El Salvador Movies

Eliseo Alberto (aka Lichi) was a scion of one of the most renowned families in Cuban arts and letters. He fled to Mexico City in 1990 where he lived...

Alicia is a painter who gives art therapy workshops to women who have suffered different types of violence. Luz is a young plant lover who was...

Diana develops a deep interest in the sound of the sirens that roam her city every night, until she starts to talk to them in her dreams.

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

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

For Lourdes, a writer of the Salvadoran diaspora, returning to her native country means having to face complex emotions around a misogynistic...

Presents the game in which El Salvador classified to the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

El Salvador's most dramatic landscapes unfold all around you in this sensory-driven flight experience that captures the nation's soul from above....

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

A monologue about the meaning of being art, delivered by the last character you’d expect: a pair of pants. A short film by Ponchi Simán.

A free adaptation of the short story “Why Saint Anthony Lost His Virtue” by the Salvadoran writer Salvador Salazar Arrué...

A production by Radio Venceremos in 1992. The documentary's central objective is to showcase Radio Venceremos' new role after the end of the armed...

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

In the early 1980s, at the beginning of what would become a 12-year-long civil war, El Salvador's talented football team was one national institution...

Join affable presenter Nigel Marven as he explores El Salvador, the volatile land of volcanoes with a colorful culture and natural history. Follow...

A Salvadoran comedy about a group of friends who travel to the United States in search of a better life, but are scammed and forced to undertake a...

Two young brothers from El Salvador cross the border with dreams of a better life. Despite their incredible bond, their paths diverge, with one...

A meditation on the intersection of Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous American existence.

This documentary examines the formation of labor unions in El Salvador and the systematic violations of workers’ rights that characterized the...