El Salvador Movies

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

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

The latest documentary from Salvadoran director Marlén Viñayo (CACHADA: THE OPPORTUNITY) profiles Geovanny, a ruthless hitman for the...

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

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

A hangover is the least of Giovanni's problems when his wild bachelor party and a stripper give him the biggest headache of his life.

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

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

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

It narrates the development of this guerrilla group, a member of the historic FMLN. At the beginning, Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa Barrios...

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

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.

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

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

This film aims to describe the agony of a biology teacher who finds himself in a place of limits, at the edge of life and death. Set in the years...

This documentary juxtaposes scenes of El Salvador's opposition factions, including U.S. government advisors and government troops, and guerrillas and...

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...