped communities devastated...

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

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 Guatemalan woman, Ana Lucía Cuevas, returns home from exile to face the brutal history of Guatemala's armed conflict. In 1984, her brother...

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

Isa has just run away from home and heads to a forest where she meets Carla, an old friend. As the two friends make their way through the woods,...

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

Video Trans Americas comprises footage from Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, where Downey documented native cultures. He challenged the...

A short method film about a stream gone wrong involving a female video game streamer and her interviewee.

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!

"Diverse Disability" is a fictional short film that takes us into the lives of various deaf and blind characters, facing various challenges in a...

Jorge Luís Altuve is a young Guatemalan, passionate about mountaineering and a lover of his country. After the COVID-19 crisis and the lack of...